0001493152-22-027058.txt : 20220928 0001493152-22-027058.hdr.sgml : 20220928 20220928165959 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001493152-22-027058 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 1-SA PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220928 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220928 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Masterworks 016, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001813339 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-RETAIL STORES, NEC [5990] IRS NUMBER: 851144500 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 1-SA SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 24R-00302 FILM NUMBER: 221276809 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 LIBERTY STREET STREET 2: 29TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10281 BUSINESS PHONE: 203 518 5172 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 LIBERTY STREET STREET 2: 29TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10281 1-SA 1 form1-sa.htm

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 1-SA

 

SEMIANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO REGULATION A

 

For the Fiscal Semiannual Period Ended June 30, 2022

 

MASTERWORKS 016, LLC

(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

 

Commission File Number: 024-11227

 

Delaware   85-1144500

State of other jurisdiction

of incorporation or Organization

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

225 LIBERTY STREET, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10281

(Full mailing address of principal executive offices)

 

(203) 518-5172

(Issuer’s telephone number, including area code)

 

www.masterworks.com

(Issuer’s website)

 

Class A Ordinary Shares

(Securities issued pursuant to Regulation A)

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 2
Item 1. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 2
Item 2. Other Information 4
Item 3. Consolidated Financial Statements F-1
Item 4. Exhibits 5

 

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Report contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “potential,” “plan,” “intend,” “expect,” “outlook,” “seek,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “approximately,” “believe,” “could,” “project,” “predict,” or other similar words or expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions, discuss future expectations, describe future plans and strategies, or state other forward-looking information. Our ability to predict future events, actions, plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, actual outcomes could differ materially from those set forth or anticipated in our forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause our forward-looking statements to differ from actual outcomes include, but are not limited to, those described under the heading “Risk Factors” in our most recent Offering Circular filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), as such factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings and offering circular supplements filed with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements, which reflect our views as of the date of this Report. Furthermore, except as required by law, we are under no duty to, and do not intend to, update any of our forward-looking statements after the date of this Report, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Item 1. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes. The Consolidated Financial Statements included in this filing are unaudited and have not been reviewed, and may not include year-end adjustments necessary to make those financial statements comparable to audited results, although in the opinion of management all necessary adjustments have been included to make the interim Consolidated Financial Statements not misleading.

 

As used in this Report, “we,” “our,” “ours,” “us,” or the “Company,” refer to Masterworks 016, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and, as the context requires, the 016 segregated portfolio of Masterworks Cayman, SPC that holds title to the artwork indirectly owned by the Company. “Masterworks” refers to Masterworks.io, LLC, and or its wholly owned subsidiaries.

 

Overview

 

We are a Delaware limited liability company formed on May 11, 2020 to facilitate investment in a single work of art created in 2014-15 by George Condo (the “Artwork”). We are managed by our affiliate, Masterworks Administrative Services, LLC (the “Administrator”).

 

On or about July 16, 2020, the Company commenced accepting subscriptions for an offering of up to 88,000 of our Class A ordinary shares pursuant to Regulation A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for aggregate consideration of up to $1,760,000 (the “Offering”). Each Class A ordinary share was offered at $20.00 per share. The Offering was fully subscribed and a final closing was held on September 15, 2020. All of the proceeds from the Offering were used to pay for the acquisition of the Artwork and to pay a true-up to Masterworks.

 

During all relevant times following the initial closing of the Offering, title to the Artwork has and will continue to be held by the 016 Segregated Portfolio (the “Segregated Portfolio”) of Masterworks Cayman, a Cayman Islands segregated portfolio company. A segregated portfolio company registered under the Cayman Islands Companies Law is a single legal entity which may establish internal segregated portfolios. The Company owns 100% of the share capital of the Segregated Portfolio, and the Segregated Portfolio is treated as a subsidiary of the Company for financial reporting purposes. As of June 30, 2022, the Segregated Portfolio had no assets and no liabilities. The Segregated Portfolio will not incur any indebtedness for borrowed money and will not enter into any contracts, except the administrative services agreement or any amendment or replacement thereof, or as may be necessary in connection with the sale of the Artwork.

 

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Amounts paid to Masterworks in the form of true-up payments are intended to be reasonable compensation for Masterworks’ services in sourcing and acquiring Artwork, commitments to finance the acquisition of the Artwork and for expenses and costs incurred by Masterworks in connection with the securitization of the Artwork. True-up expense, which is paid in cash, is recognized upon acquisition of the Artwork.

 

Upon the initial closing of the Offering, the Company has entered into an administrative services agreement with the Administrator, whereby the Administrator manages all administrative services relating to our business and custodial services relating to the maintenance of the Artwork. In exchange for these services and as reimbursement for ordinary and necessary administrative costs, the Company issues Class A shares to the Administrator at a rate of 1.5% of the total Class A shares outstanding per annum, commencing on the date of the final closing or the date of an earlier closing if, as of such earlier closing date, the Offering has been fully subscribed and at least 95% of the subscription proceeds have been received by the Company. The share issuances are made quarterly in arrears and there is no overall limit to the number of Class A shares that may be issued to Masterworks. These shares issued to the Administrator are subject to cliff vesting provisions as set forth in the administrative services agreement. Any extraordinary or non-routine costs, payments and expenses, if any, will be paid for by the Administrator, but such extraordinary or non-routine costs and payments will be reimbursed by the Company upon the sale or liquidation of the Artwork.

 

Other than activities related to the Offering and the acquisition and maintenance of the Artwork, we have not conducted any other business activities or operations. Our strategy is to display, promote and market the Artwork in a manner designed to enhance its provenance and increase its exposure and its value.

 

We do not expect to generate any material amount of revenues or cash flow unless and until we sell the Artwork. We are totally reliant on Masterworks to maintain the Artwork and administer our business.

 

Operating Results

 

Due to the comprehensive nature of the administrative services agreement, our operating results for any fiscal period following the final closing of the Offering and prior to the period in which the Artwork is sold, will only reflect the administrative services fee, any extraordinary or non-recurring items for which we are responsible, if any, and, in the fiscal period in which the artwork is acquired, the true-up payable to Masterworks. Accordingly, differences in operating results from one fiscal period to the next are primarily attributable to the timing of the acquisition and disposition of the Artwork. Operating results for a particular fiscal period may also be affected by changes in the fair value of the Artwork, since the administrative services fee payable to Masterworks in the form of Class A shares is determined based on the fair value of the Class A shares over the time period during which the related services are performed.

 

During the periods presented in the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report, we were not responsible for any extraordinary or non-recurring expenses.

 

Contingent Liabilities

 

We had no contingent liabilities as of June 30, 2022.

 

Income Taxes

 

We expect that we will be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and not as an association or publicly traded partnership subject to tax as a corporation. As a partnership, we generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax. Instead, each shareholder that is subject to U.S. tax will be required to take into account its distributive share, whether or not distributed, of each item of our income, gain, loss, deduction or credit.

 

We had no federal and state income tax assets, liabilities or expenses as of and for the 6-month period ended June 30, 2022.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources of the Administrator

 

We do not anticipate that we will maintain any material liquid assets and, accordingly, we rely upon the Administrator to pay for the maintenance and administration of our business in accordance with the administrative services agreement. A summary of the financial condition of the Administrator as of June 30, 2022 and 2021 is provided in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

We and the Administrator believe that the Administrator’s sources of liquidity, together with contributions from Masterworks derived from equity contributions from members, earnings generated primarily from sourcing artwork and cash on hand, will be sufficient for the Administrator to perform its obligations under the administrative services agreement for the foreseeable future. We do not believe we will need to raise any additional funds through the issuance and sale of additional membership interests and are not permitted to do so under our operating agreement without the prior approval of holders of the Class A ordinary shares.

 

The Administrator is currently financed through equity contributions from Masterworks.io, LLC. Masterworks.io, LLC was funded from its inception in 2017 through September 2021 primarily through borrowings from Scott W. Lynn, the Founder of Masterworks. These borrowings were repaid in October 2021 and Masterworks is currently funded through equity contributions from private investors in October 2021 of approximately $110 million and cash flow from operations.

 

The Administrator earns fees in the form of additional Class A ordinary shares issued by us and other similar issuer entities and earns revenue when artwork is sold, though such Class A shares are subject to vesting requirements. The Administrator has covenanted in the administrative services agreement that for so long as such agreement remains in effect, the Administrator will maintain on hand cash reserves sufficient to pay at least one year of estimated expenses to satisfy its obligations under the administrative services agreement to fund the operations of the Company until the sale of the Artwork.

 

The Administrator conducts other business activities, including the administration of other entities similar to the Company and expects that, with scale and maturity of its operations as sales of artwork become a more regular occurrence, the Administrator’s revenues will consistently exceed its costs. The Company cannot estimate at this time what the aggregate costs and expenses of the Administrator will be with respect to such activities as they will depend on many factors. Additionally, the Company plans to own the Artwork for an indefinite period.

 

We are not aware of any trends, uncertainties, demands, commitments or events that will materially affect our operations or the liquidity or capital resources of the Administrator.

 

Commitments from Affiliates to Fund Operations

 

We have a written commitment from the Administrator to fund our operations and costs to maintain the Artwork until we sell the Artwork which is contained in the administrative services agreement.

 

Item 2. Other Information

 

On December 1, 2021, Masterworks Gallery LLC, on behalf of the Company sold the Artwork to Christie’s Hong Kong Limited (“Christie’s HK”) pursuant to a Seller’s Agreement and certain terms and conditions of sale (collectively, the “Agreement”).

 

On March 7, 2022, the parties consummated the transaction contemplated by the Agreement and title of the Artwork passed to Christie’s HK. The Company subsequently commenced the process of winding up and dissolving in accordance with its Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement. After allocating costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transaction and winding up and amounts in respect of profit sharing interests represented by Class B ordinary shares, record holders of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares will receive a distribution in the amount of approximately $29.87 per Class A ordinary share.

 

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Item 3. Consolidated Financial Statements

 

MASTERWORKS 016, LLC

 

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Period January 1, 2022 Through June 30, 2022

and For the Period January 1, 2021 Through June 30, 2021

 

CONTENTS

 

  Page
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets F-2
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations F-3
   
Consolidated Statements of Members’ Equity F-4
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-5
   
Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements F-6 – F-11

 

F-1

 

 

MASTERWORKS 016, LLC

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

   As of
June 30, 2022
   As of
December 31, 2021
 
         
ASSETS          
           
Current Assets:          
Cash and Cash Equivalents  $174,084   $111 
Total Current Assets   174,084    111 
           
Artwork   -    1,600,000 
           
Total Assets  $174,084   $1,600,111 
           
LIABILITIES          
Current Liabilities:          
Due to Affiliates  $3,000   $- 
Total Current Liabilities   3,000    - 
Total Liabilities  $3,000   $- 
           
MEMBERS’ EQUITY          
           
Members’ Equity:          
Class A ordinary shares, 5,785 and 89,599 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively   171,084    1,600,011 
Class B ordinary shares, -0- and 1,000 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively   -    100 
Total Members’ Equity  $171,084   $1,600,111 

 

No assurance is provided on these consolidated financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-2

 

 

MASTERWORKS 016, LLC

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

 

  

For the Period

January 1, 2022

Through

June 30, 2022

  

For the Period

January 1, 2021

Through

June 30, 2021

 
Income:          
           
Gain on sale of artwork   1,300,002    - 
           
Total Income   1,300,002    - 
           
Expenses:          
True-up payment expense   -    - 
Sales expense   3,000    - 
Share-based compensation - administrative services fees   -    17,490 
           
Total Expenses   3,000    17,490 
           
Net Income/(Loss)  $1,297,002   $(17,490)
           
Net Income/(Loss) per Class A Ordinary Share Basic  $34.10   $(0.20)
Net Income/(Loss) per Class A Share Diluted  $28.29   $(0.20)
           
Weighted Average Number of Class A Ordinary Shares Outstanding Basic   38,034    88,550 
Weighted Average Number of Class A Shares Outstanding Diluted   45,856    88,550 

 

No assurance is provided on these consolidated financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-3

 

 


MASTERWORKS 016, LLC

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF MEMBERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

 

   Class A Ordinary Shares   Class B Shares     
       Contributed / (Distributed)   Retained Earnings / (Accumulated  

Total

Members’

Equity -

       Contributed / (Distributed)   Retained Earnings / (Accumulated  

Total

Members’

 
   Shares   Capital   Deficit)   Class A   Shares   Capital   Deficit)   Equity 
                                 
Balance at January 1, 2021   88,385   $1,768,990   $(168,989)  $1,600,001    1,000   $100   $-   $1,600,101 
                                         
Class A ordinary shares issued   660    17,490    -    17,490    -    -    -    17,490 
                                         
Net Income/(loss)   -    -    (17,490)   (17,490)   -    -    -    (17,490)
                                         
Balance at June 30, 2021   89,045   $1,786,480   $(186,479)  $1,600,001    1,000   $100   $-   $1,600,101 
                                         
Balance at January 1, 2022   89,599   $1,803,058   $(203,047)  $1,600,011    1,000   $100   $-   $1,600,111 
                                         
Net Income/(loss)   -    -    1,075,995    1,075,995    -    -    221,007    1,297,002 
                                         
Liquidation of Entity   (83,814)   (1,676,280)   (828,642)   (2,504,922)   (1,000)   (100)   (221,007)   (2,726,029)
                                         
Balance at June 30, 2022   5,785   $126,778   $44,306   $171,084    -   $-   $-   $171,084 

 

No assurance is provided on these consolidated financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-4

 

 

MASTERWORKS 016, LLC

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

  

For the Period

January 1, 2022

Through

June 30, 2022

  

For the Period

January 1, 2021

Through

June 30, 2021

 
         
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:          
Net Income/(Loss)  $1,297,002   $(17,490)
Adjustments to reconcile net income/(loss) to net cash provided by operating activities          
Share-based compensation - administrative services fees   -    17,490 
Gain on Sale of artwork   (1,300,002)   - 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:          
Other amounts due to affiliates   3,000    - 
           
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities   -    - 
           
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:          
Sale of artwork   2,900,002    - 
           
Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities   2,900,002    - 
           
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:          
Proceeds from issuance of membership interests   -    - 
Net proceeds from unsettled subscriptions and investor subscription deposits   -    - 
Proceeds from issuance of Class A ordinary shares   -    - 
Proceeds from non-interest bearing advance from affiliate   -    - 
Repayment of non-interest bearing advance from affiliate   -    - 
Liquidation of entity   (2,726,029)   - 
           
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities   (2,726,029)   - 
           
Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents   173,975    - 
           
Cash and Cash Equivalents, beginning of period   111    101 
           
Cash and Cash Equivalents, end of period  $174,084   $101 

 

No assurance is provided on these consolidated financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-5

 

 

MASTERWORKS 016, LLC

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2022 and 2021

 

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Nature of Organization – Masterworks 016, LLC (“Company”) was formed as a Delaware limited liability company to purchase a painting by George Condo (the “Artwork”). On July 16, 2020, the Company commenced an offering pursuant to the exemption from registration afforded by Regulation A (the “Offering”) of membership interests represented by 88,000 of the Company’s Class A shares to third-party investors for $20.00 per share, or aggregate offering proceeds of $1,760,000. The Offering was fully subscribed and a final closing was held on September 15, 2020.

