(a)Rule. No distribution may be made by an LLC if, after giving effect to the distribution:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-236-105

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Business: includes every trade, occupation, profession, investment activity and other lawful purpose for gain or the preservation of assets whether or not carried on for profits. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Dissolution: means that the LLC has incurred an event under §. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Distribution: means a direct or indirect transfer of money or other property (except its own membership interests) with or without consideration, or an incurrence or issuance of indebtedness, (whether directly or indirectly, including through a guaranty) by an LLC to or for the benefit of any of its members in respect of membership interests. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • 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
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • LLC: means a limited liability company, organized under chapters 201-248 of this title. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Member: means a person reflected in the required records of an LLC as the owner of some governance rights of a membership interest of the LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Operating agreement: means a written agreement described in §. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
(1) The LLC would not be able to pay its debts as they became due in the normal course of business; or
(2) The LLC’s total assets would be less than the sum of its total liabilities plus, unless the articles or an operating agreement permit otherwise, the amount that would be needed, if the LLC were to be dissolved at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the preferential rights upon dissolution of members whose preferential rights are superior to the rights of members receiving the distribution and excluding liabilities for which the recourse of creditors is limited to specified property of the LLC, except that the fair value of property that is subject to a liability for which the recourse of creditors is limited shall be included in the assets of the LLC only to the extent that the fair value of the property exceeds that liability.
(b)Determination. The LLC may base a determination that a distribution is not prohibited under subsection (a) either on:

(1) Financial statements prepared on the basis of accounting practices and principles that are reasonable in the circumstances; or
(2) A fair valuation or other method that is reasonable in the circumstances.
(c)General Measuring Date. The effect of a distribution under subsection (a) is measured as of:

(1) The date the distribution is authorized if the payment occurs within four (4) months after the date of authorization; or
(2) The date the payment is made if it occurs more than four (4) months after the date of authorization.
(d)Special Measuring Date. If indebtedness is issued as a distribution, each payment of principal or interest on the indebtedness is treated as a distribution, the effect of which is measured on the date the payment is actually made.
(e)Status of LLC Indebtedness for Distributions. An LLC’s indebtedness to a member incurred by reason of a distribution made in accordance with this section is at parity with the LLC’s indebtedness to its general unsecured creditors, except to the extent subordinated by agreement and except to the extent provided otherwise by § 48-245-1101(a).
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