Private limited company times the current minimum wage, R$ 78.800,00 (US$26.267.00) as of 2015. Bulgarian legislation corresponds LLCs (Ltd, GmbH, SARL, etc.) as "Дружество с ограничена отговорност" ("Druzhestvo s ogranichena otgovornost"; company with limited liability). Companies incorporated under this structure append the cyrillic abbreviation "ООД" (Latin script: OOD) to their name. In the case of an LLC incorporated with a sole-shareholder/member (sole-ownership), this is designated and known as "Еднолично дружество с ограничена отговорност" ("Ednolichno druzhestvo s ogranichena otgovornost"; sole-ownership company with limited liability) and abbreviated as "ЕООД" (EOOD). The EOOD specifically, is exempted from annual, general or extraordinary meetings for making decisions and
Limited liability company partnership, and, under certain circumstances, LLCs may be organized as not-for-profit. In certain U.S. states (for example, Texas), businesses that provide professional services requiring a state professional license, such as legal or medical services, may not be allowed to form an LLC but may be required to form a similar entity called a professional limited liability company (PLLC). A limited liability company (LLC) is a hybrid legal entity having certain characteristics of both a corporation and a partnership or sole proprietorship (depending on how many owners there are). An LLC is a type of unincorporated association distinct from a corporation.