 

All of the proceeds from the Offering are used to pay, directly or indirectly, for the acquisition of a single artwork, and to pay a true-up to Masterworks Gallery, LLC (“Gallery”) as described in Note 2. The Company is managed by a Board of Managers comprised of three individuals and is administered by Masterworks Administrative Services, LLC (the “Administrator”).

 

Members’ Liability – The Company is organized as a Delaware limited liability company. As such, the liability of the members of the Company for the financial obligations of the Company is limited to each member’s contribution of capital.

 

Principles of Consolidation – The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and a segregated portfolio of Masterworks Cayman, SPC (the “SPC”), a Cayman Islands segregated portfolio company. The Company owns 100 Class 016 shares of the SPC, which represents 100% ownership of the 016 Segregated Portfolio (the “Segregated Portfolio”). Title to the Artwork is held by the Segregated Portfolio. As the context requires, references in these consolidated financial statements to the “Company” include either or both of the Company and the Segregated Portfolio, and references to “consolidated” refer to the fact that the Company treats the Segregated Portfolio as a consolidated subsidiary in these financial statements in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Subtopic 810-10 Consolidation: Overall. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Basis of Accounting and Use of Estimates – The Company prepares its financial statements on the accrual basis of accounting in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the balance sheets and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses in the statements of operations during the applicable period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.

 

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MASTERWORKS 016, LLC

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2022 and 2021

 

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

Artwork – The purchase price of the Artwork was $1,600,000. Title to the Artwork is held by the Segregated Portfolio.

 

The Segregated Portfolio has no assets other than the Artwork, no indebtedness, and does not conduct any operations other than incidental to ownership of the Artwork. The Artwork is recorded at cost, which is the purchase price paid for the Artwork. Artwork is determined to have an indefinite life. The Company will review the Artwork for impairment in accordance with the requirements of FASB ASC Subtopic 360-10, Property, Plant, and Equipment: Impairment and Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. Those requirements require the Company to perform an impairment analysis whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the Artwork might not be recoverable, i.e., information indicates that an impairment might exist. In accordance with ASC 360, the Company:

 

  Considers whether indicators of impairment are present. Indicators or triggers of impairment management considers are: deteriorating physical condition of the artwork, trends in the art market, reputation of the artist, recent sales of other artworks by the artist, and other events, circumstances, or conditions that indicate impairment might exist;
     
  If indicators are present, perform a recoverability test by comparing the estimated amount realizable upon sale of the Artwork, to its carrying value; and
     
  If the amount realizable upon sale of the Artwork is deemed to be less than its carrying value, the Company would measure an impairment charge.

 

If it is determined that measurement of an impairment loss is necessary, the impairment loss would be calculated based on the difference between the carrying amount of the Artwork and its estimated fair value. An impairment loss would be reported as a component of income from continuing operations before income taxes in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. There were no events or circumstances indicating impairment of the Artwork for any of the periods presented.

 

On November 3, 2021, Gallery, on behalf of the Company, entered into a Seller’s Agreement and certain terms and conditions of sale (collectively, the “Agreement”) with Christie’s Hong Kong Limited (“Christie’s HK”) whereby the Company agreed with Christie’s HK to auction the Artwork at Christie’s 20th and 21st Century Art Evening Sale held on December 1, 2021. Pursuant to the Agreement, Christie’s HK agreed to pay the Company a percentage of the proceeds of the sale of the Painting at the auction, and agreed that irrespective of the outcome of the auction, the Company will receive at least a minimum guaranteed amount (the “Guaranteed Amount”) as agreed upon between the Company and Christie’s HK, provided, however, Christie’s HK’s payment obligations were subject to customary conditions for transactions of this kind.

 

On December 1, 2021, the Company agreed to sell the Artwork to Christie’s HK pursuant to the Agreement for the Guaranteed Amount (the “Sale”) or $2,900,000. As required by the Company’s Amended and Restated Operating Agreement, the Special Committee of the Board of Managers of the Company approved the Sale.

 

On March 7, 2022, the parties consummated the transaction contemplated by the Agreement and title of the Painting passed to Christie’s HK. The Company subsequently commenced the process of winding up and dissolving in accordance with its Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement. After allocating costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transaction and winding up and amounts in respect of profit sharing interests represented by Class B ordinary shares, record holders of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares will receive a distribution in the amount of approximately $29.87 per Class A ordinary share.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents – The Company’s cash consists of cash held in a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insured bank account. The Company does not hold any cash equivalents.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk – The Company maintains its cash in bank accounts in amounts that may exceed federally insured limits at times. The Company has not experienced any losses in these accounts in the past, and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant credit risks as they periodically evaluate the strength of the financial institution in which it deposits funds and cash is only held for a short duration pending closing or a distribution to members.

 

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MASTERWORKS 016, LLC

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2022 and 2021

 

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

Earnings (loss) per Class A Ordinary Share – Basic earnings (loss) per share is calculated by dividing income (loss) available to Class A shareholders by the weighted-average Class A shares outstanding during the period. Fully diluted earnings per share will include in the denominator Class A shares issuable upon conversion of Class B shares, if any, in any period in which the Company does not report a loss from continuing operations. Diluted net income/(loss) per share takes into account the conversion effect of Class B shares for all periods presented.

 

Income Taxes – The Company is a limited liability company taxed as a partnership and thus is generally not subject to federal or state income taxes. As a segregated portfolio of a Cayman Islands company treated as a corporation, the Segregated Portfolio is not subject to any foreign or domestic income taxes. Accordingly, the Company’s taxable income or loss, which may vary substantially from income or loss reported for financial reporting purposes, will be included in the federal and state income tax returns of the Company’s members based upon their respective share of the Company’s income and expenses as reported for income tax purposes. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes is reflected in the accompanying financial statements.

 

For the current tax year and for all major taxing jurisdictions, the Administrator has concluded that the Company is a pass-through entity and there are no uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements. If the Company were to incur an income tax liability in the future, interest on any income tax liability would be reported as interest expense, and penalties on any income tax liability would be reported as income taxes. The Administrator does not expect that its assessment regarding unrecognized tax positions will materially change over the next twelve months. However, the Administrator’s conclusions regarding uncertain tax positions may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based upon ongoing analyses of tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof, as well as other factors including but not limited to, questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions, compliance with U.S., state, and foreign income tax laws, and changes in administrative practices and precedents of the relevant taxing authorities.

 

Members’ Equity – Members’ equity is comprised of two types of membership interests: Class A and Class B shares.

 

  Class A shares are entitled to receive any and all net proceeds from the sale of the Artwork up to $20 per share before any payment is made with respect to Class B shares. If and to the extent the holders of Class A shares have received $20 per share following a sale of the Artwork and there are additional net proceeds remaining, the Class A shares are entitled to 80% of such excess funds available for distribution and the Class B shares are entitled to the remaining 20% of such excess funds, provided, that such amounts would be proportionately adjusted if any or all of the Class B shares had been converted to Class A shares prior to the sale of the Artwork. Any Class A shares owned by the Administrator have no voting rights. The authorized number of Class A shares is limited to 88,000, plus (i) shares which may be issued pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement, plus (ii) shares which may be issued upon conversion of Class B shares. All Class A shares not owned by the Administrator have certain limited voting and approval rights, generally including the issuance of additional shares, and removing members of the Board of Managers or the Administrator. The Board of Managers controls all other actions as stated in the Company’s second amended and restated operating agreement.

 

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MASTERWORKS 016, LLC

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2022 and 2021

 

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

Members’ Equity (continued)

 

  Class B shares held by Gallery are entitled to 20% of the excess amount, if any, available for distribution to members following a sale of the Artwork after the holders of Class A shares have received $20 per share. In addition, prior to a sale of the Artwork, Class B shares may be converted into Class A shares with a value at the time of conversion equal to 20% of the increase in value of the Company’s issued and outstanding Class A and B shares. Any increase in value of the Class A shares would potentially dilute earnings per share in the future. The authorized number of Class B shares is limited to the number of Class B shares set forth on the Balance Sheet. The convertible Class B shares have no specified exercise date, exercise price, or expiration. Class B shares have no voting rights.

 

True-Up – The Company agreed to pay Gallery a true-up payment equal to 10% of the purchase price of the Artwork, which is intended to be reasonable compensation for Gallery’ services, capital commitment and outlay in sourcing and acquiring the Artwork. The true-up is expensed in the period in which the Artwork is acquired.

 

Organizational and Offering Costs – The Company’s expenses are paid by the Administrator pursuant to an Administrative Services Agreement under which the Administrator will receive an administrative services fee, payable quarterly in arrears. The administrative services fee is payable in the form of additional membership interests represented by Class A shares and will be accounted for as a management fee expense and an equity issuance in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Organizational and offering costs of the Company were paid by the Administrator and its affiliates on behalf of the Company.

 

Organizational and offering costs include all expenses relating to the formation of the Company, the qualification of the Offering, and the marketing and distribution of Class A shares, including, without limitation, expenses for printing and amending offering statements or supplementing offering circulars; mailing and distributing costs; telephones, internet, and other telecommunications costs; all advertising and marketing expenses; charges of experts and fees; expenses and taxes related to the Offering; and registration and qualification of the sale of Class A shares under federal and state laws, including taxes and fees and accountants’ and attorneys’ fees. The Company did not pay any of these costs and is not required to reimburse the Administrator for any of these costs. Accordingly, these costs are not included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. See Note 3, which summarizes certain financial statement information of the Administrator.

 

Revenue Recognition – The Company does not plan to generate a material amount of revenue until the Artwork is sold at some undetermined future date. At the time of sale, revenue will be recognized upon the transfer of the artwork title to the buyer.

 

2. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

In connection with the Offering, the Company adopted an Amended and Restated Operating Agreement, which created two classes of membership interests, Class A and Class B ordinary shares. As a result, all of the Company’s original membership interests were converted into Class B ordinary shares.

 

As indicated in Note 1, the Company agreed to pay Gallery a true-up payment equal to 10% of the purchase price of the Artwork, or $160,000.

 

The Administrator contractually provides administrative services to the Company. The administrative services fee is paid by issuing Class A shares to the Administrator at a rate of 1.5% of the total Class A shares outstanding (excluding shares issuable upon conversion of Class B shares) per annum. The Class A shares are issued using the net asset value effective as of the applicable quarter-end in which the administrative services fee is due and payable. The Company recorded $17,490 in administrative services fees relating to the issuance of 660 Class A shares to the Administrator for the period January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021.

 

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MASTERWORKS 016, LLC

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2022 and 2021

 

2. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (continued)

 

The administrative services fee covers all ordinary operating costs of the Company; however, the Administrator will charge the Company for any extraordinary costs and payments, including costs and payments associated with litigation, arbitration, or judicial proceedings; material or extraordinary transactions related to a merger, third-party tender offer, or other similar transaction and for selling the Artwork. For any extraordinary costs incurred or payments made on behalf of the Company, the Company will show the expense on its statement of operations in the year of occurrence, as well as carry forward a due to related party liability on its balance sheet in perpetuity, until the Artwork is sold and the resulting proceeds can be used to settle the liability to the Administrator. On February 9, 2021, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement (the “Amended Agreement”). The Amended Agreement enables the Administrator to be removed from its role as Administrator if the holders of two-thirds (⅔) of the voting shares of the Company vote to remove and replace the Administrator, which would result in termination of the Amended Agreement. The Amended Agreement also provides that any Class A ordinary shares issuable in connection with the administrative service fee are subject to cliff vesting on December 31, 2025, with the possibility of extending or shortening such vesting period upon certain conditions. The company recognizes the administrative services fees expense at the time of issuance of the related Class A shares as the requisite service period is considered completed. All of the 660 Class A shares issued to the Administrator during 2021 were not vested and no shares were forfeited during the period January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021. The weighted average grant-date fair value of shares issued to the administrator during such period was $26.50.

