{"id":"court_ctb_2292_28","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":2292,"sub_number":28,"doc_type":"EXHIBIT","filed_date":"2023-10-26","title":"Exhibit 28 FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 01/19/2021 05:30 PM** INDEX NO. 652077/2017 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 705 RECEIVED NYSCEF:","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"#### **Exhibit 28**\n\n#### **FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 01/19/2021 05:30 PM** INDEX NO. 652077/2017 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 705 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/19/2021 Case 22-50073 Doc 2292-28 Filed 10/26/23 Entered 10/26/23 20:46:12 Page 2 of 6\n\n# LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT\n\n**of**\n\n## **HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC**\n\n## A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY\n\nThis Limited Liability Company Agreement (\"**Agreement**\") of HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC (the \"**Company**\"), effective as of April 1, 2019 (the \"**Effective Date**\"), is entered into by and between the Company and Guo Mei, as the sole member of the Company (the \"**Member**\").\n\n**WHEREAS**, the Company was formed as a limited liability company on September 11, 2018 by the filing of a Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended from time to time (the \"**Act**\"); and\n\n**WHEREAS**, the Member agrees that the membership in and management of the Company shall be governed by the terms set forth herein.\n\nNOW, THEREFORE, the Member agrees as follows:\n\n1. Name. The name of the Company is HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC.\n\n2. Purpose. The purpose of the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and to engage in any and all activities necessary or incidental thereto.\n\n3. Principal Office; Registered Agent.\n\n(a) Principal Office. The location of the principal office of the Company shall be 162 East 64th Street, New York, New York 10065, or such other location as the Member may from time to time designate.\n\n(b) Registered Agent. The registered agent of the Company for service of process in the State of Delaware and the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be that person and location reflected in the Certificate of Formation. In the event the registered agent ceases to act as such for any reason or the registered office shall change, the Member shall promptly designate a replacement registered agent or file a notice of change of address, as the case may be, in the manner provided by law.\n\n4. Members.\n\n(a) Initial Member. The Member owns 100% of the membership interests in the Company. The name and the business, residence or mailing address of the Member are as follows:\n\n![](_page_2_Picture_0.jpeg)\n\n### **Name Address**\n\nGuo Mei 781 Fifth Ave, 18th Floor New York, NY 10022\n\n(b) Additional Members. One or more additional members may be admitted to the Company with the consent of the Member. Prior to the admission of any such additional members to the Company, the Member shall amend this Agreement to make such changes as the Member shall determine to reflect the fact that the Company shall have such additional members. Each additional member shall execute and deliver a supplement or counterpart to this Agreement, as necessary.\n\n(c) Membership Interests; Certificates. The Company will not issue any certificates to evidence ownership of the membership interests.\n\n### 5. Management.\n\n(a) Authority; Powers and Duties of the Member. The Member shall have exclusive and complete authority and discretion to manage the operations and affairs of the Company and to make all decisions regarding the business of the Company. Any action taken by the Member shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the Company. Persons dealing with the Company are entitled to rely conclusively on the power and authority of the Member as set forth in this Agreement. The Member shall have all rights and powers of a manager under the Act, and shall have such authority, rights and powers in the management of the Company to do any and all other acts and things necessary, proper, convenient or advisable to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.