Shareholder Buy-Sell Agreement (Corporate Redemption Method) | Canada

The Canada Shareholder Buy-Sell Agreement (Hybrid Method) is an option that Canadians can consider to put a succession plan in place for the continuity of their small business.

• This type of buy-sell agreement is known as a 'hybrid' buy-sell.
• Under this Agreement, the corporation holds life insurance policies on each of the shareholders.
• Upon a shareholder's death, the corporation will collect the insurance proceeds, and use the proceeds to fund the purchase of the deceased shareholder's shares by any of the surviving shareholders who are interested, on a pro rata basis (proportional to their existing shareholdings).
• Any unpurchased shares will be redeemed by the corporation.
• The corporation will make an election for a deemed dividend to be paid from the capital dividend account if possible.
• The Agreement is governed by Canadian income tax laws.
• This legal contract form is available in MS word format and is fully editable.

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Prepare a Directors Resolution to authorize the issuance of new shares in a Canadian business corporation with this easy-to-use template.

• The directors accept the subscriptions for new shares and authorize the corporation to issue share certificates to the subscribers upon payment of the share price.
• Every time shares are issued, the directors must approve the issuance. And you can re-use this Directors Resolution form every time - just change the details of the share purchase.
• This is a reusable digital download that will save your corporate secretary lots of time and extra work.
• The form can be used by any privately owned corporation incorporated under a Business Corporations Act within Canada.