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Shareholders agreements

Cost: £39.00

We can provide you with a Shareholder's Agreement template. A Shareholders' Agreement contains the rules by which the ownership of a Company is held, controlled and governed. For example, it includes:

• Sets out the procedures for how the Company is to be operated. For example, appointment of directors.
• Provides for the the powers and voting rights of the shareholders in the Company.
• Provides a basis for the resolution of shareholder disputes.
• Provides for pre-emption rights should one shareholder want to buy another shareholders shares.
• Provides for restraint of trade provisions for outgoing shareholders.
• Provides for confidentiality.
• Provides for the right to a Compulsory Purchase of Minority Shareholdings in ceratin situations
• Provides for severance provisions.
• Etc.

It is the customer's responsibility to obtain appropriate legal advice in the use of this document