(a)Purchase notice. If a membership interest or financial rights is required to be purchased under § 48-249-1111, the PLLC shall deliver a written notice to the person who is entitled to receive payment in respect of the membership interest or financial rights under § 48-249-1111(a), offering to purchase the membership interest or financial rights at a price the PLLC believes to represent its fair value as of the date of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the PLLC’s purchase obligation under § 48-249-1111(a). The notice shall be accompanied by the PLLC’s balance sheet for a fiscal year ending not more than sixteen (16) months before the effective date of the notice, the PLLC’s income statement for that year, a statement of changes in equity of the PLLC for that year, and the PLLC’s latest available interim financial statements, if any.

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-249-1112

  • Financial rights: means a member's or holder's rights to:
    (A) Share in profits and losses, as provided in §. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • holder: means a person, other than a member, owning any financial rights in an LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • Interest: means either or both of the following rights under the organic law of an unincorporated entity:
    (A) The right to receive distributions from the entity either in the ordinary course or upon liquidation. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Member: means a person that has been admitted to an LLC as a member, as provided in §. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • Membership: means the rights and obligations a member has pursuant to a corporation's charter, bylaws and chapters 51-68 of this title. See Tennessee Code 48-51-201
  • Membership interest: means a member's interest in an LLC, which shall consist of the member's financial rights and governance rights. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: means an individual or an entity. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • PLLC: has the meaning set forth in §. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • Proceeding: means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • Transfer: means an assignment, conveyance, deed, bill of sale, lease, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, gift and transfer by operation of law. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • written: means any information in the form of a document. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b)Acceptance. The person who is entitled to receive payment in respect of a membership interest or financial rights under § 48-249-1111(a) has thirty (30) days after the effective date of the notice to accept the PLLC’s offer, or to demand that the PLLC commence a proceeding under § 48-249-1113, to determine the fair value of the membership interest or financial rights. If such person accepts the offer, the PLLC shall make payment for the membership interest or financial rights within sixty (60) days after the effective date of the notice, unless a later date is agreed on, upon the transfer of the membership interest or financial rights from such person to the PLLC.
(c)Termination. After the PLLC makes payment for the membership interest or financial rights, the person who was entitled to receive payment in respect of the membership interest or financial rights under § 48-249-1111(a), as well as the member or holder of financial rights whose membership interest or financial rights have been purchased, if different from such person, has no further membership interest or financial rights in the PLLC.