Indemnification of the Members and Managers of Ballard Green Utility Company, LLC, Beazer Clarksburg, LLC, Clarksburg Arora LLC and Clarksburg Skylark, LLC
Ballard Green Utility Company, LLC, Beazer Clarksburg, LLC, Clarksburg Arora LLC and Clarksburg Skylark, LLC are limited liability companies organized under the laws of the State of Maryland. Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass’ns., Section 4A-203 permits a limited liability company to indemnify and hold harmless any member, agent or employee from and against all claims and demands, except in the case of action or failure to act by the member, agent or employee which constitutes willful misconduct or recklessness, and subject to the standards and restrictions, if any set forth in the articles of organization or operating agreement. Neither the articles of organization nor the operating agreement of Ballard Green Utility Company, LLC address indemnification of members or managers.
The operating agreement of Beazer Clarksburg, LLC provides that no member or manager shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to any other member or to the company for any act or omission performed or omitted by such person except for acts of gross negligence or intentional wrongdoing. The operating agreement also provides that the company shall endeavor to obtain liability or other insurance payable to the company (or as otherwise agreed by the members) to protect the company and the members from the acts or omissions of each of the members.
The operating agreements of Clarksburg Arora LLC and Clarksburg Skylark, LLC provide that to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law, each company shall indemnify the member, the manager and each officer for all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements), losses, liabilities, and damages paid or accrued by such member, manager or officer in connection with any act or omission performed by such person in good faith on behalf of the company. To the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by any such member, manager or officer, in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding may, from time to time, upon approval by the member, be advanced by the company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding, subject to recapture by the company following a later determination that such member, manager or officer was not entitled to indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the member, the manager or the officers shall be indemnified against liability for any intentional misconduct, any knowing violation of law or any transaction in which such member, manager or officer receives a personal benefit in violation or breach of law or the applicable operating agreement.
Indemnification of the Members and Managers of Beazer Fundamental, LLC, Beazer Homes Holdings, LLC, Beazer Homes, LLC, Beazer Homes Investments, LLC, Beazer Realty Services, LLC, Dove Barrington Development LLC, Beazer Gain, LLC, BH Investment Holdings, LLC, BH Materials, LLC and Marshfield Land, LLC
Beazer Fundamental, LLC, Beazer Homes Holdings, LLC, Beazer Homes, LLC, Beazer Homes Investments, LLC, Beazer Realty Services, LLC, Dove Barrington Development LLC, Beazer Gain, LLC, BH Investment Holdings, LLC, BH Materials, LLC and Marshfield Land, LLC are limited liability companies organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act provides that, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its limited liability company agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. Neither the certificate of formation nor the operating agreement of any of Beazer Homes Investments, LLC, or Beazer Realty Services, LLC address indemnification of members or managers.
The operating agreement of Beazer Fundamental, LLC provides that no member or affiliate of the member will be liable to the company or any other party bound by the company’s operating agreement for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such member or affiliate of such member in good faith on behalf of the company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope
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