Exhibit 10.7

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
PROKIDNEY HOLDINGS, LLC

a Delaware limited liability company
 
Dated as of July 1, 2025
 
THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY UNITS OF PROKIDNEY HOLDINGS, LLC HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND ARE BEING SOLD IN RELIANCE UPON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH LAWS. SUCH UNITS MUST BE ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT ONLY AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, SOLD, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED AT ANY TIME EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH (I) THE SECURITIES ACT, ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION, AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS; (II) THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT; AND (III) ANY OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREED TO IN WRITING BETWEEN THE  COMPANY AND THE APPLICABLE MEMBER. THE UNITS MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OF RECORD EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH LAWS, THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT, AND ANY OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREED TO IN WRITING BY THE COMPANY AND THE APPLICABLE MEMBER. THEREFORE, MEMBERS AND OTHER TRANSFEREES OF SUCH UNITS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE RISK OF THEIR INVESTMENT OR ACQUISITION FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

   
Page
     
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
2
   
 
1.01
Definitions
2
   
ARTICLE II FORMATION, TERM, PURPOSE AND POWERS
14
   
 
2.01
Formation
14
       
 
2.02
Name
14
       
 
2.03
Term
14
       
 
2.04
Offices
14
       
 
2.05
Agent for Service of Process; Existence and Good Standing; Foreign Qualification.
14
       
 
2.06
Business Purpose
15
       
 
2.07
Powers of the Company
15
       
 
2.08
Members; Reclassification; Admission of New Members
15
       
 
2.09
Resignation
15
       
 
2.10
Representations of Members
15
       
 
2.11
Amendment and Restatement of Existing LLC Agreement
17
       
ARTICLE III MANAGEMENT
17
       
 
3.01
OpCo Board.
17
       
 
3.02
Appointment of the OpCo Board
18
       
 
3.03
Meetings of the OpCo Board
19
       
 
3.04
Action by the OpCo Board..
19
       
 
3.05
Compensation
19
       
 
3.06
Expenses
19
       
 
3.07
Officers
20
       
 
3.08
Authority of Members
20
       
 
3.09
Meetings of the Members
21
       
 
3.10
Action by Written Consent or Ratification
21
       
 
3.11
Investment Company Act Restrictions
22
       
 
3.12
Certain Transactions
22
   
ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS
22
       
 
4.01
Distributions
22
       
 
4.02
Liquidation Distribution
24
       
 
4.03
Limitations on Distribution
24

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(continued)

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4.04
Use of Distribution Funds by PubCo
24
   
ARTICLE V CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; TAX ALLOCATIONS; TAX MATTERS
25
   
 
5.01
Capital Contributions
25
       
 
5.02
No Additional Capital Contributions
25
       
 
5.03
Capital Accounts
25
       
 
5.04
Allocations of Profits and Losses
25
       
 
5.05
Special Allocations
26
       
 
5.06
Tax Allocations
28
       
 
5.07
Tax Advances
28
       
 
5.08
Partnership Representative.
29
       
 
5.09
Other Allocation Provisions
30
       
 
5.10
Survival
30
       
 
5.11
Mexican Income Tax Law
30
       
ARTICLE VI BOOKS AND RECORDS; REPORTS
31
       
 
6.01
Books and Records.
31
       
 
6.02
Confidentiality.
32
   
ARTICLE VII COMPANY UNITS
33
   
 
7.01
Units.
33
       
 
7.02
Register
34
       
 
7.03
Registered Members
35
       
 
7.04
Issuances, Repurchases and Redemptions, Recapitalizations.
35
       
 
7.05
Redemptions pursuant to the Exchange Agreement
37
       
 
7.06
Restricted Common Units.
37
       
ARTICLE VIII TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS
39
       
 
8.01
Member Transfers.
39
       
 
8.02
Mandatory Exchanges and Approved Qualified Transaction
41
       
 
8.03
Encumbrances
42
       
 
8.04
Further Restrictions.
43
       
 
8.05
Rights of Assignees
44
       
 
8.06
Admissions, Resignations and Removals.
45
       
 
8.07
Admission of Assignees as Substitute Members
45
       
 
8.08
Resignation and Removal of Members
45

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8.09
Withholding
45
   
ARTICLE IX DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION
46
   
 
9.01
No Dissolution
46
       
 
9.02
Events Causing Dissolution
46
       
 
9.03
Distribution upon Dissolution
46
       
 
9.04
Time for Liquidation
47
       
 
9.05
Termination
47
       
 
9.06
Claims of the Members
47
       
 
9.07
Survival of Certain Provisions
47
   
ARTICLE X LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
47
   
 
10.01
Liability of Members and Managers.
47
       
 
10.02
Indemnification.
49
       
ARTICLE XI VALUATION
51
       
 
11.01
Fair Market Value
51
       
 
11.02
Determination
51
   
ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS
52
   
 
12.01
Severability
52
       
 
12.02
Notices
52
       
 
12.03
Cumulative Remedies
53
       
 
12.04
Binding Effect
53
       
 
12.05
Interpretation
53
       
 
12.06
Counterparts
53
       
 
12.07
Further Assurances
53
       
 
12.08
Entire Agreement
53
       
 
12.09
Governing Law
54
       
 
12.10
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
54
       
 
12.11
Expenses
55
       
 
12.12
Amendments and Waivers.
55
       
 
12.13
No Third Party Beneficiaries
56
       
 
12.14
Headings
56
       
 
12.15
Power of Attorney
56
       
 
12.16
Separate Agreements; Schedules
56
       
 
12.17
Partnership Status
57
       
 
12.18
Delivery by Facsimile or Email
57
 
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF
PROKIDNEY HOLDINGS, LLC
 
This Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (this “Agreement”) of ProKidney Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company” or “OpCo”), is made as of July 1, 2025 (the “Effective Date”) by and among the Company, ProKidney Corp., a Delaware corporation (“PubCo”), the other Members set forth on Schedule I hereto and each other person who is or at any time becomes a Member in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Act (as defined below).
 
RECITALS
 
Whereas, PubCo was formerly a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (PubCo, prior to its domestication to Delaware, “ProKidney Cayman”);
 
Whereas, on July 11, 2022, ProKidney Cayman (f/k/a Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. III) completed a business combination (the “Business Combination”) pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of January 18, 2022 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and between ProKidney Cayman and ProKidney LP, a limited partnership organized under the laws of Ireland (“PKLP”);
 
Whereas, following the Business Combination, ProKidney Cayman operated its business indirectly through PKLP;
 
Whereas, in connection with the Business Combination, (i) ProKidney Cayman was admitted as a limited partner of PKLP in exchange for a contribution by ProKidney Cayman of a combination of shares of Acquiror Class B Common Stock (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) and Acquiror Class B PMEL RSRs (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), (ii) ProKidney Corp. GP Limited (the “PKLP GP”) was admitted as the general partner of PKLP, (iii) the existing limited partners of PKLP (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding PubCo) were distributed Acquiror Class B Common Stock and Acquiror Class B PMEL RSRs, (iv) certain existing limited partners of PKLP were issued Acquiror Class B Series 1 RSRs, Acquiror Class B Series 2 RSRs, and Acquiror Class B Series 3 RSRs (each as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), (v) PKLP was recapitalized into (x) New Company Common Units (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) (“PKLP Common Units”) which were issued to ProKidney Cayman and the existing limited partners of PKLP who received Acquiror Class B Common Stock in the Business Combination, (y) PMEL RCUs (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) (the “PKLP PMEL RCUs”) which were issued to PMEL (to hold on behalf of the PMEL Award Agreement Recipients) which also received Acquiror Class B PMEL RSRs in the Business Combination, and (z) Series 1 RCUs (the “PKLP Series 1 RCUs”), Series 2 RCUs (the “PKLP Series 2 RCUs”), and Series 3 RCUs (the “PKLP Series 3 RCUs”) (each as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) which were issued to certain existing limited partners of PKLP who received Class B Series 1 RSRs, Acquiror Class B Series 2 RSRs, and Acquiror Class B Series 3 RSRs, respectively, in the Business Combination;
 
Whereas, on June 26, 2025, the Company was organized as a Delaware limited liability company by the filing of a certificate of formation in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Certificate”), and, PKLP, the Company’s initial sole member, entered into that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2025 (the “Original LLC Agreement”);
 

Whereas, (i) PKLP contributed substantially all of its assets to the Company as a contribution to capital, (ii) PKLP commenced winding-up and made a liquidating distribution of its limited liability company interests in the Company to its partners in redemption of their interests in PKLP, and (iii) PKLP GP sold (the “PKLP GP Sale”) its nominal economic interest in the Company received in such distribution to ProKidney Cayman (the “Substitution”);
 
Whereas, as a result of the Substitution, each of the former limited partners of PKLP became members of the Company holding an economic interest in the Company equivalent to the interest which they formerly held in PKLP (other than the additional nominal economic interest in the Company now held by ProKidney Cayman as a result of the PKLP GP Sale) and on July 1, 2025, the Original LLC Agreement was amended and restated in its entirety by that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company (the “Existing LLC Agreement”) to reflect the admission of such former limited partners of PKLP to the Company and the withdrawal of PKLP from the Company;
 
Whereas, immediately following the Substitution, ProKidney Cayman changed its jurisdiction of incorporation from the Cayman Islands to the State of Delaware by deregistering as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands and registering by way of continuation for purposes of the Companies Act (as amended) of the Cayman Islands, and domesticating and continuing, for purposes of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, as a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Domestication” and, together with the Substitution, the “Restructuring”);
 
Whereas, as a result of the Domestication, (i) each share of Acquiror Class B Common Stock formerly held by the limited partners of PKLP and now held by the Members of the Company was converted into a Class B Common Share of PubCo, (ii) each Acquiror Class B PMEL RSR formerly held by PMEL (on behalf of the PMEL Award Agreement Recipients) as a limited partner of PKLP and now held by PMEL (on behalf of the PMEL Award Agreement Recipients) as a Member of the Company was converted into a Delaware Class B PMEL RSR of PubCo, and (iii) each Acquiror Class B Series 1 RSR, Acquiror Class B Series 2 RSR, and Acquiror Class B Series 3 RSR formerly held by certain limited partners of PKLP and now held by certain Members of the Company was converted into a Delaware Class B Series 1 RSR, Delaware Class B Series 2 RSR and Delaware Class B Series 3 RSR, respectively, of PubCo (each of the restricted stock rights referred to in this clause  (iii), collectively, the “Delaware Class B Earnout RSRs”);
 
Whereas, immediately following the Domestication, the Members desire to amend and restate the Existing LLC Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein to reflect the Restructuring and resulting changes to the capital structure, including the ownership by the Members of Common Units and Restricted Common Units in the Company which are paired with equity interests in PubCo; and
 
Whereas, immediately following the Restructuring, PubCo shall operate its business indirectly through the Company.
 
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the premises and agreements of the parties set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Members hereby amend and restate the Existing LLC Agreement to read in its entirety as follows:
 
ARTICLE I
 
DEFINITIONS
 
1.01      Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the following meanings (such meanings being equally applicable to both the singular and plural form of the terms defined):
 
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5 Day VWAP” means the arithmetic average of the VWAP for an equivalent amount of Class A Common Shares on each of the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to a requested subscription or redemption date.
 
Act” means, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. Section 18-101, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time.
 
Adjusted Capital Account Balance” means, with respect to each Member, the balance in such Member’s Capital Account adjusted (i) by taking into account the adjustments, allocations and distributions described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6); and (ii) by adding to such balance such Member’s share of Company Minimum Gain and Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5), and any amounts such Member is obligated to restore pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or by applicable Law. The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account Balance is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
 
Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such specified Person.
 
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
 
Assignee” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.05.
 
Assumed Tax Rate” means the highest effective marginal combined statutory U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate (including the tax imposed under Section 1411 of the Code on net investment income) for a taxable year prescribed for an individual or corporate resident in New York, New York (whichever results in the application of the highest state and local tax rate for a given type of income), and taking into account (a) the limitations imposed on the deductibility of expenses and other items, (b) the character (e.g., long-term or short-term capital gain or ordinary or exempt income) of the applicable income, and (c) the deductibility of state and local income taxes, to the extent applicable (and with any dollar limitation on state and local income tax deductibility assumed to be exceeded), but not taking into account any deduction under Section 199A of the Code or any similar state or local Law, as determined in good faith by the OpCo Board. For the avoidance of doubt, the Assumed Tax Rate shall be the same for all Members.
 
Available Cash” means, as of a particular date, the amount of cash on hand which the OpCo Board, in its reasonable discretion, deems available for Distribution to the Members, taking into account all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company then due and amounts that the OpCo Board, in its reasonable discretion, deems necessary to expend or retain for working capital or to place into reserves for customary and usual claims with respect to the Company’s operations.
 
Business Combination” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
Business Combination Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
Business Combination Effective Date” means July 11, 2022.
 
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Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to close in the State of New York.
 
Capital Account” means the separate capital account maintained for each Member in accordance with Section 5.03 hereof.
 
Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the aggregate amount of money contributed or deemed contributed to the Company and the initial Carrying Value of any property (other than money), net of any liabilities assumed by the Company upon contribution or to which such property is subject, contributed to the Company pursuant to Article V.  Any reference to the Capital Contribution of a Member will include any Capital Contributions made by a predecessor holder of such Member’s Units to the extent that such Capital Contribution was made in respect of Units Transferred to such Member.
 
Carrying Value” means, with respect to any Company asset, the asset’s adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, except that the initial carrying value of assets contributed to the Company shall be their respective gross Fair Market Values on the date of contribution as determined by the OpCo Board, in its reasonable discretion, and the Carrying Values of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective Fair Market Values, in accordance with the rules set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), except as otherwise provided herein, as of: (a) the date of the acquisition of any additional limited liability company interest in the Company by any new or existing Member in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution; (b) the date of the Distribution of more than a de minimis amount of Company assets to a Member as consideration for an interest in the Company; (c) the liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); (d) in connection with the grant of an interest in the Company (other than a de minimis interest) as consideration for the provision of services to or for the benefit of the Company by an existing member acting in a partner capacity, or by a new Member acting in a partner capacity in anticipation of being a Member, (e) the acquisition of an interest in the Company upon the exercise of a noncompensatory option in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s); (f) the conversion of any Restricted Common Units into Common Units upon the occurrence of a Vesting Event, if any, in accordance with principles similar to those set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s); or (g) any other date specified in the Treasury Regulations; provided, however, that adjustments pursuant to clauses (a), (b), (d) and (f) above shall be made only if such adjustments are deemed necessary or appropriate by the OpCo Board, in its reasonable discretion, to reflect the relative economic interests of the Members; and provided, further, if any noncompensatory option or Restricted Common Unit is outstanding upon the occurrence of an event described in this sentence (other than, if applicable, the noncompensatory options being exercised or the Restricted Common Units being converted that give rise to the occurrence of such event), Carrying Values shall be adjusted in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)(1) and 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(h)(2) (or, in the case of outstanding Restricted Common Units, in accordance with principles similar to those set forth in such Sections). The Carrying Value of any Company asset distributed to any Member shall be adjusted immediately before such Distribution to equal its Fair Market Value. In the case of any asset that has a Carrying Value that differs from its adjusted tax basis, Carrying Value shall be adjusted by the amount of depreciation calculated for purposes of the definition of “Profits” and “Losses” rather than the amount of depreciation determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and depreciation shall be calculated by reference to Carrying Value rather than tax basis once Carrying Value differs from tax basis. The Carrying Value 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 Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m); provided, however, that Carrying Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this sentence to the extent that the OpCo Board reasonably determines that an adjustment pursuant to clauses (a) through (f) of the first sentence of this definition is necessary or appropriate in connection with the transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this sentence.  For clarity purposes, the applicable law for Mexican tax purposes shall be the Mexican income tax law.
 
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Cayman LLC Act” means the Limited Liability Companies Act (as amended) of the Cayman Islands.
 
Certificate” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
Change of Control” has the meaning given to such term in the Tax Receivable Agreement; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any event that constitutes both a PubCo Offer and a Change of Control of PubCo shall be considered a PubCo Offer for purposes of this Agreement.
 
Class” means the classes of Units into which the limited liability company interests in the Company may be classified or divided from time to time by the OpCo Board pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement, the only Classes of Units consist of the (x) Common Units and (y) the Restricted Common Units, which may convert into Common Units in the manner set forth in this Agreement. Subclasses within a Class shall not be separate Classes for purposes of this Agreement. For all purposes hereunder and under the Act, only such Classes expressly established under this Agreement, including by the OpCo Board in accordance with this Agreement, shall be deemed to be a class of limited liability company interests in the Company.
 
Class A Common Shares” means the shares of Class A common stock of PubCo, par value $0.0001 per share.
 
Class B Common Shares” means the shares of Class B common stock of PubCo, par value $0.0001 per share.
 
Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
 
Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Common Percentage Interest” means, with respect to any Member, the quotient obtained by dividing the aggregate number of Common Units then owned by such Member by the aggregate number of Common Units then owned by all Members.
 
Common Units” means the Units designated as the “Common Units” herein and having the rights pertaining thereto as are set forth in this Agreement, but, for the avoidance of doubt, shall exclude any Restricted Common Units prior to their conversion into Common Units upon the occurrence of a Vesting Event, if any.
 
Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
 
Company Minimum Gain” has the meaning ascribed to the term “partnership minimum gain” set forth in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d).
 
Contingencies” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(a).
 
Continuing Members” means the Members of the Company that were limited partners of PKLP as of immediately prior to the Business Combination Effective Date other than PubCo.
 
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Continuing Member Representative” means Pablo Legorreta or such other Person as may be appointed from time to time by the Requisite Continuing Members.
 
Control” (including the terms “Controlled by” and “under common Control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or otherwise, including the ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities having the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar body governing the affairs of such Person.
 
Conversion Date” means, with respect to any Restricted Common Unit, the date on which a Vesting Event occurs for such Restricted Common Unit.
 
Covered Transaction” means any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (whether occurring through one transaction or a series of related transactions, and whether voluntary or involuntary) and any other sale, redemption or Transfer of Units.
 
Delaware Class B Earnout RSRs” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
Delaware Class B PMEL RSR” has the meaning set forth in the Plan of Domestication.
 
Delaware Class B Series 1 RSR” has the meaning set forth in the Plan of Domestication.
 
Delaware Class B Series 2 RSR” has the meaning set forth in the Plan of Domestication.
 
Delaware Class B Series 3 RSR” has the meaning set forth in the Plan of Domestication.
 
Designated Individual” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08.
 
Disinterested PubCo Majority” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.12(a).
 
Distribution” means the transfer of any money or other property to a Member or its Assignee in respect of its Units or other Equity Interests in the Company.
 
Domestication” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
 
Encumbrance” means any mortgage, hypothecation, claim, lien, encumbrance, conditional sales or other title retention agreement, right of first refusal, preemptive right, pledge, option, charge, security interest or other similar interest, easement, judgment or imperfection of title of any nature whatsoever, other than encumbrances arising under applicable securities Laws.
 
Equity Interests” means (a) capital stock, membership interests, shares, partnership interests, other equity interests, rights to profits or revenue and any other similar interest in any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity, (b) any security or other interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, whether at the time of issuance or upon the passage of time or the occurrence of some future event and (c) any warrant, option or other right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire any of the foregoing.
 
ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
 
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Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
Exchange Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, by and among the Company, PubCo, the other Members of the Company from time to time party thereto, and the other parties thereto, as amended from time to time.
 