\n\n(b) Election of Officers; Delegation of Authority. The Member may, from time to time, designate one or more officers with such titles as may be designated by the Member to act in the name of the Company with such authority as may be delegated to such officers by the Member (each such designated person, an \"**Officer**\"). Any such Officer shall act pursuant to such delegated authority until such Officer is removed by the Member. Any action taken by an Officer designated by the Member pursuant to authority delegated to such Officer shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the Company. Persons dealing with the Company are entitled to rely conclusively on the power and authority of any officer set forth in this Agreement and any instrument designating such officer and the authority delegated to him or her.\n\n### 6. Liability of Member; Indemnification.\n\n(a) Liability of Member. Except as otherwise required in the Act, the debts, obligations, and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and the Member shall not be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being the Member or participating in the management of the Company.\n\n(b) Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted under the Act, the Member (irrespective of the capacity in which it acts) shall be entitled to indemnification and advancement of expenses from the Company for and against any loss, damage, claim or expense (including attorneys' fees) whatsoever incurred by the Member relating to or arising out of any act or omission or alleged acts or omissions (whether or not constituting negligence or gross negligence) performed or omitted by the Member on behalf of the Company; provided, however, that any indemnity under this Section 6(b) shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and neither the Member nor any other person shall have any personal liability on account thereof.\n\n7. Term. The term of the Company shall be perpetual unless the Company is dissolved and terminated in accordance with Section 11. •\n\n8. Initial Capital Contributions**.** The Member hereby agrees to contribute to the Company such cash, property or services as determined by the Member.\n\n### 9. Tax Status; Income and Deductions.\n\n(a) Tax Status. As long as the Company has only one member, it is the intention of the Company and the Member that the Company be treated as a disregarded entity for federal and all relevant state tax purposes and neither the Company nor the Member shall take any action or make any election which is inconsistent with such tax treatment. All provisions of this Agreement are to be construed so as to preserve the Company's tax status as a disregarded entity.\n\n(b) Income and Deductions. All items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Company (including, without limitation, items not subject to federal or state income tax) shall be treated for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Member.\n\n10. Distributions. Distributions shall be made to the Member at the times and in the amounts determined by the Member.\n\n11. Dissolution; Liquidation.\n\n(a) The Company shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up upon the first to occur of the following: (i) the written consent of the Member or (ii) any other event or circumstance giving rise to the dissolution of the Company under Section 18-801 of the Act, unless the Company's existence is continued pursuant to the Act.\n\n(b) Upon dissolution of the Company, the Company shall immediately commence to wind up its affairs and the Member shall promptly liquidate the business of the Company. During the period of the winding up of the affairs of the Company, the rights and obligations of the Member under this Agreement shall continue.\n\n(c) In the event of dissolution, the Company shall conduct only such activities as are necessary to wind up its affairs (including the sale of the assets of the Company in an orderly manner), and the assets of the Company shall be applied as follows: (i) first, to creditors, to the extent otherwise permitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the Company (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof); and (ii) thereafter, to the Member.\n\n(d) Upon the completion of the winding up of the Company, the Member shall file a Certificate of Cancellation in accordance with the Act.\n\n### 12. Miscellaneous.\n\n(a) Amendments. Amendments to this Agreement may be made only with the consent of the Member.