§ 14-2-1109.1 - Conversion to limited liability company or limited partnership
O.C.G.A. 14-2-1109.1 (2010)
14-2-1109.1. Conversion to limited liability company or limited partnership
(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) "Limited liability company" means any limited liability company formed under Chapter 11 of this title.
(2) "Limited partnership" means any limited partnership formed under Chapter 9 of this title.
(b) Pursuant to Code Section 14-11-212 or 14-9-206.2 and this Code section, a corporation may elect to become a limited liability company or limited partnership if the board of directors adopts and its shareholders approve a plan of conversion.
(c) The plan of conversion must set forth:
(1) The name of the limited liability company or limited partnership to be formed pursuant to such election;
(2) The manner and basis of converting the shares of such corporation into interests as members of the limited liability company to be formed pursuant to such election or interests as partners of the limited partnership to be formed pursuant to such election or a statement that such information is contained in the written operating agreement proposed for such limited liability company or the written limited partnership agreement proposed for such limited partnership;
(3) The effective date and time of such election, if later than the date and time the certificate of conversion is filed;
(4) The contents of the articles of organization that shall be the articles of organization of the limited liability company to be formed pursuant to such election unless and until modified in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 11 of this title or the contents of the certificate of limited partnership that shall be the certificate of limited partnership of the limited partnership to be formed pursuant to such election unless and until modified in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9 of this title; and
(5) (A) The contents of the written operating agreement to be entered into among the persons who will be the members of the limited liability company to be formed pursuant to such election, which shall, if not separately provided in the plan of election, state:
(i) The manner and basis for the conversion of the shares of such corporation into interests as members of the limited liability company to be formed pursuant to such election; and
(ii) That approval of the election will be deemed to be execution of the operating agreement by such persons; or
(B) The contents of the written limited partnership agreement to be entered into among the persons who will be the partners of the limited partnership to be formed pursuant to such election, which shall, if not separately provided in the plan of conversion, state:
(i) The manner and basis for the conversion of the shares of such corporation into interests as partners of the limited partnership to be formed pursuant to such conversion; and
(ii) That approval of the election will be deemed to be execution of the limited partnership agreement by such persons.
(d) For a plan of conversion to become a limited liability company or limited partnership to be approved:
(1) The board of directors shall submit the plan of conversion approved by the shareholders and shall recommend the plan of conversion to the shareholders in the same manner and subject to the same exceptions as provided in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Code Section 14-2-1103, and may condition its submission and provide notice to each shareholder entitled to vote in the same manner as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of Code Section 14-2-1103; and
(2) All of the shareholders must approve the plan of conversion.
(e) The plan of conversion may set forth other provisions relating to the conversion, including a provision that the plan may be amended prior to the time that the conversion has become effective, but subsequent to approval of the plan by shareholders the plan may not be amended to change in any respect not expressly authorized by such shareholders in connection with the approval of the plan:
(1) The amount or kind of interests, shares or other securities, obligations, or rights to acquire interests, shares or other securities to be received under the plan by the shareholders if the change would adversely affect such shareholders; or
(2) Any of the other terms or conditions of the plan if the change would adversely affect such shareholders in any material respect; and
in the event that the plan of conversion is amended after a certificate of conversion has been filed with the Secretary of State but before the conversion has become effective, a certificate of amendment of conversion executed by an officer or other duly authorized representative shall be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing prior to the effectiveness of the conversion.
(f) Any of the terms of the plan of conversion may be made dependent upon facts ascertainable outside of the plan of conversion, provided that the manner in which such facts shall operate upon the terms of the conversion is clearly and expressly set forth in the plan of conversion. As used in this subsection, the term "facts" includes, but is not limited to, the occurrence of any event, including a determination or action by any person or body, including the corporation.
(g) After a conversion is authorized, unless the plan of conversion provides otherwise, and at any time before the conversion has become effective, the planned conversion may be abandoned, subject to any contractual rights, without further shareholder action, in accordance with the procedure set forth in the plan of conversion or, if none is set forth, in the manner determined by the board of directors.
(h) After a plan of conversion is approved by the shareholders, the corporation shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing a certificate of conversion complying with subsection (b) of Code Section 14-11-212 or subsection (b) of Code Section 14-9-206.2, as applicable.