Exchange Transaction” means an exchange of Common Units and Class B Common Shares for Class A Common Shares of PubCo pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Exchange Agreement (including pursuant to a Direct Exchange (as defined in the Exchange Agreement)).
 
Exempt Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(e).
 
Existing LLC Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
Family Group” means, with respect to a Person who is an individual, (a) such Person’s spouse and direct descendants (whether natural or adopted) (collectively, for purposes of this definition, “relatives”), and (b) any trust, the trustee of which is such Person and which at all times is and remains solely for the benefit of such Person and/or such Person’s relatives.
 
Fiscal Year” means, unless otherwise determined by the OpCo Board in its sole  discretion in accordance with Section 12.12, any twelve-month period commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31.
 
GAAP” means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America as in effect from time to time.
 
Income Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(d)(i).
 
Indemnitee” means (a) each Manager, (b) any additional or substitute Manager, (c) any Person who is or was a Partnership Representative or the Continuing Member Representative, (d) any Person that is required to be indemnified by PubCo as an “indemnitee” in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and/or bylaws of PubCo as in effect from time to time, (e) any Person or any additional or substitute Person who is or was serving, in each case of the following, at the request of the Company as an officer, director, employee, member, manager, partnership representative, agent, fiduciary or trustee of another Person; provided that, a Person shall not be an Indemnitee by reason of providing, on a fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary or custodial services, (f) any Officer, (g) any other Person the OpCo Board in its sole discretion designates as an “Indemnitee” for purposes of this Agreement, (h) any former officer or manager of the Company, PKLP or PKLP GP, and (i) any heir, executor or administrator with respect to Persons named in clauses (a) through (h).
 
IPCo” means, (i) prior to the IPCo Restructuring, ProKidney, a Cayman Islands exempted company, (ii) at any time after the transactions referred to in clause (i) of the definition of IPCo Restructuring until the consummation of the transactions referred to in clause (ii) of the definition of IPCo Restructuring, ProKidney IPCo, LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company, and (iii) at any time after the IPCo Restructuring, ProKidney IPCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
 
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IPCo Restructuring” means a series of restructuring transactions whereby (i) ProKidney, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company as a result of the contribution of PKLP's assets to the Company, is reregistered as a limited liability company with the name “ProKidney IPCo, LLC” under the Cayman LLC Act and (ii) ProKidney IPCo, LLC, then a Cayman Islands limited liability company, subsequently changes its jurisdiction of incorporation from the Cayman Islands to the State of Delaware by deregistering as a limited liability company in the Cayman Islands and registering by way of continuation for purposes of the Cayman LLC Act, and domesticating and continuing, for purposes of the Act as a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware with the name “ProKidney IPCo, LLC.”
 
IPCo Restructuring Documents” means any documents or agreements entered into by the Company, PubCo, IPCo or other parties in connection with the IPCo Restructuring.
 
IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
 
Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, executive order, injunction, judgment, decree or other order issued or promulgated by any national, supranational, state, federal, provincial, local or municipal government or any administrative or regulatory body with authority therefrom with jurisdiction over the Company or any Member, as the case may be.
 
Liquidation Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03.
 
Liquidity Event” means, whether occurring through one transaction or a series of related transactions, any liquidation, dissolution or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, of the Company.
 
Lock-Up Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Lock-Up Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, by and among PubCo and the other signatories thereto, as amended from time to time.
 
Lock-Up Period” has the meaning set forth in the Lock-Up Agreement.
 
Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).
 
Mandatory Exchange” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(a).
 
Member” means, at any time, each person admitted as a member of the Company and listed as a Member (including PubCo) on the books and records of the Company, in each case for so long as he, she or it remains a Member of the Company as provided hereunder.
 
Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain” means an amount with respect to each partner nonrecourse debt (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4)) equal to the Company Minimum Gain that would result if such partner nonrecourse debt were treated as a nonrecourse liability (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(3)) determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).
 
Member Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning ascribed to the term “partner nonrecourse deductions” set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).
 
Member’s Required Tax Distribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(d)(i).
 
Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1). The amount of Nonrecourse Deductions of the Company for a Fiscal Year equals the net increase, if any, in the amount of Company Minimum Gain of the Company during that Fiscal Year, determined according to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(c).
 
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Officer” means each Person designated as an officer of the Company by the OpCo Board pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.07, subject to any resolutions of the OpCo Board appointing such Person as an officer of the Company or relating to such appointment.
 
OpCo Board” means the board of managers of the Company.
 
Original LLC Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
Participating Unit” means, with respect to any Distribution (or other allocation of proceeds) pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or Section 4.02, any outstanding Unit, but shall exclude any Restricted Common Units prior to their conversion into Common Units upon the occurrence of a Vesting Event, if any.
 
Partnership Representative” means any Person acting as “tax matters partner” or the “partnership representative” pursuant to Section 5.08.
 
Permitted Transferee” means any transferee in an Exempt Transfer.
 
Person” means any individual, estate, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated or governmental organization or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
 
Plan of Domestication” means the Plan of Domestication of ProKidney Cayman adopted on or about the date hereof.
 
PKLP” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
PKLP Common Units” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
PKLP GPhas the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
PKLP GP Sale” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
PKLP PMEL RCUs” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
PKLP Series 1 RCUs” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
PKLP Series 2 RCUs” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
PKLP Series 3 RCUs” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
PMEL” means ProKidney Management Equity LLC.
 
PMEL Award Agreement Recipients” means the directors, officers, consultants, developers, contractors and employees of PKLP, any current or former Affiliate of PKLP or any current or former Subsidiary of PKLP, or any other Person who received PMEL Interests pursuant to one or more PMEL Award Agreements.
 
PMEL Award Agreements” means award agreements which were entered into between PMEL and the PMEL Award Agreement Recipients pursuant to which PMEL issued PMEL Interests to the PMEL Award Agreement Recipients, subject to certain terms, including with respect to vesting and forfeiture, as contained therein.
 
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PMEL Interests” means the Class B Profits Units in PMEL granted to the PMEL Award Agreement Recipients pursuant to the PMEL Award Agreements.
 
PMEL RCU Vesting Event” means, with respect to any PMEL RCUs, the date on which a portion of PMEL RCUs would vest under the terms of the corresponding PMEL Award Agreement.  With respect to any PMEL RCUs, the “corresponding PMEL Award Agreement” shall mean the PMEL Award Agreement pursuant to which the applicable PMEL Award Agreement Recipient received PMEL Interests, which PMEL Interests, by virtue of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, became PKLP PMEL RCUs held by PMEL (on behalf of the PMEL Award Agreement Recipients), and which by virtue of the subsequent Restructuring, have now become PMEL RCUs hereunder.
 
PMEL RCUs” means those Restricted Common Units issued to PMEL (on behalf of the PMEL Award Agreement Recipients), which, pursuant to the Restructuring, have been issued in substitution for those PKLP PMEL RCUs issued by PKLP to PMEL (on behalf of the PMEL Award Agreement Recipients) pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement which had not vested at the time of the Restructuring and which Restricted Common Units are restricted subject to vesting and will vest upon the occurrence of each PMEL RCU Vesting Event, with the rights and privileges as set forth in this Agreement.
 
Primary Indemnification” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02(a).
 
Proceeding” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02(a).
 
Profits” and “Losses” means, for each Fiscal Year or other period, the taxable income or loss of the Company, or particular items thereof, determined in accordance with the accounting method used by the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes with the following adjustments: (a) all items of income, gain, loss or deduction allocated pursuant to Section 5.05 shall not be taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss (but the amounts of items to be specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.05 shall be determined by applying rules analogous to those set forth in the remainder of this definition of “Profits” and “Losses”); (b) any income of the Company that is exempt from U.S. federal income taxation and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits and Losses shall be added to such taxable income or loss; (c) if the Carrying Value of any asset differs from its adjusted tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, any gain or loss resulting from a disposition of such asset shall be calculated with reference to such Carrying Value; (d) upon an adjustment to the Carrying Value (other than an adjustment in respect of depreciation) of any asset, pursuant to the definition of Carrying Value, the amount of the adjustment shall be included as gain or loss in computing such taxable income or loss; (e) if the Carrying Value of any asset differs from its adjusted tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the amount of depreciation, amortization or cost recovery deductions with respect to such asset for purposes of determining Profits and Losses, if any, shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such Carrying Value as the U.S. federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deductions bears to such adjusted tax basis (provided that, if the U.S. federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction is zero, the OpCo Board may use any reasonable method for purposes of determining depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deductions in calculating Profits and Losses); (f) to the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) is required pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as a result of a Distribution other than in liquidation of a Member’s interest in the Company, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases the basis of the asset) from the disposition of the asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing such taxable income or loss; and (g) except for items in (a) above, any expenditures of the Company not deductible in computing taxable income or loss, not properly capitalizable and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits and Losses pursuant to this definition shall be treated as deductible items.
 
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ProKidney Caymanhas the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
ProKidney Intermediate” means ProKidney Intermediate, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company or any other wholly-owned existing or future Subsidiary into which the Company contributes 100% of its limited liability company interests in ProKidney US.
 
ProKidney US” means ProKidney, LLC.
 
Post-Domestication Restructuring” means a series of restructuring transactions whereby either (i)(A) the Company contributes 100% of its limited liability company interests in ProKidney US to ProKidney Intermediate, (B) the Company redeems a portion of the Common Units of PubCo (the “Redeemed Common Units”) in exchange for the distribution to PubCo of 100% of the limited liability company interests of ProKidney Intermediate, and (C) ProKidney Intermediate subsequently contributes 100% of the limited liability company interests of ProKidney US to the Company in exchange for the issuance of a number of Common Units equal to the Redeemed Common Units, or (ii)(A) the Company redeems the Redeemed Common Units from PubCo in exchange for the distribution to PubCo of 100% of the limited liability company interests of ProKidney US, and (B) ProKidney US subsequently contributes 100% of its assets and liabilities to the Company in exchange for the issuance to ProKidney US of a number of Common Units equal to the Redeemed Common Units, or any other series of restructuring transactions which collectively have substantially the same economic effect as the transactions described in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii), in each case as determined by the OpCo Board in its sole discretion.
 
Post-Domestication Restructuring Documents” means any documents or agreements entered into by the Company, PubCo, ProKidney US, ProKidney Intermediate or other parties in connection with the Post-Domestication Restructuring.
 
PubCo” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
 
PubCo Board” means the board of directors of PubCo.
 
PubCo Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(a).
 
Qualified Transaction” shall mean a Change of Control.
 
Redeemed Common Units” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Post-Domestication Restructuring.
 
Requisite Continuing Members” means, as of the time of determination, the Continuing Members (other than PMEL) that hold a majority of the Units that are collectively held by Continuing Members (other than PMEL) as of such time.
 
Restricted Common Unit” means the Units which are restricted and subject to vesting and which will convert into Common Units upon the occurrence of a Vesting Event, if any, with the rights and privileges as set forth in this Agreement, including the Series 1 RCUs, the Series 2 RCUs, the Series 3 RCUs and the PMEL RCUs (which PMEL RCUs incorporate by reference the terms of the corresponding PMEL Award Agreements).
 
Restructuring” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
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Revised Partnership Audit Provisions” means Code Sections 6221 through 6241, as in effect for taxable years of the Company beginning after 2017 together with any subsequent amendments thereto, Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, and published administrative interpretations thereof, and any comparable provisions of state or local tax Law.
 
Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
Series 1 RCU” means a Restricted Common Unit which is restricted subject to vesting and will vest upon the occurrence of a Series 1 Vesting Event, with the rights and privileges as set forth in this Agreement.
 
Series 2 RCU” means a Restricted Common Unit which is restricted subject to vesting and will vest upon the occurrence of a Series 2 Vesting Event, with the rights and privileges as set forth in this Agreement.
 
Series 3 RCU” means a Restricted Common Unit which is restricted subject to vesting and will vest upon the occurrence of a Series 3 Vesting Event, with the rights and privileges as set forth in this Agreement.
 
Series 1 Vesting Event” means the occurrence or deemed occurrence of the Triggering Event I (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement, but with any reference in the definition thereof to “Acquiror Class A Common Stock” deemed to refer to Class A Common Shares of PubCo by virtue of the Domestication), which vesting terms shall apply to the Series 1 RCUs issued in substitution for the PKLP Series 1 RCUs by virtue of the Restructuring pursuant to this Agreement.
 
Series 2 Vesting Event” means the occurrence of the Triggering Event II (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement, but with any reference in the definition thereof to “Acquiror Class A Common Stock” deemed to refer to Class A Common Shares of PubCo by virtue of the Domestication), which vesting terms shall apply to the Series 2 RCUs issued in substitution for the PKLP Series 2 RCUs by virtue of the Restructuring pursuant to this Agreement.
 
Series 3 Vesting Event” means the occurrence of the Triggering Event III (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement, but with any reference in the definition thereof to “Acquiror Class A Common Stock” deemed to refer to Class A Common Shares of PubCo by virtue of the Domestication), which vesting terms shall apply to the Series 3 RCUs issued in substitution for the PKLP Series 2 RCUs by virtue of the Restructuring pursuant to this Agreement.
 
Similar Law” means any law or regulation that could cause the underlying assets of the Company to be treated as assets of the Member by virtue of its limited liability company interest in the Company and thereby subject the Company and PubCo (or other persons responsible for the investment and operation of the Company’s assets) to laws or regulations that are similar to the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions contained in Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
 
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Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of shares, membership interests, partnership or other similar ownership interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation) if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control any managing director or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity. For purposes hereof, references to a “Subsidiary” of the Company shall be given effect only at such times that the Company has one or more Subsidiaries, and, unless otherwise indicated, the term “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of the Company.
 
Substitution” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
 
Tax Advances” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.07.
 
Tax Distributions” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(d)(ii).
 
Tax Estimation Period” shall mean each period from January 1 through March 31, from April 1 through May 31, from June 1 through August 31, and from September 1 through December 31 of each taxable year.
 
Tax Receivable Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Tax Receivable Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, entered into among the Company, PubCo and the other parties from time to time party thereto, as amended from time to time.
 
Trading Day” has the meaning provided in the Exchange Agreement.
 
Transfer” means, in respect of any Unit, property or other asset, any sale, assignment, transfer, distribution, exchange, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition thereof, whether voluntarily or by operation of Law, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, including the exchange of any Unit for any other security or the entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any Unit, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise. The term “Transferred” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing.
 
Transferee” means any Person that is a permitted transferee of a Member’s interest in the Company, or part thereof.
 
Treasury Regulations” means the income tax regulations, including temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).
 
Units” means a unit representing a fractional part of the limited liability company interest in the Company, including the Common Units, the Restricted Common Units and any other Class of Units that is established in accordance with this Agreement, which shall constitute limited liability company interests in the Company as provided in this Agreement and under the Act, entitling the holders thereof to the relative rights, title and interests in the profits, losses, deductions and credits of the Company at any particular time as set forth in this Agreement, and any and all other benefits to which a holder thereof may be entitled as a Member as provided in this Agreement, together with the obligations of such Member to comply with all terms and provisions of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, only a Member may hold Units.
 
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Vesting Event” means (a) with respect to each Series 1 RCU, a Series 1 Vesting Event, (b) with respect to each Series 2 RCU, a Series 2 Vesting Event, (c) with respect to each Series 3 RCU, a Series 3 Vesting Event, and (d) with respect to each PMEL RCU, a PMEL RCU Vesting Event.
 
VWAP” has the meaning provided in the Exchange Agreement.
 
ARTICLE II
 
FORMATION, TERM, PURPOSE AND POWERS
 
2.01      Formation. The Company was formed as a limited liability company under the provisions of the Act by the filing of the Certificate on June 26, 2025 and entry into the Original LLC Agreement. If requested by the OpCo Board, the Members shall promptly execute all certificates and other documents consistent with the terms of this Agreement necessary for the OpCo Board to accomplish all filing, recording, publishing and other acts as may be appropriate to comply with all requirements for (a) the formation and operation of a limited liability company under the Laws of the State of Delaware, (b) if the OpCo Board in its sole discretion deems it advisable, the operation of the Company as a limited liability company, or entity in which the Members have limited liability, in all jurisdictions where the Company proposes to operate and (c) all other filings required to be made by the Company. The rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of the Members shall be determined pursuant to the Act and this Agreement. To the extent that the rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of any Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control. The execution, delivery and filing of the Certificate and each amendment thereto is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed by the Members, including pursuant to this Agreement generally and Section 3.10 herein.
 
2.02      Name. The name of the Company shall be, and the business of the Company shall be conducted under the name of “ProKidney Holdings, LLC” and all Company business shall be conducted in that name or in such other names that comply with applicable Law as the OpCo Board in its sole and absolute discretion may select from time to time. Subject to the Act, the OpCo Board in its sole and absolute discretion may change the name of the Company (and amend this Agreement to reflect such change) at any time and from time to time without the consent of any other Person. Prompt notification of any such change shall be given to all Members.
 
2.03     Term. The term of the Company commenced on the date of the filing of the Certificate, and the term shall continue until the dissolution of the Company in accordance with Article IX. The existence of the Company shall continue until cancellation of the Certificate in the manner required by the Act.
 
2.04       Offices. The Company may have offices at such places either within or outside the State of Delaware as the OpCo Board from time to time may select in its sole and absolute discretion. As of the date hereof, the principal place of business and office of the Company is located at 2000 Frontis Plaza Blvd., Suite 250, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.
 
2.05       Agent for Service of Process; Existence and Good Standing; Foreign Qualification.
 
(a)         The registered agent and registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be as set forth in the Certificate of the Company.
 
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(b)        The OpCo Board in its sole discretion may take all action which may be necessary or appropriate (i) for the continuation of the Company’s valid existence as a limited liability company under the Laws of the State of Delaware (and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is necessary to enable the Company to conduct the business in which it is engaged) and (ii) for the maintenance, preservation and operation of the business of the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and applicable Laws and regulations. The OpCo Board in its sole discretion may file or cause to be filed for recordation in the proper office or offices in each other jurisdiction in which the Company is formed or qualified, such certificates (including certificates of formation and fictitious name certificates) and other documents as are required by the applicable statutes, rules or regulations of any such jurisdiction or as are required to reflect the identity of the Members. The OpCo Board in its sole discretion may cause the Company to comply, to the extent procedures are available and those matters are reasonably within the control of the Officers, with all requirements necessary to qualify the Company to do business in any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.
 
2.06      Business Purpose. The Company was formed to engage in (a) the ownership and operation of a biopharmaceutical business to, among other things, develop therapies designed to enhance renal functioning in humans with chronically diseased kidneys, (b) any and all activities necessary or incidental thereto, and (c) any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act.
 
2.07      Powers of the Company. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, the Company will possess and may exercise all of the powers and privileges granted to it by the Act including the ownership and operation of the assets and other property contributed to the Company by the Members, by any other Law or this Agreement, together with all powers incidental thereto, so far as such powers are necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the purpose of the Company set forth in Section 2.06.
 
2.08      Members; Reclassification; Admission of New Members. Each of the Persons listed on Schedule I hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, by virtue of its execution of this Agreement, are hereby admitted or shall continue as the Members of the Company as of the Effective Date. The rights, duties and liabilities of the Members shall be as provided in the Act, except as is otherwise expressly provided herein, and the Members consent to the variation of such rights, duties and liabilities as provided herein. Subject to Section 8.07 with respect to substitute Members, a Person may be admitted from time to time as a new Member with the written consent of the OpCo Board in its sole discretion. Each new Member shall execute and deliver to the OpCo Board an appropriate supplement to this Agreement pursuant to which the new Member agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time.
 