 

The Company is party to an Administrative Services Agreement with the Administrator, in which the Administrator pays the Company for the rights to commercialize the Artwork for the duration of the operations of the Company. The Company receives de minimous royalty income from the Administrator by the end of each fiscal year.

 

All balances and transactions denoted as to or from “affiliate” on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet, statement of operations, and statement cash flows represent related party transactions.

 

3. ADMINISTRATOR SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

The Company is not expected to maintain a material amount of cash and will be entirely dependent upon the Administrator to perform administrative services and to pay ordinary ongoing costs and expenses to maintain the Artwork and administer the Company’s operations. The table below summarizes selected unaudited financial information of the Administrator:

 

  

June 30, 2022

   December 31, 2021 
Assets          
Current assets  $13,285,962   $7,162,359 
Property and equipment, net   953,340    454,229 
Deposits   162,902    142,823 
Other assets   2,013,436    2,623,343 
Total assets  $16,415,640   $10,382,754 
           
Liabilities          
Current liabilities  $5,824,645   $4,732,820 
Long-term liabilities   2,085,442    2,681,794 
Total liabilities  $7,910,087   $7,414,614 
           
Member’s Equity          
Total member’s equity  $8,505,553   $2,968,140 

 

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MASTERWORKS 016, LLC

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2022 and 2021

 

4. RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

 

The nature of the Company’s operations are limited in scope. The Company holds no material assets, other than a single work of art, has no employees, and has no debts or contractual obligations, other than an amount payable to Gallery andan administrative services agreement pursuant to which the Administrator will provide services that are essential to the Company, such as storage, insurance, display, transport, SEC filings and compliance, and other normal operating services, and the Administrator will fund all of such costs and expenses. As a result of this relationship, the Company is dependent upon the Administrator and is totally reliant on the Administrator to manage its business.

 

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements requires the use of estimates by management. Although the Artwork is carried at its cost basis, subject to possible impairment, Management must estimate the value of the Artwork to determine the expense associated with fees payable to the administrator, which are payable in the form of Class A shares representing membership interests in the Company. The value of artwork is highly subjective and given that each artwork is unique, there is a risk that management’s estimates are materially incorrect, which would result in an understatement or overstatement of the Company’s expenses. The value of the Artwork estimated by management has no impact on the number of Class A shares issued.

 

The Company is subject to an exceptionally high level of concentration risk. The Company’s single Artwork can decline in value, become worthless or be difficult or impossible to liquidate due to economic factors, trends in the art market generally, trends relating to the genre of the artwork or trends relating to the market for works by the artist that produced the Artwork, as well as changes in the condition of the artwork and other factors. In periods of global financial weakness and disruption in financial and capital markets, the art market tends to experience declines in transaction volume, making it extremely difficult to liquidate artwork during such periods at acceptable values or at all.

 

5. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Management has evaluated events and transactions that have occurred since June 30, 2022 and reflected their effects, if any, in these consolidated statements through September 28, 2022, the date the financial statements were available to be issued and a summary of material events occurring subsequent to June 30, 2022 is set forth below.

 

As of the date of filing of this report, the Company has commenced its repurchase and redemption of all Class A ordinary shares outstanding from each Class A member, in accordance with the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement.

 

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Item 4. Exhibits

 

INDEX OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
     
2.1   Certificate of Formation (incorporated by reference to the copy thereof submitted as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 1-A filed on May 28, 2020).*
2.2   Form of Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement.**
4.1   Form of Subscription Agreement (incorporated by reference to the copy thereof submitted as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 1-A filed on May 28, 2020).*
6.1   Form of Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement (incorporated by reference to the copy thereof submitted as Exhibit 6.1 to the Company’s Form 1-U filed on February 10, 2021).*
6.2   Seller’s Agreement (incorporated by reference to the copy thereof submitted as Exhibit 6.1 to the Company’s Form 1-U filed on November 5, 2021).*
6.3   Form of Intercompany Agreement (incorporated by reference to the copy thereof submitted as Exhibit 6.2 to the Company’s Form 1-A filed on May 28, 2020).*
6.4   Art Purchase Agreement (incorporated by reference to the copy thereof submitted as Exhibit 6.3 to the Company’s Form 1-A/A filed on July 7, 2020).*

 

* Filed Previously

** Filed Herewith

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  Masterworks 016, LLC
     
  By: /s/ Joshua B. Goldstein
  Name:  Joshua B. Goldstein
  Title: General Counsel & Secretary

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the issuer in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Nigel S. Glenday   Chief Executive Officer   September 28, 2022
Nigel S. Glenday   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         
/s/ Nigel S. Glenday   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer   September 28, 2022
Nigel S. Glenday   and Principal Accounting Officer) and Member of Board of Managers    
         
/s/ Joshua B. Goldstein   Member of the Board of Managers   September 28, 2022
Joshua B. Goldstein        

 

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EX1SA-2B BYLAWS 2 ex2-2.htm

 

Exhibit 2.2

 

FORM OF SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

MASTERWORKS 016, LLC

 

September [  ], 2022

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

    Page
     
ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 1
1.1 Definitions 1
1.2 Name 5
1.3 Principal Office 5
1.4 Registered Office and Registered Agent 5
1.5 Term 5
1.6 Purpose and Powers 5
1.7 Power of Attorney 5
     
ARTICLE 2 MANAGEMENT; MEMBERS AND SHARES 6
2.1 Rights and Duties of the Board of Managers 6
2.2 Officers 7
2.3 Members 8
2.4 Shares; Membership Interests 9
2.5 Certificates and Representations of Shares 10
2.6 Record Holders 10
2.7 Registration and Transfer of Shares 11
2.8 Voting 12
2.9 Removal or Replacement of a Manager 13
2.10 Withdrawal of Administrator 13
   
ARTICLE 3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNT; DISTRIBUTIONS; ALLOCATIONS 14
3.1 Capital Contributions 14
3.2 Capital Account 14
3.3 Distributions 14
3.4 Tax Allocations 15
     
ARTICLE 4 LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION 15
4.1 Liability of a Member 15
4.2 Exculpation and Indemnification 16
     
ARTICLE 5 ACCOUNTING; FINANCIAL AND TAX MATTERS 17
5.1 Accounting Basis 17
5.2 Tax Matters 17
     
ARTICLE 6 DISSOLUTION; REDEMPTION; WINDING UP; TERMINATION 18
6.1 Dissolution 18
6.2 Redemption 19
6.3 Winding Up and Termination 19
6.4 Assets Reserved and Pending Claims 19

 

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ARTICLE 7 MEMBER MEETINGS 20
7.1 Member Meetings 20
7.2 Notice of Meetings of Members 20
7.3 Record Date 20
7.4 Adjournment 20
7.5 Waiver of Notice; Approval of Meeting 21
7.6 Quorum; Required Vote 21
7.7 Conduct of a Meeting; Member Lists 21
7.8 Action Without a Meeting 21
7.9 Voting and Other Rights 21
7.10 Proxies and Voting 22
     
ARTICLE 8 MISCELLANEOUS 23
8.1 Addresses and Notices 23
8.2 Amendments; Waiver 23
8.3 Successors and Assigns 23
8.4 No Waiver 23
8.5 Survival of Certain Provisions 23
8.6 Telephone Consumer Protection Act Consent 23
8.7 Corporate Treatment 24
8.7 Section 7704(e) Relief 24
8.8 Telephone Consumer Protection Act Consent 24
8.9 Electronic Information 24
8.10 Severability 24
8.11 Interpretation 24
8.12 No Third-Party Rights 24
8.13 Entire Agreement 24
8.14 Rule of Construction 25
8.15 Authority 25
8.16 Governing Law 25
8.17 Facsimile Signatures 25
8.18 Counterparts 25

 

  Exhibit A Members, Capital Contributions, Shares
  Schedule 1 Painting

 

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

MASTERWORKS 016, LLC

 

This Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (this “Agreement”) of Masterworks 016, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is dated as of September    , 2022, and is entered into by Masterworks Gallery, LLC as its sole initial Member (the “Initial Member”).

 

R E C I T A L S:

 

A. The Company has heretofore been formed as a limited liability company under the Delaware Act (as defined below) pursuant to a Certificate of Formation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 11, 2020.

 

B. The Initial Member has entered into that certain Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2020, as amended on May 28, 2020 (collectively, the “Original Agreement”) and now desires to amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein;

 

C. The Company and the Initial Member acknowledge the status of the Company initially, prior to the admission of one or more additional Persons (defined hereinafter) as Members, as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes whose U.S. federal income taxable attributes, if any, would be deemed attributed solely to the Initial Member as its sole member; provided, however, owing to the contemplation of the imminent admission of one or more Persons as additional Members, upon such occurrence, the Company would be deemed to have become classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes by default. Accordingly, this Agreement has been intentionally structured contemplating that eventuality, through its implementation of certain applicable concepts of U.S. federal partnership tax law, and prescription of certain processes and procedures incidental to such tax classification, that would become applicable only upon admission of such one or more Persons as additional Members.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Original Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to provide as set forth herein, and the Initial Member hereby agrees as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

1.1 Definitions. For the purpose of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Administrative Services Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

 

“Administrator” has the meaning set forth in 2.1

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For the purposes of this definition, the term “controls,” “is controlled by” or “under common control with” means, with respect to any Person, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. No Member shall be deemed to be an “Affiliate” of the Company solely by reason of being a Member of the Company.

 

“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

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“BBA” means the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 as amended by the Protecting American from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, Pub. L. No.114-113, div. Q (the “PATH Act”), Section 411, whose operational provisions are contained in Internal Revenue Code Sections 6221 through 6241.

 

“Beneficial Owner” of a security is a Person who directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise has or shares: (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security and/or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, such security. The terms “Beneficially Own” and “Beneficial Ownership” shall have correlative meanings. Notwithstanding the forgoing, any determination as to whether a Person is a “Beneficial Owner” shall be determined in accordance with Section 13d-3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended. If such Person would be deemed a Beneficial Owner pursuant to Section 13, such Person shall be deemed a Beneficial Owner for purposes of this Agreement and, conversely, if such Person would not be deemed a Beneficial Owner pursuant to Section 13, such Person shall not be deemed a Beneficial Owner for purposes of this Agreement.

 

“Board” has the meaning set forth in 2.1.

 

“Capital Contribution” means, with respect to each Member, the amount of cash or the Fair Value of any property contributed or deemed to be contributed by such Member, if any, to the capital of the Company from time to time pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

“Cause” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9.

 

“Certificate” means a certificate (i) in global form in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Depositary or (ii) in such other form as may be adopted by the Board, issued by the Company evidencing ownership of one or more Shares.

 

“Change in Tax Classification” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(h).

 

“Class A Member” means a Member holding one or more Class A Ordinary Shares.

 

“Class A Share Value” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.4(c)(iii).

 

“Class A Ordinary Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.4(a).

 

“Class B Member” means a Member holding one or more Class B Ordinary Shares.

 

“Class B Ordinary Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).

 

“Class B Ordinary Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.4(a).

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

“Conversion Percentage” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.4(c)(i).

 

“Delaware Act” means the Chapter 18 of Subtitle II of Title 6 of the Delaware Code, referred to as the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

 

“Depositary” means, with respect to any Shares issued in global form, The Depository Trust Company and its successors and permitted assigns.

 

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“DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, 8 Del. C. Section 101, et seq., as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, and any successor to such statute.

 

“Dissolution Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time and any successor to such statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Fair Value” means, with respect to securities or any other assets, other than cash, the fair market value determined by the Board.

 

“Fiscal Year” means each fiscal year of the Company (or portion thereof), which shall end on December 31; provided, however, that, upon Termination of the Company, “Fiscal Year” means the period from the January 1 immediately preceding such Termination to the date of such Termination.

 

“Initial Member” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

 

(cc) “Involuntary Transfer” shall mean any Transfer of Shares, or proposed Transfer of Shares, (i) in the case of a Member who is a natural person, upon such Member’s death or the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating such Member incompetent to manage such Member’s person or such Member’s property; (ii) in the case of a Member that is a trust, the termination of the trust, (iii) in the case of a Member that is a partnership, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the partnership; (iv) in the case of a Member that is an estate, the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate’s interest in the Company; and (v) in the case of a Member that is a corporation, the filing of a certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, for the corporation or the revocation of its charter.

 

“Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b).

 

“Liquidating Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(a).

 

“Liquidation Price” shall mean with respect to any Share, the amount distributable to the holder of such Share pursuant to Section 3.3 hereof, as determined immediately after the occurrence of a Dissolution Event.

 

“Administrator Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c).

 

“Manager” has the meaning set forth in 2.1.

 

ii) “Member” has the meaning set forth in the preamble and includes any Person later admitted to the Company as a Member.

 

“National Securities Exchange” means an exchange registered with the Commission under Section 6(a) of the Exchange Act or any successor thereto.

 

“Offering” means the offering by the Company of Class A Ordinary Shares for sale to the public pursuant to Regulation A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) or, in any replacement offering of Class A Ordinary Shares, as determined by the Board in the event such Offering shall not proceed for any reason.

 

“Officers” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

 

“Painting Profits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(d).

 

“Painting” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.6(a).

 

“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a company, a voluntary association, a partnership, a joint venture, a limited liability company, a trust, an estate, an unincorporated organization, a governmental authority or other entity.

 

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“Prior Interests” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).

 

“Protected Person” means: (i) the members of the Board ; (ii) the Administrator and its Affiliates; (iii) any Member; (iv) any Officer; or (v) any Person who serves at the request of the Board on behalf of the Company as an officer, director, partner, member, stockholder or employee of any other Person.

 

“Record Date” means the date established by the Company for determining (a) the identity of the Record Holders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of Members or entitled to exercise rights in respect of any lawful action of Members or (b) the identity of Record Holders entitled to receive any report or distribution or to participate in any offer.

