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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 48 - CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS (§§ 48-1-101 — 48-250-115)
NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS (§§ 48-51-101 — 48-69-123)
Chapter 61 - MERGER (§§ 48-61-101 — 48-61-124)
Section 48-61-103 - Plan of membership exchange
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TN Code § 48-61-103 (2023)
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- (a) Subject to the limitations on public benefit corporations in § 48-61-122, through a membership exchange:
- (1) A domestic nonprofit corporation may acquire all of the memberships of one (1) or more classes or series of memberships of another domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation or all of the interests of one (1) or more classes or series of interests of a domestic or foreign other entity, in exchange for memberships, other securities, interests, obligations, rights to acquire memberships, other securities, or interests, cash, other property, or any combination of the foregoing, pursuant to a plan of membership exchange; or
- (2) All of the memberships of one (1) or more classes or series of memberships of a domestic nonprofit corporation may be acquired by another domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation or other entity, in exchange for memberships, other securities, interests, obligations, rights to acquire memberships, other securities or interests, cash, other property, or any combination of the foregoing, pursuant to a plan of membership exchange.
- (b) A foreign nonprofit corporation or eligible entity may be a party to a membership exchange only if the membership exchange is permitted by the organic law under which the corporation or other entity is organized or by which it is governed. If the organic law of a domestic other entity does not prohibit a membership exchange with a domestic nonprofit corporation but does not provide procedures for the approval of a membership exchange, a plan of membership exchange may be adopted and approved and the membership exchange effectuated in accordance with the procedures, if any, for a merger. If the organic law of a domestic other entity does not provide procedures for the approval of either a membership exchange or an exchange of interests similar to a membership exchange or a merger, a plan of membership exchange may be adopted and approved and the membership exchange effectuated in accordance with the procedures in this chapter. For the purposes of applying this chapter:
- (1) The other entity, its interest holders, interests, and organic documents taken together shall be deemed to be a domestic nonprofit corporation, members, memberships, charter and bylaws, respectively and vice versa, as the context may require; and
- (2) If the business and affairs of the other entity are managed by a group of persons that is not identical to the interest holders, that group shall be deemed to be the board of directors.
- (c) The plan of membership exchange must be in the form of an organic document and set forth:
- (1) The name of each corporation or other entity whose memberships or interests will be acquired and the name of the acquiring corporation or other entity;
- (2) The terms and conditions of the membership exchange;
- (3) The manner and basis of exchanging memberships of each corporation or interests in another entity whose memberships or interests will be acquired under the membership exchange into memberships, other securities, interests, obligations, rights to acquire memberships, other securities or interests, cash, other property, or any combination of the foregoing; and
- (4) Any other provisions required by the organic law under which any party to the membership exchange is organized or by which it is governed, or by the charter or organic document of any such party.
- (d) The plan of membership exchange may set forth other provisions relating to the membership exchange.
- (e) This section does not limit the power of a domestic nonprofit corporation to acquire all or part of the memberships of one (1) or more classes or series of another corporation or interests of another entity through a voluntary exchange or otherwise.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 899,s 67, eff. 1/1/2015.
Acts 1987, ch. 242, § 11.03.
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