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...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...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this 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 a...

...(A) A limited liability company may merge with one or more other constituent entities pursuant to sections 1706.71 to 1706.713 of the Revised Code and to an agreement of merger if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The governing statute of each of the other entities authorizes the merger. (2) The merger is not prohibited by the law of a jurisdiction that enacted any of the governing statutes. (3) Each...

...(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) After each constituent entity has approved the agreement of merger, a certificate of merger shall be signed on behalf of both of the following: (1) Each constituent limited liability company, as provided in division (A) of section 1706.17 of the Revised Code; (2) Each other constituent entity, as provided in its governing statute. (B) A certificate of merger under this section shall include all of the follo...

...(A) When a merger becomes effective, all of the following apply: (1) The surviving entity continues or comes into existence. (2) Each constituent entity that merges into the surviving entity ceases to exist as a separate entity. (3) All property owned by each constituent entity, or series thereof, that ceases to exist vests in the surviving entity without reservation or impairment. (4) All debts, obligations,...

...(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) After a declaration of conversion is approved, both of the following apply: (1) A converting limited liability company shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing a certificate of conversion. The certificate of conversion shall be signed as provided in division (A) of section 1706.17 of the Revised Code and shall include all of the following: (a) A statement that the converting limited liability compan...

...(A) When a conversion takes effect, all of the following apply: (1) All property owned by the converting entity, or series thereof, remains vested in the converted entity. (2) All debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the converting entity, or series thereof, continue as debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the converted entity. (3) An action or proceeding pending by or against the converting entit...

...(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.

...(A) An operating agreement may establish or provide for the establishment of one or more designated series of assets that has both of the following: (1) Either or both of the following: (a) Separate rights, powers, or duties with respect to specified property or obligations of the limited liability company or profits and losses associated with specified property or obligations; (b) A separate purpose or investm...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, both of the following apply: (1) The debts, liabilities, obligations, and expenses incurred, contracted for, or otherwise existing with respect to a series shall be enforceable against the assets of that series only, and shall not be enforceable against the assets of the limited liability company generally or any other series thereof. (2) None of the debts, liabilities...

...(A) Assets of a series may be held directly or indirectly, including in the name of the series, in the name of the limited liability company, through a nominee, or otherwise. (B) If the records of a series are maintained in a manner so that the assets of the series can be reasonably identified by specific listing, category, type, quantity, or computational or allocational formula or procedure, including a percentag...

...The statement of limitation on liabilities of a series required by division (B)(3) of section 1706.761 of the Revised Code is sufficient regardless of whether either of the following applies: (A) The limited liability company has established any series under this chapter when the statement of limitations is contained in the articles of organization; (B) The statement of limitations makes reference to a specific s...

...(A) A person shall not voluntarily dissociate as a member associated with a series. (B) A person's dissociation from a series is wrongful only if one of the following applies: (1) The person's dissociation is in breach of an express provision of the operating agreement. (2) The person is expelled as a member associated with the series by determination of a tribunal under division (E) of section 1706.765 of the ...

...A person is dissociated as a member associated with a series when any of the following occurs: (A) An event stated in the operating agreement as causing the person's dissociation from the series occurs. (B) The person is dissociated as a member of the limited liability company pursuant to section 1706.411 of the Revised Code. (C) The person is expelled as a member associated with that series pursuant to the ope...

...(A) A person who has dissociated as a member associated with a series shall have no right to participate in the activities and affairs of that series and is entitled only to receive the distributions to which that member would have been entitled if the member had not dissociated from that series. (B) A person's dissociation as a member associated with a series does not of itself discharge the person from any debt, ...

...A series may be dissolved and its activities and affairs may be wound up without causing the dissolution of the limited liability company. The dissolution and winding up of a series does not abate, suspend, or otherwise affect the limitation on liabilities of the series provided by section 1706.761 of the Revised Code.

...A series is dissolved and its activities and affairs shall be wound up upon the first to occur of the following: (A) The dissolution of the limited liability company under section 1706.47 of the Revised Code; (B) An event or circumstance that the operating agreement states causes dissolution of the series; (C) The consent of all of the members associated with the series; (D) The passage of ninety days after t...

...(A) A dissolved series continues its existence as a series but shall not carry on any activities except as is appropriate to wind up and liquidate its activities and affairs. Appropriate activities include all of the following: (1) Collecting the assets of the series; (2) Disposing of the properties of the series that will not be distributed in kind to persons owning membership interests associated with the serie...

...(A) Subject to division (C) of section 1706.769 of the Revised Code, after dissolution of a series, the remaining members associated with the series, if any, and if none, a person appointed by all holders of the membership interest last assigned by the last person to have been a member associated with the series, may wind up the series' activities. (B) The appropriate tribunal may order supervision of the winding u...