2.09     Resignation. No Member shall have the right to resign as a member of the Company other than following the Transfer (subject to Section 8.05), redemption or surrender of all Units owned by such Member in accordance with this Agreement.
 
2.10      Representations of Members. Each Member severally (and not jointly) represents and warrants to the Company and each other Member as of the date of such Member’s admittance to the Company (or as of the date hereof for any Member as of the date hereof) and as of each subsequent date that such Member acquires any additional Units that:
 
(a)          Organization; Authority.
 
(i)          To the extent it is not a natural person, (x) it is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing (if applicable) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, and if required by Law is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing in the jurisdiction of its principal place of business (if not formed in such jurisdiction), and (y) has full corporate, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other applicable power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and all necessary actions by the board of directors, shareholders, managers, members, partners, trustees, beneficiaries or other Persons necessary for the due authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by that Member have been duly taken.
 
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(ii)          It has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement is enforceable against such Member in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, moratorium, insolvency and other Laws generally affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity (whether applied in a proceeding in a court of law or equity).
 
(b)        Non-Contravention. Its authorization, execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement does not breach or conflict with or constitute a default under (x) such Member’s charter or other governing documents to the extent it is not a natural person, (y) any material obligation under any other material agreement to which that Member is a party or by which it is bound or (z) applicable Law.
 
(c)         Due Inquiry. It has had, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from representatives of the Company concerning an investment in the Company, as well as the finances, operations, business and prospects of the Company, and the opportunity to obtain additional information to verify the accuracy of all information so obtained, and received all such information about the Company and the Units as it has requested.
 
(d)        Purpose of Investment. It is acquiring and holding its Units solely for investment purposes, for its own account and not for the account or benefit of any other Person and not with a view towards the distribution or dissemination thereof, did not decide to enter into this Agreement as a result of any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 of Regulation D under the Securities Act, and acknowledges and understands that no United States federal or state agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the offering of any Units.
 
(e)        Transfer Restrictions. It understands that the Units and the Class B Common Shares are each being Transferred in a transaction not involving a public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the Units and Class B Common Shares will comprise “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act which shall not be sold, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred except in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and applicable Law. It understands and agrees that each of the Units and Class B Common Shares received or retained by it may not be Transferred during the Lock-Up Period except in accordance with the terms hereof. It agrees that, if in the future it decides to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise Transfer any portion of its Units or Class B Common Shares, such Units and/or Class B Common Shares may be offered, resold or otherwise Transferred only pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption from registration and/or qualification under the Securities Act and applicable state securities Laws, and as a condition precedent to any such Transfer, it may be required to deliver to the Company an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, and agrees, absent registration or an exemption with respect to its Units, not to resell any such Units and/or Class B Common Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, no Member may Transfer all or any portion of its Units or other interest in the Company (or beneficial interest therein) except as set forth in Article VIII.
 
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(f)          Investor Status. It (i) has adequate means of providing for its current needs and possible contingencies, is able to bear the economic risks of its investment for an indefinite period of time and has a sufficient net worth to sustain a loss of its entire investment in the Company in the event such loss should occur, (ii) is sophisticated in financial matters and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Company, (iii) is, or is controlled by, an “accredited investor,” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, promulgated under the Securities Act, and acknowledges the issuance of Units under this Agreement is being made in reliance on a private placement exemption to “accredited investors” within the meaning of Section 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act or similar exemptions under federal and state Law, and (iv) is treated as a single partner within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) (determined taking into account the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(3)).
 
2.11      Amendment and Restatement of Existing LLC Agreement. Each of the Members agrees and acknowledges that this Agreement amends, restates and replaces in its entirety the Existing LLC Agreement, which is no longer in effect.
 
ARTICLE III
 
MANAGEMENT
 
3.01       OpCo Board.
 
(a)         The Company is manager-managed. Except for situations in which the approval of one or more of the Members is specifically required by the express terms of this Agreement, and subject to the provisions of this Article III, the business, property and affairs of the Company shall be managed under the sole, absolute and exclusive direction of the OpCo Board comprised of managers appointed, removed and replaced in accordance with this Article III (each, a “Manager” and collectively, the “Managers”), and the OpCo Board shall have the sole power to bind or take any action on behalf of the Company, or to exercise any rights and powers (including the rights and powers to take certain actions, give or withhold certain consents or approvals, or make certain determinations, opinions, judgments or other decisions) granted to the Company under this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or other document to which the Company is a party. As of the date hereof, the initial Managers shall be the individuals (and such individuals are hereby appointed as Managers pursuant to Section 3.02 of this Agreement) listed as Managers on Exhibit A attached hereto. Exhibit A may, but need not, be amended from time to time to reflect the then-current Managers of the Company, as applicable.
 
(b)         Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to any situations in which the approval of the Members is specifically required by this Agreement, (x) the OpCo Board shall have discretion in determining whether to issue Equity Interests of the Company, the number of Equity Interests of the Company to be issued at any particular time, the purchase price for any Equity Interests of the Company issued, and all other terms and conditions governing the issuance of Equity Interests of the Company; provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Equity Interests ranking senior to the Common Units held by PubCo (including with respect to voting, liquidation and distribution rights) shall be authorized or issued without the prior written consent of PubCo; and (y) the OpCo Board (with the prior written consent of PubCo) may enter into, approve, and consummate any Liquidity Event or other extraordinary or business combination or divestiture transaction, and execute and deliver on behalf of the Company or the Members any agreement, document and instrument in connection therewith (including amendments, if any, to this Agreement or adoptions of new constituent documents) without the approval or consent of any Member. The OpCo Board shall operate the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance in all material respects with an annual budget, business plan and financial forecasts for the Company and its Subsidiaries for each Fiscal Year.
 
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(c)         Each Manager shall be a “manager” of the Company for the purposes of the Act. Each Manager was and is hereby designated as an authorized person, within the meaning of the Act, to execute, deliver and file all certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) required or permitted by the Act to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, including the execution, delivery and filing of the Certificate, and such execution, delivery and filing is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed pursuant to Section 3.10 herein. Each Manager is hereby authorized to execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in a jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary (including any provision that would purport to govern over this provision), without the consent of any Member or other Person being required, the Company is hereby authorized to execute, deliver and perform, and each Manager or any Officer on behalf of the Company, is hereby authorized to execute and deliver the Exchange Agreement, the Lock-Up Agreement, the Tax Receivable Agreement, the IPCo Restructuring Documents and the Post-Domestication Restructuring Documents, and any amendment thereto and any other agreement, document or other instrument contemplated thereby or related thereto. Each Manager or any Officer is hereby authorized to enter into the documents described in the preceding sentence on behalf of the Company, but such authorization shall not be deemed a restriction on the power of the OpCo Board or any Officer to enter into other documents on behalf of the Company. Nothing set forth in this Agreement shall reduce or restrict the rights of any Person set forth in the Exchange Agreement, the Lock-Up Agreement, the Tax Receivable Agreement, the IPCo Restructuring Documents or the Post-Domestication Restructuring Documents, subject in each case to the terms and conditions thereof.
 
(d)      Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.01, the OpCo Board shall have the general power to manage or cause the management of the Company (which may be delegated to Officers of the Company), including the following powers:
 
(i)          to develop and prepare a business plan each year which will set forth the operating goals and plans for the Company;
 
(ii)        to execute and deliver or to authorize the execution and delivery of contracts, deeds, leases, licenses, instruments of transfer and other documents on behalf of the Company;
 
(iii)      to make any expenditures, to lend or borrow money, to assume or guarantee, or otherwise contract for, indebtedness and other liabilities, to issue evidences of indebtedness and to incur any other obligations;
 
(iv)         to establish and enforce limits of authority and internal controls with respect to all personnel and functions;
 
(v)          to engage attorneys, consultants and accountants for the Company;
 
(vi)         to develop or cause to be developed accounting procedures for the maintenance of the Company’s books of account; and
 
(vii)        to do all such other acts as shall be authorized in this Agreement or by the Members in writing from time to time.
 
3.02       Appointment of the OpCo Board.
 
(a)         The OpCo Board shall consist of at least one (1) Person but not more than ten (10), and the size of the initial OpCo Board shall be fixed at three (3) Persons.  From time to time following the date hereof, PubCo, without the consent of any other Member, shall be entitled to increase or decrease the size of the OpCo Board.
 
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(b)        PubCo shall have the right to appoint, remove (with or without cause) and replace the Managers on the OpCo Board and, at any time, to appoint a Manager to serve as Chairperson of the OpCo Board. Each Manager shall serve as a Manager until a successor has been duly elected in accordance with this Section 3.02 or otherwise until his or her earlier death, removal, or resignation. As of the date hereof, the Manager hereby appointed as the initial Chairperson of the OpCo Board is listed as such on Exhibit A attached hereto (and such individual has and is hereby deemed to have accepted such appointment as Chairperson).
 
(c)        A Manager may resign as a Manager at any time by giving written notice to the Members. Unless otherwise specified in the notice, the resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Members, and the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.  Any vacancy on the OpCo Board, whether resulting from an increase in the size of the OpCo Board or the death, resignation or removal of a Manager, may be filled by PubCo or by the remaining Managers then serving on the OpCo Board.
 
3.03       Meetings of the OpCo Board.
 
(a)         Meetings of the OpCo Board may be called by any Manager or PubCo.
 
(b)         A majority of Managers then serving on the OpCo Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by the OpCo Board, unless the Company has a single Manager, in which case, a quorum shall be one (1).
 
(c)         Notice of any meeting shall be given pursuant to Section 12.02 to all Managers not less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the meeting.  A notice need not specify the purpose of any meeting.  Notice of a meeting need not be given to any Manager who signs a waiver of notice, 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 the lack of notice prior to the commencement of the meeting.  All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with the Company’s records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
 
(d)         Managers may participate in any meeting of the Managers by means of conference telephones or other means of electronic communication so long as all Managers participating can hear or communicate with one another.  A Manager so participating is deemed to be present at the meeting.
 
3.04     Action by the OpCo Board.  Unless otherwise provided herein, action by the OpCo Board shall require an affirmative vote of a majority of the Managers at a meeting at which a quorum is present; provided however, in the event of a deadlock, the Chairperson shall cast the deciding vote.
 
3.05       Compensation. The Managers shall not be entitled to any compensation for services rendered to the Company in its capacity as a Manager.
 
3.06      Expenses. The Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, all costs, fees, operating expenses and other expenses of the Company (including the costs, fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants or other professionals) incurred in pursuing and conducting, or otherwise related to, the activities of the Company. The Company may also, in the sole discretion of PubCo, bear and/or reimburse the Managers for (i) any costs, fees or expenses incurred by them in connection with serving on the OpCo Board and (ii) all other expenses allocable to the Company or otherwise incurred by PubCo in connection with operating the Company’s business (including expenses allocated to PubCo by its Affiliates). To the extent that PubCo determines in its sole discretion that such expenses are related to the business and affairs of PubCo that are conducted through the Company and/or its subsidiaries (including expenses that relate to the business and affairs of the Company and/or its subsidiaries and that also relate to other activities of PubCo), the OpCo Board may cause the Company to pay or bear all expenses of PubCo, including compensation and meeting costs of any board of directors or similar body of PubCo, any salary, bonus, incentive compensation and other amounts paid to any Person including Affiliates of PubCo to perform services for the Company, litigation costs and damages arising from litigation, accounting and legal costs and franchise taxes; provided that, the Company shall not pay or bear any income tax obligations of PubCo or any obligations of PubCo under the Tax Receivable Agreement. Reimbursements pursuant to this Section 3.06 shall be in addition to any reimbursement as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 10.02.
 
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3.07      Officers. Subject to the direction and oversight of the OpCo Board, the day-to-day administration of the business of the Company may be carried out by persons who may be designated as Officers by the OpCo Board, with titles including “assistant secretary,” “assistant treasurer,” “chairman,” “chief executive officer,” “chief financial officer,” “chief operating officer,” “director,” “general counsel,” “general manager,” “managing director,” “president,” “principal accounting officer,” “secretary,” “senior chairman,” “senior managing director,” “treasurer,” “vice chairman,” “executive vice president” or “vice president,” and as and to the extent authorized by the OpCo Board in its sole and absolute discretion. The Officers of the Company shall have such titles and powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the OpCo Board and otherwise as shall customarily pertain to such offices. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. In its sole and absolute discretion, the OpCo Board may choose not to fill any office for any period as it may deem advisable. All Officers and other persons providing services to or for the benefit of the Company shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the OpCo Board and may be removed, with or without cause, from such office by the OpCo Board and the authority, duties or responsibilities of any employee, agent or Officer of the Company may be suspended by the OpCo Board from time to time, in each case in the sole and absolute discretion of the OpCo Board. No Manager shall cease to be a Manager as a result of the delegation of any duties hereunder. No Officer of the Company, in its capacity as such, shall be considered a Manager by agreement, as a result of the performance of its duties hereunder or otherwise. The OpCo Board hereby designates Bruce Culleton to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Todd C. Girolamo to serve as the Corporate Compliance Officer; Secretary; Chief Legal Officer of the Company.
 
3.08       Authority of Members.
 
(a)        Except as required or permitted by Law or except as expressly provided herein or by separate agreement with the Company, no Member (other than any Managers who are also Members), in its capacity as such, shall participate in the management or have any control over the business of the Company or shall otherwise take any part in the management or control of the operation or business of the Company nor shall any Member who is not also a Manager (and acting in such capacity) have any right, authority or power to act for or on behalf of or bind the Company in his, her or its capacity as a Member in any respect or assume any obligation or responsibility of the Company or of any other Member. Except as expressly provided herein, the Units do not confer any rights upon the Members to participate in the affairs of the Company described in this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein, no Member (other than any Managers who are also Members) shall have any right to vote on any matter involving the Company, including with respect to any merger, consolidation, combination or conversion of the Company, or any other matter that a Member might otherwise have the ability to vote on or consent with respect to under the Act, at law, in equity or otherwise. The conduct, control and management of the Company shall be vested exclusively in the OpCo Board. In all matters relating to or arising out of the conduct of the operation of the Company, the decision of the OpCo Board shall be the decision of the Company.
 
(b)       Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may from time to time appoint one or more Members as Officers or employ one or more Members as employees, and such Members, in their capacity as Officers or employees of the Company (and not, for clarity, in their capacity as Members of the Company), may take part in the control and management of the business of the Company to the extent such authority and power to act for or on behalf of the Company has been delegated to them by the OpCo Board in such capacity.
 
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3.09       Meetings of the Members.
 
(a)         Meetings of the Members solely for the purposes expressly permitted herein may be called upon the written request of the OpCo Board or Members holding a majority of the outstanding Common Units entitled to vote thereat.  Such request shall state the location of the meeting and the nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting.  Written notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Members not less than two (2) Business Days and not more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of such meeting.  Solely to the extent the vote or consent of Members is expressly permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote or consent may be given at a meeting of the Members or may be given in accordance with the procedure prescribed in this Section 3.09.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the affirmative vote of the Members holding a majority of the outstanding Common Units entitled to vote at such meeting voting at such meeting shall constitute the act of the Members from such meeting.
 
(b)        Each Member may authorize any Person or Persons to act for it by proxy on all matters in which such Member is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting.  Every proxy must be signed by such Member or its attorney-in-fact.  No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy.  Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Member executing it.
 
(c)        Each meeting of Members shall be conducted by the OpCo Board or such individual Person as the OpCo Board deems appropriate as a designee for such purpose.
 
(d)        The holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Units and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Members for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by Law. In the absence of a quorum, the OpCo Board, or its designee, may, or the Members so present by majority vote may, adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall attend. Any meeting of Members, annual or special, may be adjourned by the OpCo Board or its designee or by a majority vote of the Members present, whether or not a quorum, and reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Company may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each Member of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
 
3.10       Action by Written Consent or Ratification.
 
(a)        Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Members pursuant to this Agreement shall be taken if all Members whose consent or ratification is required consent thereto or provide a consent or ratification in writing. A written resolution or consent of the Members shall be conclusive evidence of the act of the Members set forth therein and shall be binding on the Company notwithstanding Section 3.01 of this Agreement; provided, however, that such action shall remain subject to any applicable consent rights of the OpCo Board or any other Person pursuant to this Agreement.
 
(b)       Any action required, required to be approved or permitted to be taken by the OpCo Board pursuant to this Agreement may be taken or approved, as applicable, by the OpCo Board without a meeting if the number of Managers required to approve, ratify or consent to an action at a meeting act pursuant to a writing which evidences its approval or ratification of, or consent to, such action, and the writing is filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the OpCo Board.  A written resolution or consent of the Managers shall be conclusive evidence of the act of the Managers set forth therein.
 
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(c)          Any consent or approval of the Members, the OpCo Board or the PubCo Board required or permitted by this Agreement to be “written” may also be made by the use of electronic transmission.
 
3.11       Investment Company Act Restrictions. The OpCo Board shall use its best efforts to ensure that the Company shall not be subject to registration as an investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act.
 
3.12       Certain Transactions.
 
(a)         The OpCo Board shall not cause the Company to enter into any contract, transaction or arrangement with any Member or any Affiliate of a Member, without PubCo’s prior written consent (other than contracts and dealings solely among the Company and its Subsidiaries); provided that, the foregoing shall in no way limit the OpCo Board’s rights under Section 3.01, Section 3.05, Section 3.06 or Section 3.10 to act without the consent of PubCo or any other Member.  The Members hereby consent to, and PubCo hereby approves, each of the contracts or agreements between the Company and any Member or such Member’s Affiliates entered into on or prior to the date of this Agreement for purposes of this Section 3.12.
 
(b)         Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary (including any provision that would purport to govern over this provision), the Members hereby authorize and consent to the Post-Domestication Restructuring being effected by the OpCo Board, the Company, PubCo, ProKidney US and ProKidney Intermediate, among other parties, including, without limitation, (a) the distribution of assets of the Company to PubCo on a non-pro rata basis, (b) the redemption of the Redeemed Common Units from PubCo in connection with such distribution, (c) the issuance of the Redeemed Common Units to ProKidney Intermediate in exchange for the contribution of limited liability company interests of ProKidney US to the Company, and (d) the admission of ProKidney Intermediate as a member of the Company.
 
ARTICLE IV
 
DISTRIBUTIONS
 
4.01       Distributions
 
(a)         Distributions Generally. The OpCo Board may, subject to (i) any restrictions contained in the financing agreements to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, (ii) having Available Cash, and (iii) any other restrictions set forth in this Agreement, make Distributions at any time and from time to time. If any assets of the Company are to be distributed in kind, they shall be distributed on the basis of their Fair Market Value. The Members’ Capital Accounts shall be appropriately adjusted before any such distribution to reflect the increases or decreases to the Capital Accounts which would have occurred if the property distributed in kind had been sold for its Fair Market Value by the Company prior to the Distributions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no Distribution, Tax Distribution or other payment in respect of Units shall be required to be made to any Member if, and to the extent that, such Distribution, Tax Distribution or other payment in respect of Units would not be permitted under the Act or other applicable Law.
 
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(b)         Operating Distributions. The OpCo Board, in its sole discretion, may authorize Distributions (subject to the limitations of Section 4.03) by the Company to the Members at any time and from time to time. Subject to Section 4.01(d) with respect to Tax Distributions, all Distributions by the Company (other than those made in connection with a Liquidity Event pursuant to Section 4.02), shall be made or allocated to holders of Participating Units pro rata based on the number of Participating Units held by each such holder.
 