 

“Record Holder” or “holder” means the Person in whose name such Shares are registered on the books of the Company or the Transfer Agent, as applicable, as of the opening of business on a particular Business Day.

“Redemption” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(a).

 

“Redemption End Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(b).

 

“Redemption Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(a).

 

“Related party” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(f).

 

“Reviewed Year” has the meaning ascribed to said phrase under BBA Section 6225(d)(1).

 

“Sale of the Painting” means the transfer of title and ownership of the Painting to an un-Affiliated third-party and receipt by the Company of value therefor as determined by the Board.

 

“Share” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.

 

“Substitute Member” means a Person who is admitted as a Member of the Company pursuant to Section 2.7 as a result of a Transfer of Shares to such Person.

 

“Termination” means the date of the cancellation of the Certificate of Formation of the Company following the end of the Winding Up Period by the filing of a Certificate of Cancellation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

“Transfer Agent” means, with respect to any class of Shares, such bank, trust company or other Person (including the Company or one of its Affiliates) as shall be appointed from time to time by the Company to act as registrar and transfer agent for such class of Shares; provided that if no Transfer Agent is specifically designated for such class of Shares, the Administrator or the Company shall act in such capacity.

 

“Transfer” means, with respect to a Share and the associated membership interest in the Company, a transaction by which the Record Holder of a Share assigns such Share to another Person who is or becomes a Member, and includes a sale, assignment, gift, exchange or any other disposition by law or otherwise, including any transfer upon foreclosure of any pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or mortgage.

 

“Treasury Regulations” means the regulations of the U.S. Treasury Department issued pursuant to the Code.

 

“Value Increase” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.4(c)(i).

 

“Voting Member” means a Member holding one or more Voting Shares.

 

“Voting Shares” means the Class A Ordinary Shares, excluding any Shares beneficially owned by the Administrator or any of its Affiliates.

 

“Winding Up Period” means the period from the Dissolution Event to the Termination of the Company.

 

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1.2 Name. The name of the Company is “Masterworks 016, LLC.” All business of the Company shall be conducted under such name. The Members may elect to change the name of the Company at any time.

 

1.3 Principal Office. The principal office of the Company shall be at a location as determined by the Board either within or outside of the United States. The Company shall keep its books and records at its principal office.

 

1.4 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The street address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be as selected by the Board. The Board may elect to change the registered office and the registered agent of the Company at any time.

 

1.5 Term. The Company was formed on May 11, 2020 and shall continue its regular business activities until the Company is dissolved.

 

1.6 Purpose and Powers.

 

(a) The Company is organized for the purposes of undertaking such activities as determined by the Board and, subject to the terms and conditions herein and of the Delaware Act, the Members, which are permitted by applicable law and engaging in activities incidental or ancillary thereto. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Company has been organized to form a subsidiary which will acquire the artwork as identified on Schedule 1 (the “Painting”) and undertake certain actions with respect thereto.

 

(b) The Company shall possess and may exercise all the powers and privileges granted by the Delaware Act or by any other law or by this Agreement, together with any powers incidental thereto, which are necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business, purposes or activities of the Company.

 

1.7 Power of Attorney.

 

(a) Each Member hereby constitutes and appoints each of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Secretary of the Company and, if a Liquidating Trustee shall have been selected pursuant to Section 6.3(a), the Liquidating Trustee (and any successor to the Liquidating Trustee by merger, transfer, assignment, election or otherwise) and each of their authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact, as the case may be, with full power of substitution, as his true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in his name, place and stead, to:

 

(i) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices:

 

(A) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including this Agreement and the Certificate of Formation and all amendments or restatements hereof or thereof) that the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Secretary of the Company, or the Liquidating Trustee, determines to be necessary or appropriate to form, qualify or continue the existence or qualification of the Company as a limited liability company in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the Company may conduct business or own property;

 

(B) all certificates, documents and other instruments that the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or Secretary of the Company, or the Liquidating Trustee, determines to be necessary or appropriate to reflect, in accordance with its terms, any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement;

 

(C) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including conveyances and a certificate of cancellation) that the Board or the Liquidating Trustee determines to be necessary or appropriate to reflect the dissolution, liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;

 

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(D) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Member pursuant to, or other events described in, ARTICLE 2 or ARTICLE 3; and

 

(E) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including agreements and a certificate of merger) relating to a merger, consolidation or conversion of the Company; and

 

(ii) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates, documents and other instruments that the Board or the Liquidating Trustee determines to be necessary or appropriate to (i) make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action that is made or given by the Members hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement or (ii) effectuate the terms or intent of this Agreement; provided, that when required by any provision of this Agreement that establishes a percentage of the Members or of the Members of any class or series required to take any action, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Secretary of the Company, or the Liquidating Trustee, may exercise the power of attorney made in this Section 1.7(a)(ii) only after the necessary vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action of the Members or of the Members of such class or series, as applicable.

 

(b) Nothing contained in this Section 1.7 shall be construed as authorizing the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Secretary of the Company, or the Liquidating Trustee, to amend, change or modify this Agreement except in accordance with Section 8.2 or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.

 

(c) The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, and it shall survive and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, not be affected by the subsequent death, incompetency, disability, incapacity, dissolution, bankruptcy or termination of any Member and the Transfer of all or any portion of such Member’s Shares and shall extend to such Member’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. Each such Member hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Secretary of the Company, or the Liquidating Trustee, acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney; and each such Member, to the maximum extent permitted by law, hereby waives any and all defenses that may be available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Secretary of the Company, or the Liquidating Trustee, taken in good faith under such power of attorney in accordance with Section 1.7. Each Member shall execute and deliver to the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Secretary of the Company, or the Liquidating Trustee, within 15 days after receipt of the request therefor, such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as any of such Officers or the Liquidating Trustee determines to be necessary or appropriate to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the Company.

 

ARTICLE 2 MANAGEMENT; MEMBERS AND SHARES

 

2.1 Rights and Duties of the Board of Managers.

 

(a) The Company is a manager-managed limited liability company. Accordingly, management of the affairs of the Company shall be vested in a Board of Managers (the “Board”). The Persons constituting the Board (each, a “Manager”) will be (i) the “managers” of the Company for all purposes under the Act and (ii) the Board for all purposes under this Agreement. The Board will have the power to act only by a majority of the Managers in accordance with the provisions and in the manner specified herein. A person does not need to be a Member to serve on the Board. The Board will consist of three members and shall initially consist of, Nigel Glenday, Josh Goldstein and the Independent Manager, who shall serve until they resign or are replaced by a majority of the Board of Managers, and new members of the Board shall be appointed by a majority of the Board of Managers. Provided, however, the Members holding 66 2/3% of the Voting Shares can vote to remove and replace a Manager for “Cause” in accordance with Section 2.9. The size of the Board may be increased or decreased from time to time by action of the Board.

 

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(b) The Company shall have one Independent Manager serving as one of the members of the Board. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Independent Manager shall consider only the interests of the Company in acting or otherwise voting on the matters set forth in this Article 2. The Independent Manager shall act where other Managers are excluded from voting on certain matters involving a direct or indirect conflict of interest between any Manager on the one hand and public investors on the other hand. All right, power and authority of the Independent Manager shall be limited to the extent necessary to exercise those rights and perform those duties specifically set forth herein and the Independent Manager shall have no authority to bind the Company.

 

(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or as required by the Delaware Act, the Board shall have complete and exclusive discretion in the management and control of the affairs and business of the Company, and shall possess all powers necessary, convenient or appropriate to carrying out the purposes and business of the Company, including doing all things and taking all actions necessary to carry out the terms and provisions of this Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Board shall have, and shall have full authority in its discretion to exercise, on behalf of and in the name of the Company, all rights and powers of a “manager” of a limited liability company under the Delaware Act necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of the Company Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Board or Persons designated by the Board, including officers and agents (including the Administrator) appointed by the Board, will be the only Persons authorized to execute documents which will be binding on the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, but subject to any specific provisions hereof granting rights to one (1) or more Members (e.g., the right of Masterworks Gallery, LLC to designate Board members), the Board will have the power to perform any acts, statutory or otherwise, with respect to the Company (including with respect to any Subsidiary of the Company) or this Agreement, which would otherwise be possessed by the Members under Delaware law, and the Members will have no power whatsoever with respect to the management of the business and affairs of the Company (including with respect to any Subsidiary of the Company) except as expressly provided herein.

 

(d) The Company shall enter into an administrative services agreement with Masterworks Administrative Services, LLC (the “Administrator”) in form and substance as reasonably determined by the Initial Member (the “Administrative Services Agreement”). The Board has authorized the Administrator to administer all day to day operations of the Company. Any amendment to the Administrative Services Agreement that would be adverse or detrimental to the interests of members of the Company must be approved by holders of a majority of voting shares. Any termination of the Administrative Services Agreement will require the prior written consent of Masterworks Gallery, LLC.

 

(e) Subject to the terms and conditions herein, all decisions regarding the management and operations of the Company shall be made by the Board, provided, however, that the Administrator shall have all power and authority to take any and all actions necessary to effectuate the intent and purpose of the Administrative Services Agreement and the Board may designate any Officers of the Company to have control or authority with respect to one or more decisions or areas of operation, and may include such limitations or restrictions on such power as they may deem reasonable.

 

2.2 Officers.

 

(a) At any time, the Board may appoint and replace individuals as officers or agents of the Company (“Officers”) with such titles as the Board may elect to act on behalf of the Company with such power and authority as the Board may delegate to such persons. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Officers shall hold their offices for such terms as shall be determined from time to time by the Board. Unless otherwise determined and set forth by the Board and subject to the policies and procedures of the Company applicable to Officers and employees, each Officer shall have the powers, rights and obligations as are customarily held and exercised by other persons in similar positions in limited liability companies organized under the Delaware Act, subject to Section 2.1(c). The Officers shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified. Any Officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Board. The Officers may also be officers or employees of other Persons. The Officers, to the extent of their powers set forth in this Agreement or otherwise vested in them by action of the Board not inconsistent with this Agreement, are agents of the Company for the purpose of the Company’s business and the actions of the Officers taken in accordance with such powers shall bind the Company. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, each Officer shall have a fiduciary duty of loyalty and care as set forth in the Delaware Act. No Officer shall at any time serve as trustee in bankruptcy for any Affiliate of the Company.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall be deemed not to be a breach of any duty (including any fiduciary duty) or any other obligation of any type whatsoever of any Manager or any officer or employee or any Affiliates of such Manager, officer or employee (other than any express obligation contained in any agreement to which such Person and the Company or any of its subsidiaries are parties) to engage in outside business interests and activities in preference to or to the exclusion of the Company or in direct competition with the Company; provided such Person does not engage in such business or activity as a result of or using confidential information provided by or on behalf of the Company to such Person; provided, further, that a Person shall not be deemed to be in direct competition with the Company solely because of such Person’s ownership, directly or indirectly, solely for investment purposes, of securities of any publicly traded entity if such Person does not, together with such Person’s Affiliates, collectively own 5% or more of any class or securities of such publicly traded entity, and such Person is not a director or officer (and does not hold an equivalent position) in such publicly traded entity. Neither the Board, not any officer or employee shall have no obligation hereunder or as a result of any duty expressed or implied by law to present business opportunities to the Company that may become available to Affiliates of such Person. None of any Member or any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of the Board’s or any officer’s or employee’s or any Affiliates of the Board, officer or employee duties as the Board or any Manager, officer or employee or this Agreement in any business ventures of the Administrator or any Manager or any officer or employee or any Affiliates of the Administrator or any such Manager, officer or employee.

 

(c) Nigel S. Glenday is hereby designated as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Josh Goldstein is designated the General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, each to serve in such capacity until his earlier death, resignation or removal from office.

 

2.3 Members.

 

(a) A Person shall be admitted as a Member and shall become bound by, and shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by, the terms of this Agreement if such Person purchases or otherwise lawfully acquires any Share, and such Person shall become the Record Holder of such Share, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. A Member may be a Class A Member and or a Class B Member, and, in such case, shall have the rights and obligation accorded to the Class A Ordinary Shares with respect to such Class A Ordinary Shares and the rights and obligations accorded to the Class B Ordinary Shares with respect to such Class B Ordinary Shares. A Person may become a Record Holder without the consent or approval of any of the Members and without physical execution of this Agreement. A Person may not become a Member without acquiring a Share.

 

(b) The name and mailing address of each Member or such Member’s representative shall be listed on the books and records of the Company maintained for such purpose by the Company or the Transfer Agent.

 

(c) Except as otherwise provided in the Delaware 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 Members shall not be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Member of the Company.

 

(d) Except to the extent expressly provided in this Agreement: (i) no Member shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of any Capital Contribution, except to the extent, if any, that distributions made pursuant to this Agreement or upon dissolution of the Company may be considered as such by law and then only to the extent provided for in this Agreement; (ii) no Member shall have priority over any other Member either as to the return of Capital Contributions or as to profits, losses or distributions; (iii) no interest shall be paid by the Company on Capital Contributions; and (iv) no Member, in its capacity as such, shall participate in the operation or management of the Company’s business, transact any business in the Company’s name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Company by reason of being a Member.

 

(e) Any Member shall be entitled to and may have business interests and engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the Company, including business interests and activities in direct competition with the Company. Neither the Company nor any of the other Members shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any such business interests or activities of any Member.

 

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2.4 Shares; Membership Interests.

