(a) A loan may not be extended by a limited liability company to an employee without authorization by the company’s managers or managing members. A loan may not be extended to a manager or a managing member of a limited liability company without the approval of two-thirds of the company’s members. An employee who is also a manager or managing member is considered a manager or managing member for purposes of this section. A member is not disqualified from voting on a loan to a member as a manager or managing member because of personal interest.

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 10.50.145

  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(b) A loan to a manager, managing member, or employee and a loan secured by the limited liability company interests of the company may not be made unless the loan would be permissible as a distribution under Alaska Stat. § 10.50.29010.50.345. A loan under this subsection impairs the retained earnings or paid-in capital accounts to the extent of the loan.
(c) For purposes of this section, a loan may consist of cash, securities, or personal or real property.
(d) If a limited liability company acts as a guarantor on a loan to a manager, managing member, or employee, the guarantee is treated as a loan under this section.
(e) A manager, managing member, or employee of an affiliated limited liability company is a manager, managing member, or employee of the lending company for purposes of this section.
(f) A loan is to be judged by the duties of managers and managing members to act in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the company and with the care, including reasonable inquiry, that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use under similar circumstances.