(1) “Affiliate” means a person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person. For purposes of s. 620.2114(2)(d), a person is deemed to be an affiliate of its senior executives.
(2) “Appraisal event” means an event described in s. 620.2114(1).
(3) “Beneficial limited partner” means a person who is the beneficial owner of a limited partner interest held in a voting trust or by a nominee on the beneficial owner’s behalf.
(4) “Fair value” means the value of the limited partner’s partnership interests determined:
(a) Immediately before the effectuation of the appraisal event to which the partner objects.
(b) Using customary and current valuation concepts and techniques generally employed for similar businesses in the context of the transaction requiring appraisal, excluding any appreciation or depreciation in anticipation of the transaction to which the partner objects unless exclusion would be inequitable to the limited partnership and its remaining partners.
(c) For a limited partnership with ten or fewer limited partners, without discounting for lack of marketability or minority status.
(5) “Interest” means interest from the effective date of the appraisal event to which the limited partner objects until the date of payment, at the rate of interest described in s. 620.1107(2), determined as of the effective date of the appraisal event.
(6) “Limited partnership” means the limited partnership governed by this act that issued the limited partner interest held by a limited partner demanding appraisal and, for matters covered in ss. 620.2114-620.2124, includes the converted organization in a conversion or the surviving organization in a merger.
(7) “Record limited partner” means each person who is identified as a limited partner in the current list of partners maintained in accordance with s. 620.1111 by the limited partnership or, to the extent the limited partnership has failed to maintain a current list, each person that is the rightful owner of a limited partner interest in the limited partnership. A transferee of a limited partner interest is not a record limited partner.
(8) “Senior executive” means a general partner or the chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, manager, or anyone in charge of a principal business unit or function of a limited partnership or of a general partner of the limited partnership.
(9) “Limited partner” means a record limited partner or a beneficial limited partner.
(10) “Limited partner interest” means all rights and other interests held by a person in the limited partnership in that person’s capacity as a limited partner under this act and the limited partnership’s partnership agreement, including the limited partner’s transferable interest and management and voting rights, if any, and subject to any obligations that such person has in that capacity of limited partner. If the appraisal rights of the limited partner under s. 620.2114 pertain to only a certain class or series of a limited partner interest, the term “limited partner interest” means only the limited partner interest pertaining to such class or series.
History.—s. 17, ch. 2005-267; s. 133, ch. 2007-5.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXVI - Business Organizations
Chapter 620 - Partnership Laws
Part I - Florida Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2005 (Ss. 620.1101-620.2205)
620.1103 - Knowledge and notice.
620.1104 - Nature, purpose, and duration of entity.
620.1107 - Supplemental principles of law; rate of interest.
620.1109 - Department of State; fees.
620.1110 - Effect of partnership agreement; nonwaivable provisions.
620.1111 - Required information.
620.1112 - Business transactions of partner with partnership.
620.1114 - Designated office, registered office, and registered agent.
620.1115 - Change of registered agent or registered office.
620.1116 - Resignation of registered agent.
620.1117 - Service of process.
620.1118 - Consent and proxies of partners.
620.1201 - Formation of limited partnership; certificate of limited partnership.
620.1202 - Amendment or restatement of certificate.
620.1203 - Certificate of dissolution; statement of termination.
620.1204 - Signing of records.
620.1205 - Signing and filing pursuant to judicial order.
620.1207 - Correcting filed record.
620.1208 - Liability for false information in filed record.
620.1209 - Certificate of status.
620.1210 - Annual report for Department of State.
620.1301 - Becoming limited partner.
620.1303 - No liability as limited partner for limited partnership obligations.
620.1304 - Right of limited partner and former limited partner to information.
620.1305 - Limited duties of limited partners.
620.1306 - Person erroneously believing self to be limited partner.
620.1401 - Becoming general partner.
620.1402 - General partner agent of limited partnership.
620.1403 - Limited partnership liable for general partner’s actionable conduct.
620.1404 - General partner’s liability.
620.1405 - Actions by and against partnership and partners.
620.1406 - Management rights of general partner; approval rights of other partners.
620.1407 - Right of general partner and former general partner to information.
620.1408 - General standards of conduct for general partner.
620.1501 - Form of contribution.
620.1502 - Liability for contribution.
620.1503 - Sharing of profits, losses, and distributions.
620.1504 - Interim distributions.
620.1505 - No distribution on account of dissociation.
620.1506 - Distribution in kind.
620.1507 - Right to distribution.
620.1508 - Limitations on distribution.
620.1509 - Liability for improper distributions.
620.1601 - Dissociation as limited partner.
620.1602 - Effect of dissociation as limited partner.
620.1603 - Dissociation as general partner.
620.1604 - Person’s power to dissociate as general partner; wrongful dissociation.
620.1605 - Effect of dissociation as general partner.
620.1607 - Liability to other persons of person dissociated as general partner.
620.1701 - Partner’s transferable interest; certificates.
620.1702 - Transfer of partner’s transferable interest.
620.1703 - Rights of creditor of partner or transferee.
620.1704 - Power of estate of deceased partner.
620.1801 - Nonjudicial dissolution.
620.1802 - Judicial dissolution.
620.1806 - Known claims against dissolved limited partnership.
620.1807 - Unknown claims against dissolved limited partnership.
620.1809 - Administrative dissolution.
620.1810 - Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.
620.1811 - Appeal from denial of reinstatement.
620.1812 - Revocation of dissolution.
620.1813 - Disposition of assets; when contributions required.
620.1901 - Governing law regarding foreign limited partnerships.
620.1902 - Application for certificate of authority.
620.1903 - Activities not constituting transacting business.
620.1904 - Filing of certificate of authority.
620.1905 - Noncomplying name of foreign limited partnership.
620.1906 - Revocation of certificate of authority.
620.1907 - Cancellation of certificate of authority; effect of failure to have certificate.
620.1908 - Action by Attorney General.
620.1909 - Reinstatement following administrative revocation.
620.1910 - Amending certificate of authority.
620.2001 - Direct action by partner.
620.2005 - Proceeds and expenses.
620.2103 - Action on plan of conversion by converting limited partnership.
620.2104 - Filings required for conversion; effective date.
620.2105 - Effect of conversion.
620.2107 - Action on plan of merger by constituent limited partnership.
620.2108 - Filings required for merger; effective date.
620.2111 - Liability of general partner after conversion or merger.
620.2113 - Appraisal rights; definitions.
620.2114 - Right of limited partners to appraisal.
620.2115 - Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial owners.
620.2116 - Notice of appraisal rights.
620.2117 - Notice of intent to demand payment.
620.2118 - Appraisal notice and form.
620.2119 - Perfection of rights; right to withdraw.
620.2120 - Limited partner’s acceptance of limited partnership’s offer.
620.2121 - Procedure if limited partner is dissatisfied with offer.
620.2123 - Court costs and counsel fees.
620.2124 - Limitation on limited partnership payment.
620.2125 - Application of other laws to provisions governing conversions and mergers.
620.2201 - Uniformity of application and construction.
620.2202 - Severability clause.
620.2203 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.