Shareholder Agreements

Are you one of two or more shareholders in a company? If so we recommend that you put in place a shareholders agreement. This agreement governs the relationship between the shareholders and includes such matters as:

• Shareholders rights and obligations including minority shareholders
• Major policy decisions
• Funding requirements and how the shares are valued
• Exit strategies – what happens when one of the shareholders wants to sell their shares
• Bringing in new shareholders

A shareholders agreement is essential to minimise the risk of costly shareholder disputes.

Other situations that you may need to deal with are buy-sell arrangements where the business is protected from the death of one of the key employees, usually through insurance policies, and provision for employee shareholders.

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