 

(a) The total of the membership interests in the Company shall be divided into (i) Class A Ordinary Shares having the rights and preferences as set forth herein (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”) and (ii) Class B Ordinary Shares having the rights and preferences as set forth herein (the “Class B Ordinary Shares” and, together with the Class A Ordinary Shares, the “Shares” and each a “Share”) all of which shall have the same rights, powers and duties, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement. The number of Class A Ordinary Shares shall be limited to the maximum number of Class A Ordinary shares offered in the Offering, plus (i) the number of Class A Ordinary Shares which may be issued pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement, plus (ii) the number of Class A Ordinary Shares which may be issued upon conversion of the Class B Ordinary Shares. The number of Class B Ordinary Shares shall be limited to up to 1,000. The Shares of the Members shall be as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, which may be updated as set forth herein. The Board may issue or sell Shares for consideration as the Board may deem adequate or necessary, but only with the consent of holders of a majority of Voting Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that all of the Class A Ordinary Shares are not sold pursuant to the Offering, the Board shall, upon the final closing of the Offering, issue a number of Class A Ordinary Shares to the Initial Member equal to the aggregate number of Class A Shares that remain unsold in the Offering, as repayment in full of any and all obligations owning to Masterworks in respect of advances made to acquire the Painting and true-up fees payable to Masterworks. The name and mailing address of each Member or such Member’s representative shall be listed on the books and records of the Company maintained for such purpose by the Company or the Transfer Agent.

 

(b) Prior to the date hereof and as set forth in the Original Agreement, the Initial Member has been issued 100% of the membership interests in the Company in return for a capital contribution of $100 (the “Prior Interests”). Upon execution of this Agreement, the Prior Interests shall be automatically converted into 1,000 Class B Ordinary Shares. As of the date of such conversion, the Class B Ordinary Shares shall constitute all of the membership interests of the Company and, prior to the issuance of Class A Ordinary shares, shall have all of the rights and privileges of 100% of the membership interests in the Company afforded pursuant to this Agreement and applicable law.

 

(c) The Class B Members may elect to convert their Class B Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares, in whole or in part, at any time prior to the consummation of the Sale of the Painting, subject to the terms and conditions herein, for no additional consideration pursuant and to the following conversion formula: The number of Class A Ordinary Shares issuable per Class B Ordinary Share upon conversion shall equal (A) the Value Increase, multiplied by (B) the Conversion Percentage, multiplied by (C) 20%, divided by (D) the Class A Ordinary Share Value. For purposes herein:

 

(i) “Value Increase” means, the aggregate value of Shares outstanding at such time, minus the product of (A) the number of Class A shares outstanding at such time and (B) $20.00, if such difference is positive.

 

(ii) “Conversion Percentage” means, (A) the number of Class B Ordinary Shares being converted, divided by (B) the total number of Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding (i.e. up to 1,000).

 

(iii) “Class A Ordinary Share Value” means, as of the close of business on the day preceding the date, the volume weighted average trading price of the Class A Ordinary Shares on all trading platforms or trading systems on which the Class A Ordinary Shares are being traded over the forty-five (45) trading days then ended, provided, that if the total aggregate trading volume over such 45-trading-day period is less than 5% of the public float, such period shall be extended to the ninety (90) trading days then ended, provided, further, if the total aggregate trading volume over such 90-trading-day period is less than 5% of the public float, the holder of the Class B Ordinary Shares shall request that the Board obtain an appraisal of the value of the Class A Ordinary Shares from one or more independent nationally-recognized third party appraisal companies and such appraisal shall constitute the Class A Ordinary Share Value.

 

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2.5 Certificates and Representations of Shares.

 

(a) Shares may be recorded in book entry form or may be evidenced by certificates or electronic or crypto tokens or coins, or in any other form, as determined by the Board as may be permitted by the Delaware Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless the Board r shall determine otherwise in respect of one or more classes of Shares or as may be required by the Depository with respect to any specific class of Shares, Shares shall not be evidenced by physical Certificates. No Member shall have the right to require the Company to issue physical Certificates representing Shares for any reason, except as may be required by applicable law. If the Board authorizes the issuance of Shares to any Person in the form of physical Certificates, the Company shall issue one or more Certificates in the name of such Person evidencing the number of such Shares being so issued. Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any the Board. If and to the extent a Transfer Agent has been appointed with respect to any class or series of Shares, no Certificate representing such class or series of Shares shall be valid for any purpose until it has been countersigned by the Transfer Agent; provided, however, that if the Board elects to issue Shares in global form, the Certificates representing Shares shall be valid upon receipt of a certificate from the Transfer Agent certifying that the Shares have been duly registered in accordance with the directions of the Company. Any or all of the signatures required on the Certificate may be by facsimile. If any officer or Transfer Agent who shall have signed or whose facsimile signature shall have been placed upon any such Certificate shall have ceased to be such officer or Transfer Agent before such Certificate is issued by the Company, such Certificate may nevertheless be issued by the Company with the same effect as if such Person were such officer or Transfer Agent at the date of issue. Certificates for any class or series of Shares shall be consecutively numbered and shall be entered on the books and records of the Company as they are issued and shall exhibit the holder’s name and number and type of Shares.

 

(b) If any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Company or the Transfer Agent, the appropriate officers on behalf of the Company shall execute, and the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver in exchange therefor, a new Certificate evidencing the same number and class or series of Shares as the Certificate so surrendered. The appropriate officers on behalf of the Company shall execute, and the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver, a new Certificate in place of any Certificate previously issued if the Record Holder of the Certificate: (i) makes proof by affidavit, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company, that a previously issued Certificate has been lost, destroyed or stolen; (ii) requests the issuance of a new Certificate before the Company has notice that the Certificate has been acquired by a purchaser for value in good faith and without notice of an adverse claim; (iii) if requested by the Company, delivers to the Company a bond, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company, with surety or sureties and with fixed or open penalty as the Company may direct to indemnify the Company and the Transfer Agent against any claim that may be made on account of the alleged loss, destruction or theft of the Certificate; and (iv) satisfies any other reasonable requirements imposed by the Company. If a Member fails to notify the Company within a reasonable time after he has notice of the loss, destruction or theft of a Certificate, and a Transfer of the Shares represented by the Certificate is registered before the Company or the Transfer Agent receives such notification, the Member shall be precluded from making any claim against the Company or the Transfer Agent for such Transfer or for a new Certificate. As a condition to the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent) reasonably connected therewith.

 

2.6 Record Holders. The Company shall be entitled to recognize the Record Holder as the owner of a Share and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such Share on the part of any other Person, regardless of whether the Company shall have actual or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law or any applicable rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which such Shares are listed for trading. Without limiting the foregoing, when a Person (such as a broker, dealer, bank, trust company or clearing corporation or an agent of any of the foregoing) is acting as nominee, agent or in some other representative capacity for another Person in acquiring and/or holding Shares, as between the Company on the one hand, and such other Persons on the other, such representative Person shall be the Record Holder of such Shares.

 

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2.7 Registration and Transfer of Shares.

 

(a) Any Transfer of any Shares shall only be completed subject to the compliance by the Member and the proposed transferee with all applicable laws; and furthermore may only be completed in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(b) Other than (i) any Transfer of Shares which is an Involuntary Transfer or (ii) any Transfer that occurs on an alternative trading system that has been approved by the Company in writing, and Transfer of Shares shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Company, which the Company may give or withhold in its sole discretion.

 

(c) The Company shall keep or cause to be kept on behalf of the Company a register (which may be in electronic form) that will provide for the registration and Transfer of Shares. The Company may appoint a Transfer Agent to act as registrar and transfer agent for the purpose of registering any class of Shares and Transfers of such class of Shares as herein provided. For Shares represented by Certificates, upon surrender of a Certificate for registration of Transfer of any Shares evidenced by a Certificate, the appropriate Officers of the Company shall execute and deliver, and in the case of Shares for which a Transfer Agent has been appointed, the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver, in the name of the holder or the designated transferee or transferees, as required pursuant to the Record Holder’s instructions, one or more new Certificates evidencing the same aggregate number and type of Shares as were evidenced by the Certificate so surrendered, provided that a transferor shall provide the address and facsimile number for each such transferee as set forth on Exhibit A at any time.

 

(d) The Company shall not recognize any Transfer of Shares evidenced by Certificates until the Certificates evidencing such Shares are surrendered for registration of Transfer. No charge shall be imposed by the Company for such Transfer; provided, that as a condition to the issuance of Shares, whether or not such Shares are evidenced by Certificates, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed with respect thereto.

 

(e) By acceptance of the Transfer of any Share, each transferee of a Share (including any nominee holder or an agent or representative acquiring such Shares for the account of another Person) (i) shall be admitted to the Company as a Substitute Member with respect to the Shares so Transferred to such transferee when any such Transfer or admission is reflected in the books and records of the Company or the Transfer Agent, as applicable, (ii) shall be deemed to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, (iii) shall become the Record Holder of the Shares so transferred, (iv) grants powers of attorney to the Officers of the Company and any Liquidating Trustee, as specified herein, and (v) makes the consents and waivers contained in this Agreement. The Transfer of any Shares and the admission of any new Member shall not constitute an amendment to this Agreement.

 

(f) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude electronic book-entry only Transfer of Shares or the settlement of any transactions involving Shares entered into through electronic systems maintained by the Administrator on behalf of the Company, facilities of the Depository or any National Securities Exchange on which such Shares are listed for trading.

 

(g) Prior to the one-year anniversary of the final closing of the Offering, the Initial Member and its Affiliates shall not be permitted to Transfer any Shares that are Beneficially Owned by them except to a Masterworks Affiliate or as required by law or in any bankruptcy or similar proceeding, provided, however, notwithstanding the definition of the term “Transfer,” the Initial Member and its Affiliates shall be permitted, during such one-year period, to pledge any or all of such Shares to unaffiliated third-party lenders and, for the avoidance of doubt, such lenders shall not be subject to the provisions of this Section 2.7(g) if they obtain Beneficial Ownership of such Shares in connection with a default by the Initial Member and its Affiliates pursuant to the transactions in which such third-party lenders obtained such Shares.

 

(h) Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Share(s) in contravention of this Agreement shall be absolutely null and void ab initio and of no force or effect, on or against the Company, any Member, any creditor of the Company or any claimant against the Company and may be enjoined, and shall not be recorded on the books and records of the Company. No distributions of cash or property of the Company shall be made to any transferee of any Share(s) which is/are Transferred in violation hereof, nor shall any such Transfer be registered on the books of the Company. The Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Share(s) in violation hereof shall not affect the Beneficial Ownership of such Share(s), and, notwithstanding such Transfer or attempted Transfer, the Member making such prohibited Transfer or attempted Transfer shall retain the right to vote, if any, and the right to receive liquidation proceeds and any other distributions with respect to the Shares.

 

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2.8 Voting.

 

(a) Each Voting Share shall be entitled to and shall constitute one (1) vote. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the Voting Shares shall vote together as a single class on all matters submitted for approval of Members. Upon the issuance of the Class B Ordinary Shares in exchange for the Prior Interests, the Class B Ordinary Shares shall constitute Voting Shares and have the right to vote on any matter on which the Members are entitled to vote on hereunder or on which the Members are required to vote pursuant to the Delaware Act and shall be entitled to and shall constitute one (1) vote. Upon any issuance of any Class A Ordinary Shares, the Class B Ordinary Shares shall no longer constitute Voting Shares and shall have no further voting rights except as specifically set forth herein, unless such right to vote is specifically required and mandated by the Delaware Act or as set forth herein.

 

(b) In determining any action or other matter to be undertaken by or on behalf of the Company, each Member shall be entitled to cast a number of votes equal to the number of Voting Shares that such Member holds, with the power to vote, at the time of such vote unless otherwise set forth in this Agreement. Unless otherwise set forth in this Agreement, or otherwise required by the Delaware Act, the taking of any action by the Company which required a vote of the Members as set forth above shall be authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Voting Shares, subject to any approval of the Board as required herein.

 

(c) Notwithstanding the forgoing, any Class A ordinary shares issued to any Affiliate of the Administrator pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement, as set forth in Section 2.4 or otherwise held by any Affiliate of the Administrator (the “Masterworks Shares”), shall not, while such Shares are Beneficially Owned by any Affiliate of the Administrator, be entitled to vote on any matter on which the Class A Members are entitled or required to vote hereunder or pursuant to the Delaware Act, and shall not be considered in determining the existence of a quorum or in the total number of votes available or required hereunder or pursuant to the Delaware Act. Once the Masterworks Shares, if any, are Transferred to any Person who is not an Affiliate of the Administrator, the Masterworks Shares shall thereafter have all voting rights that any other Voting Shares held by any Class A Member have hereunder or pursuant to the Delaware Act. In the event that the Delaware Act or any other law requires, at any time, that the Masterworks Shares vote on any matter notwithstanding the provisions herein, the Masterworks Shares shall be required to be, and shall be, voted in the same proportion as the Voting Shares that are not Masterworks Shares are voted by the Class A Members. Any Masterworks Shares shall bear a customary “restricted” legend, which may be a virtual legend, evidencing the restricted nature thereof.

 

(d) In addition to the other matters on which the Members holding Voting Shares have the right to vote as set forth herein, the approval of Members holding a majority of the Voting Shares shall be required for the Company to undertake any of the following actions, except as otherwise set forth herein:

 

(i) acquiring any additional material assets, other than those incidental to the direct or indirect ownership, maintenance and promotion of the Painting or the eventual Sale of the Painting and other than the ownership of any equity or membership interests of any subsidiary of the Company which owns or holds the Painting;

 

(ii) conducting any business activities, except for activities relating to its direct or indirect investment in the Painting and the ownership, maintenance and promotion of the Painting or the eventual Sale of the Painting; and

 

(iii) incurring any material loans or material borrowing arrangements to be entered into by the Company as a debtor other than those incidental to the direct or indirect investment in the Painting and the ownership, maintenance and promotion of the Painting or the eventual Sale of the Painting;

 

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(iv) amending, waiving or failing to comply with any material provision of this Agreement or the Administrative Services Agreement, including amending this Agreement to increase the number of Shares that may be issued hereunder; and

 

(v) amending the Administrative Services Agreement.

