EX-3.10 9 dex310.htm DB ONLINE, LLC OPERATING AGREEMENT DB Online, LLC Operating Agreement

EXHIBIT 3.10

 

DB Online, LLC

 

Operating Agreement

 

This Operating Agreement (this “Agreement”) of DB Online, LLC (the “Company”) is entered into by United Pet Group Inc., a Delaware corporation, as sole member (in its capacity as the sole member of the Company, the “Member”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company has been formed as a limited liability company under the Hawaii Limited Liability Company Act (§ 428-105 et. seq.), as amended from time to time (the “Act”), by the filing of articles of organization in the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs of the State of Hawaii.

 

The Member hereby agrees as follows:

 

1. Name. The name of the limited liability company formed hereby is DB Online, LLC.

 

2. Articles of Organization and Qualification to Do Business. The Member, as an authorized person within the meaning of the Act, shall execute, deliver and file, or cause the execution, delivery and filing of, all articles of organization required or permitted by the Act to be filed in the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs of the State of Hawaii. The Member shall also execute, deliver and file any other articles (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any and all jurisdictions in which the Company may wish to conduct business.

 

3. Purpose and Powers. The Company is formed for the object and purpose of, and the nature of the business to be conducted and promoted by the Company is, engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act.

 

The Company will possess and may exercise all the powers and privileges granted by the Act, any other law or this Agreement, together with any powers incidental thereto, and may take any action not prohibited under the Act or other applicable law, so far as such powers and actions are, in the sole discretion of the Member, necessary, convenient or desirable to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business, purposes or activities of the Company.

 

4. Term; Fiscal Year. The term of the Company commenced on the date the articles of organization of the Company were filed in the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs of the State of Hawaii, and will continue until dissolved as provided herein. The fiscal year end of the Company will be December 31.

 

5. Principal Business Office. The principal business office of the Company shall be maintained at 98-030 Hekaha Street, Building 7, Suite 10, Aiea, Hawaii 96701.

 

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6. Registered Office and Agent. The registered agent for service of process and the registered office shall be that person and location reflected in the articles of organization of the Company as filed in the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs of the State of Hawaii. The Member may, from time to time, change the registered agent or office through appropriate filing with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs of the State of Hawaii. In the event the registered agent ceases to act as such for any reason or the registered office shall change, the Member shall promptly designate a replacement registered agent or file a notice of change of address as the case may be.

 

7. Member. The name and the mailing address of the Member are as follows:

 

Name


  

Address


United Pet Group, Inc.   

463 Ohio Pike, Suite 303

Cincinnati, OH 45255

 

8. Limited Liability; Indemnification. (a) Except as otherwise provided by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and the Member shall not be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company by reason of being a member of the Company or exercising any rights under this Agreement.

 

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify the Member and the officers, directors and shareholders of the Member, against any and all liability incurred and/or for any act performed by them in good faith and/or for any act in good faith omitted to be performed by them in good faith (including, without limitation, reasonable legal and other professional fees and expenses as the same are incurred) as or on behalf of a Member (or affiliate thereof) of the Company.

 

9. Admission; Transfer of Membership Interests. The Member is deemed admitted as the Member of the Company upon its execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

10. Distributions. Except as otherwise provided by the Act, distributions may be made to the Member at the times and in the aggregate amounts determined by the Member.

 

11. Management. The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by the Member in its sole discretion, subject to the provisions of the Act. The Member shall have the power in its sole discretion to do any and all acts necessary, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purposes described herein, including all powers, statutory or otherwise, possessed by members of a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Hawaii. The Member is an agent of the Company for the purpose of the Company’s business, and the actions of the Member taken in accordance with such powers set forth in this Agreement shall bind the Company.

 

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12. Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved without further action by the Member and its affairs wound up upon the first to occur of any of the following events:

 

(a) The written consent of the Member;

 

(b) The sale or distribution of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets;

 

(c) The retirement, resignation or dissolution of the Member or the occurrence of any other event which terminates the continued membership of the Member in the Company unless the business of the Company is continued in a manner permitted by this Agreement or the Act;

 

(d) An event that makes it unlawful for all or substantially all of the business of the Company to be continued; provided that any cure of illegality within ninety days after notice to the Company of the event shall be effective retroactively to the date of the event; or

 

(e) Upon application, the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 428-801 of the Act.

 

In the event of dissolution, the Company shall conduct only such activities as are necessary to wind up its affairs (including the sale of the assets of the Company in an orderly manner), and the assets of the Company shall be applied in the manner, and in the order or priority, set forth in Section 428-806 of the Act.

 

13. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed under, the laws of the State of Hawaii (without regard to conflict of laws principles), all rights and remedies being governed by said laws.

 

14. Amendments. This Agreement may be modified, altered, supplemented or amended pursuant to a written agreement executed and delivered by the Member.

 

15. Binding Effect. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, every covenant, term, and provision of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Member and its successors, transferees, and assigns.

 

16. Headings. Section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and are not intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent, or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, has duly executed this Agreement as of the 12th day of March, 2004.

 

United Pet Group, Inc.

By:

 

/s/ John Heil


Name:

 

John Heil

Title:

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

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