Tennessee § 48-21-111 - Action on a plan of entity conversion.

§ 48-21-111. Action on a plan of entity conversion.

In the case of an entity conversion of a domestic business corporation to a domestic or foreign unincorporated entity: The plan of entity conversion must be adopted by the board of directors; After adopting the plan of entity conversion, the board of directors must submit the plan to the shareholders for their approval. The board of directors must also transmit the shareholders a recommendation that the shareholders approve the plan, unless the board of directors makes a determination that because of conflicts of interest or other special circumstances it should not make such a recommendation, in which case the board of directors must transmit to the shareholders the basis for that determination; The board of directors may condition its submission of the plan of entity conversion to the shareholders on any basis; If the approval of the shareholders is to be given at a meeting, the corporation must notify each shareholder, whether or not entitled to vote, of the meeting of shareholders at which the plan of entity conversion is to be submitted for approval. The notice must state that the purpose, or one (1) of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the plan and must contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the plan. The notice shall include or be accompanied by a copy of the organic documents as they will be in effect immediately after the entity conversion; Unless chapters 11-27 of this title, the charter, or the board of directors acting pursuant to subdivision (3) requires a greater vote or a vote by voting groups, the plan of conversion to be authorized must be approved by each voting group entitled to vote separately on the plan by a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the plan by that voting group; If any provision of the charter, bylaws or an agreement to which any of the directors or shareholders are parties, adopted or entered into before January 1, 2013, applies to a merger of the corporation and the document does not refer to an entity conversion of the corporation, the provision shall be deemed to apply to an entity conversion of the corporation until such time as the provision is subsequently amended; and If as a result of the conversion one (1) or more shareholders of the corporation would become subject to owner liability for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of any other person or entity, approval of the plan of conversion shall require the execution, by each such shareholder, of a separate written consent to become subject to such owner liability. Acts 2000, ch. 623, § 1; 2006, ch. 620, §§ 60–62; 2012, ch. 1051, § 39.