{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-203.06","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 29-203.06","heading":"Effect of interest exchange.","body":"(a)\nWhen an interest exchange becomes effective:\n(1)\nThe interests in the acquired entity that are the subject of the interest exchange shall cease to exist or are converted or exchanged, and the interest holders of those interests shall be entitled only to the rights provided to them under the plan of interest exchange and to any appraisal rights they have under § 29-201.09 and the acquired entity’s organic law;\n(2)\nThe acquiring entity shall be the interest holder of the interests in the acquired entity stated in the plan of interest exchange to be acquired by the acquiring entity;\n(3)\nThe public organic record, if any, of the acquired entity shall be amended as provided in the statement of interest exchange and shall be binding on its interest holders; and\n(4)\nThe private organic rules of the acquired entity that are to be in a record, if any, shall be amended to the extent provided in the plan of interest exchange and shall be binding on and enforceable by:\n(A)\nIts interest holders; and\n(B)\nIn the case of an acquired entity that is not a business corporation or nonprofit corporation, any other person that is a party to an agreement that is part of the acquired entity’s private organic rules.\n\n(b)\nExcept as otherwise provided in the organic law or organic rules of the acquired entity, the interest exchange shall not give rise to any rights that an interest holder, governor, or third party would otherwise have upon a dissolution, liquidation, or winding-up of the acquired entity.\n\n(c)\nWhen an interest exchange becomes effective, a person that did not have interest holder liability with respect to the acquired entity and that becomes subject to interest holder liability with respect to a domestic entity as a result of the interest exchange shall have interest holder liability only to the extent provided by the organic law of the entity and only for those liabilities that arise after the interest exchange becomes effective.\n\n(d)\nWhen an interest exchange becomes effective, the interest holder liability of a person that ceases to hold an interest in a domestic acquired entity with respect to which the person had interest holder liability shall be as follows:\n(1)\nThe interest exchange shall not discharge any interest holder liability under the organic law of the domestic acquired entity to the extent the interest holder liability arose before the interest exchange became effective;\n(2)\nThe person shall not have interest holder liability under the organic law of the domestic acquired entity for any liability that arises after the interest exchange becomes effective;\n(3)\nThe organic law of the domestic acquired entity shall continue to apply to the release, collection, or discharge of any interest holder liability preserved under paragraph (1) of this subsection as if the interest exchange had not occurred; and\n(4)\nThe person has whatever rights of contribution from any other person as are provided by law other than this title or the organic rules of the domestic acquired entity with respect to any interest holder liability preserved under paragraph (1) of this subsection as if the interest exchange had not occurred.","path":["Title 29. Business Organizations. [Enacted title]","Chapter 2. Entity Transactions.","Subchapter III. Interest Exchange."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/29-203.06","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"9ebc041d0ba0a6010f934f59f9fd70826f701428f8ba71783b24847d26674fd7","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-203.05","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-204.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}