 

(e) If the Board of Managers determines in its sole discretion that a Liquidity Option (as defined below) for the Class A ordinary shares does not exist on the seven-year anniversary of the final closing of the Offering, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Painting as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than the ten-year anniversary of the final Closing of the Offering. A “Liquidity Option” shall refer to a means by which U.S. holders of Class A ordinary shares can monetize their investment in the Class A ordinary shares: (a) through an alternative trading system, or ATS, as defined in SEC Regulation ATS, a bulletin board connecting potential buyers with potential sellers in compliance with SEC guidelines, brokerage transactions or other means reasonably expected to provide Class A shareholders with an ability to sell their Class A ordinary shares on a continuous or episodic basis; (b) pursuant to a repurchase offer or tender offer, effected in compliance with applicable securities laws; or (c) pursuant to a best efforts secondary offering qualified by the SEC pursuant to Regulation A or similar rules in effect at such time, which secondary offering shall be filed with the SEC not later than three months following such seven-year anniversary. The obligation to effect a sale of the Painting in the absence of a Liquidity Option can only be waived by the holders of a majority of the Voting Shares.

 

(f) In any vote of the Voting Members pursuant to Section 2.8(d) or Section 2.8(f), any Shares that are Beneficially Owned by the Initial Member or any Affiliate of the Initial Member, shall not be entitled to vote of any such matter and shall not be considered in determining the total number of votes available or required hereunder or pursuant to the Delaware Act, provided, however, that, in the event that the Delaware Act or any other law requires that such Shares that are Beneficially Owned by the Initial Member or any Affiliate of the Initial Member vote on any matter notwithstanding this Section 2.8(g), such Shares shall be required to be, and shall be, voted in the same proportion as the Voting Shares that are Beneficially Owned by Members holding Voting Shares other than the Initial Member or any Affiliate of the Initial Member.

 

2.9 Removal or Replacement of a Manager. Any Manager, as selected by the Initial Member, may only be removed or replaced (i) without “Cause” at any time by a majority of the Board of Managers or (ii) for “Cause” and only upon the approval of Voting Members holdings at least two-thirds of the Voting Shares. For purposes herein, “Cause” shall mean:

 

(a) the commission by the applicable Manager of fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct;

 

(b) the conviction of the applicable Manager of a felony;

 

(c) a material violation by the applicable Manager of any applicable law that has a material adverse effect on the business of the Company;

 

(d) the bankruptcy or insolvency of the applicable Manager.

 

2.10 Withdrawal of Administrator. The Administrator may withdraw for any reason upon notice to the Initial Member, provided that such withdrawal shall be effective only following a Sale of the Painting and distribution of the proceeds.

 

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ARTICLE 3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNT; DISTRIBUTIONS; ALLOCATIONS

 

3.1 Capital Contributions. Persons seeking to become a Member shall be required to purchase or acquire Shares and make capital contributions in such forms and in such amounts and at such times as the Board may require, if any, in its sole discretion (any, a “Capital Contribution”) whereupon a capital account for a new Member will be established, and, if applicable, accreted, in the amount of such Member’s Capital Contribution or based upon the fair market value of property contributed, and the new Member shall be issued a number of Class Shares as determined by the Board, and the Board shall update Exhibit A attached hereto accordingly. The provisions of this Section 3.1 are solely intended for the benefit of the Members and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be construed as conferring any benefit upon any creditor of the Company (and no such creditor shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement). The Members shall have no duty or obligation to any creditor of the Company to make any contribution to the Company.

 

3.2 Capital Account

 

(a) There shall be established for each Member on the books of the Company a Capital Account in accordance with Section 704 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(b) At the close of each Fiscal Year, and at certain other periods, as in the case of a withdrawal, there shall be determined for each Member, such Member’s closing Capital Account for such period which shall be determined by adjusting such Member’s opening Capital Account for such period, as the case may be, as follows: (i) by increasing such Member’s Capital Account by (A) such Member’s allocable share of each item of the Company’s income and gain for such period (allocated in accordance with Section 3.2(d)), and (B) the Capital Contributions, if any, made by such Member during such period and (ii) by decreasing such Member’s Capital Account by (A) the amount of cash or the Fair Value of any property distributed in kind to such Member by the Company during such period and (B) such Member’s allocable share of each item of the Company’s loss and deduction for such period (allocated in accordance with Section 3.2(d)). Each Member’s Capital Account shall be further adjusted with respect to any special allocations or adjustments pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(c) In the event the Company is terminated during any period in accordance with ARTICLE 6, the closing Capital Accounts of the Members for such Fiscal Year then completed will be determined as of the date of termination of the Company in the manner provided in this Section 3.2.

 

(d) For each Fiscal Period, as of the end of such Fiscal Period, each item of income, deduction, gain or loss of the Company (determined in accordance with U.S. tax principles as applied to the maintenance of capital accounts) shall be allocated among the Capital Accounts of the Members in such manner that as closely as possible gives economic effect to the provisions of Section 3.3 and Section 6.2(b).

 

(e) If all or a portion of a Member’s Shares are Transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent it relates to the Shares so transferred.

 

3.3 Distributions

 

(a) The Company, in the sole discretion of the Board, in the event there are Available Funds, may make distributions thereof (“Distributions”) to Members as set forth herein. “Available Funds” means the Company’s gross cash receipts from operations, less the sum of: (1) payments of principal, interest, charges and fees pertaining to any of the Company’s indebtedness; (2) costs and expenses incurred in the conduct of the Company’s business; and (3) amounts reserved to meet the reasonable needs of the Company’s business. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Member may receive a Distribution to the extent that, after giving effect to the Distribution, all liabilities of the Company (other than to a Member on account of its Shares and liabilities for which the recourse of creditors is limited to specific property of the Company) exceed the fair market value of the assets of the Company (except that property that is subject to a liability for which the recourse of the creditors is limited to such property shall be included in the assets of the Company only to the extent the Fair Market Value of such property exceeds that liability). In the event of a Distribution to a Member that would be deemed violative of applicable law, the applicable Member may be required to return such Distribution to the Company. Each Distribution in respect of any Shares shall be paid by the Company, directly or through the Transfer Agent or through any other Person or agent, only to the Record Holder of such Shares as of the Record Date set for such Distribution. Such payment shall constitute full payment and satisfaction of the Company’s liability in respect of such payment, regardless of any claim of any Person who may have an interest in such payment by reason of an assignment or otherwise.

 

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(b) Other than distributions pursuant to a Dissolution Event as set forth in ARTICLE 6, if the Administrator declares and determines to make any Distribution of cash or other assets to the Members, all such Distributions shall be made to the Members as follows:

 

(A) 100% to the Class A Members, pro rata in proportion to the number of Class A Ordinary Shares held by each such Member until the aggregate Distributions (including all prior Distributions, if any) paid per Class A Ordinary Share equals $20.00; and

 

(B) In the event any funds remain available for distribution after payments referenced in clause (A), (1) 80% of such remaining amount to the Class A Members, pro rata in proportion to the number of Class A Ordinary Shares held by each such Member and (2) shall be adjusted in direct proportion to the percentage of the total Class B Ordinary Shares previously converted into Class A Ordinary Shares.

 

(c) By way of examples and not limitation, (i) in the event of a Distribution pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(B) prior to the conversion of any Class B Ordinary Shares, such Distribution shall be apportioned 20% to the Class B Ordinary Shares and 80% to the Class A Ordinary Shares, pro rata, and (ii) in the event of a Distribution pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(B) following the conversion in whole or in part of Class B Ordinary Shares, such Distribution to be apportioned to the Class B Ordinary Shares shall be proportionately reduced.

 

(d) Except as otherwise provided herein or as required by law, no Member shall be required to restore or repay to the Company any funds properly distributed to it pursuant to this Section 3.3.

 

3.4 Tax Allocations. Each item of income, gain, loss or deduction recognized by the Company shall be allocated among the Members for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes in the same manner that each such item is allocated to the Member’s Capital Accounts pursuant to Section 3.2(d) or as otherwise provided herein, provided that the Board may adjust such allocations as long as such adjusted allocations have substantial economic effect or are in accordance with the interests of the Members in the Company, in each case within the meaning of the Code and the Treasury Regulations. Tax credits and tax credit recapture shall be allocated in accordance with the Members’ interests in the Company as provided in Treasury Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii). Items of Company taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any property (other than cash) contributed to the capital of the Company or revalued shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Members, as determined by the Board in accordance with Section 704(c) of the Code, so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes and its fair market value at the time of contribution or revaluation, as the case may be. All of the Members agree that the Board is authorized to select the method or convention, or to treat an item as an extraordinary item, in relation to any variation of any Member’s interest in the Company described in section 1.706-4 of the Treasury Regulations in determining the Members’ distributive shares of Company items. All matters concerning allocations for U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. income tax purposes, including accounting procedures, not expressly provided for by the terms of this Agreement shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion. Each Class B Share is intended to be treated as a profits interest for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and all of the Members agree to report consistently with, and to take any action requested by the Board to ensure, such treatment.

 

ARTICLE 4 LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION

 

4.1 Liability of a Member. The liability of each Member shall be limited as provided in the Delaware Act and as set forth in this Agreement. No Member shall be obligated to restore by way of Capital Contribution or otherwise any deficits in its Capital Account (if such deficits occur).

 

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4.2 Exculpation and Indemnification.

 

(a) No Protected Person shall be liable to the Company or any Manager or any other Member for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or by other Person with respect to the Company, including any negligent act or failure to act, except in the case of a liability resulting from such Protected Person’s own actual fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith, breach of fiduciary duty, reckless disregard of duty or any intentional and material breach of this Agreement or conduct that is subject of a criminal proceeding (where such Protected Person has reasonable cause to believe that such conduct was unlawful). With the prior consent of the Board, any Protected Person may consult with legal counsel and accountants with respect to Company affairs (including interpretations of this Agreement) and shall be fully protected and justified in any action or inaction which is taken or omitted in good faith, in reliance upon and in accordance with the opinion or advice of such counsel or accountants. In determining whether a Protected Person acted with the requisite degree of care, such Protected Person shall be entitled to rely on written or oral reports, opinions, certificates and other statements of the directors, officers, employees, consultants, attorneys, accountants and professional advisors of the Company selected with reasonable care; provided that no such Protected Person may rely upon such statements if it believed that such statements were materially false.

 

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend each Protected Person against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, including reasonable legal fees, costs and expenses incurred in investigating or defending against any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities or in enforcing a Protected Person’s right to indemnification under this Agreement, and any amounts expended in respect of settlements of any claims approved by the Board (collectively, “Liabilities”), to which any Protected Person may become subject:

 

(i) by reason of any act or omission or alleged act or omission (even if negligent) arising out of or in connection with the activities of the Company;

 

(ii) by reason of the fact that it is or was acting in connection with the activities of the Company in any capacity or that it is or was serving at the request of the Company as a partner, shareholder, member, director, officer, employee, or agent of any Person;

 

unless, such Liability results from such Protected Person’s own actual fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith, breach of fiduciary duty, reckless disregard of duty or intentional and material breach of this Agreement or conduct that is subject of a criminal proceeding (where such Protected Person has reasonable cause to believe that such conduct was unlawful).

 

(c) The Administrator may, on behalf of the Company, reimburse (and/or advance to the extent reasonably required) each Protected Person for reasonable legal or other costs and expenses (as incurred) of such Protected Person in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any claim, lawsuit or other proceeding relating to any Liabilities for which the Protected Person may be indemnified pursuant to this Section 4.2 and for all costs and expenses, including fees, expenses and disbursements of attorneys, reasonably incurred by such Protected Person in enforcing the indemnification provisions of this Section 4.2; provided, that such Protected Person executes a written undertaking to repay the Company for such reimbursed or advanced costs and expenses if it is finally judicially determined that such Protected Person is not entitled to the indemnification provided by this Section 4.2. Upon any liquidation of the Company, such reimbursements or advancement of expenses shall be reimbursed by the Company to the Administrator prior to any other distributions hereunder.

 

(d) The provisions of this Section 4.2 shall continue to afford protection to each Protected Person regardless of whether such Protected Person remains in the position or capacity pursuant to which such Protected Person became entitled to indemnification under this Section 4.2 and regardless of any subsequent amendment to this Agreement; provided, that, no such amendment shall reduce or restrict the extent to which these indemnification provisions apply to actions taken or omissions made prior to the date of such amendment.

 

(e) Any indemnification under this Section 4.2 or otherwise shall be paid out of and to the extent of the Company’s assets only.

 

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ARTICLE 5 ACCOUNTING; FINANCIAL AND TAX MATTERS

 

5.1 Accounting Basis. The Company shall use such method of accounting as may be determined by the Board that is consistent with United States generally accepted accounting principles or such other accounting methods and conventions as the Board may from time to time determine to be used in the preparation of the Company’s tax returns.

