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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 4055

  • Dissociation: means a complete termination of a member's continued membership in a limited liability company for any reason. See
  • Dissolution: means an event under section 4101 of this title which requires a limited liability company to wind up its affairs and to terminate its existence as a legal entity. See
  • Distribution: means a transfer of money or property from a limited liability company to a member in the member's capacity as a member or to a transferee of the member's distributional interest. See
  • Member: means a person that has become a member of a limited liability company under section 4051 of this title and has not dissociated under section 4081 of this title. See
  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See

§ 4055. Sharing of profits and losses and right to distributions

(a) The profits and losses of a limited liability company shall be allocated among the members or the holders of distributional interests, as the case may be, in proportion to the agreed value, as stated in the limited liability company records required to be kept under this chapter, of the contributions made by each member, taking into account variations in the capital contributions of each member during the period for which such allocations are made.

(b) Any distributions made by a limited liability company before its dissolution and winding up shall be made among the members or the holders of distributional interests, as the case may be, in proportion to the agreed value of the contributions made by each member as of the date of such distribution.

(c)(1) A member has a right to a distribution before the dissolution and winding up of a limited liability company only if the company decides to make an interim distribution.

(2) A person‘s dissociation does not entitle the person to a distribution.

(d) A member has no right to receive, and may not be required to accept, a distribution in kind.

(e) If a member or transferee becomes entitled to receive a distribution, the member or transferee has the status of, and is entitled to all remedies available to, a creditor of the limited liability company with respect to the distribution. (Added 2015, No. 17, § 2.)