(c)        Restricted Common Unit Distributions. No Restricted Common Unit shall be entitled to receive any Distributions pursuant to Section 4.01(b) or Section 4.02 unless and until a Vesting Event has occurred with respect to such Restricted Common Unit (and then only with respect to periods following such Vesting Event), and such Restricted Common Units have been converted to Common Units.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Restricted Common Units shall not be entitled to any “catch up” Distributions in respect of periods prior to such Vesting Event.
 
(d)         Tax Distributions.
 
(i)         With respect to each Member, the Company shall calculate the excess of (x)(A) the Income Amount allocated or allocable to such Member for the Tax Estimation Period in question and for all preceding Tax Estimation Periods, if any, within the taxable year containing such Tax Estimation Period multiplied by (B) the Assumed Tax Rate over (y) the aggregate amount of all prior Tax Distributions in respect of such taxable year and any Distributions made to such Member pursuant to Section 4.01(b), 4.01(c) and Section 4.02, with respect to the Tax Estimation Period in question and any previous Tax Estimation Period falling in the taxable year containing the applicable Tax Estimation Period referred to in (x)(A) (the amount so calculated pursuant to this sentence is herein referred to as a “Member’s Required Tax Distribution”); provided, however, that the OpCo Board may make adjustments in its reasonable discretion to reflect transactions occurring during the taxable year; provided, further, that if the amount of a Tax Distribution actually made with respect to a Tax Estimation Period is greater than or less than such Member’s Required Tax Distribution that would have been made under this Section 4.01(d)(i) for such period based on subsequent tax information and assuming no limitations based on prohibitions under applicable Law, Available Cash, or insolvency (such limitations, the “Liquidity Limitations”) (e.g., because the estimated Tax Distribution for a Tax Estimation Period was greater than or less than the amount calculated based on actual taxable income for such Tax Estimation Period or because such Tax Distribution would have rendered the Company insolvent), then, for  subsequent Tax Estimation Periods, the OpCo Board shall, subject to the Liquidity Limitations, cause the Company to adjust the next Member’s Required Tax Distribution downward (but not below zero) or upward (but the resulting Tax Distribution shall in all cases remain pro rata in accordance with each Member’s Common Percentage Interest) to reflect such excess or shortfall; provided, further, that with respect to PubCo and its wholly owned Subsidiaries, the Member’s Required Tax Distribution for any Tax Estimation Period, shall be an amount sufficient for PubCo and its wholly owned Subsidiaries to receive a Distribution pursuant to Section 4.01(b) and this Section 4.01(d) sufficient to enable PubCo and its wholly owned Subsidiaries to meet their U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax obligations and obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement for such Tax Estimation Period (but the resulting Tax Distribution shall in all cases remain pro rata in accordance with each Member’s Common Percentage Interest). For purposes of this Agreement, the “Income Amount” for a Tax Estimation Period shall equal, with respect to any Member, the net taxable income (or, if applicable, gross taxable income, except to the extent offset by items of loss thereof) of the Company allocated or allocable to such Member for such Tax Estimation Period (excluding any compensation paid to a Member but taking into account any corrective allocations made pursuant to Section 5.05(i) or Section 5.05(k)). For purposes of computing the Income Amount, the taxable income shall be determined by including (i) any special adjustments of tax items required as a result of any election under Section 754 of the Code, including adjustments required by Sections 734 and 743 of the Code, and (ii) adjustments to taxable income in respect of Section 704(c) of the Code (including “reverse Section 704(c) allocations”).  For the avoidance of doubt, taxable income will include any amounts required to be included in taxable income by a Member as a result of ownership by the Company of an entity classified as a: (i) “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code (including by reason of a “qualifying electing fund” election or a mark-to-market election) or (ii) “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code in which a Member (or any of its direct or indirect owners) could be a “United States shareholder” for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
 
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(ii)         At least five (5) days before the quarterly due date for payment of estimated tax payments by corporations or individuals (whichever is earlier) on a calendar year under the Code, the Company shall distribute (to the extent of Available Cash and unless prohibited by applicable Law or by any restrictions applicable to tax distributions contained in the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ then applicable bank financing agreements by which the Company or its Subsidiaries are bound) to the Members pro rata (except to the extent otherwise required by the third proviso in Section 4.01(d)(i)) in accordance with their Common Percentage Interest, an aggregate amount of cash sufficient to provide each such Member with a Distribution at least equal to such Member’s Required Tax Distribution (with amounts distributed pursuant to this Section 4.01(d), “Tax Distributions”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (a) the OpCo Board shall make, in its reasonable discretion, equitable adjustments (downward (but not below zero) or upward) to the Members’ Required Tax Distributions (but in any event pro rata (except to the extent otherwise required by the third proviso in Section 4.01(d)(i)) in proportion to the Members’ respective number of Common Units) to take into account increases or decreases in the number of Common Units held by each Member during the relevant period (including as a result of conversion of any Restricted Common Units into Common Units in connection with the occurrence of a Vesting Event); provided that, no such adjustments shall be made that would have a material adverse effect on the Continuing Members without the Continuing Member Representative’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed), and (b) no Tax Distributions (or downward (but not below zero) or upward adjustment to any Tax Distributions) shall be made other than on a pro rata basis in proportion to the Members’ respective number of Common Units (except to the extent otherwise required by the third proviso in Section 4.01(d)(i)).  Any Tax Distributions shall be treated in all respects as advances against future Distributions pursuant to Section 4.01(b) and Section 4.02 and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid pursuant to Section 4.01(b) or Section 4.02, as applicable.
 
(iii)        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Tax Distributions will be required to be made with respect to items arising with respect to any Covered Transaction, although any unpaid Tax Distributions with respect to any Tax Estimation Period, or portion thereof, ending before a Covered Transaction shall continue to be required to be paid prior to any Distributions being made under Section 4.01(b) and Section 4.02.
 
4.02      Liquidation Distribution. Subject to Section 4.01(d) with respect to Tax Distributions, all Distributions by the Company, and all proceeds (whether received by the Company or directly by the Members) in connection with dissolution of the Company shall be made or allocated among the holders of Participating Units pro rata based on the number of Participating Units held by each such holder.
 
4.03     Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the OpCo Board shall not make a Distribution to any Member if such Distribution would violate the Act or other applicable Law.
 
4.04     Use of Distribution Funds by PubCo. PubCo shall use Distributions received from the Company for payment of taxes, obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement, liabilities or expenses, to loan funds to the Company in accordance with this Agreement, for the payment of dividends to its shareholders or for other general corporate purposes as determined in the sole discretion of PubCo; provided that, PubCo may not use such Distributions to acquire any Units, except as otherwise provided in Section 7.04.
 
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ARTICLE V
 
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS;
TAX ALLOCATIONS; TAX MATTERS
 
5.01      Capital Contributions. The Members, have made or are deemed to have made, on or prior to the date hereof, Capital Contributions to PKLP and were issued PKLP Common Units, PKLP PMEL RCUs, PKLP Series 1 RCUs, PKLP Series 2 RCUs, and/or PKLP Series 3 RCUs in respect thereof at the closing of Business Combination, which units, pursuant to the Restructuring, were substituted for a corresponding number of Common Units and/or Restricted Common Units, as applicable, of the Company as specified in the books and records of the Company.  The Members may make additional Capital Contributions in accordance with Section 5.02.
 
5.02      No Additional Capital Contributions. No Member shall be required to make additional Capital Contributions to the Company without the consent of such Member or permitted to make additional Capital Contributions to the Company without the consent of the OpCo Board, which may be granted or withheld in its sole discretion.
 
5.03     Capital Accounts. A separate capital account (a “Capital Account”) shall be established and maintained for each Member in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and this Section 5.03. The Company may adjust the Capital Accounts of its Members to reflect revaluations of the property of any Subsidiary of the Company that is treated as a partnership (or entity disregarded from a partnership) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Capital Account of each Member shall be credited with such Member’s Capital Contributions, if any, all Profits allocated to such Member pursuant to Section 5.04 and any items of income or gain which are specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.05; and shall be debited with all Losses allocated to such Member pursuant to Section 5.04, any items of loss or deduction of the Company specially allocated to such Member pursuant to Section 5.05, and all cash and the Carrying Value of any property (net of liabilities assumed by such Member and the liabilities to which such property is subject) distributed by the Company to such Member. Any references in any section of this Agreement to the Capital Account of a Member shall be deemed to refer to such Capital Account as the same may be credited or debited from time to time as set forth above. In the event of any Transfer of any interest in the Company 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 interest. The Managers shall also (a) make any adjustments that are necessary or appropriate in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q) and (b) make any appropriate modifications for unanticipated events that might otherwise cause the Agreement not to comply with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b); provided that, to the extent that any such adjustment is inconsistent with any other provisions of this Agreement and would have a disproportionate (compared to PubCo) and material adverse effect on any Member, such adjustment shall require the consent of such Member.  For Mexican tax purposes, the applicable rules shall be article 4-A, and related provisions of the Mexican income tax law.
 
5.04       Allocations of Profits and Losses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Profits and Losses (and, to the extent necessary, individual items of income, gain or loss or deduction of the Company) shall be allocated in a manner such that the Capital Account of each Member after giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 5.05 is, as nearly as possible, equal (proportionately) to (i) the Distributions that would be made pursuant to Section 4.02 if the Company were dissolved, its affairs wound up and its assets sold for cash equal to their Carrying Value, all Company liabilities were satisfied in cash in accordance with their terms (limited with respect to each nonrecourse liability to the Carrying Value of the assets securing such liability) and all remaining or resulting cash was distributed to the Members, minus (ii) such Member’s share of Company Minimum Gain and Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, computed immediately prior to the hypothetical sale of assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the OpCo Board shall make such adjustments to Capital Accounts as it determines in its reasonable discretion to be appropriate to ensure allocations are made in accordance with a Member’s interest in the Company.
 
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5.05       Special Allocations. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article V:
 
(a)       Minimum Gain Chargeback. If there is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain or Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain (determined in accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(d) and 1.704-2(i)) during any Company taxable year, the Members shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to their respective shares of such net decrease during such year, determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4). The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(4) and 1.704-2(j)(2). This Section 5.05(a) is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirements in such Treasury Regulations Sections and shall be interpreted consistently therewith, including that no chargeback shall be required to the extent of the exceptions provided in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f) and 1.704-2(i)(4).
 
(b)      Qualified Income Offset. If any Member unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations, or distributions described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of Company income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate the deficit balance in such Member’s Adjusted Capital Account Balance created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as promptly as possible; provided that, an allocation pursuant to this Section 5.05(b) shall be made only to the extent that a Member would have a deficit Adjusted Capital Account Balance in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided for in this Article V have been tentatively made as if this Section 5.05(b) were not in this Agreement. This Section 5.05(b) is intended to comply with the “qualified income offset” requirement of the Code and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
 
(c)         Gross Income Allocation. If any Member has a deficit Capital Account at the end of any Fiscal Year which is in excess of the sum of (i) the amount such Member is obligated to restore, if any, pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, and (ii) the amount such Member is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5), each such Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible; provided that, an allocation pursuant to this Section 5.05(c) shall be made only if and to the extent that a Member would have a deficit Capital Account in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided for in this Article V have been tentatively made as if Section 5.05(b) and this Section 5.05(c) were not in this Agreement.
 
(d)       Nonrecourse Deductions. Nonrecourse Deductions shall be allocated to the Members holding Common Units in accordance with their respective Common Percentage Interest.
 
(e)         Member Nonrecourse Deductions. Member Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable period shall be allocated to the Member who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the liability to which such Member Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1).
 
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(f)         Section 754 Adjustments. To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset, pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as the result of a Distribution to a Member in complete liquidation of such Member’s interest in the Company, the amount of such adjustment to Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis) and such gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the Members in accordance with their interests in the Company in the event Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) applies, or to the Member to whom such Distribution was made in the event Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) applies.
 
(g)        Ameliorative Allocations. Any special allocations of income or gain pursuant to Sections 5.05(a), 5.05(b) or 5.05(c) hereof shall be taken into account in computing subsequent allocations pursuant to Section 5.04 and this Section 5.05(g), so that the net amount of any items so allocated and all other items allocated to each Member shall, to the extent possible, be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each Member if such allocations pursuant to Sections 5.05(a), 5.05(b) or 5.05(c) had not occurred.
 
(h)        Allocations Relating to Taxable Issuance of Company Units. Any income, gain, loss, or deduction realized as a direct or indirect result of the issuance of Units by the Company to a Member (the “Issuance Items”) shall be allocated among the Members so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such Issuance Items, together with all other allocations under this Agreement to each Member shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Member if the Issuance Items had not been realized. The forfeiture allocations described in Proposed Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(xii)(C) (2005), and the allocations to which they relate, shall be treated as Issuance Items.
 
(i)          Restricted Common Units. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (1) no allocation (of Profits or Losses or otherwise) shall be made in respect of any Restricted Common Units in determining Capital Accounts unless and until such Restricted Common Units are converted into Common Units upon the occurrence of a Vesting Event and (2) in the event the Carrying Value is adjusted pursuant to clause (f) of the definition of Carrying Value, any Profits or Losses resulting from such adjustment shall, in the manner reasonably determined by the OpCo Board, be allocated among the Members (including the Members who held the Restricted Common Units giving rise to such adjustment) such that the Capital Account balance relating to each Common Unit (including such Restricted Common Units that have been converted into Common Units) is equal in amount immediately after making such allocation, in accordance with principles similar to those set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s). In connection with and following the occurrence of each Vesting Event, Tolerantia, LLC may require that the Company either (A) allow it or its Affiliate to subscribe for and purchase $10,000 worth of Common Units from the Company (or a larger amount with the consent of the OpCo Board) rounded down to the nearest Common Unit for cash consideration priced using the 5 Day VWAP (at which time Carrying Value shall be adjusted pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Carrying Value); or (B) redeem Tolerantia, LLC of $10,000 worth of its Common Units (or a larger amount with the consent of the OpCo Board) rounded down to the nearest Common Unit for cash consideration priced using 5 Day VWAP (at which time Carrying Value shall be adjusted pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Carrying Value).
 
(j)         Forfeiture Allocation. In the event that the Units of any Member are forfeited, then for the Fiscal Year of such forfeiture or other period (as determined by the OpCo Board):
 
(i)        items of income, gain, loss, and deduction shall be excluded from the calculation of Profits and Losses and shall be specially allocated to the Member whose Units have been forfeited so as to cause such Member’s Capital Account to equal such Member’s Distribution entitlements under Section 4.01 after giving effect to the adjustment in the Member’s Common Percentage Interest resulting from the applicable forfeiture; and
 
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(ii)        the OpCo Board may elect to apply another allocation or Capital Account adjustment method to a Unit forfeiture as it reasonably deems appropriate in lieu of the method set forth in this Section 5.05(j).
 
(k)        Noncompensatory Options.  If, as a result of an exercise of a noncompensatory option to acquire an interest in the Company, a Capital Account reallocation is required under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(3), the Company shall make corrective allocations pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(x).
 
5.06      Tax Allocations. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, each item of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Company shall be allocated among the Members in the same manner as the corresponding items of Profits and Losses and specially allocated items are allocated for Capital Account purposes; provided that, in the case of any asset the Carrying Value of which differs from its adjusted tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall be allocated solely for income tax purposes in accordance with the principles of Sections 704(b) and (c) of the Code (in any manner determined by the OpCo Board and permitted by the Code and Treasury Regulations; provided that, except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.06, the prior written consent of the Requisite Continuing Members shall be required for use of any method other than the traditional method (without curative allocations) described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(b)) so as to take account of the difference between Carrying Value and adjusted basis of such asset. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the OpCo Board shall make such allocations for tax purposes as it determines in its reasonable discretion, subject to, for so long as the Continuing Members collectively own at least 10% of the Common Units, the prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, of the Requisite Continuing Members, to be appropriate to ensure allocations are made in accordance with a Member’s interest in the Company.
 
5.07      Tax Advances. If the Company or any other Person in which the Company holds an interest is required by Law to withhold or to make tax payments on behalf of or with respect to any Member, or the Company is subjected to tax itself (including any amounts withheld from amounts directly or indirectly payable to the Company or to any other Person in which the Company holds an interest) by reason of the status of any Member as such or that is specifically attributable to a Member (including federal, state, local or foreign withholding, personal property, unincorporated business or other taxes, the amount of any taxes arising under the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions, the amount of any taxes imposed under Code Section 1446(f), and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, and expenses related to any such amounts) (“Tax Advances”), the OpCo Board may cause the Company to withhold such amounts and cause the Company to make such tax payments as so required. All Tax Advances made on behalf of a Member shall be repaid by reducing the amount of the current or next succeeding Distribution or Distributions which would otherwise have been made to such Member or, if such Distributions are not sufficient for that purpose, by so reducing the proceeds of liquidation otherwise payable to such Member. For all purposes of this Agreement, such Member shall be treated as having received the amount of the Distribution that is equal to the Tax Advance. Each Member hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the other Members from and against any liability (including any liability for taxes, penalties, additions to tax or interest other than any penalties, additions to tax or interest imposed as a result of the Company’s failure to withhold or make a tax payment on behalf of such Member which withholding or payment is required pursuant to applicable Law) with respect to income attributable to or Distributions or other payments to such Member. For the avoidance of doubt, any income taxes, penalties, additions to tax and interest payable by the Company or any fiscally transparent entity in which the Company owns an interest shall be treated as specifically attributable to the Members and shall be allocated among the Members such that the burden of (or any diminution in distributable proceeds resulting from) any such amounts is borne by those Members to whom such amounts are specifically attributable (whether as a result of their status, actions, inactions or otherwise, including pursuant to an allocation made under Section 5.08), in each case as reasonably determined by the OpCo Board. For the avoidance of doubt, any taxes, penalties, and interest payable under the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions by the Company or any fiscally transparent entity in which the Company owns an interest shall be treated as specifically attributable to the Members of the Company, and the OpCo Board shall use commercially reasonable efforts to allocate the burden of (or any diminution in distributable proceeds resulting from) any such taxes, penalties or interest to those Members to whom such amounts are specifically attributable (whether as a result of their status, actions, inactions or otherwise), as reasonably determined by the OpCo Board.
 
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5.08       Partnership Representative.
 
(a)        PubCo is hereby designated as the “partnership representative” as that term is defined in Revised Partnership Audit Provisions for taxable years of the Company beginning with the taxable year including the Effective Date. In addition, the OpCo Board is hereby authorized to designate or remove any Person selected by the OpCo Board as the Partnership Representative. For each Fiscal Year in which the Partnership Representative is an entity, the Company shall appoint an individual identified by the Partnership Representative for such Fiscal Year to act on its behalf (the “Designated Individual”) in accordance with the applicable regulations or analogous provisions of state or local Law. Each Member hereby expressly consents to such designations and agrees to take, and consents to the OpCo Board being authorized to take (or cause the Company to take), such other actions as may be necessary or advisable pursuant to Treasury Regulations or other Internal Revenue Service or Treasury guidance or state or local Law to cause such designations or evidence such Member’s consent to such designations.
 
(b)         Subject to this Section 5.08, the Partnership Representative shall have the sole authority to act on behalf of the Company in connection with, make all relevant decisions regarding application of, and to exercise the rights and powers provided for in the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions, including making any elections under the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions or any decisions to settle, compromise, challenge, litigate or otherwise alter the defense of any action, audit or examination before the IRS or any other tax authority (each, an “Audit”), and to expend Company funds for professional services and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith.
 
