Montana Code 35-8-808. Company purchase of distributional interest
35-8-808. Company purchase of distributional interest. (1) A limited liability company shall purchase a distributional interest of a:
Terms Used In Montana Code 35-8-808
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- At-will company: means a limited liability company other than a term company. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Business: includes every trade, occupation, profession, or other lawful purpose, whether or not carried on for profit. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Court: includes every court having jurisdiction in the case. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Distributional interest: means all of a member's interest in the distributions of a limited liability company. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Member: means a person who has been admitted to membership in a limited liability company, as provided in 35-8-703, and who has not dissociated from the limited liability company. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Operating agreement: means an agreement, including amendments, as to the conduct of the business and affairs of a limited liability company and the relations among the members, managers, and the company that is binding upon all of the members. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Person: means an individual, a general partnership, a limited partnership, a domestic or foreign limited liability company, a trust, an estate, an association, a corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Term company: means a limited liability company designated as a term company in its articles of organization. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203
(a)member of an at-will company for its fair value determined as of the date of the member‘s dissociation if the member’s dissociation does not result in a dissolution and winding up of the company’s business under 35-8-901; or
(b)member of a term company for its fair value determined as of the date of the expiration of the specified term that existed on the date of the member’s dissociation if the expiration of the specified term does not result in a dissolution and winding up of the company’s business under 35-8-903.
(2)A limited liability company shall deliver a purchase offer to the dissociated member whose distributional interest is entitled to be purchased not later than 30 days after the date determined under subsection (1). The purchase offer must be accompanied by:
(a)a statement of the company’s assets and liabilities as of the date determined under subsection (1);
(b)the latest available balance sheet and income statement, if any; and
(c)an explanation of how the estimated amount of the payment was calculated.
(3)If the price and other terms of a purchase of a distributional interest are fixed or are to be determined by the operating agreement, the price and terms so fixed or determined govern the purchase unless the purchaser defaults. If a default occurs, the dissociated member is entitled to commence a proceeding to have the company dissolved under 35-8-902(1)(d).
(4)If an agreement to purchase the distributional interest is not made within 120 days after the date determined under subsection (1), the dissociated member, within another 120 days, may commence a proceeding against the limited liability company to enforce the purchase. The company, at its expense, shall notify in writing all of the remaining members and any other person that the court directs of the commencement of the proceeding. The jurisdiction of the court in which a proceeding is commenced under this subsection is plenary and exclusive.
(5)The court shall determine the fair value of the distributional interest in accordance with the standards set forth in 35-8-809, together with the terms for the purchase. Upon making these determinations, the court shall order the limited liability company to purchase or cause the purchase of the interest.
(6)Damages for wrongful dissociation under 35-8-804(2) and all other amounts owing, whether or not currently due, from the dissociated member to a limited liability company, must be offset against the purchase price.