\n\n(b) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction).\n\n(c) Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be declared to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall survive to the extent it is not so declared, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the other provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, unless such action would substantially impair the benefits to any party of the remaining provisions of this Agreement.\n\n## [SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]\n\n![](_page_5_Picture_0.jpeg)\n\nIN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Agreement to be effective as of the date first above written.\n\nMEMBER:\n\nGuo Mei\n\nCOMPANY: HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company\n\nBy:\n\nGuo Mei, its sole member","body_zh":"证物 28\n提交：NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK（纽约县书记官） 01/19/2021 05:30 PM 索引号 652077/2017 NYSCEF 文件号 705 接收于 NYSCEF：01/19/2021 案件 22-50073 文件 2292-28 提交于 10/26/23 录入于 10/26/23 20:46:12 第 2 页，共 6 页\n有限责任公司协议\n\n关于\nHK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（香港国际基金投资（美国）有限公司）\n一家特拉华州有限责任公司\n\n本 HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（“本公司”）有限责任公司协议（“本协议”）自 2019 年 4 月 1 日（“生效日”）起生效，由本公司与作为本公司唯一成员的 Guo Mei（郭美）（“成员”）共同订立。\n\n鉴于，本公司系根据并按照经不时修订的《Delaware Limited Liability Company Act（特拉华州有限责任公司法）》（“《法案》”），于 2018 年 9 月 11 日通过向 State of Delaware（特拉华州）州务卿提交《设立证书》而成立的有限责任公司；且\n\n鉴于，该成员同意，本公司的成员资格及管理应受本协议所载条款的管辖。\n\n因此，现该成员同意如下：\n\n1. 名称。本公司的名称为 HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC。\n\n2. 宗旨。本公司的宗旨是从事根据《法案》有限责任公司可以组建开展的任何合法行为或活动，并从事对此必要或附带的任何及所有活动。\n\n3. 主要办事处；注册代理人。\n\n(a) 主要办事处。本公司主要办事处的地点应为 162 East 64th Street, New York, New York 10065，或成员可能不时指定的其他地点。\n\n(b) 注册代理人。本公司在特拉华州用于送达法律文书的注册代理人及本公司在特拉华州的注册办事处应为《设立证书》中所反映的人员和地点。如果注册代理人因任何原因不再担任该职务，或注册办事处发生变更，成员应立即按照法律规定的方式指定替代注册代理人或提交地址变更通知（视具体情况而定）。\n\n4. 成员。\n\n(a) 初始成员。该成员拥有本公司 100% 的成员权益。该成员的姓名以及营业、居住或邮寄地址如下：\n姓名 地址\n\nGuo Mei 781 Fifth Ave, 18th Floor New York, NY 10022\n\n(b) 新增成员。经该成员同意，可吸纳一名或多名新增成员加入本公司。在任何此类新增成员加入本公司之前，该成员应修订本协议，以作出该成员确定的变更，从而反映本公司将拥有该等新增成员的事实。每名新增成员均应签署并交付本协议的补充文件或副本（视需要而定）。\n\n(c) 成员权益；证书。本公司不会签发任何证书来证明成员权益的所有权。\n5. 管理。\n\n(a) 权限；成员的权力与职责。该成员应拥有排他且完整的权限和自由裁量权，以管理本公司的运营和事务，并作出有关本公司业务的所有决策。该成员采取的任何行动均应构成代表本公司的行为并对本公司具有约束力。与本公司打交道的人员有权完全信赖本协议所载的该成员的权力和权限。该成员应享有《法案》项下管理人的所有权利和权力，并应在本公司的管理中拥有该等权限、权利和权力，以从事为实现本协议宗旨而必要、适当、便利或明智的任何及所有其他行为和事项。\n\n(b) 选举管理人员；权限委托。该成员可以不时指定一名或多名具有该成员指定头衔的管理人员，以本公司的名义行事，并享有该成员委托给该等管理人员的权限（每位该等被指定人员称为一名“管理人员”）。任何此类管理人员应根据该等被委托的权限行事，直至该管理人员被该成员免职。由该成员指定的管理人员根据委托给该管理人员的权限采取的任何行动，均应构成代表本公司的行为并对本公司具有约束力。与本公司打交道的人员有权完全信赖本协议以及指定该管理人员及其被委托权限的任何法律文书中所载的任何管理人员的权力和权限。\n6. 成员的责任；赔偿。\n\n(a) 成员的责任。除《法案》另有规定外，本公司的债务、义务和责任，无论是因合同、侵权还是其他原因引起的，均应完全为本公司的债务、义务和责任，且成员不得仅因作为成员或参与本公司的管理而对本公司的任何此类债务、义务或责任承担个人责任。\n\n(b) 赔偿。在《法案》允许的最大范围内，该成员（无论以何种身份行事）均有权就该成员代表本公司所实施或遗漏的任何作为或不作为或指称的作为或不作为（无论是否构成疏忽或重大疏忽）而产生或引起的、由该成员招致的任何损失、损害、索赔或费用（包括律师费），获得本公司的赔偿和费用垫付；但是，本第 6(b) 条项下的任何赔偿应仅自本公司资产中并以本公司资产为限予以提供，成员或任何其他人员均不应对此承担任何个人责任。\n\n7. 期限。本公司的期限应为永久，除非本公司根据第 11 条解散并终止。\n\n8. 初始出资。该成员特此同意向本公司出资该成员所确定的现金、财产或服务。\n9. 税务地位；收入与扣除。\n\n(a) 税务地位。只要本公司仅有一名成员，本公司和该成员的意图是在联邦和所有相关州的税务目的下将本公司视为被忽略实体，且本公司和该成员均不得采取与该等税务处理不符的任何行动或作出任何选择。本协议的所有条款均应按旨在维护本公司作为被忽略实体的税务地位予以解释。\n\n(b) 收入与扣除。本公司的所有收入、收益、损失、扣除和抵免项目（包括但不限于不受联邦或州所得税约束的项目），在联邦和所有相关州的所得税目的下，均应被视为该成员的收入、收益、损失、扣除和抵免项目。\n\n10. 分配。分配应在该成员确定的时间并按其确定的金额向该成员作出。\n\n11. 解散；清算。\n\n(a) 本公司应在下列情况中最先发生者出现时解散，并对其事务进行清理结算：(i) 经该成员书面同意，或 (ii) 根据《法案》第 18-801 条导致本公司解散的任何其他事件或情况，除非本公司的存续根据《法案》予以延续。\n\n(b) 本公司解散后，本公司应立即开始清理结算其事务，该成员应迅速清算本公司的业务。在清理结算本公司事务的期间，该成员在本协议项下的权利和义务应继续有效。\n\n(c) 如果发生解散，本公司仅应开展清理结算其事务（包括有序出售本公司资产）所必需的活动，且本公司的资产应按如下顺序适用：(i) 首先，在法律另行允许的范围内支付给债权人，以清偿本公司的负债（无论是通过付款还是为此付款作出合理拨备）；及 (ii) 此后，分配给该成员。\n\n(d) 本公司的事务清理结算完毕后，该成员应根据《法案》提交《注销证书》。\n12. 其他事项。\n\n(a) 修订。对本协议的修订只能经该成员同意后作出。\n\n(b) 管辖法律。本协议应受特拉华州内部法律管辖并据其解释，且不适用任何法律选择或法律冲突条款或规则（无论是特拉华州还是任何其他司法管辖区的）。\n\n(c) 可分割性。如果本协议的任何条款被宣布为无效、非法或不可执行，该条款应在未被如此宣布的范围内继续有效，且本协议其他条款的有效性、合法性和可执行性绝不应因此受到任何影响或损害，除非该等行为会实质性损害任何一方在本协议其余条款项下的利益。\n[下接签名页]\n\n为此，下列签署人已签署本协议，自上文首述日期起生效，特此为证。\n\n成员：\n\nGuo Mei\n\n本公司：HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC，一家特拉华州有限责任公司\n\n签署人：\n\nGuo Mei，其唯一成员","key_entities":["Guo","CIPA","Je"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":1579,"status":"published","published_at":"2023-10-26 00:00:00","created_at":"2023-10-26","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:54:06"}