(c)        Without limiting the foregoing, the Partnership Representative shall give prompt written notice to the Continuing Member Representative of the commencement of any Audit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries the resolution of which would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Continuing Members (a “Specified Audit”). The Partnership Representative shall (i) keep the Continuing Member Representative reasonably informed of the material developments and status of any such Specified Audit, (ii) permit the Continuing Member Representative (or its designee) to participate (including using separate counsel), in each case at the Continuing Members’ sole cost and expense, in any such Specified Audit, and (iii) promptly notify the Continuing Member Representative of receipt of a notice of a final partnership adjustment (or equivalent under applicable Laws) or a final decision of a court or IRS Independent Office of Appeals panel (or equivalent body under applicable Laws) with respect to such Specified Audit. The Partnership Representative or the Company shall promptly provide the Continuing Member Representative with copies of all material correspondence between the Partnership Representative or the Company (as applicable) and any governmental entity in connection with such Specified Audit and shall give the Continuing Member Representative a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any material correspondence, submission (including settlement or compromise offers) or filing in connection with any such Specified Audit. Additionally, the Partnership Representative shall not (and the Company shall not (and shall not authorize the Partnership Representative to)) settle, compromise or abandon any Specified Audit in a manner that would reasonably be expected to have a disproportionate (compared to PubCo) and material adverse effect on the Continuing Members without the Requisite Continuing Members’ prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned). The Partnership Representative shall obtain the prior written consent of the Requisite Continuing Members (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) before (i) making an election under Section 6226(a) of the Code (or any analogous provision of state or local Law) or (ii) taking any material action under the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions that would reasonably be expected to have a disproportionate (compared to PubCo) and material adverse effect on the Continuing Members, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii); provided that, no consent from the Requisite Continuing Members is required in order to make an election under Section 6226(a) of the Code with respect to taxable periods that began on or before the Business Combination Effective Date.
 
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(d)        All expenses incurred by the Partnership Representative or Designated Individual in connection with its duties as partnership representative or designated individual, as applicable, shall be expenses of the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any costs and expenses incurred in connection with any claims asserted against the Partnership Representative or Designated Individual, as applicable, except to the extent the Partnership Representative or Designated Individual is determined to have performed its duties in the manner described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the final sentence of this Section 5.08(d)), and the Company shall reimburse and indemnify the Partnership Representative or Designated Individual, as applicable, for all such expenses and costs. Nothing herein shall be construed to restrict the Partnership Representative or Designated Individual from engaging lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, or other professional advisers or experts to assist the Partnership Representative or Designated Individual in discharging its duties hereunder. Neither the Partnership Representative nor Designated Individual shall be liable to the Company, any Member or any Affiliate thereof for any costs or losses to any Persons, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of the performance of its duties pursuant to this Section 5.08 absent (i) willful breach of any provision of this Section 5.08 or (ii) bad faith, fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Partnership Representative or Designated Individual, as applicable.
 
(e)        The Company, the Partnership Representative, and the Members expressly agree to be bound by the terms of Section 7.6 of the Business Combination Agreement (with any references to PKLP or PKLP’s organization documents being deemed to refer to the Company and its organizational documents). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the event of any conflict between Section 7.6 of the Business Combination Agreement and this Agreement, Section 7.6 of the Business Combination Agreement shall control.
 
5.09      Other Allocation Provisions. Certain of the foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b) and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such regulations. In addition to amendments effected in accordance with Section 12.12 or otherwise in accordance with this Agreement, Sections 5.03, 5.04 and 5.05 may also, so long as any such amendment does not materially change the relative economic interests of the Members, be amended at any time by the OpCo Board if necessary, in the opinion of tax counsel to the Company, to comply with such regulations or any applicable Law.
 
5.10     Survival. Sections 5.07 and 5.08 shall be interpreted, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to apply to Members and former Members and shall survive the Transfer of all of or any portion of a Member’s Units and the dissolution, liquidation, winding up and termination of the Company.
 
5.11     Mexican Income Tax Law. With respect to Section 5.05 (a)-(e) (inclusive), Section 5.05 (h) and (j) and Section 5.06, for Mexican tax purposes, Mexican income tax law shall apply to any Member that is resident in Mexico for tax purposes.
 
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ARTICLE VI
 
BOOKS AND RECORDS; REPORTS
 
6.01       Books and Records.
 
(a)         At all times during the continuance of the Company, the Company shall prepare and maintain separate books of account for the Company in accordance with GAAP.
 
(b)         Each Member shall have the right to receive, for a purpose reasonably related to such Member’s interest as a Member in the Company, upon reasonable written demand stating the purpose of such demand and at such Member’s own expense, a copy of the Certificate and this Agreement and all amendments thereto, together with a copy of the executed copies of all powers of attorney pursuant to which the Certificate and this Agreement and all amendments thereto have been executed.
 
(c)         The OpCo Board shall cause to be prepared and filed all necessary federal and state income tax returns for the Company, including making any tax elections. At the Company’s expense, the OpCo Board, within 120 days of the close of the Fiscal Year, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish to each Member that was a Member during such Fiscal Year a Schedule K-1 and such other tax information reasonably required for U.S. federal, state and local income tax reporting purposes. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide to each Person that was a Member during the Fiscal Year (a) by May 15th, August 15th and November 15th of such Fiscal Year, with an estimate of the taxable income, gains, deductions, losses and other items for, respectively, the first, second and third fiscal quarters that such Person will be required to include in its taxable income and (b) by March 1st of such Fiscal Year, with an estimate of the taxable income, gains, deductions, losses and other items of such Person to be reflected on the Schedule K-1 of such Person for the prior Fiscal Year (it being understood such estimated information is subject to change based on the final Form K-1 made available by the Company). The Company also shall provide the Members with such other information as may be reasonably requested for purposes of allowing the Members to prepare and file their own tax returns; provided that, any costs or expenses with respect to the foregoing shall be borne by the requesting Member.
 
(d)        The OpCo Board shall make the following elections on the appropriate tax returns and shall not rescind them without the prior written consent of the Requisite Continuing Members (provided that, the election described in clause (ii) below cannot be rescinded without the prior written consent of all the Members):
 
(i)          to adopt an appropriate federal income tax method of accounting and to keep the Company’s books and records on such income-tax method;
 
(ii)         to have in effect (and to cause each direct or indirect Subsidiary that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and over 50% owned and controlled by the Company to have in effect, to the extent eligible to do so) an election, pursuant to Section 754 of the Code (and any similar election for state or local tax purposes), to adjust the tax basis of Company properties, for each taxable year in which an Exchange Transaction occurs; and
 
(iii)      any other available election that the OpCo Board deems appropriate; provided that, for so long as the Continuing Members collectively own at least 10% of the Common Units, the OpCo Board shall consult in good faith with the Continuing Member Representative with respect to any material tax election with respect to the Company that could reasonably be expected to have a disproportionate (as compared to PubCo) and material adverse effect on the Continuing Members, and not make such election without the Requisite Continuing Members’ prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).
 
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No Member may make an election for the Company to be excluded from the application of the provisions of subchapter K of chapter 1 of subtitle A of the Code or any similar provisions of applicable state Law, and no provision of this Agreement shall be construed to sanction or approve such an election.
 
6.02       Confidentiality.
 
(a)         Each of the Members (other than PubCo) agrees to hold the Company’s Confidential Information in confidence and may not disclose or use such information except as otherwise authorized separately in writing by the OpCo Board. “Confidential Information” as used herein includes all non-public information concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries including, but not limited to, ideas, financial product structuring, business strategies, innovations and materials, all aspects of the Company’s business plan, proposed operation and products, corporate structure, financial and organizational information, analyses, proposed partners, software code and system and product designs, employees and their identities, equity ownership, the methods and means by which the Company plans to conduct its business, all trade secrets, trademarks, tradenames and all intellectual property associated with the Company’s business. With respect to each Member, Confidential Information does not include information or material that: (i) before or after it has been disclosed to such Member by the Company, becomes part of public knowledge, not as a result of any action or inaction of such Member in violation of this Agreement; (ii) is approved for release by written authorization of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or General Counsel of the Company or of PubCo, or any other officer designated by the OpCo Board and PubCo; (iii) is disclosed to such Member or their representatives by a third party not, to the knowledge of such Member, in violation of any obligation of confidentiality owed to the Company, PubCo or any of their respective Subsidiaries with respect to such information; or (iv) is or becomes independently developed by such Member or their respective representatives without use of or reference to the Confidential Information.
 
(b)         Solely to the extent it is reasonably necessary or appropriate to fulfill its obligations or to exercise its rights under this Agreement, each of the Members may disclose Confidential Information to its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, partners, directors, officers, employees, counsel, advisers, consultants, outside contractors and other agents, on the condition that such Persons keep the Confidential Information confidential to the same extent as such Member is required to keep the Confidential Information confidential; provided that, such Member shall remain liable with respect to any breach of this Section 6.02 by any such Subsidiaries, Affiliates, partners, directors, officers, employees, counsel, advisers, consultants, outside contractors and other agents (as if such Persons were party to this Agreement for purposes of this Section 6.02).
 
(c)        Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Members may disclose Confidential Information (i) to the extent that such Member is required by Law (by oral questions, interrogatories, request for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any of the Confidential Information, (ii) for purposes of reporting to its stockholders and direct and indirect equity holders (each of whom shall be bound by customary confidentiality obligations) the performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries and for purposes of including applicable information in its financial statements to the extent required by applicable Law or applicable accounting standards; or (iii) to any bona fide prospective purchaser of the equity or assets of a Member, or the Common Units held by such Member (provided, in each case, that such Member determines in good faith that such prospective purchaser would be a Permitted Transferee), or a prospective merger partner of such Member (provided that, (i) such Persons will be informed by such Member of the confidential nature of such information and shall agree in writing to keep such information confidential in accordance with the contents of this Agreement and (ii) each Member will be liable for any breaches of this Section 6.02 by any such Persons (as if such Persons were party to this Agreement for purposes of this Section 6.02)).
 
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(d)       Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6.02 will restrict in any manner the ability of PubCo to comply with its disclosure obligations under Law, and the extent to which any Confidential Information is necessary or desirable to disclose.
 
ARTICLE VII
 
COMPANY UNITS
 
7.01       Units.
 
(a)       Limited liability company interests in the Company shall be represented by Units. At the execution of this Agreement, the Units are comprised of only Common Units and the Restricted Common Units, comprised of Series 1 RCUs, Series 2 RCUs, Series 3 RCUs, and PMEL RCUs.
 
(i)          Following the transactions contemplated by the Restructuring, each Member (including PubCo) holds the number of Common Units and the number (if any) of Series 1 RCUs, Series 2 RCUs, Series 3 RCUs and PMEL RCUs, in each case of the foregoing series of Units, set forth opposite such Member’s name on Schedule I attached hereto.
 
(ii)         For the avoidance of doubt, the terms contained in a PMEL Award Agreement, including with respect to vesting and forfeiture, shall be read for all relevant purposes hereunder as if they were grants of the corresponding number of PMEL RCUs for which the PKLP PMEL RCUs issued in connection with the Business Combination Agreement were substituted by virtue of the Restructuring (which PKLP PMEL RCUs were themselves issued in substitution for corresponding PMEL Interests in the Business Combination) and the OpCo Board shall have the authority to reasonably interpret the provisions of any PMEL Award Agreements in accordance with the foregoing principle for all purposes of this Agreement; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in a PMEL Award Agreement, no Common Unit issued in respect of (x) a PMEL RCU or a (y) PKLP Common Unit (which was originally issued (x) in the Business Combination in respect of a PMEL Interest or (y) by PKLP in respect of a PKLP PMEL RCU) shall be subject to forfeiture or the Company’s or its Affiliates’ right of repurchase upon a PMEL Award Agreement Recipient’s termination of service for any reason.
 
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(b)         Subject to Section 7.04, the OpCo Board in its sole discretion may establish and issue, from time to time in accordance with such procedures as the OpCo Board shall determine from time to time, additional Units, in one or more classes or series of Units, or other Company securities, at such price, and with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties (which may be senior to existing Units, classes and series of Units or other Company securities), as shall be determined by the OpCo Board without the approval of any Member or any other Person who may acquire an interest in any of the Units, including (i) the right of such Units to share in Profits and Losses or items thereof; (ii) the right of such Units to share in Distributions; (iii) the rights of such Units upon dissolution and winding up of the Company; (iv) whether, and the terms and conditions upon which, the Company may or shall be required to redeem such Units (including sinking fund provisions); (v) whether such Units are issued with the privilege of conversion or exchange and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; (vi) the terms and conditions upon which such Units will be issued, evidenced by certificates and assigned or transferred; (vii) the method for determining the Common Percentage Interest as to such Units, if any; (viii) the terms and conditions of the issuance of such Units (including the amount and form of consideration, if any, to be received by the Company in respect thereof, the OpCo Board being expressly authorized, in its sole discretion, to cause the Company to issue such Units for less than Fair Market Value); and (ix) the right, if any, of the holder of such Units to vote on Company matters, including matters relating to the relative designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties of such Units; provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Company securities ranking senior to the Common Units held by PubCo (including with respect to voting, liquidation and distribution rights) shall be authorized or issued without PubCo’s prior written consent. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (except as set forth in the immediately preceding proviso), the OpCo Board in its sole discretion, without the approval of any Member or any other Person, is authorized (i) to issue Units or other Company securities of any newly established Class or any existing Class to Members or other Persons who may acquire an interest in the Company, including Equity Interests which constitute a “profits interest” to Persons within the meaning of IRS Revenue Procedures 93-27 and 2001-43 and IRS Notice 2005-43 and which will be issued with the intention that under current interpretations of the Code the recipient will not realize income upon the issuance of such Equity Interests, and that neither the Company nor any Member is entitled to any deduction either immediately or through depreciation or amortization as a result of the issuance of such Equity Interest; (ii) to amend this Agreement without the consent of any Person required under Section 12.12 of this Agreement to reflect the creation of any such new Class, the issuance of Units or other Company securities of such Class, and the admission of any Person as a Member which has received Units or other Company securities; and (iii) to effect the combination, subdivision and/or reclassification of outstanding Units as may be necessary or appropriate to give economic effect to equity investments in the Company by PubCo that are not accompanied by the issuance by the Company to PubCo of additional Units and to update the books and records of the Company accordingly. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement to the contrary, any reference to “Units” shall include the Common Units, Restricted Common Units and Units of any other class or series that may be established in accordance with this Agreement. All Units of a particular class shall have identical rights in all respects as all other Units of such class, except in each case as otherwise specified in this Agreement or as otherwise determined by the OpCo Board, in its sole discretion, in establishing and issuing such Class.
 
(c)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the OpCo Board shall not cause or permit the Company to issue, or authorize the issuance of, any Units exchangeable for Class A Common Shares unless PubCo has a sufficient number of Class A Common Shares authorized, available and reserved for issuance upon an exchange of such newly issued Units for Class A Common Shares pursuant to an Exchange Transaction.
 
(d)        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall not, and the OpCo Board shall not cause the Company to, issue any Units if such issuance would result in the Company having more than seventy-five (75) “partners”, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) (but looking through all entities treated as transparent or flow-throughs for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or if the Company already has more than seventy-five (75) “partners” but such issuance would further increase the number of “partners” of the Company; provided that, for such purposes, the Company and the OpCo Board shall be entitled to assume that each person who is a Member that was a limited partner of PKLP immediately prior to the Business Combination Effective Date is treated as a single partner within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) (but looking through all entities treated as transparent or flow-throughs for U.S. federal income tax purposes), unless otherwise required by applicable Law.
 
7.02      Register. The books and records of the Company shall be the definitive record of ownership of each Unit and all relevant information with respect to each Member. Unless the OpCo Board in its sole discretion shall determine otherwise, Units shall be uncertificated and recorded in the books and records of the Company.
 
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7.03       Registered Members. The Company shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a Person registered on its records as the owner of Units for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in Units on the part of any other Person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the Act or other applicable Law.
 
7.04       Issuances, Repurchases and Redemptions, Recapitalizations.
 
(a)          Issuances by PubCo.
 
(i)         Subject to Section 7.04(a)(ii) and the Exchange Agreement, if PubCo sells or issues Class A Common Shares or any other Equity Interests of PubCo (other than Class B Common Shares), (x) the Company shall concurrently issue to PubCo an equal number of Common Units (if PubCo issues Class A Common Shares), or an equal number of such other Equity Interests of the Company corresponding to the Equity Interests issued by PubCo (if PubCo issues Equity Interests other than Class A Common Shares), and with substantially the same rights to dividends and Distributions (including Distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Interests of PubCo so issued and (y) PubCo shall concurrently contribute to the Company the net proceeds or other property received by PubCo, if any, for such Class A Common Shares or other Equity Interests.
 
(ii)         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 7.04(a)(i) or Section 7.04(a)(iii), this Section 7.04(a) shall not apply to (x) the issuance and distribution to holders of Class A Common Shares or other Equity Interests of PubCo of rights to purchase Equity Interests of PubCo under a “poison pill” or similar shareholder rights plan (and upon exchange of Common Units for Class A Common Shares pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, such Class A Common Shares will be issued together with a corresponding right under such plan); or (y) the issuance under PubCo’s employee benefit plans of any warrants, options, stock appreciation right, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance based award or other rights to acquire Equity Interests of PubCo, but Section 7.04(a) shall, in each of the foregoing cases, apply to the issuance of Equity Interests of PubCo in connection with the exercise or settlement of such warrants, options, stock appreciation right, restricted stock units, performance based awards or other rights to acquire Equity Interests of PubCo.
 
(iii)       In the event any outstanding Equity Interest of PubCo is exercised or otherwise converted and, as a result, any Class A Common Shares or other Equity Interests of PubCo are issued (including as a result of the exercise of warrants of PubCo), (x) the corresponding Equity Interest outstanding at the Company, if any, shall be similarly exercised or otherwise converted, if applicable, (y) an equivalent number of Common Units or equivalent Equity Interests of the Company shall be issued to PubCo as required by the first sentence of Section 7.04(a)(i), and (z) PubCo shall concurrently contribute to the Company the net proceeds received by PubCo from any such exercise or conversion.
 
(iv)        If at any time PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) issues any securities in respect of or otherwise incurs indebtedness for borrowed money (“Debt Securities”), PubCo or such Subsidiary shall Transfer to the Company the net proceeds received by PubCo or such Subsidiary, as applicable, in exchange for such Debt Securities in a manner that burdens the Company with the repayment of such Debt Securities (including for example through a “back-to-back” loan from PubCo or such Subsidiary of the Company).
 
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(b)        New Company Equity Interests. Except pursuant to the Exchange Agreement or any Post-Domestication Restructuring Documents, (x) the Company may not issue any additional Common Units to PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Subsidiaries of the Company) unless substantially simultaneously therewith PubCo or such Subsidiary issues or Transfers an equal number of newly-issued Class A Common Shares (or relevant Equity Interest of such Subsidiary) to another Person or Persons and contributes the net proceeds therefrom to the Company, and (y) the Company may not issue any other Equity Interests of the Company to PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Subsidiaries of the Company) unless substantially simultaneously therewith PubCo or such Subsidiary issues or Transfers, to another Person, an equal number of newly-issued shares of Equity Interests of PubCo or such Subsidiary with substantially the same rights to dividends and Distributions (including Distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Interests of the Company and contributes the net proceeds therefrom to the Company.
 
(c)          Repurchases and Redemptions.
 