 

5.2 Tax Matters.

 

(a) The Board (or such other Person as designated by the Board) is hereby designated the partnership representative of the Company for purposes of Section 6223 of the Code (“Partnership Representative”) and any similar provision under any state or local or non-U.S. tax laws, and is responsible for acting as the liaison between the Company and the Internal Revenue Service (“Service”). The Partnership Representative shall have the exclusive authority and discretion to determine all matters and shall be authorized to take any actions necessary with respect to preparing and filing any U.S. federal, state or local or non-U.S. tax returns of the Company, to make any elections required or permitted to be made by the Company under any provisions of the Code or any other applicable laws and has the sole authority under the Code to deal with the Internal Revenue Service regarding any audit of or assessment against the Company to the exclusion of all Members. At any time during an audit by the Internal Revenue Service of the Company, the Board shall have the authority to remove, with or without cause, the Partnership Representative and appoint a replacement Partnership Representative.

 

(b) Each of the Members consents to and agrees to become bound by all actions of the Partnership Representative, including any contest, settlement or other action or position which the Partnership Representative may deem proper under the circumstances. The Members specifically acknowledge, without limiting the general applicability of this Section 5.2, that the Partnership Representative will not be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Company or any Member with respect to any action taken by it in its capacity as a Partnership Representative, except for bad faith, fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of fiduciary duty. All reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Partnership Representative in such capacity will be considered expenses of the Company for which the Partnership Representative will be entitled to full reimbursement.

 

(c) In connection with any BBA audit of the Company, the Partnership Representative shall resolve each issue in the audit only in accordance with the affirmative accession of the Board to the advice of the Partnership Representative made, either independently or in consultation with the Company’s tax preparer, after appropriately articulating to it the issues involved and the dynamics of the impact upon the Company and the Members respective to any such proposed posture.

 

(d) If, in connection with a BBA audit, the IRS assesses a tax against the Company, the Partnership Representative, acting under BBA Section 6225(c), may require all of the Members, or Persons who were previously Members as to an applicable Reviewed Year but not as of an applicable Adjustment Year, and the Persons signing this Agreement as a condition to becoming a Member hereby agree in such case, to file amended tax returns for the Reviewed Year and to pay their share of such assessed tax for such applicable period, in proportion to the share of partnership income or loss ascribed to each for such year, or, as necessary, upon such substantially similar allocation basis as the former basis of allocation may under then existing circumstances be required to be modified to address in a case in which the obligated Person would not as of such an applicable Adjustment Year then be a Member. This provision shall survive each Person’s cessation as a Member of the Company or any amendment or termination of this Agreement for so long as a return of a Reviewed Year of the Company as to which any Person was a Member would be open to audit, and each Person signing this Agreement as a Member hereby agrees to indemnify the Company and the other Members from and against any amounts of assessed taxes as they would be otherwise obligated to pay in accordance with this Section 5.2, in a case in which such Person would not do so, as well as against all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs that would be incurred by the Company or such other one or more Members in the event undertakings, including legal proceedings, to enforce such obligation hereunder against such Person were commenced.

 

(e) The Members acknowledge that the Board reserves the right to supplement or amend any applicable provisions of this Agreement, including as to this Section 5.2, to address such additional processes or procedures as may be indicated as such unresolved issues are prospectively addressed as to reasonably facilitate the Company’s compliance with the BBA.

 

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(f) The Members shall provide the Company with such information, which may be necessary or desirable in connection with preparing and filing tax elections or otherwise in connection with the compliance with applicable tax laws, including providing information in connection with Section 743 of the Code and elections permitted thereunder. The Board shall cause to be prepared and filed all tax returns of the Company that are required for U.S. federal, state or local or non-U.S. tax purposes and shall make all determinations as to tax elections by the Company. The Company shall use reasonable efforts to furnish to all Members tax information as is reasonably required for U.S. federal, state and local income tax reporting purposes as soon as practicable following the end of the fiscal year. Each Member shall be required to report for all tax purposes consistently with such information provided by the Company.

 

(g) Notwithstanding anything otherwise to the contrary herein, the Board is authorized to take any action that may be required to cause the Company to comply with any withholding or other similar requirements established pursuant to the Code or any other provision of U.S. federal, state or local or non-U.S. tax law or otherwise. To the extent the Company is required to or elects to withhold and pay over or otherwise pay any withholding or other taxes payable, or required to be deducted, by the Company or any of its Affiliates pursuant to the Code or any provision of U.S. federal, state or local or non-U.S. tax law or otherwise, attributable to a Member (including taxes attributable to income or gain allocable to such Member) or resulting from such Member’s participation in the Company, the Board may treat the amount withheld as a distribution of cash pursuant to Section 3.4 to the extent such Member would have received a cash distribution but for such withholding or other taxes. To the extent that such payment exceeds the cash distribution that such Member would have received but for such withholding or other taxes, the Board shall notify such Member as to the amount of such excess and such Member shall make a prompt payment to the Company of such amount by wire transfer, which payment shall not constitute a Capital Contribution of such Member.

 

(h) Notwithstanding anything otherwise to the contrary herein, the Board may at any time elect to have the Company make an election to be taxed as a “C” corporation pursuant to the Code (the “Change in Tax Classification”), without any approval or vote of the Members required, and to make such filings, including without limitation, a Form 8832 with the Service, and to undertake such actions as required to effect such change in tax classification. At the time and following any Change of Tax Classification, the Board shall have the right, without any approval or vote of the Members being required, to amend this Agreement as reasonably required to effect the Change in Tax Classification and to provide for the operations of the Company following such event.

 

ARTICLE 6 DISSOLUTION; WINDING UP; TERMINATION

 

6.1 Dissolution. The Company shall commence its winding up upon the first to occur of the following (the “Dissolution Event”):

 

(a) upon the determination of the Voting Members with the approval of the Board, at any time;

 

(b) the insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company;

 

(c) the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, which for the avoidance of doubt includes a sale of 100% of the equity interests of any subsidiary of the Company which owns the Painting or the Sale of the Painting by the Company or such subsidiary; or

 

(d) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 18-802 of the Delaware Act.

 

The Dissolution Event shall be effective on the day on which such event occurs and immediately thereafter the Company shall commence the Winding Up Period during which its affairs shall be wound up in accordance with Section 6.2, Section 6.3 and Section 6.4.

 

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6.2 Redemption.

 

(a) Upon the occurrence of the Sale of the Painting, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to repurchase and redeem all of the Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding (the “Redemption Shares”) from each Class A Member for an amount per Class A Ordinary Share equal to the Liquidation Price (the “Redemption”). The Redemption of any Class A Ordinary Share shall be effected by the Company making payment of the Liquidation Price to the account of the Member (or to a custodian or agent for the benefit of the Member) or by such other means as the Board reasonably determines and the Class A Ordinary Share(s) for which the liquidation amount has been paid shall be deemed to be retired and canceled immediately upon the making of such payment.

 

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Redemption shall be completed no later than one day prior to the date a liquidating distribution is required to be made pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof (the “Redemption End Date”).

 

(c) To the extent that the Redemption is not complete as of the Redemption End Date, any Class A Members remaining shall be paid a liquidating distribution equal to the Liquidation Price per Share in accordance with Section 6.3 hereto.

 

(d) No monies shall be distributed in connection with the Redemptions to the Administrator, the Initial Member or their Affiliates in respect of Shares owned by them and such funds shall only be distributed in connection with a liquidating distribution pursuant to Section 6.3.

 

(e) The Company shall not engage in a Redemption unless the Company has determined that (i) the Liquidation Price payable in the Redemption will be the same as the amount payable per Class A Ordinary Share in a liquidating distribution and (ii) no liabilities, obligations or claims (actual or contingent), other than claims of Members with respect to Shares, exist, will be incurred or are reasonably likely to be asserted against the Company and the Company shall have obtained reasonable assurances from the Administrator that any liabilities, obligations or claims, if asserted, would be the sole and absolute responsibility of the Administrator pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement, irrespective of the nature or magnitude of such liabilities, obligations or claims.

 

(f) Except as otherwise provided herein or as required by law, no Member shall be required to restore or repay to the Company any funds properly distributed to it pursuant to this Section 6.2.

 

6.3 Winding Up and Termination.

 

(a) Except to the extent sent forth in Section 6.2, upon the occurrence of a Dissolution Event, the property and business of the Company shall be wound up by the Board or, in the event of the unavailability of the Board, by a Person designated as a liquidating trustee by the Board (the Board or such liquidating trustee, the “Liquidating Trustee”). Subject to the requirements of applicable law and the further provisions of this Section 6.3, the Liquidating Trustee shall have discretion in determining whether to sell or otherwise dispose of Company assets or to distribute the same in kind and the timing and manner of such disposition or distribution. While the Company continues to hold assets, the Liquidating Trustee may in its discretion expend funds, acquire additional assets and borrow funds. The Liquidating Trustee may also authorize the payment of fees and expenses reasonably required in connection with the winding up of the Company and any fees and expenses payable pursuant to any agreement to which the Company is party.

 

(b) Within a reasonable period of time following the occurrence of a Dissolution Event, after allocating all items of income, gain, loss or deduction pursuant to Section 3.4, the Company’s assets (except for assets reserved pursuant to Section 6.4) shall be applied and distributed in the following manner and order of priority:

 

(i) the claims of all creditors of the Company (including Members except to the extent not permitted by law) shall be paid and discharged other than liabilities for which reasonable provision for payment has been made; and

 

(ii) to the Members in the same manner as Distributions under Section 3.3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, liquidating distributions shall be made no later than the last to occur of (x) 90 days after the date of disposition (including pursuant to Section 6.4 of the last remaining asset of the Company and (y) the end of the Company’s taxable year in which the disposition referred to in clause (x) shall occur.

 

(c) The Liquidating Trustee shall allocate securities for distribution in kind to the Members. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount by which the Fair Value of any property to be distributed in kind to the Members (including property distributed in liquidation and property distributed pursuant to Section 3.3) exceeds or is less than the adjusted basis of such property shall, to the extent not otherwise recognized by the Company, be taken into account in computing income, gains and losses of the Company for purposes of crediting or charging the Capital Account of, and distributing proceeds to, the Members, pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(d) When the Liquidating Trustee has completed the winding up described in this Section 6.3, the Liquidating Trustee shall cause the Termination of the Company.

 

6.4 Assets Reserved and Pending Claims.

 

(a) If, upon the occurrence of a Dissolution Event, there are any assets that, in the judgment of the Liquidating Trustee, cannot be sold or distributed in kind without sacrificing a significant portion of the value thereof or where such sale or distribution is otherwise impractical at the time of the Dissolution Event, such assets may be retained by the Company if the Liquidating Trustee determines that the retention of such assets is in the best interests of the Members. Upon the sale of such assets or a determination by the Liquidating Trustee that circumstances no longer require their retention, such assets (at their Fair Value) or the proceeds of their sale shall be taken into account in computing Capital Account on winding up and amounts distributable pursuant to Section 6.2(b), and distributed in accordance with such value.

 

(b) If there are any claims or potential claims (including potential Company expenses in connection therewith) against the Company (either directly or indirectly, including potential claims for which the Company might have an indemnification obligation) for which the possible loss cannot, in the judgment of the Liquidating Trustee, be definitively ascertained, then such claims shall initially be taken into account in computing The Capital Account upon winding up and distributions pursuant to Section 6.3(b) at an amount estimated by the Liquidating Trustee to be sufficient to cover any potential loss or liability on account of such claims (including such potential Company expenses), and the Company shall retain funds (or assets) determined by the Liquidating Trustee in its discretion as a reserve against such potential losses and liabilities, including expenses associated therewith, and for any other Company purpose. The Liquidating Trustee may in its discretion obtain insurance or create escrow accounts or make other similar arrangements with respect to such losses and liabilities. Upon final settlement of such claims (including such potential Company expenses) or a determination by the Liquidating Trustee that the probable loss therefrom can be definitively ascertained, such claims (including such potential Company expenses) shall be taken into account in the amount at which they were settled or in the amount of the probable loss therefrom in computing the Capital Account on winding up and amounts distributable pursuant to Section 6.3(b)), and any excess funds retained shall be distributed as such funds would be distributed under Section 6.3(b).

 

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ARTICLE 7 MEMBER MEETINGS

 

7.1 Member Meetings.

 

(a) There shall be no meetings of the Members unless called by the Board or as otherwise specifically required by the Delaware Act. No Members or group of Members, acting in its or their capacity as Members, shall have the right to call a meeting of the Members.

 

(b) All acts of Members to be taken hereunder shall be taken in the manner provided in this Agreement. If authorized by the Board, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board may adopt, if a meeting of the Members is called Members and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of Members may by means of remote communication participate in such meeting and be deemed present in person and vote at such meeting.

 

(c) A majority of the Shares present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of such meeting. The Delaware Court of Chancery may issue such orders as may be appropriate, including orders designating the time and place of such meeting, the record date for determination of Members entitled to vote, and the form of notice of such meeting.

 

(d) No Members or group of Members, acting in its or their capacity as Members, shall have the right to call a meeting of the Members.

 

7.2 Notice of Meetings of Members.

 

(a) Notice, stating the place, day and hour of any meeting of the Members, as determined by the Board, and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, as determined by the Board, shall be delivered by the Company not less than 5 calendar days nor more than 60 calendar days before the date of the meeting, in a manner and otherwise in accordance with the terms herein to each Record Holder who is entitled to vote at such meeting. Such further notice shall be given as may be required by Delaware or applicable federal law or any exchange on which any Shares are then listed. Only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of Members as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Company’s notice of meeting. Any previously scheduled meeting of the Members may be postponed, and any meeting of the Members may be canceled, by resolution of the Board upon public notice given prior to the date previously scheduled for such meeting of the Members.

 

(b) The Board shall designate the place of meeting for any meeting of the Members. If no designation is made, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the Company.

 

7.3 Record Date. For purposes of determining the Members entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Members, the Board may set a Record Date, which shall not be less than 5 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting (unless such requirement conflicts with any rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which the Shares are listed for trading, in which case the rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of such exchange shall govern). If no Record Date is fixed by the Board, the Record Date for determining Members entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Members shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given. A determination of Members of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Members shall apply to any adjournment or postponement of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new Record Date for the adjourned or postponed meeting.

