67-434. Purchase of dissociated partner's interest.
(1) If a partner is dissociated from a partnership without resulting in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business under section 67-439, the partnership shall cause the dissociated partner's interest in the partnership to be purchased for a buyout price determined pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
(2) The buyout price of a dissociated partner's interest is the amount that would have been distributable to the dissociating partner under subsection (2) of section 67-445 if, on the date of dissociation, the assets of the partnership were sold at a price equal to the greater of the liquidation value or the value based on a sale of the entire business as a going concern without the dissociated partner and the partnership were wound up as of that date. Interest must be paid from the date of dissociation to the date of payment.
(3) Damages for wrongful dissociation under subsection (2) of section 67-432, and all other amounts owing, whether or not presently due, from the dissociated partner to the partnership, must be offset against the buyout price. Interest must be paid from the date the amount owed becomes due to the date of payment.
(4) A partnership shall indemnify a dissociated partner whose interest is being purchased against all partnership liabilities, whether incurred before or after the dissociation, except liabilities incurred by an act of the dissociated partner under section 67-435.
(5) If no agreement for the purchase of a dissociated partner's interest is reached within one hundred twenty days after a written demand for payment, the partnership shall pay, or cause to be paid, in cash to the dissociated partner the amount the partnership estimates to be the buyout price and accrued interest, reduced by any offsets and accrued interest under subsection (3) of this section.
(6) If a deferred payment is authorized under subsection (8) of this section, the partnership may tender a written offer to pay the amount it estimates to be the buyout price and accrued interest, reduced by any offsets under subsection (3) of this section, stating the time of payment, the amount and type of security for payment, and the other terms and conditions of the obligation.
(7) The payment or tender required by subsection (5) or (6) of this section must be accompanied by the following:
(a) A statement of partnership assets and liabilities as of the date of dissociation;
(b) The latest available partnership balance sheet and income statement, if any;
(c) An explanation of how the estimated amount of the payment was calculated; and
(d) Written notice that the payment is in full satisfaction of the obligation to purchase unless, within one hundred twenty days after the written notice, the dissociated partner commences an action to determine the buyout price, any offsets under subsection (3) of this section, or other terms of the obligation to purchase.
(8) A partner who wrongfully dissociates before the expiration of a definite term or the completion of a particular undertaking is not entitled to payment of any portion of the buyout price until the expiration of the term or completion of the undertaking, unless the partner establishes to the satisfaction of the court that earlier payment will not cause undue hardship to the business of the partnership. A deferred payment must be adequately secured and bear interest.
(9) A dissociated partner may maintain an action against the partnership, pursuant to subdivision (2)(b)(ii) of section 67-425, to determine the buyout price of that partner's interest, any offsets under subsection (3) of this section, or other terms of the obligation to purchase. The action must be commenced within one hundred twenty days after the partnership has tendered payment or an offer to pay or within one year after written demand for payment if no payment or offer to pay is tendered. The court shall determine the buyout price of the dissociated partner's interest, any offset due under subsection (3) of this section, and accrued interest, and enter judgment for any additional payment or refund. If deferred payment is authorized under subsection (8) of this section, the court shall also determine the security for payment and other terms of the obligation to purchase. The court may assess reasonable attorney's fees and the fees and expenses of appraisers or other experts for a party to the action, in amounts the court finds equitable, against a party that the court finds acted arbitrarily, vexatiously, or not in good faith. The finding may be based on the partnership's failure to tender payment or an offer to pay or to comply with subsection (7) of this section.
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Annotations
In calculating a buyout distribution for dissociating partners, the hypothetical sale must be based on all of the partnership's assets and not just selected assets. Robertson v. Jacobs Cattle Co., 292 Neb. 195, 874 N.W.2d 1 (2015).
Interest on the buyout price of a dissociated partner’s interest “must be paid from the date of dissociation to the date of payment.” Robertson v. Jacobs Cattle Co., 285 Neb. 859, 830 N.W.2d 191 (2013).
The date of dissociation when dissociation is by judicial expulsion is the date of the judicial order. Robertson v. Jacobs Cattle Co., 285 Neb. 859, 830 N.W.2d 191 (2013).
If a partnership agreement is silent on profit distributions to a withdrawing partner after dissociation but before completion of the buyout of the withdrawing partner's interest, the 1998 Uniform Partnership Act does not authorize profit distributions. Shoemaker v. Shoemaker, 275 Neb. 112, 745 N.W.2d 299 (2008).
Nothing in this section provides that dissolution of a partnership is a remedy for a partnership's failure to timely pay an estimated buyout price to a withdrawing partner. Shoemaker v. Shoemaker, 275 Neb. 112, 745 N.W.2d 299 (2008).
Subsection (9) of this section provides a withdrawing partner's remedies for a partnership's failure to timely pay a buyout price or its unsatisfactory offer. Shoemaker v. Shoemaker, 275 Neb. 112, 745 N.W.2d 299 (2008).
Structure Nebraska Revised Statutes
67-234 - Limited partnership name.
67-236 - Specified office and agent.
67-239 - Partner; transactions with partnership.
67-239.01 - Partnership; indemnification authorized.
67-240 - Certificate of limited partnership; contents; filing.
67-241 - Amendments to certificate; restated certificate.
67-242 - Cancellation of certificate.