(i)        Neither PubCo nor any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) may redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (A) Class A Common Shares pursuant to a PubCo Board-approved repurchase plan or program (or otherwise in connection with a transaction approved by the PubCo Board) unless substantially simultaneously therewith the Company redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires from PubCo or such Subsidiary an equal number of Common Units for the same price per security, if any, or (B) any other Equity Interests of PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) pursuant to a PubCo Board approved repurchase plan or program (or otherwise in connection with a transaction approved by the PubCo Board) unless substantially simultaneously therewith the Company redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires from PubCo or such Subsidiary an equal number of the corresponding class or series of Equity Interests of the Company with substantially the same rights to dividends and Distributions (including Distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Interests of PubCo or such Subsidiary for the same price per security, if any.
 
(ii)         Subject to Section 7.05, the Company may not redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (x) any Common Units from PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) unless substantially simultaneously PubCo or such Subsidiary redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires pursuant to a PubCo Board approved repurchase plan or program (or otherwise in connection with a transaction approved by the PubCo Board) an equal number of Class A Common Shares for the same price per security from holders thereof or (y) any other Equity Interests of the Company from PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) unless substantially simultaneously PubCo or such Subsidiary redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires pursuant to a PubCo Board approved repurchase plan or program (or otherwise in connection with a transaction approved by the PubCo Board) for the same price per security an equal number of Equity Interests of PubCo (or such Subsidiary) of a corresponding class or series with substantially the same rights to dividends and Distributions (including Distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Interests of PubCo or such Subsidiary.
 
(iii)       Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 7.04, to the extent that any consideration payable by PubCo in connection with the redemption, repurchase or acquisition of Class A Common Shares or other equity securities of PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) consists (in whole or in part) of Class A Common Shares or such other Equity Interests (including in connection with the cashless exercise of an option or warrant (or other convertible right or security)) other than under PubCo’s employee benefit plans for which there are no corresponding Common Units or other Equity Interests of the Company, the redemption, repurchase or acquisition of the corresponding Common Units or other Equity Interests of the Company shall be effectuated in a substantially similar manner.
 
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(d)          Equity Subdivisions and Combinations.

(i)         The Company shall not in any manner effect any subdivision (by any equity split, equity distribution, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse equity split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of the outstanding Equity Interests of the Company unless accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of the outstanding related class or series of Equity Interests of PubCo, with corresponding changes made with respect to any other exchangeable or convertible Equity Interests of the Company and PubCo.
 
(ii)        PubCo shall not in any manner effect any subdivision (by any equity split, equity distribution, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse equity split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of any class or series of Equity Interests of PubCo, unless accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of the outstanding related class or series of Equity Interests of the Company, with corresponding changes made with respect to any applicable exchangeable or convertible Equity Interests of the Company and PubCo.
 
(e)         General Authority. For the avoidance of doubt, but subject to Section 7.01, Section 7.02, Section 7.04 and Section 7.06, the Company and the OpCo Board shall be permitted to undertake all actions, including an issuance, redemption, reclassification, distribution, division or recapitalization, with respect to the Common Units or the Restricted Common Units as the OpCo Board determines is necessary to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between (i) the number of Common Units owned by PubCo, directly or indirectly, and the number of outstanding Class A Common Shares; and (ii) the number of outstanding Class B Common Shares held, directly or indirectly, by any Member and the number of Common Units (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding Restricted Common Units) held, directly or indirectly, by such Member disregarding, for purposes of maintaining the one-to-one ratios in clause (i), (A) options, rights or securities of PubCo issued under any plan involving the issuance of any Equity Interests that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Shares, (B) treasury stock, or (C) preferred stock or other debt or equity securities (including warrants, options or rights) issued by PubCo that are convertible or into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Shares (but in each case prior to such conversion, exercise or exchange).
 
7.05      Redemptions pursuant to the Exchange Agreement. If the Company is obliged, pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Exchange Agreement, to cancel a number of Common Units surrendered to it by a Member (a “Surrendering Member”), those surrendered Common Units shall be treated as redeemed by the Company and shall be cancelled immediately upon redemption.  The recorded balance of the Capital  Contribution of such Member shall each be reduced, on that surrender and redemption, by a proportionate amount (equal to the proportion which the number of surrendered Common Units bears to the total number of Common Units held by that Member immediately prior to that surrender (such proportion the “Exchanged Proportion”)), and the recorded balance of the Capital Contribution shall be correspondingly and automatically increased by the same amount.  The Company shall issue a number of Common Units to PubCo, as required by Section 2.2 of the Exchange Agreement, equal to the number of Common Units surrendered by the Surrendering Member and redeemed by the Company and on the issuance of such Common Units, the Capital Accounts of each of the Surrendering Member and PubCo shall be proportionately adjusted.
 
7.06       Restricted Common Units.
 
(a)         Each Restricted Common Unit will be held in accordance with this Agreement unless and until a Vesting Event occurs with respect to such Restricted Common Unit. Upon the occurrence of a Vesting Event, on the Conversion Date, each applicable Restricted Common Unit with respect to which a Vesting Event has occurred shall be converted immediately and automatically, without any further action on the part of the holder thereof or any other Person (including the Company, the OpCo Board and PubCo) into a Common Unit, with all rights and privileges of a Common Unit under this Agreement from and after the Conversion Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the Exchange Agreement, no Member shall be permitted to effect an Exchange Transaction with respect to any Restricted Common Units, and in no event shall the Company or PubCo effect an Exchange Transaction with respect to any Restricted Common Unit unless and until a Vesting Event and Conversion Date has occurred with respect to such Restricted Common Unit and it has been converted to a Common Unit in accordance with the terms hereof.  For the avoidance of doubt and without limiting the immediately foregoing sentence, in the event that a Vesting Event, Conversion Date and conversion into Common Unit has occurred in respect of a Restricted Common Unit, the Company and PubCo may effect an exchange of such then converted Common Unit in accordance with this Agreement and the Exchange Agreement.

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(b)         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if, upon the occurrence of a Vesting Event, a filing is required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 of the United States of America, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (“HSR Act”), for the immediate conversion of any Restricted Common Unit into a Common Unit, then the Conversion Date with respect to each such Restricted Common Unit shall be delayed until the earlier of (i) such time as the required filing under the HSR Act has been made and the waiting period applicable to such conversion under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated or (ii) such filing is no longer required, at which time such conversion shall automatically occur without any further action by the holder of any such Restricted Common Unit. Each of the Members and PubCo agree to promptly take all actions required to make such filing under the HSR Act and the filing fee for such filing shall be paid by the Company.
 
(c)         On the applicable Conversion Date for each Restricted Common Unit that is not a PMEL RCU, PubCo shall issue to each Continuing Member that holds a Delaware Class B Earnout RSR that vests on such Conversion Date, one Class B Common Share. On the applicable Conversion Date for each Restricted Common Unit that is a PMEL RCU, PubCo shall issue to PMEL (on behalf of the applicable PMEL Award Agreement Recipient) which holds a corresponding Delaware Class B PMEL RSR that vests on such Conversion Date, one Class B Common Share. PubCo hereby agrees to reserve for issuance at all times an adequate number of Class B Common Shares to permit the issuance of all Class B Common Shares assuming (x) all of the Delaware Class B Earnout RSRs were to vest under their applicable terms and (y) all of PMEL’s Delaware Class B PMEL RSRs were to vest under their applicable terms.
 
(d)         To the extent that, in the case of the Restricted Common Units that are not PMEL RCUs, by the Earnout Expiration Date (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), a Vesting Event has not occurred with respect to a Restricted Common Unit, and such Restricted Common Unit has not vested and converted into a Common Unit, then as of the Earnout Expiration Date, immediately and without any further action under this Agreement, on such date, any such Restricted Common Units outstanding under this Agreement shall be cancelled and extinguished for no consideration. To the extent that a PMEL RCU is forfeited pursuant to the terms of the applicable PMEL Award Agreement (with the terms of such agreement as applied to the PMEL RCUs to the same extent the corresponding PMEL Interests would have subject to forfeiture), immediately and without any further action under this Agreement, on the date of forfeiture, such PMEL RCU shall be cancelled and extinguished for no consideration. Upon the cancelation and extinguishment of any Restricted Common Unit pursuant to this Section 7.06(d), PubCo shall cancel and extinguish for no consideration the corresponding Delaware Class B Earnout RSR or Delaware Class B PMEL RSR on a one-for-one basis, without any required consent of the applicable holder thereof.
 
(e)         The parties hereto intend that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (i) the Restricted Common Units received by the Continuing Members not be treated as being received in connection with the performance of services and (ii) no such Member be treated as having taxable income or gain as a result of such receipt of such Restricted Common Units or as a result of holding any such Restricted Common Units at the time of any Vesting Event (other than as a result of corrective allocations made pursuant to Section 5.05(i)) and the Company shall prepare and file all tax returns consistent therewith unless otherwise required by a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313 of the Code.
 
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ARTICLE VIII
 
TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS
 
8.01       Member Transfers.
 
(a)         Except as otherwise agreed to in writing between the OpCo Board and the applicable Member and reflected in the books and records of the Company or as otherwise provided in this Article VIII, but without limiting the Lock-Up Agreement, no Member or Assignee thereof may Transfer all or any portion of its Units or other interest in the Company (or beneficial interest therein) without the prior consent of the OpCo Board, which consent may be given or withheld, or made subject to such conditions (including the receipt of such legal opinions and other documents that the OpCo Board may require) as are determined by the OpCo Board, in each case in the OpCo Board’s sole discretion, and which consent may be in the form of a plan or program entered into or approved by the OpCo Board, in its sole discretion. Any such determination in the OpCo Board’s sole discretion in respect of Units shall be final and binding. Such determinations need not be uniform and may be made selectively among Members, whether or not such Members are similarly situated, and shall not constitute the breach of any duty hereunder or otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise. Any purported Transfer of Units that is not in accordance with, or subsequently violates, this Agreement shall be, to the fullest extent permitted by law, null and void. If a Member (other than PubCo or any Subsidiary of PubCo) Transfers all or a portion of its Common Units to a Transferee in compliance with this Agreement, the Member shall transfer to such Transferee an equal number of Class B Common Shares.
 
(b)        Each Member hereby agrees and covenants that such Member will not, during the Lock-Up Period, Transfer any Units of the Company or any equity interests of PubCo (including any Class A Common Shares or Class B Common Shares) received or retained as, or derived from (after giving effect to the Restructuring), consideration under the Business Combination Agreement, including any securities held in escrow or otherwise issued or delivered after the closing of the Business Combination pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement (collectively, the “Restricted Securities”) (a “Prohibited Transfer”), except to the extent (x) provided in Section 8.01(e), (y) such Transfer is permitted by the Lock-Up Agreement or (z) any applicable restrictions on Transfer are waived in accordance with the Lock-Up Agreement. If any Prohibited Transfer is made or attempted contrary to the provisions of this Agreement, such purported Prohibited Transfer shall be null and void ab initio, and PubCo and the Company shall refuse to recognize any such purported transferee of the Restricted Securities as one of its equity holders for any purpose.  In order to enforce this Section 8.01(b), PubCo and the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Restricted Securities of each Member until the end of the Lock-Up Period, as well as include customary legends on any certificates for any of the Restricted Securities reflecting the restrictions under this Section 8.01.
 
(c)         Notwithstanding anything otherwise to the contrary in this Agreement, following the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, each Member that is a Member holding at least 3% of the Common Percentage Interest (excluding, for purposes of this calculation, Common Units then owned by PubCo or any Subsidiary of PubCo (if any)) may Transfer all or any portion of its Common Units in a Transfer that complies with Section 8.04, without the consent of the OpCo Board or any other Person; provided, however, that the foregoing does not limit the OpCo Board’s consent right to a Transferee becoming a Member pursuant to Section 8.07 of this Agreement.
 
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(d)        Notwithstanding anything otherwise to the contrary in this Agreement, following the expiration of the Lock-Up Period or to the extent not otherwise restricted by the Lock-Up Agreement, each Member (other than PubCo or any Subsidiary of PubCo) may Transfer Units in Exchange Transactions pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Exchange Agreement; provided that, in the case of any Member other than a Member holding at least 3% of the Common Percentage Interest (excluding, for purposes of this calculation, Common Units then owned by PubCo or any Subsidiary of PubCo (if any)), such Exchange Transactions shall be effected in compliance with reasonable policies that the OpCo Board may adopt or promulgate from time to time and advise the Members of in writing (including policies requiring the use of designated administrators or brokers) in its reasonable discretion; provided, further, that if such policies conflict with the terms of the Exchange Agreement, the provisions of the Exchange Agreement shall apply in lieu thereof to any Exchange Transaction to the extent of such conflict.
 
(e)         Notwithstanding anything otherwise to the contrary in this Section 8.01, but subject  to the limitations set forth herein and compliance with, and to the extent otherwise permitted by, the Lock-Up Agreement, an individual Member may Transfer all or any portion of his, her or its Restricted Securities without consideration to (i) any member of his or her Family Group or (ii) any Affiliate of such Member (including direct or indirect partner, shareholder, equityholder of such Member or any Affiliated investment fund or vehicle of such Member or such Member’s direct or indirect partners, shareholders or equityholders), but excluding any Affiliate under this clause (ii) who operates or engages in a business which competes with the business of PubCo or the Company, or (iii) a trust solely for the benefit of such Member and such Member’s Family Group (or a re-Transfer of such Restricted Securities by such trust back to such Member upon the revocation of any such trust) or pursuant to the applicable Laws of descent or distribution among such Member’s Family Group, in each case, in a Transfer that complies with Section 8.04; provided that, to the extent the Company otherwise satisfies the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.7704-1(h) (determined taking into account the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(3)) for such taxable year, such Transfer does not increase the number of Members of the Company as determined in the sole discretion of the OpCo Board (each of clauses (i)-(iii), an “Exempt Transfer”); provided that, (x) the restrictions contained in this Article VIII shall apply to an Exempt Transfer and (y) the restrictions contained in this Agreement will continue to apply to the Restricted Securities after any Exempt Transfer and each Transferee of Restricted Securities shall agree in writing, prior to and as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of such Exempt Transfer, to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement, without modification or condition, subject only to the consummation of such Exempt Transfer. Upon the Exempt Transfer of Restricted Securities, the transferor will deliver written notice to the Company, which notice will disclose in reasonable detail the identity of such Transferee(s) and shall include original counterparts of this Agreement in a form acceptable to the OpCo Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no party hereto shall avoid the provisions of this Agreement by making one or more Exempt Transfers to one or more Transferees and then disposing of all or any portion of such party’s interest in such Transferee if such disposition would result in such Transferee ceasing to be a Permitted Transferee. Without limiting the Lock-Up Agreement, the OpCo Board may implement other policies and procedures to permit the Transfer of Restricted Securities by the Members for personal planning purposes and any such Transfer effected in compliance with such policies and procedures shall not require the prior consent of the OpCo Board.
 
(f)          Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Units in violation of any provision of this Agreement shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be null and void ab initio, and the Company will not record such Transfer on its books or treat any purported Transferee of such Units as the owner of such securities for any purpose.
 
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8.02       Mandatory Exchanges and Approved Qualified Transaction.

(a)        The Company may, with the approval of the OpCo Board, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of any Member or other Person, cause to be Transferred to PubCo in an Exchange Transaction any and all Units, except for Units held by any Member holding at least 3% of the Common Percentage Interest (excluding, for purposes of this calculation, Common Units then owned by PubCo or any Subsidiary of PubCo) (a “Mandatory Exchange”); provided that, if at any time after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, (i) (x) the Company is not controlled by, or a majority of the OpCo Board then-serving was not appointed by, PubCo or (y) for any other reason the Company’s nationally recognized tax advisors are unable to render an opinion to the Company at least at a “more likely than not” level of comfort that PubCo constitutes a “general partner” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(k)(1), (ii) the Company has more than seventy-five (75) “partners”, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) (but looking through all entities treated as transparent or flow-throughs for U.S. federal income tax purposes), and (iii) there are not binding agreements by and among Members and the Company and/or its assignees to sell Units in a manner that will not cause the Company to be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code pursuant to one or more closings that will occur no later than seventy-five (75) days of the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and that would cause the Company to have seventy-five (75) or fewer  “partners”, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) (but looking through all entities treated as transparent or flow-throughs for U.S. federal income tax purposes), upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreements (including, agreements to tender Units to the Company or one or more purchasers approved by the Company), then the Company shall promptly, and in any event within seventy-five (75) days of the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, cause a Mandatory Exchange to be effected with respect to a number of Members holding less than 3% of the Common Percentage Interest (excluding, for purposes of this calculation, Common Units then owned by PubCo or any Subsidiary of PubCo) sufficient to cause the Company to have no more than seventy-five (75) “partners”, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) (but looking through all entities treated as transparent or flow-throughs for U.S. federal income tax purposes), upon the consummation of such Mandatory Exchange. Any Mandatory Exchange need not be uniform and may be made by the Company and PubCo selectively among Members, whether or not such Members are similarly situated; provided that, in the event that a tender offer, share exchange offer, take-over bid, recapitalization or similar transaction with respect to any Class A Common Shares (a “PubCo Offer”) is proposed by PubCo or is proposed to PubCo or its stockholders and approved by the PubCo Board or is otherwise effected or to be effected with the consent or approval of the PubCo Board that would result in PubCo undergoing a Change of Control, then the OpCo Board shall require, and each Member shall be deemed to effect, an Exchange Transaction with respect to any and all Units held by all Members conditioned upon, and subject to, the consummation of such PubCo Offer or Change of Control, in each case, to the extent that such Member has not effected an Exchange Transaction with respect to all of its Units prior to the consummation of such transaction.
 
(b)         In the event that the OpCo Board and the holders of a majority of the voting power of all outstanding capital stock of PubCo entitled to vote thereon approve a Qualified Transaction (the “Approved Qualified Transaction”), each other Member (each, a “Required Member”) agrees to Transfer all of such Required Member’s Common Units (it being understood that in connection with such Approved Qualified Transaction any Restricted Common Units of a Required Member shall be converted into Common Units or forfeited in accordance with their terms) in connection with such Approved Qualified Transaction (the “Drag-Along Right”) for an amount of consideration per Common Unit and corresponding Class B Common Shares equal (before taking into account any rights such Required Member may have under the Tax Receivable Agreement) to the amount of consideration to be received per Class A Common Share by the holders thereof (the “Drag Price”), and otherwise with respect to such Common Units on the same terms and conditions as apply to the Class A Common Shares in such Approved Qualified Transaction, with such modifications as are appropriate, as determined in good faith by the OpCo Board, to reflect the fact that Common Units and corresponding Class B Common Shares rather than Class A Common Shares will be Transferred in the first instance by such Member.  Any Transfer effected in connection with the Drag-Along Right shall be structured in the sole and absolute discretion of the OpCo Board and, without limitation to any other structure, the OpCo Board will use its reasonable best efforts expeditiously and in good faith to take all such actions and do all such things as are necessary or desirable to enable and permit the Members to participate in such Approved Qualified Transaction to the same extent or on an economically equivalent basis as the holders of Class A Common Shares without discrimination; provided that, without limiting the generality of this sentence, the OpCo Board will use its reasonable best efforts expeditiously and in good faith to ensure that such Members may participate in each such Approved Qualified Transaction without being required to have their Common Units and Class B Common Shares redeemed (or, if so required, to ensure that any such redemption shall be effective only upon, and shall be conditional upon, the closing of such Approved Qualified Transaction, or, as applicable, to the extent necessary to exchange the number of Common Units being repurchased).
 
