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...iability company, may not engage in any activities in this state that a limited liability company is forbidden to engage in by the laws of this state. (D) A foreign limited liability company that has filed a registration as a foreign limited liability company shall in this state: (1) Have the same but no greater rights than a limited liability company; (2) Have the same but no greater privileges than a limited ...

...r any one or more of its series to transact business in this state, the foreign limited liability company shall register with the secretary of state. Neither a foreign limited liability company nor any one or more of its series may transact business in this state until the registration has been approved by the secretary of state and the foreign limited liability company or series is otherwise in compliance with secti...

...pany shall not be considered to be transacting business in this state within the meaning of sections 1706.51 to 1706.515 of the Revised Code by reason of its or any one or more of its series' carrying on in this state any of the following actions: (1) Maintaining, defending, or settling in its own behalf any proceeding or dispute; (2) Holding meetings or carrying on any other activities concerning its internal af...

...ntil it adopts, for the purpose of transacting business in this state, an assumed name that complies with section 1706.07 of the Revised Code. A foreign limited liability company that adopts an assumed name under this division and then files a registration as a foreign limited liability company under that assumed name need not file a name registration when transacting business under that assumed name. After filing th...

...all series thereof, will no longer transact business in this state and that it relinquishes its authority to transact business in this state; (4) That the foreign limited liability company is canceling its registration as a foreign limited liability company; (5) That any statement of assumed name it has on file in the records of the secretary of state and any assumed name with respect to the foreign limited liabi...

...lity company, or a series thereof, transacting business in this state, nor anyone on its behalf, shall be permitted to maintain a proceeding in any court in this state for the collection of its debts unless an effective registration as a limited liability company for the foreign limited liability company is on file in the records of the secretary of state. (B) A court may stay a proceeding commenced by a foreign li...

...r may commence or maintain a derivative action in the right of a limited liability company to recover a judgment in favor of the limited liability company by complying with sections 1706.61 to 1706.617 of the Revised Code. (B) A member associated with a series of a limited liability company may commence or maintain a derivative action in the right of the series to recover a judgment in favor of the series by comply...

...r may commence or maintain a derivative action in the right of the limited liability company only if the member meets both of the following conditions: (1) The member fairly and adequately represents the interests of the limited liability company in enforcing the right of the limited liability company. (2) The member either: (a) Was a member of the limited liability company at the time of the act or omission of...

...A member may not commence a derivative action in the right of the limited liability company, or a series thereof, until both of the following occur: (A) A written demand has been made upon the limited liability company or the series to take suitable action. (B) Ninety days have expired from the date the demand was made unless either of the following applies: (1) The member has earlier been notified that the dem...

...Code, the court may stay any derivative action for the period the court deems appropriate.

...(A)(1) A derivative action in the right of a limited liability company shall be dismissed by the court on motion by the limited liability company if one of the groups specified in division (A)(2) of this section has determined in good faith, after conducting a reasonable inquiry upon which its conclusions are based, that the maintenance of the derivative action is not in the best interests of the limited liability co...

...A derivative action may not be discontinued or settled without the court's approval. If the court determines that a proposed discontinuance or settlement will substantially affect the interests of members of the limited liability company, or the interests of members associated with a series of the limited liability company, the court shall direct that notice be given to the members affected.

...On termination of the derivative action the court may do any of the following: (A) Order the limited liability company to pay the plaintiff's reasonable expenses, including attorney fees, incurred by the plaintiff in the derivative action if the court finds that the derivative action has resulted in a substantial benefit to the limited liability company; (B) Order a series to pay the plaintiff's reasonable expens...

...In any derivative action in the right of a foreign limited liability company, or a series thereof, the right of a person to commence or maintain a derivative action in the right of a foreign limited liability company, or a series thereof, and any matters raised in the action covered by sections 1706.61 to 1706.616 of the Revised Code shall be governed by the law of the jurisdiction under which the foreign limited lia...

...section, a member may maintain a direct action against another member or members or the limited liability company, or a series thereof, to enforce the member's rights and otherwise protect the member's interests, including rights and interests under the operating agreement or this chapter or arising independently of the membership relationship. (B) A member maintaining a direct action under division (A) of this sec...

...ted by the law of a jurisdiction that enacted any of the governing statutes. (3) Each of the other entities complies with its governing statute in effecting the merger. (B) An agreement of merger shall be in a record and shall include all of the following: (1) The name and form of each constituent entity; (2) The name and form of the surviving entity and, if the surviving entity is to be created pursuant to t...

...(A) To be effective, an agreement of merger shall be consented to by all the members of a constituent limited liability company. (B) After the agreement of merger is approved, and at any time before a certificate of merger is delivered to the secretary of state for filing under section 1706.712 of the Revised Code, a constituent limited liability company may amend the agreement or abandon the merger: (1) As provi...

...a foreign entity not authorized to transact business in this state, the street address of its statutory agent; (9) Any additional information required by the governing statute of any constituent entity. (C) Each constituent limited liability company shall deliver the certificate of merger for filing in the office of the secretary of state. (D) A merger becomes effective under sections 1706.71 to 1706.74 of the ...

...ities of the surviving entity. (5) An action or proceeding pending by or against any constituent entity, or series thereof, that ceases to exist continues as if the merger had not occurred. (6) Except as prohibited by other law, all of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and purposes of each constituent entity, or series thereof, that ceases to exist vest in the surviving entity. (7) Except as otherwise...

...(A) An entity other than a limited liability company may convert to a limited liability company, and a limited liability company may convert to an entity other than a limited liability company pursuant to sections 1706.72 to 1706.723 of the Revised Code and a written declaration of conversion if all of the following apply: (1) The governing statute of the entity that is not a limited liability company authorizes th...

...(A) A declaration of conversion must be consented to by all the members of a converting limited liability company. (B) After a conversion is approved, and at any time before the certificate of conversion is delivered to the secretary of state for filing under section 1706.722 of the Revised Code, a converting limited liability company may amend the declaration or abandon the conversion: (1) As provided in the dec...

...a foreign entity not authorized to transact business in this state, the street address of its statutory agent for the purposes of division (B) of section 1706.723 of the Revised Code. (2) If the converted entity is a limited liability company, the converting entity shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing articles of organization which shall include, in addition to the information required by division (A)...

...ities of the converted entity. (3) An action or proceeding pending by or against the converting entity, or series thereof, continues as if the conversion had not occurred. (4) Except as prohibited by law other than this chapter, all of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and purposes of the converting entity, or series thereof, remain vested in the converted entity. (5) Except as otherwise provided in t...

...(A) If a member of a constituent or converting limited liability company will have personal liability with respect to a surviving or converted entity, approval or amendment of a plan of merger or a declaration of conversion are ineffective without the consent of the member, unless both of the following conditions are met: (1) The limited liability company's operating agreement provides for approval of a merger or c...

...Sections 1706.71 to 1706.74 of the Revised Code do not preclude an entity from being merged or converted under law other than this chapter.