Manager-managed LLC operating agreement
- Annual cost of the managers
- $120,000
- Manager cost carried per member
- $24,000
- Spending the managers may commit together without a vote
- $20,000
- Capital that must vote to remove a manager
- $120,000
Every figure on this page is computed from the inputs entered, by the method stated below it. LLC Lane publishes no clause text, no state fee, no tax rate and no vote rule: the thresholds and the set-asides are yours, and the defaults are a worked example to replace with your own figures.
The figures above start from a worked example ($120,000). Change any input and the answer updates as you type.
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This is a manager-managed LLC operating agreement worksheet that works the management clauses as numbers. Managers times their pay is the annual cost of management; over the members it is the cost each carries; the spending limit times the managers is what they may commit together without a vote; and your threshold for removing a manager, as a share of ownership, is turned into the capital that must vote and, at equal shares, the members that is. Every figure is yours; the worksheet publishes no clause text and no rule. Free, on the page, no account; the paid plan saves every worksheet against the company and the agreement.
The managers' cost, and each member's share of it
Two managers at $60,000 is $120,000 a year, and across five members it is $24,000 each, which is the figure a member weighs against running the company themselves. The worksheet shows both; whether the pay is a salary, a guaranteed payment or a share of profit is a clause for your attorney.
Unvoted authority: the limit times the managers
A manager-managed agreement lets managers act without a vote up to a limit, and two managers with a $10,000 limit each can commit $20,000 between them before any member is asked. The worksheet shows the combined figure so the members set the limit knowing what it adds up to.
Removal, as capital and as members
A removal clause names a share of ownership; at 60% of $200,000 of capital that is $120,000 that must vote, and at five equal shares it is three members. Written as a count the clause can be used on the day; the paid plan keeps the managers, the members and the threshold against the company.
Manager-managed LLC operating agreement: common questions
Is this a free manager-managed LLC operating agreement template?
It is a free worksheet, not a template of clause text: enter the managers, the members, the pay, the spending limit, total capital and your removal threshold, and it works the annual cost, the cost per member, the unvoted authority and the removal threshold as capital and members on the page with no account and no card. LLC Lane Pro saves every worksheet against the company.
What is the difference between manager-managed and member-managed?
In a member-managed company every member runs it and votes; in a manager-managed one the members appoint managers, who may or may not be members, to run it within limits the agreement sets. The worksheet prices the manager-managed version; which suits your company is your call and your attorney's.
What should the threshold to remove a manager be?
Whatever the members agree: the worked example uses 60% to show the arithmetic and nothing more. The check worth making before signing is whether the members who are not managers can reach it between them, and the worksheet shows the capital and the count so you can read that off.
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