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(c)         PubCo shall send written notice (the “Drag-Along Notice”) to the Company and the Required Members at least thirty (30) days prior to the closing of the Approved Qualified Transaction notifying them that such Required Members will be required to sell all (and not less than all) of their Common Units in such sale, and setting forth (i) a copy of the written proposal or agreement pursuant to which the Approved Qualified Transaction will be effected, (ii) the Drag Price, (iii) the terms and conditions of Transfer and payment and (iv) the date and location of and procedures for selling the Common Units. In the event that the information set forth in the Drag-Along Notice changes from that set forth in the initial Drag-Along Notice, a subsequent Drag-Along Notice shall be delivered by PubCo no less than seven (7) days prior to the closing of the Approved Qualified Transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any of the foregoing information to be included in the Drag-Along Notice is publicly available, PubCo shall not be required to include such information in the Drag-Along Notice or deliver a subsequent Drag-Along Notice. Each Required Member shall thereafter be obligated to sell all of their Common Units and corresponding Class B Common Shares on the terms set forth in the Drag-Along Notice.
 
(d)        Upon receipt of a Drag-Along Notice, each Required Member receiving such notice shall be obligated to sell all of its Common Units and corresponding Class B Common Shares in the Approved Qualified Transaction as contemplated by the Drag-Along Notice for the Drag Price, on the terms and conditions described in this Section 8.02, including by executing any document containing customary representations, warranties and agreements with respect to itself and its ownership of the Common Units or Class B Common Shares, as applicable, as requested by the OpCo Board in connection with the Approved Qualified Transaction, which representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements shall be substantially the same as those contained in any letter of transmittal to be executed by the holders of Class A Common Shares with such modifications as are appropriate, as determined in good faith by the OpCo Board, to reflect the fact that Common Units or Class B Common Shares, as applicable, rather than Class A Common Shares will be transferred by such Required Member. The Company and each Member shall cooperate in good faith in connection with the consummation of the Approved Qualified Transaction.
 
(e)          The parties hereto hereby agree that the foregoing Sections 8.02(b) through 8.02(d) shall not apply in the event of the occurrence of a PubCo Offer set forth in Section 8.02(a).
 
8.03      Encumbrances. No Member or Assignee may create an Encumbrance with respect to all or any portion of its Units (or any beneficial interest therein) other than Encumbrances that run in favor of the Member unless the OpCo Board consents in writing thereto, which consent may be given or withheld, or made subject to such conditions as are determined by the OpCo Board, in the OpCo Board’s sole discretion (but without limiting the Lock-Up Agreement). Consent of the OpCo Board shall be withheld until the holder of the Encumbrance acknowledges the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Any purported Encumbrance that is not in accordance with this Agreement shall be, to the fullest extent permitted by law, null and void.
 
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8.04       Further Restrictions.
 
(a)         Units issued from time to time after the date of this Agreement, including Units issued under equity incentive plans of the Company or PubCo (or upon settlement of awards granted under such plans), may be subject to such additional or other terms and conditions, including with regard to vesting, forfeiture, minimum retained ownership and Transfer, as may be agreed between the OpCo Board and the applicable Member and reflected in the books and records of the Company. Such requirements, provisions and restrictions need not be uniform and may be waived or released by the OpCo Board in its sole discretion with respect to all or a portion of the Units owned by any one or more Members at any time and from time to time, and shall not constitute the breach of any duty hereunder or otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise.
 
(b)        Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement, in no event may any Transfer of a Unit (other than, in each case, in accordance with the Exchange Agreement) be made by any Member or Assignee if the OpCo Board determines, in its sole discretion, that:
 
(i)          such Transfer is made to any Person who lacks the legal right, power or capacity to own such Unit;
 
(ii)         except pursuant to an Exchange Transaction, such Transfer would require the registration of such transferred Unit or of any Class of Unit pursuant to any applicable U.S. federal or state securities Laws (including, without limitation, the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) or other non-U.S. securities Laws or would constitute a non-exempt distribution pursuant to applicable provincial or state securities Laws;
 
(iii)       such Transfer would cause (i) all or any portion of the assets of the Company to (A) constitute “plan assets” (under ERISA, the Code or any applicable Similar Law) of any existing or contemplated Member, or (B) be subject to the provisions of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any applicable Similar Law, or (ii) the OpCo Board or PubCo to become a fiduciary with respect to any existing or contemplated Member, pursuant to ERISA, any applicable Similar Law, or otherwise;
 
(iv)        to the extent requested by the OpCo Board, the Company does not receive such legal and/or tax opinions and written instruments (including copies of any instruments of Transfer and such Assignee’s consent to be bound by this Agreement as an Assignee) that are in a form satisfactory to the OpCo Board, as determined in the OpCo Board’s sole discretion; provided that, no such legal and/or tax opinions shall be required for a Transfer by a Member holding at least 3% of the Common Percentage Interest (excluding, for purposes of this calculation, Common Units then owned by PubCo (if any) or any Subsidiary of the PubCo (if any));
 
(v)       such Transfer would cause the Company to be treated as having more than seventy five (75) “partners” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) but looking through all entities treated as transparent or flow-through for U.S. federal income tax purposes or if the Company already has more than seventy-five (75) “partners” but such issuance would further increase the number of “partners” in the Company; or
 
(vi)        the OpCo Board shall reasonably determine that such Transfer would pose a material risk that the Company would be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
All determinations with respect to this Section 8.04 shall be made by the OpCo Board in its sole discretion; provided, however, that all such determinations with respect to a Member holding at least 3% of the Common Percentage Interest (excluding, for purposes of this calculation, Common Units then owned by PubCo (if any) or any Subsidiary of PubCo (if any)) shall be made by the OpCo Board exercising its reasonable discretion.
 
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(c)          In addition, notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement, to the extent the OpCo Board shall reasonably determine that interests in the Company do not meet the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.7704-1(h) (determined taking into account the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(3) in a taxable year, provided that, for such purpose, the Company and the OpCo Board shall assume that each Continuing Member is treated as a single partner within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) (determined taking into account the rules of Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(3)) unless otherwise required by applicable Law), in no event may any Transfer or assignment of Units by any Member be made if such Transfer would (i) be considered to be effected on or through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof” as such terms are used in Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1, (ii) materially increase the possibility of the Company becoming a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code, or (iii) cause the Company to be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or successor provision of the Code or to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation pursuant to the Code.  For the avoidance of doubt, any Transfer that constitutes a “block transfer” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.7704-1(e)(2) shall not be considered to be (i) effected on or through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof” as such terms are used in Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1, (ii) materially increase the possibility of the Company becoming a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code, or (iii) cause the Company to be treated as a “publicly traded partnership.”  Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, in no event may any Transfer, assignment of Units, or other transfer of beneficial entitlement to Units by any Member be made if such Transfer would cause the Company to be treated as having more than seventy-five (75) “partners” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) but looking through all entities treated as transparent or flow-through for U.S. federal income tax purposes or if the Company already has more than seventy-five (75) “partners” but such issuance would further increase the amount of “partners” in the Company.
 
(d)         Transfers of Units (other than pursuant to an Exchange Transaction) that are otherwise permitted by this Article VIII may only be made on the first day of a fiscal quarter of the Company, unless the OpCo Board otherwise agrees in writing in its sole discretion.
 
(e)          To the fullest extent permitted by law, any Transfer in violation of this Article VIII shall be deemed null and void ab initio and of no effect.
 
8.05     Rights of Assignees. Subject to Section 8.04(b), the Transferee of any permitted Transfer pursuant to this Article VIII will be an assignee only (“Assignee”), and only will receive, to the extent transferred, the Distributions and allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit or similar item to which the Member which transferred its Units would be entitled, and such Assignee will not be entitled or enabled to exercise any other rights or powers of a Member, such other rights, and all obligations relating to, or in connection with, such interest remaining with the transferring Member. The transferring Member will remain a Member even if it has transferred all of its Units to one or more Assignees until such time as the Assignee(s) is admitted to the Company as a Member pursuant to Section 8.07.  Notwithstanding any other term in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall limit a Member’s obligations pursuant to the Lock-Up Agreement.
 
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8.06       Admissions, Resignations and Removals.

(a)          No Member will be removed or entitled to resign from being a Member of the Company except in accordance with this Section 8.06, Section 8.07, and Section 8.08 hereof.
 
(b)         Except as otherwise provided in Article IX or the Act, no admission, substitution, resignation or removal of a Member will cause the dissolution of the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any purported admission, resignation or removal that is not in accordance with this Agreement shall be null and void.
 
8.07       Admission of Assignees as Substitute Members.
 
(a)          An Assignee will become a substitute Member only if and when each of the following conditions is satisfied:
 
(i)          the OpCo Board consents in writing to such admission, which consent may be given or withheld, or made subject to such conditions as are determined by the OpCo Board, in each case in the OpCo Board’s sole discretion;
 
(ii)         if required by the OpCo Board, the OpCo Board receives written instruments (including copies of any instruments of Transfer and such Assignee’s consent to be bound by this Agreement as a substitute Member) that are in a form satisfactory to the OpCo Board (as determined in its sole discretion);
 
(iii)        if required by the OpCo Board, the OpCo Board receives an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the OpCo Board to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance with this Agreement and all applicable Law;
 
(iv)       if required by the OpCo Board in its sole discretion, the parties to the Transfer, or any one of them, pays all of the Company’s reasonable expenses connected with such Transfer (including the reasonable legal and accounting fees of the Company);
 
(v)          other than where the assignee is a Permitted Transferee of PubCo or such Transfer occurs after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Assignee enters into a written agreement with the Company and PubCo agreeing to be bound by the transfer restrictions in Section 2 of the Lock-Up Agreement to the satisfaction of the Opco Board, in its sole discretion.
 
(b)        Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any Person who acquires in any manner whatsoever any Units, irrespective of whether such Person has accepted and adopted in writing the terms and conditions of this Agreement, shall be deemed by the acceptance of the benefits of the acquisition thereof to have agreed to be subject to and bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement to which any predecessor in such Units was subject or by which such predecessor was bound.
 
8.08     Resignation and Removal of Members. Subject to Section 8.05, if a Member (other than PubCo) ceases to hold any Units pursuant to a Transfer permitted by the terms of this Agreement or otherwise pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, then such Member shall cease to be a Member and to have the power to exercise any rights or powers of a member of the Company, and shall be deemed to have resigned from the Company.
 
8.09       Withholding.  In the event any Transfer is permitted pursuant to this Article VIII, the transferring parties shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the OpCo Board either that no withholding is required in connection with such transfer under applicable U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. law (including under Section 1445 or 1446 of the Code) or that any amounts required to be withheld in connection with such transfer under applicable U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. law (including under Section 1446 of the Code, other than by reason of Section 1446(f)(4)) have been so withheld.
 
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ARTICLE IX
 
DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION
 
9.01      No Dissolution. Except as required by the Act, the Company shall not be dissolved by the admission of additional Members or resignation of Members in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Company may be dissolved, liquidated, wound up and terminated only pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX, and the Members hereby irrevocably waive any and all other rights they may have to cause a dissolution of the Company or a sale or partition of any or all of the Company assets.
 
9.02       Events Causing Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
 
(a)        the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18-802 of the Act upon the finding by a court of competent jurisdiction that it is not reasonably practicable to carry on the business of the Company in conformity with this Agreement;
 
(b)          any event which makes it unlawful for the business of the Company to be carried on by the Members;
 
(c)          the written consent of all Members;
 
(d)          at any time there are no Members, unless the Company is continued in accordance with the Act; or
 
(e)         the determination of the OpCo Board in its reasonable discretion and with the consent of PubCo; provided that, in the event of a dissolution pursuant to this clause (e), the relative economic rights of each Class of Units immediately prior to such dissolution shall be preserved to the greatest extent practicable with respect to Distributions made to Members pursuant to Section 9.03 below in connection with the winding up of the Company, taking into consideration tax and other legal constraints that may adversely affect one or more parties hereto and subject to compliance with applicable Laws and regulations, unless, and to the extent that, with respect to any Class of Units, holders of not less than 90% of the Units of such Class consent in writing to a treatment other than as described above.
 
9.03      Distribution upon Dissolution. Upon dissolution, the Company shall not be terminated and shall continue until the winding up of the affairs of the Company is completed. Upon the winding up of the Company, the OpCo Board, or any other Person designated by the OpCo Board (the OpCo Board, or such other Person, the “Liquidation Agent”), shall take full account of the assets and liabilities of the Company and shall, unless the OpCo Board determines otherwise, liquidate the assets of the Company as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof. The proceeds of any liquidation shall be applied and distributed in the following order:
 
(a)         First, to the satisfaction of debts and liabilities of the Company (including satisfaction of all indebtedness to Members and/or their Affiliates to the extent otherwise permitted by law), including the expenses of liquidation, and including the establishment of any reserves which the Liquidation Agent shall deem reasonably necessary for any contingent, conditional or unmatured contractual liabilities or obligations of the Company as required pursuant to the Act (“Contingencies”). Any such reserve may be paid over by the Liquidation Agent to any attorney-at-law, or acceptable party, as escrow agent, to be held for disbursement in payment of any Contingencies and, at the expiration of such period as shall be deemed advisable by the Liquidation Agent for Distribution of the balance in the manner hereinafter provided in this Section 9.03; and
 
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(b)         The balance, if any, to the Members in accordance with Section 4.02.
 
9.04      Time for Liquidation. A reasonable amount of time, in the sole discretion of the  Liquidation Agent, shall be allowed for the orderly liquidation of the assets of the Company and the discharge of liabilities to creditors so as to enable the Liquidation Agent to minimize the losses attendant upon such liquidation. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9.03, but subject to the order of priorities set forth therein, if upon dissolution of the Company the Liquidation Agent determines that an immediate sale of part or all of the Company’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss (or would otherwise not be beneficial) to the Members, the Liquidation Agent may, in its sole discretion, defer for a reasonable time the winding up of any assets except those necessary to satisfy Company liabilities (other than loans to the Company by Members) and reserves. Subject to the order of priorities set forth in Section 9.03, the Liquidation Agent may, in its sole discretion, distribute to the Members, in lieu of cash, either (i) all or any portion of such remaining Company assets in-kind in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.03, (ii) as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.03, undivided interests in all or any portion of such Company assets or (iii) a combination of the foregoing. Any such Distributions in kind shall be subject to (x) such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such assets as the Liquidation Agent deems reasonable and equitable and (y) the terms and conditions of any agreements governing such assets (or the operation thereof or the holders thereof) at such time. Any Company assets distributed in kind will first be written up or down to their Fair Market Value, thus creating Profit or Loss (if any), which shall be allocated in accordance with Article V. The Liquidation Agent shall determine the Fair Market Value of any property distributed in accordance with the valuation procedures set forth in Article XI.
 
9.05      Termination. The Company shall terminate when all of the assets of the Company, after payment of or due provision for all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company, shall have been distributed to the holders of Units in the manner provided for in this Article IX, and the Certificate shall have been cancelled in the manner required by the Act.
 
9.06      Claims of the Members. The Members shall look solely to the Company’s assets for the return of their Capital Contributions, and if the assets of the Company remaining after payment of or due provision for all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company are insufficient to return such Capital Contributions, the Members shall have no recourse against the Company or any other Member or any other Person. No Member with a negative balance in such Member’s Capital Account shall have any obligation to the Company or to the other Members or to any creditor or other Person to restore such negative balance during the existence of the Company, upon dissolution or termination of the Company or otherwise, except to the extent required by the Act.
 
9.07      Survival of Certain Provisions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the provisions of Sections 5.07, 10.01, 10.02, 12.09 and 12.10 shall survive the termination of the Company.
 
ARTICLE X
 
LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
 
10.01     Liability of Members and Managers.
 
(a)        No Member and no Affiliate, manager, member, employee or agent of a Member shall be liable for any debt, obligation or liability of the Company or of any other Member or have any obligation to restore any deficit balance in its Capital Account solely by reason of being a Member of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act.

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(b)         This Agreement is not intended to, and does not, create or impose any duty (including any fiduciary duty) on any of the Members (including PubCo), the Continuing Member Representative or on their respective Affiliates or Assignees. Further, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at law or in equity, the parties hereto agree that no Member, Manager or  Continuing Member Representative shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have duties (including fiduciary duties) to any of the Members or to the Company or any other Person bound by this Agreement, and in doing so, recognize, acknowledge and agree that their duties and obligations to one another and to the Company are only as expressly set forth in this Agreement and any other duties (including fiduciary duties) or obligations are hereby eliminated and waived; provided, however, that each Member and Manager shall have the duty to act in accordance with the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
 
(c)        To the extent that, at law or in equity, any Member (including PubCo), Manager or the Continuing Member Representative has any duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, to another Member, Manager or to another Person who is a party to or is otherwise bound by this Agreement, none of the Members (including PubCo), Managers or the Continuing Member Representative acting under this Agreement will be liable to the Company, to any such other Member or Manager or to any such other Person who is a party to or is otherwise bound by this Agreement, for their good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties and liabilities relating thereto of any Member (including PubCo), Manager or Continuing Member Representative otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Members and Managers to replace to that extent such other duties and liabilities of the Members, Managers or Continuing Member Representative relating thereto (including PubCo).
 
(d)         The OpCo Board may consult with legal counsel, accountants and financial or other advisors selected by it, and any act or omission taken by the OpCo Board on behalf of the Company or in furtherance of the interests of the Company in good faith in reliance upon and in accordance with the advice of such Person as to matters the OpCo Board reasonably believes to be within such Person’s professional or expert competence shall be conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in good faith and in accordance with such opinion or advice, and the OpCo Board will be fully protected in so acting or omitting to act so long as such counsel or accountants or financial or other advisors were selected with reasonable care.
 
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(e)          To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, shall not apply to (each, a “Business Opportunities Exempt Party”) (a) any Member that is not a director, manager, officer or employee of the Company, PubCo or any of their respective Subsidiaries, in which case solely acting in their capacity as such, (b) any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Company, PubCo or any of their respective Subsidiaries), (c) any Person that was a Member immediately before the effective time of the Substitution (or a limited partner of PKLP immediately before the closing of the Business Combination) or any of its respective Affiliates (including its respective investors and equityholders and any associated Persons or investment funds or any of their respective portfolio companies or investments) or (d) any of the respective officers, managers, directors, agents, shareholders, members, and partners of any of the foregoing, but excluding any director, manager, officer or employee of PubCo, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries solely acting in their capacity as such. The Company and each of the Members, on its own behalf and on behalf of their respective Affiliates and equityholders, hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to any Business Opportunities Exempt Party and irrevocably waives any right to require any Business Opportunity Exempt Party to act in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 10.01(e). No Business Opportunities Exempt Party who acquires knowledge of a potential transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an opportunity for PubCo, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates or equityholders shall have any duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to the Company and none of PubCo, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates or equityholders will acquire or be entitled to any interest or participation in any such transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter or opportunity as a result of participation therein by a Business Opportunity Exempt Party. This Section 10.01(e) shall not apply to, and no interest or expectancy of the Company is renounced with respect to, any opportunity offered to any director, officer or manager of PubCo or its Subsidiaries if such opportunity is expressly offered or presented to, or acquired or developed by, such Person solely in his or her capacity as a director, officer or manager of PubCo or its Subsidiaries. No amendment or repeal of this Section 10.01(e) shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any Business Opportunities Exempt Party for or with respect to any opportunities of which any such Business Opportunities Exempt Party becomes aware prior to such amendment or repeal. Any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any Units shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 10.01(e). Neither the amendment or repeal of this Section 10.01(e), nor the adoption of any provision of this Agreement inconsistent with this Section 10.01(e), shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Section 10.01(e) in respect of any business opportunity first identified or any other matter occurring, or any cause of action that, but for this Section 10.01(e), would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption. No action or inaction taken by any Business Opportunities Exempt Party in a manner consistent with this Section 10.01(e) shall be deemed to be a violation of any fiduciary or other duty owed to any Person.
 
