In the cases provided for in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, if members who received the contribution refund are without knowledge with respect to the fact that the amount of contribution refunds exceeds the amount of surplus at the day when relevant contribution refunds takes place, relevant members do not have the obligation to respond to the demand for reimbursement by the members that executed the operations in connection with relevant contribution refunds with respect to relevant amount of contribution refunds.
In the cases provided for in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, creditors of a limited liability company may have the members that received the contribution refunds pay the monies equivalent to the amount of contribution refunds (or, if relevant amount of contribution refunds exceeds the amount that the limited liability company owes to relevant creditors, relevant amount owed).