 

7.4 Adjournment. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting and a new Record Date need not be fixed, if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless such adjournment shall be for more than 30 days. 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 30 days or if a new Record Date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given in accordance with this ARTICLE 7.

 

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7.5 Waiver of Notice; Approval of Meeting. Whenever notice to the Members is required to be given under this Agreement, a written waiver, signed by the Person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a Person at any such meeting of the Members shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the Person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Members need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by resolution of the Board. All waivers and approvals shall be filed with the Company records or made part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

7.6 Quorum; Required Vote. At any meeting of the Members, the holders of a majority of the Voting Shares entitled to vote represented in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum unless any such action by the Members requires approval by holders of a greater percentage of Voting Shares entitled to vote, in which case the quorum shall be such greater percentage. The submission of matters to Members for approval shall occur only at a meeting of the Members duly called and held in accordance with this Agreement at which a quorum is present; provided, however, that the Members present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Members to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by the required percentage of Shares entitled to vote specified in this Agreement. Any meeting of Members may be adjourned from time to time by the chairman of the meeting to another place or time, without regard to the presence of a quorum.

 

7.7 Conduct of a Meeting; Member Lists.

 

(a) The Board shall have full power and authority concerning the manner of conducting any meeting of the Members, including the determination of Persons entitled to vote, the existence of a quorum, the satisfaction of the requirements of this ARTICLE 7, the conduct of voting, the validity and effect of any proxies and the determination of any controversies, votes or challenges arising in connection with or during the meeting or voting. The Board shall designate a Person to serve as chairman of any meeting and shall further designate a Person to take the minutes of any meeting. All minutes shall be kept with the records of the Company maintained by the Board. The Board may make such other regulations consistent with applicable law and this Agreement as it may deem advisable concerning the conduct of any meeting of the Members, including regulations in regard to the appointment of proxies, the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies and other evidence of the right to vote.

 

(b) A complete list of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each such Member and the number of Shares registered in the name of such Member, shall be open to the examination of any Member, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least 10 days before the meeting, at the principal place of business of the Company. The Member list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any Member who is present.

 

7.8 Action Without a Meeting. On any matter that is to be voted on, consented to or approved by Members, the Members may take such action without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be approved by the Members having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Members entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.

 

7.9 Voting and Other Rights.

 

(a) Only those Record Holders of Voting Shares on the Record Date set pursuant to Section 7.3 shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of Members or to act with respect to matters as to which the holders of the Voting Shares have the right to vote or to act. All references in this Agreement to votes of, or other acts that may be taken by, the Voting Shares shall be deemed to be references to the votes or acts of the Record Holders of such Voting Shares on such Record Date.

 

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(b) With respect to Voting Shares that are held for a Person’s account by another Person (such as a broker, dealer, bank, trust company or clearing corporation, or an agent of any of the foregoing), in whose name such Voting Shares are registered, such other Person shall, in exercising the voting rights in respect of such Voting Shares on any matter, and unless the arrangement between such Persons provides otherwise, vote such Voting Shares in favor of, and at the direction of, the Person who is the Beneficial Owner, and the Company shall be entitled to assume it is so acting without further inquiry.

 

(c) No Members shall have any cumulative voting rights.

 

7.10 Proxies and Voting.

 

(a) On any matter that is to be voted on by Members, the Members may vote in person or by proxy, and such vote may be made, or proxy may be granted in writing, by means of electronic transmission or as otherwise permitted by applicable law. Any such proxy shall be delivered in accordance with the procedure established for the relevant

 

(b) For purposes of this Agreement, the term “electronic transmission” means any form of communication not directly involving the physical transmission of paper that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this paragraph may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.

 

(c) The Board may, and to the extent required by law, shall, in advance of any meeting of Members, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The Board may designate one or more alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of Members, the chairman of the meeting may, and to the extent required by law, shall, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. Every vote taken by ballots shall be counted by a duly appointed inspector or inspectors.

 

(d) With respect to the use of proxies at any meeting of Members, the Company shall be governed by paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Section 212 of the DGCL and other applicable provisions of the DGCL, as though the Company were a Delaware corporation and as though the Members were shareholders of a Delaware corporation.

 

(e) In the event that the Company becomes subject to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, pursuant to and subject to the provisions of Rule 14a-16 under the Exchange Act, the Company may, but is not required to, utilize a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, as described in such rule, in conjunction with proxy material posted to an Internet site, in order to furnish any proxy or related material to Members pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act.

 

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ARTICLE 8 MISCELLANEOUS

 

8.1 Addresses and Notices. Any notice, demand, request, report or proxy materials required or permitted to be given or made to a Member under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or made when delivered in person or when sent by first class United States mail or by other means of written communication (including electronic communication) to the Member at the address described below. Any notice, payment or report to be given or made to a Member hereunder shall be deemed conclusively to have been given or made, and the obligation to give such notice or report or to make such payment shall be deemed conclusively to have been fully satisfied, upon sending of such notice, payment or report to the Record Holder of such Shares at his address as shown on the records of the Transfer Agent or delivered electronically as otherwise shown on the records of the Company (including on Exhibit A attached hereto), regardless of any claim of any Person who may have an interest in such Shares by reason of any assignment or otherwise. An affidavit or certificate of making of any notice, payment or report in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.1 executed by the Company, the Board or the Transfer Agent or the mailing organization shall be prima facie evidence of the giving or making of such notice, payment or report. If any notice, payment or report addressed to a Record Holder at the address of such Record Holder appearing on the books and records of the Transfer Agent or the Company is returned by the United States Postal Service marked to indicate that the United States Postal Service is unable to deliver it or is returned or there is a delivery failure through any electronic communication, such notice, payment or report and any subsequent notices, payments and reports shall be deemed to have been duly given or made without further mailing (until such time as such Record Holder or another Person notifies the Transfer Agent or the Company of a change in his address or electronic address, as applicable) if they are available for the Member at the principal office of the Company for a period of one year from the date of the giving or making of such notice, payment or report to the other Members. Any notice to the Company shall be deemed given if received by the Secretary at the principal office of the Company designated pursuant to the terms and conditions herein. The Board and the Officers may rely and shall be protected in relying on any notice or other document from a Member or other Person if believed by it to be genuine.

 

8.2 Amendments; Waiver. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived only by an instrument in writing executed by the Board and Class A Members holding a majority of the Voting Shares, provided, however, any amendment which disproportionately affects the Class A Members, must be approved by the Class A Members holding a majority of the Class A Ordinary Shares voting as a separate class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may amend this Agreement and the schedules and exhibits hereto, without the approval of the Members (i) to evidence the joinder to this Agreement of a new Member of the Company; (ii) in connection with the Transfer of Shares; (iii) in connection with any issuance of Shares to the Administrator or to any existing members, whether as a result of issuances to the Administrator pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement, upon conversion of the Series B Ordinary Shares pursuant to Section 2.4(c), or otherwise, (iv) as otherwise required to reflect Capital Contributions, distributions and similar actions hereunder; (v) to reflect the naming of new officers members of the board of managers or replacement of officers or managers of the Company; (vi) pursuant to Section 5.2(h) and as may be required to cause the Company to be treated as an association or as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes, and (vii) any change the Board deems necessary or appropriate to enable trading of membership interests. Notwithstanding the forgoing the Board is authorized to make such amendments to this Agreement as required in order to comply with any applicable law, including, without limitation, any securities law or tax law, whether currently in place or promulgated in the future.

 

8.3 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the successors and permitted assigns of the Members.

 

8.4 No Waiver. No failure or delay by any party hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder 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.

 

8.5 Survival of Certain Provisions. The covenants and agreements set forth in Section 4.1, Section 4.2 and Section 5.2 shall survive the Termination of the Company.

 

8.6 Telephone Consumer Protection Act Consent. Each Member expressly consents to receiving calls and messages, including auto-dialed and pre-recorded message calls, and SMS messages (including text messages) from the Administrator, its affiliates, agents and others calling at their request or on their behalf, at any telephone numbers that the Member has provided to the Company or Masterworks (including any cellular telephone numbers). Member’s cellular or mobile telephone provider will charge Member according to the type of plan Member carries. Any Member may unsubscribe from receiving text messages or promotional calls at any time by (i) replying STOP, STOPALL, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END or QUIT to any text message such Member receives from the Company or Masterworks or (ii) email to support@Masterworks.io with one of the forgoing words in the subject line. Each Member acknowledges and consents that following such a request to unsubscribe, such Member may receive one final text message from Masterworks confirming such request.

 

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8.7 Corporate Treatment. The Board shall use its reasonable best efforts to take such actions as are necessary or appropriate to preserve the status of the Company as a partnership for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes. If, however, the Board determines, in its sole discretion, for any reason (including the proposal, formally or informally, of legislation that could affect the Company’s status as a partnership for U.S. federal and/or applicable state and local income tax purposes) that it is not in the best interests of the Company to be characterized as a partnership, the Board may take whatever steps, if any, are needed to cause the Company to be or confirm that the Company will be treated as an association or as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event U.S. federal (and/or applicable state and local) income tax laws, rules or regulations are enacted, amended, modified or applied after the date hereof in such a manner as to require or necessitate that the Company no longer be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal (and/or applicable state and local) income tax purposes, then the first sentence of this Section 8.6 shall no longer apply.

 

8.8 Section 7704(e) Relief. In the event that the Board determines the Company should seek relief pursuant to Section 7704(e) of the Code to preserve the status of the Company as a partnership for U.S. federal (and applicable state) income tax purposes, the Company and each Member shall agree to adjustments required by the tax authorities, and the Company shall pay such amounts as required by the tax authorities, to preserve the status of the Company as a partnership.

 

8.9 Electronic Information. Each Member hereby agrees that all current and future notices, confirmations and other communications may be made by the Company via email, sent to the email address of record of the Member provided to the Company as changed or updated from time to time, without necessity of confirmation of receipt, delivery or reading, and such form of electronic communication is sufficient for all matters regarding the relationship between the Company and the Members except as otherwise required by law. If any such electronically sent communication fails to be received for any reason, including but not limited to such communications being diverted to the recipients spam filters by the recipients email service provider, or due to a recipient’s change of address, or due to technology issues by the recipients service provider, the parties agree that the burden of such failure to receive is on the recipient and not the sender, and that the sender is under no obligation to resend communications via any other means, including but not limited to postal service or overnight courier, and that such communications shall for all purposes, including legal and regulatory, be deemed to have been delivered and received. Except as required by law, no physical, paper documents will be sent to Members, and a Member desires physical documents then such Member agrees to be satisfied by directly and personally printing, at such Member’s own expense, the electronically sent communication(s) and maintaining such physical records in any manner or form that a Member desires.

 

8.10 Severability. In case any provision in this Agreement shall be deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired hereby.

 

8.11 Interpretation The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement. As used herein, masculine pronouns shall include the feminine and neuter, neuter pronouns shall include the masculine and the feminine, and the singular shall be deemed to include the plural. The use of the word “including” herein shall not be considered to limit the provision that it modifies but instead shall mean “including, without limitation.”

 

8.12 No Third-Party Rights. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement is intended solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and is not intended to confer any benefits upon, or create any rights in favor of, any Person other than the parties hereto.

 

8.13 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Company, the Initial Member and any Person who becomes a Member hereafter with respect to the matters described herein and supersedes any prior agreement or understanding among them with respect to such subject matter.

 

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8.14 Rule of Construction. The general rule of construction for interpreting a contract, which provides that the provisions of a contract should be construed against the party preparing the contract, is waived by the parties hereto. Each party acknowledges that such party was represented by separate legal counsel in this matter who participated in the preparation of this Agreement or such party had the opportunity to retain counsel to participate in the preparation of this Agreement but elected not to do so.

 

8.15 Authority. Whenever in this Agreement or elsewhere it is provided that consent is required of, or a demand shall be made by, or an act or thing shall be done by or at the direction of, the Company, or whenever any words of like import are used, all such consents, demands, acts and things are to be made, given or done by the consent of the Board or Person acting under the authority of the Board, unless a contrary intention is expressly indicated.

 

8.16 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

8.17 Facsimile Signatures. The use of facsimile signatures affixed in the name and on behalf of the transfer agent and registrar of the Company on certificates representing Shares is expressly permitted by this Agreement.

 

8.18 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

 

[Signatures appear on following page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  Masterworks Gallery, LLC
  Sole Member
     
  By:        
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
  Members:
     
  All members now and hereafter admitted as Members of the Company, pursuant to powers of attorney now and hereafter executed in favor of, and granted and delivered to the Company or without execution hereof or thereof by purchasing or otherwise lawfully acquiring any Share, pursuant to Section 1.7.

 

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Exhibit A

 

Members, Capital Contributions, Shares

 

Member Name   Address   Capital Contribution  

Number of

Class A

Ordinary

Shares

   

Number of

Class B

Ordinary

Shares

 
                         

 

Exhibit B

 

Form of Counterpart Signature Page

 

The undersigned hereby accepts, and becomes a party to, the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) of Masterworks 016, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), in connection with the acquisition of Shares (as defined in the Agreement) of the Company, and by its signature below signifies its agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Agreement.

 

Member Name:    
     
By:    
     
Name:    
     
Title:    
     
Number of Shares:    

 

Agreed and Accepted:

 

  Masterworks 016, LLC
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title: Manager
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title: Manager
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title: Manager

 

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SCHEDULE 1

 

PAINTING

 

“Painting” refers to that certain painting by                , entitled               .

 

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