10.02     Indemnification.
 
(a)         Exculpation and Indemnification. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, whether express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Indemnitee shall be liable to the Company or any Member for any act or omission in relation to the Company or this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby taken or omitted by an Indemnitee unless such Indemnitee’s conduct constituted fraud or willful misconduct. To the fullest extent permitted by law, as the same exists or as hereafter amended (but in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Company to provide prior to such amendment), the Company shall indemnify any Indemnitee who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (brought in the right of the Company or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal (hereinafter a “Proceeding”), including appeals, by reason of his or her or its status as an Indemnitee or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted to be taken by Indemnitee in such capacity, for and against all loss and liability suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including appeals; provided that such Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification hereunder if, but only to the extent that, such Indemnitee’s conduct constituted fraud or willful misconduct. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.02(c), the Company shall be required to indemnify an Indemnitee in connection with any action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) (i) commenced by such Indemnitee only if the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) by such Indemnitee was authorized by the OpCo Board, which authorization may be provided or withheld in its sole discretion, and (ii) by or in the right of the Company only if the OpCo Board has provided its prior written consent, which consent may be provided or withheld in its sole discretion. The indemnification of an Indemnitee of the type identified in clause (e) of the definition of Indemnitee shall be secondary to any and all indemnification to which such Indemnitee is entitled from the relevant other Person (including, but not limited to, any payment made to such Indemnitee under any insurance policy issued to or for the benefit of such Person or Indemnitee) (the “Primary Indemnification”), and will only be paid to the extent the Primary Indemnification is not paid and/or does not provide coverage (e.g., a self-insured retention amount under an insurance policy). No such Person shall be entitled to contribution or indemnification from or subrogation against the Company. The indemnification of any other Indemnitee shall, to the extent not in conflict with such Primary Indemnification, be secondary to any and all payment to which such Indemnitee is entitled from any relevant insurance policy issued to or for the benefit of the Company or any Indemnitee or any other Primary Indemnification.
 
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(b)        Advancement of Expenses. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall promptly pay reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by any Indemnitee in appearing at, participating in or defending any Proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding, including appeals, upon presentation of an undertaking on behalf of such Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 10.02 or otherwise. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.02(c), the Company shall be required to pay expenses of an Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding (or part thereof) (i) commenced by such Indemnitee only if the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) by such Indemnitee was authorized by the OpCo Board, which authorization may be provided or withheld in its sole discretion and (ii) by or in the right of the Company only if the OpCo Board has provided its prior written consent, which consent may be provided or withheld in its sole discretion.
 
(c)        Unpaid Claims. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such Proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Section 10.02 is not paid in full within 30 days after a written claim therefor by any Indemnitee has been received by the Company, such Indemnitee may file proceedings to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Company shall have the burden of proving that such Indemnitee is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable Law.
 
(d)         Insurance. (i) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any Person described in Section 10.02(a) against any liability asserted against such person, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Section 10.02 or otherwise.
 
(ii)       In the event of any payment by the Company under this Section 10.02, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee from any relevant other Person or under any insurance policy issued to or for the benefit of the Company, such relevant other Person, or any Indemnitee. Each Indemnitee agrees to execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce any such rights in accordance with the terms of such insurance policy or other relevant document. The Company shall pay or reimburse all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such subrogation.
 
(iii)      The Company shall not be liable under this Section 10.02 to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (including judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, and excise taxes with respect to an employee benefit plan or penalties) if and to the extent that the applicable Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under this Section 10.02 or any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.
 
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(e)        Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The provisions of this Section 10.02 shall be applicable to all actions, claims, suits or proceedings made or commenced after the date of this Agreement, whether arising from acts or omissions to act occurring before or after its adoption. The provisions of this Section 10.02 shall be deemed to be a contract between the Company and each person entitled to indemnification under this Section 10.02 (or legal representative thereof) who serves in such capacity at any time while this Section 10.02 and the relevant provisions of applicable Law, if any, are in effect, and any amendment, modification or repeal hereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of facts or any action, suit or proceeding then or theretofore existing, or any action, suit or proceeding thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part on any such state of facts. If any provision of this Section 10.02 shall be found to be invalid or limited in application by reason of any Law or regulation, it shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions hereof. The rights of indemnification provided in this Section 10.02 shall neither be exclusive of, nor be deemed in limitation of, any rights to which any person may otherwise be or become entitled or permitted by contract, this Agreement or as a matter of law, both as to actions in such person’s official capacity and actions in any other capacity, it being the policy of the Company that indemnification of any person whom the Company is obligated to indemnify pursuant to Section 10.02(a) shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law.
 
For purposes of this Section 10.02, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries.
 
This Section 10.02 shall not limit the right of the Company, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to, and purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of, Persons other than Persons described in Section 10.02(a) or to indemnify or advance expenses to, or purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of, Persons to a greater extent than so provided by this Section 10.02.
 
ARTICLE XI
 
VALUATION
 
11.01    Fair Market Value. For all purposes of this Agreement, “Fair Market Value” of any asset, property or equity interest means the amount which a seller of such asset, property or equity interest would receive in a sale of such asset, property or equity interest in an arms-length transaction with an unaffiliated third party consummated on a date determined by the OpCo Board (which may be the date on which the event occurred which necessitated the determination of the Fair Market Value) (and after giving effect to any transfer taxes payable in connection with such sale).
 
11.02    Determination. Fair Market Value shall be determined by the OpCo Board (or, if pursuant to Section 9.03, the Liquidation Agent) in its good faith judgment in such manner as it deems reasonable and using all factors, information and data deemed to be pertinent; provided that, no determination of Fair Market Value shall give effect or take into account any “minority discount” or “liquidity discount” (or any similar discount arising out of the fact that the Units are restricted or is not registered with the Commission, publicly traded or listed on a securities exchange), but shall value the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses in their entirety on an enterprise basis using any variety of industry recognized valuation techniques commonly used to value businesses.
 
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ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS
 
12.01     Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon a determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
 
12.02    Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by courier service (delivery receipt requested), by electronic mail or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 12.02):
 

(a)
If to the Company, to:

ProKidney Holdings, LLC
2000 Frontis Plaza Blvd, Suite 250
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Attention: Bruce Culleton, Chief Executive Officer
Email: Bruce.Culleton@Prokidney.com
 
With a copy to:
 
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
One Bryant Park
Bank of America Tower
New York, NY 10036
Attention: Stuart Leblang and Eric H. Wexler
Email: sleblang@akingump.com
            ewexler@akingump.com
 

 (b)
If to any Member (other than PubCo and any Managers who are also Members), to such Member at the address of such Member as set forth on Schedule I or to such other address or addresses as the applicable Member may designate to the Company by like notice as hereinabove set forth.
 

(c)
If to PubCo or any Manager, to:

ProKidney Corp.
2000 Frontis Plaza Blvd, Suite 250
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Attention: Bruce Culleton, MD
Email: bruce.culleton@prokidney.com

With a copy to:
 
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
One Bryant Park
Bank of America Tower
New York, NY 10036
Attention: Stuart Leblang and Eric H. Wexler
Email: sleblang@akingump.com
            ewexler@akingump.com
 
12.03     Cumulative Remedies. The rights and remedies provided by this Agreement are cumulative and the use of any one right or remedy by any party shall not preclude or waive its right to use any or all other remedies. Said rights and remedies are given in addition to any other rights the parties may have by Law.
 
12.04    Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of all of the parties and, to the extent permitted by this Agreement, their successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legal representatives and assigns.
 
12.05    Interpretation. Throughout this Agreement, nouns, pronouns and verbs shall be construed as masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural, whichever shall be applicable. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to “Articles,” “Sections” and paragraphs shall refer to corresponding provisions of this Agreement. The word “including” or any variation thereof means “including, without limitation” and shall not be construed to limit any general statement that it follows to the specific or similar items or matters immediately following it.
 
Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that the parties hereto have participated collectively in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and that he or she or it has had the opportunity to draft, review and edit the language of this Agreement; accordingly, it is the intention of the parties that no presumption for or against any party arising out of drafting all or any part of this Agreement will be applied in any dispute relating to, in connection with or involving this Agreement. Accordingly, the parties hereby waive to the fullest extent permitted by law the benefit of any rule of law or any legal decision that would require that in cases of uncertainty, the language of a contract should be interpreted most strongly against the party who drafted such language.
 
12.06    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by email or facsimile transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Copies of executed counterparts transmitted by telecopy or other electronic transmission service shall be considered original executed counterparts for purposes of this Section 12.06.
 
12.07     Further Assurances. Each Member shall perform all other acts and execute and deliver all other documents as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.
 
12.08    Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the agreements referred to herein (including the Lock-Up Agreement) constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, whether oral or written, pertaining thereto (including the Existing LLC Agreement).
 
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12.09    Governing Law. This Agreement and remedies hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Law of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict of laws principles).
 
12.10     Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
 
(a)       Any and all disputes which cannot be settled amicably with respect to this Agreement, including any action (at law or in equity), claim, litigation, suit, arbitration, hearing, audit, review, inquiry, proceeding or investigation or ancillary claims of any party, arising out of, relating to or in connection with the validity, negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement or any matter arising out of or in connection with this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder or thereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder or thereunder brought by a party hereto or its successors or assigns, shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Delaware Chancery Court, if such court shall not have jurisdiction, any federal court located in the State of Delaware, or, if neither of such courts shall have jurisdiction, any other Delaware state court. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such dispute for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, to the sole and exclusive personal jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and agrees that it will not bring any dispute relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other than the aforesaid courts. Each party irrevocably consents to service of process in any dispute in any of the aforesaid courts by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by recognized overnight delivery service, to such party at such party’s address referred to in Section 12.02. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action brought by any party with respect to this Agreement (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for any reason other than the failure to serve process in accordance with this Section 12.10; (ii) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise); or (iii) any objection which such party may now or hereafter have (A) to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions arising out of or in connection with this Agreement brought in the courts referred to above; (B) that such action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum and (C) that this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof or thereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.
 
(b)        To the extent that any party has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself, or to such party’s property, each such party hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of such party’s obligations with respect to this Agreement.
 
(c)         EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY AGREEING TO THE CHOICE OF DELAWARE LAW TO GOVERN THIS AGREEMENT AND TO THE JURISDICTION OF DELAWARE COURTS IN CONNECTION WITH PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT HEREUNDER. THE PARTIES INTEND THIS TO BE AN EFFECTIVE CHOICE OF DELAWARE LAW AND AN EFFECTIVE CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS UNDER 6 DEL. C. § 2708.
 
(d)      EACH PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND ITS AFFILIATES, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF OR THEREOF.
 
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12.11   Expenses. Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for all costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, financial advisors and accountants, incurred by the Members and the Company in connection with the preparation, negotiation, and operation of this Agreement.
 
12.12     Amendments and Waivers.
 
(a)         This Agreement (including the Annexes hereto) may be amended, supplemented, waived or modified by the OpCo Board with the approval of a majority of the disinterested members of the PubCo Board (the “Disinterested PubCo Majority”) and without the approval of any other Member or other Person; provided that, no amendment, including any amendment effected by way of merger, consolidation or Transfer of all or substantially all the assets of the Company, that would (i) materially and adversely affect the rights of a holder of Units, as such, other than on a pro rata basis with other holders of Units of the same Class without the consent of such holder (or, if there is more than one such holder that is so affected, may be made without the consent of a majority in interest of such affected holders in accordance with their holdings of such Class of Units); provided that, the creation or issuance of any new Unit or Equity Interest of the Company permitted pursuant to Section 7.04 and any amendments or modifications to Agreement to the extent necessary to reflect such creation or issuance shall not be deemed to disproportionately and adversely affect a Member or remove a right or privilege specifically granted to a Member in any event and therefore shall not otherwise require the consent of any Member or other Person (other than the Disinterested PubCo Majority); (ii) modify the limited liability of any Member, or increase the liabilities of any Member, in each case, without the prior written consent of each such affected Member; or (iii) alter or change any rights, preferences or privileges of any Units in a manner that is different or prejudicial relative to any other Units in the same class of Units, may be made without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of such Units.
 
(b)       Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the OpCo Board may, without the written consent of any Member or any other Person, amend, supplement, waive or modify any provision of this Agreement, including Schedule I, and execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record whatever documents may be required in connection therewith, to reflect: (1) any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification that the OpCo Board determines in its reasonable discretion to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the creation, authorization or issuance of Units or any Class or series of equity interests in the Company pursuant to Sections 7.01 and 7.04 hereof; (2) the admission, substitution, or withdrawal of Members in accordance with this Agreement, including pursuant to Section 8.07 or Section 8.08 hereof; (3) a change in the name of the Company, the location of the principal place of business of the Company, the registered agent of the Company or the registered office of the Company; (4) any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification that the OpCo Board determines in its reasonable discretion to be necessary or appropriate to address changes in U.S. federal income tax regulations, legislation or interpretation; and/or (5) a change in the Fiscal Year or taxable year of the Company and any other changes that the OpCo Board determines to be necessary or appropriate as a result of a change in the Fiscal Year or taxable year of the Company including a change in the dates on which Distributions are to be made by the Company. If an amendment has been approved in accordance with this Agreement, such amendment shall be adopted and effective with respect to all Members. Upon obtaining such approvals as may be required by this Agreement, and without further action or execution on the part of any Member or other Person, any amendment to this Agreement may be implemented and reflected in a writing executed solely by the OpCo Board, and the Members shall be deemed a party to and bound by such amendment.
 
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(c)         No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder (other than a failure or delay beyond a period of time specified herein) shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Law.
 
(d)        Except as may be otherwise required by Law in connection with the winding-up, liquidation, or dissolution of the Company, each Member hereby irrevocably waives any and all rights that it may have to maintain an action for judicial accounting or for partition of any of the Company’s property.
 
12.13    No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the parties hereto and their permitted assigns and successors and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person or entity, any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement (other than pursuant to Section 10.02 hereof).
 
12.14    Headings. The headings and subheadings in this Agreement are included for convenience and identification only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
 
12.15     Power of Attorney. Each Member, by its execution hereof, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints the OpCo Board as its true and lawful agent and attorney in fact, with full power of substitution and full power and authority in its name, place and stead, to make, execute, sign, acknowledge, swear to, record and file (a) this Agreement and any amendment to this Agreement that has been consented to and adopted as herein provided; (b) all amendments to the Certificate required or permitted by law or the provisions of this Agreement; (c) all certificates and other instruments (including consents and ratifications which the Members have agreed to provide upon a matter receiving the agreed support of Members) deemed advisable by the OpCo Board to carry out the provisions of this Agreement and Law or to permit the Company to become or to continue as a limited liability company or entity wherein the Members have limited liability in each jurisdiction where the Company may be doing business; (d) all instruments that the OpCo Board deems appropriate to reflect a change or modification of this Agreement or the Company in accordance with this Agreement, including the admission of additional Members or substituted Members pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement; (e) all conveyances and other instruments or papers deemed advisable by the OpCo Board to effect the liquidation and termination of the Company; (f) all fictitious or assumed name certificates required or permitted (in light of the Company’s activities) to be filed on behalf of the Company; and (g) following the receipt of a Drag-Along Notice by a Required Member, to take any and all necessary or convenient actions on behalf of such Required Member to complete an Approved Qualified Transaction in accordance with Section 8.02(d).
 
12.16    Separate Agreements; Schedules. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, including Section 12.12, the OpCo Board in its sole discretion may, or may cause the Company to, without the approval of any Member or any other Person, enter into separate subscription, letter or other agreements with individual Members that have become or will become Members after the date hereof with respect to any matter, which have the effect of establishing rights under, or altering, supplementing or amending the terms of, this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that any terms contained in any such separate agreement shall govern with respect to such Member or future Member(s) party thereto notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement. The OpCo Board in its sole discretion may from time to time execute and deliver to the Members schedules which set forth information contained in the books and records of the Company and any other matters deemed appropriate by the OpCo Board. Such schedules shall be for information purposes only and shall not be deemed to be part of this Agreement for any purpose whatsoever. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, solely for U.S. federal income tax purposes, this Agreement, the Tax Receivable Agreement, the Exchange Agreement and any other separate agreement described in this Section 12.16 shall constitute a “partnership agreement” within the meaning of Section 761 of the Code.
 
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12.17    Partnership Status. The Members intend to treat the Company as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no election to the contrary shall be made. Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the Members intend that the Company not be a partnership (including a limited partnership) or joint venture, and that no Member be a partner or joint venturer of any other Member by virtue of this Agreement, for any purposes other than as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, and neither this Agreement nor any other document entered into by the Company or any Member relating to the subject matter hereof shall be construed to suggest otherwise.
 
12.18   Delivery by Facsimile or Email. This Agreement, the agreements referred to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine or email with scan or facsimile attachment, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or email to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or email as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract, and each such party hereby irrevocably waives any such defense.
 
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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have entered into this Agreement or have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers, in each case as of the date first above stated.
 
 
COMPANY:
 
PROKIDNEY HOLDINGS, LLC
 
By:
/s/ Todd Girolamo
 
Name:
 Todd Girolamo
 
Title:
Corporate Compliance Officer, Secretary; Chief Legal Officer

[Signature Page – Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of ProKidney Holdings, LLC]


In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have entered into this Agreement or have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers, in each case as of the date first above stated.
 
 
PUBCO:
 
PROKIDNEY CORP.
 
By:
/s/ Todd Girolamo
 
Name:
 Todd Girolamo
 
Title:
Corporate Compliance Officer, Secretary; Chief Legal Officer

[Signature Page – Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of ProKidney Holdings, LLC]


In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have entered into this Agreement or have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers, in each case as of the date first above stated.
 
 
OTHER MEMBERS:
 
Tolernatia, LLC
     
 
/s/ Jaime Gomez-Sotomayor
 
Name: Jaime Gomez-Sotomayor
 
Title: Authorized Person
   
 
ProKidney Management Equity LLC
   
 
By: Tolerantia, LLC, as attorney-in-fact
   
 
/s/ Jaime Gomez-Sotomayor
 
Name: Jaime Gomez-Sotomayor
 
Title: Authorized Person
   
 
CONTROL EMPRESARIAL DE CAPITALES, S.A. DE C.V.
   
 
By: Tolerantia, LLC, as attorney-in-fact
   
 
/s/ Jaime Gomez-Sotomayor
 
Name: Jaime Gomez-Sotomayor
 
Title: Authorized Person
   
 
ProKidney Corp.
   
 
/s/ Todd Girolamo
 
Name: Todd Girolamo
 
Title: Corporate Compliance Officer; Secretary; Chief Legal Officer

[Signature Page – Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of ProKidney Holdings, LLC]
 

 
MANAGERS:
 
Bruce Culleton
     
 
/s/ Bruce Culleton
 
(Signature)

 
Pablo Legorreta
 
/s/ Pablo Legorreta
 
(Signature)
     
 
Jaime Gomez-sotomayor
     
 
/s/ Jaime Gomez-Sotomayor
 
(Signature)

[Signature Page – Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of ProKidney Holdings, LLC]


EXHIBIT A
 
MANAGERS
 

1.
Bruce Culleton
 

2.
Pablo Legorreta (Chairperson)
 

3.
Jaime Gomez-Sotomayor
 

SCHEDULE I
 
MEMBERS
 
(See books and records of the Company.)