Instructions for Completing the Foreign Limited Liability Company Name Change (Form LLC-6) To amend the name of your Foreign Limited Liability Company (LLC) registered in California, you must file a Foreign Limited Liability Company Name Change Amendment (Form LLC-6) with the California Secretary of State. Before submitting the completed form, you should consult with a private attorney for advice about your specific business needs. You must file a Statement of Information (Form LLC-12) to change the foreign LLC222s business address(es) or the name or address of the foreign LLC222s manager(s) or agent for service of process, which can be filed online at . A certificate by the agency where the foreign LLC was formed, issued within the last six (6) months and certifying that the name was changed in that state, country or other place of formation, must be attached to Form LLC-6. Fees: Filing Fee: The fee for filing an Amendment to Foreign Limited Liability Company Name Change Amendment (FormLLC-6) is $30.00.Faster Service Fee:- Counter and guaranteed expedite services are available only for documents submitted in person (drop off) to ourSacramento office. - Counter Drop Off: A separate, non-refundable $15.00 counter drop off fee is required if you submit in person(drop off) your completed document at our Sacramento office. The $15.00 counter drop off fee provides priority service over documents submitted by mail. The drop off fee does not apply to mail submissions. The special handling fee is not refundable whether the document is filed or rejected. - Guaranteed Expedite Drop Off: For more urgent submissions, documents can be processed within aguaranteed timeframe for a non-refundable fee in lieu of the counter drop off fee. For detailed information about this faster processing service through our Preclearance and Expedited Filing Services, go to Copies: Upon filing, we will return one (1) plain copy of your filed document for free, and will certify the copy upon request and payment of a $5 certification fee. To obtain additional copies or certified copies of the filed document, include payment for copy fees and certification fees at the time the document is submitted. Additional copy fees are $1.00 for the first page and $0.50 for each additional page. For certified copies, there is an additional $5.00 certification fee, per document. Payment Type: Check(s) or money orders should be made payable to the Secretary of State. Do not send cash by mail. If submitting the document in person in our Sacramento office, payment also may be made by credit card (Visa or ). Processing Times: For current processing times, go to If you are not completing this form online, please type or legibly print in black or blue ink. Complete the Foreign Limited Liability Company Name Change Amendment (Form LLC-6) as follows: Item Instruction Tips 1. Enter the name of the foreign LLC used in California transacts business in California, exactly as listed on the records of the California Secretary of State. To ensure you have the exact name that the foreign LLCuses in California, look to your registration document filedwith the California Secretary of State and any name changeamendmentsSecretary of State Records can be accessed online throughour Business Search at BusinessSearch.sos.ca.gov Whilesearching the Business Search, be sure to identify your LLCcorrectly including the jurisdiction that matches your LLC. 2. Enter the 12-digit entity (file) number issued to the LLC by the California Secretary of State at the time of registration. To ensure you have the correct entity (file) number and exactname of the LLC, look to your registration document filed withthe California Secretary of State and any name changeamendments. LLC-6 Instructions (REV /201) 201 California Secretary of State bizfile.sos.ca.gov American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com Secretary of State Records can be accessed online through our Business Search at BusinessSearch.sos.ca.gov. Whilesearching the Business Search, be sure to identify your LLCcorrectly including the jurisdiction that matches your LLC. 3. If changed, list the name of the limited liability company you use now in the state, country or other place where the foreign LLC was formed. The name must match the name listed in the certificate of name change issued by the agency where the foreign LLC was formed. Note: If you are only filing this form to change an existing alternate name, leave Item 3 blank and proceed to Item 4a. The name must match the new name listed in the certificateevidencing the name change issued by the governmentagency where the LLC was formed that must be attached tothe Foreign Limited Liability Company Name ChangeAmendment (Form LLC-6).The certificate must certify that the name was changed andshow both the old name and new name. 4. Complete either 4a, 4b, or 4c. 4a. List an alternate name to be used in California, if: The foreign LLC name in Item 3 does not comply with California naming requirements (Section 17701.08); or Form LLC-6 is being filed only to change an existing alternate name in California. List the alternate name exactly as it is to appear on the records of the California Secretary of State. Note: If you check the box in Item 4a, do not complete Item 4b or 4c. If this LLC registered in California after December 31, 2013,and the foreign LLC name now used in the state, country orother place of the LLC222s formation complies with CaliforniaCorporations Code section 17701.08, you must transactintrastate business in California under the foreign LLC namenow used in the state, country or other place of the LLC222sformation.California Corporations Code section 17701.08 requires:- The LLC name must include: LLC, L.L.C., LimitedLiability Company, Limited Liability Co., Ltd. Liability Company, or Ltd. Liability Co. - The LLC name may not include: bank, trust, trustee,incorporated, inc., corporation, or corp. - The LLC name may not include: insurer, insurancecompany, or any other words suggesting that the limited liability company is in the business of issuing policies of insurance and assuming insurance risks. - The name is not likely to mislead the public and isdistinguishable from other LLCs of record or reserved with the California Secretary of State. A preliminary search of LLC names already of record can bemade online through our Business Search at BusinessSearch.sos.ca.gov . Please note: The Business Search is only a preliminary search and not intended to serve as a formal name availability search. For information on checking or reserving a name, go to LLC-6 Instructions (REV /201) 201 California Secretary of State bizfile.sos.ca.gov American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com 4b. Check the box if (1) the foreign LLC registered in California before January 1, 2014; (2) currently transacts intrastate business in California under the alternate name listed in Item 1; and (3) upon filing Form LLC-6, the foreign LLC will continue to transact intrastate business in California under the alternate name listed in Item 1. Note: If you check the box in Item 4b, do not complete Item 4a or 4c. If this foreign LLC registered in California before January 1, 2014 or after using an alternate California name and the foreign LLC222s new name in the jurisdiction of formation complies with California Corporations Code section 17701.08 , you have the option to do business in California under the new LLC name in Item 3 ( 17708.05). In such case, check the box in 4c, do not list an alternate name in Item 4a, and do not check the box in Item 4b. 4c. Check this box if relinquishing an alternate name. Note: If you check the box in Item 4c, do not complete Item 4a or 4b. Signature Sign and type or print the name of thesignor(s).Form LLC-6 must be signed by aperson authorized by the foreign LLC.Do not use a computer-generatedsignature.If you need more space for signatures:- Place the additional signatures on only one side of astandard letter-sized piece of paper (8 1/2" x 11") clearly marked as an attachment to Form LLC-6 and attach the extra page(s) to the completed Form LLC-6. - All attachments are part of this document. If Form LL