67-243 - Certificates; signature; execution.
67-244 - Certificate or agreement; execution or filing by judicial act.
67-245 - Filing in office of Secretary of State; facsimile signature.
67-246 - Liability for false statement in certificate; general partner; failure to file; liability.
67-247 - Filing of certificate; effect.
67-248 - Delivery of certificate to limited partner.
67-248.01 - Restated certificate.
67-248.02 - Merger or consolidation; procedure; effect.
67-249 - Admission of additional limited partners.
67-250 - Partnership agreement; classes or groups of limited partners; voting rights specified.
67-251 - Limited partner; liability to third parties.
67-252 - Persons erroneously believing themselves limited partners; liability.
67-253 - Limited partner; rights; general partner; rights; records.
67-254 - Admission of additional general partners.
67-255 - General partner; status; termination; when.
67-256 - General partners; powers and liabilities.
67-257 - Contributions by a general partner; powers and liabilities.
67-258 - Partnership agreement; classes or groups of general partners; voting rights specified.
67-259 - Form of contribution.
67-260 - Liability for contributions.
67-261 - Profits and losses; allocation.
67-262 - Distributions of assets.
67-263 - Distributions before withdrawal and dissolution.
67-264 - Withdrawal of general partner.
67-265 - Withdrawal of limited partner.
67-266 - Distribution upon withdrawal.
67-267 - Distribution in kind; limitation.
67-268 - Right to distribution; remedies; record date.
67-269 - Limitations on distributions.
67-270 - Unlawful distribution; liability.
67-271 - Partnership interest; personal property; interest in property.
67-272 - Assignment of partnership interest.
67-273 - Rights of judgment creditor of a partner.
67-274 - Assignee becoming limited partner; rights and liabilities.
67-275 - Partner's executor or legal representative; exercise of powers.
67-277 - Judicial dissolution.
67-278 - Dissolution; right to wind up partnership affairs; powers.
67-279 - Dissolution; distribution of assets.
67-280 - Foreign limited partnership; law governing.
67-281 - Foreign limited partnership; registration; contents.
67-282 - Issuance of registration.
67-283 - Foreign limited partnership; name; agent.
67-284 - Application for registration; amendments.
67-285 - Cancellation of registration; effect.
67-286 - Transaction of business without registration; effect.
67-286.01 - Foreign limited partnerships; sections applicable.
67-287 - Action by Attorney General.
67-288 - Limited partner; assignee; right of action.
67-289 - Derivative action; proper plaintiff.
67-290 - Derivative action; complaint; requirements.
67-291 - Derivative action; expenses; attorney's fees.
67-293 - Filing fees; disposition.
67-294 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1998; applicability.
67-298 - Conversion; articles of conversion.
67-299 - Effect of conversion.
67-2,100 - Existing conversion; effect.
67-403 - Knowledge and notice.
67-404 - Effect of partnership agreement; nonwaivable provisions.
67-405 - Supplemental principles of law.
67-406 - Execution, filing, and recording of statements.
67-408 - Partnership subject to amendment or repeal of act.
67-409 - Partnership as entity; limited liability partnership; treatment.
67-410 - Formation of partnership.
67-411 - Partnership property.
67-412 - When property is partnership property.
67-413 - Partner agent of partnership.
67-414 - Transfer of partnership property.
67-415 - Statement of partnership authority.
67-417 - Partnership liable for partner's actionable conduct.
67-419 - Actions by and against partnership and partners.
67-420 - Liability of purported partner.
67-421 - Partner's rights and duties.
67-422 - Distributions in kind.
67-423 - Partner's rights and duties with respect to information.
67-424 - General standards of partner's conduct.
67-425 - Actions by partnership and partners.
67-426 - Continuation of partnership beyond definite term or particular undertaking.
67-427 - Partner not co-owner of partnership property.
67-428 - Partner's transferable interest in partnership.
67-429 - Transfer of partner's transferable interest.
67-430 - Partner's transferable interest subject to charging order.
67-431 - Events causing partner's dissociation.
67-432 - Partner's power to dissociate; wrongful dissociation.
67-433 - Effect of partner's dissociation.
67-434 - Purchase of dissociated partner's interest.
67-435 - Dissociated partner's power to bind and liability to partnership.
67-436 - Dissociated partner's liability to other persons.
67-437 - Statement of dissociation.
67-438 - Continued use of partnership name.
67-439 - Events causing dissolution and winding up of partnership business.
67-440 - Partnership continues after dissolution.
67-441 - Right to wind up partnership business.
67-442 - Partner's power to bind partnership after dissolution.
67-443 - Statement of dissolution.
67-444 - Partner's liability to other partners after dissolution.
67-445 - Settlement of accounts and contributions among partners.
67-447 - Conversion of partnership to limited partnership.
67-448 - Conversion of limited partnership to partnership.
67-449 - Effect of conversion; entity unchanged.
67-450 - Merger of partnerships.
67-456 - Annual report; certificate of authority.
67-457 - Law governing foreign limited liability partnership.
67-459 - Effect of failure to qualify.
67-460 - Activities not constituting transacting business.
67-461 - Action by Attorney General.
67-463 - Uniformity of application and construction.
67-464 - Partnerships; applicability of act.
67-465 - Limited liability partnership; applicability of act.