Stock Buy-Sell / Redemption Agreement | USA

Should your company shareholder agreement include a shotgun clause? Learn more about these provisions from an owner-manager's perspective, with this introductory article entitled "Shotgun Clauses & Owner Managers".

• A 'shotgun clause' or 'buy-sell clause' is a provision in the agreement that states if a shareholder wants out of the company, he/she can force the other shareholders to buy his/her shares.
• This article discusses the benefits and pitfalls of shotgun clauses, and the situations in which they work best.
• The author is an Ontario lawyer, with expertise in buy-sell agreements and other shareholder issues.

Prepare the minutes from an annual meeting of the shareholders of a USA business corporation with this downloadable template.

• The corporation's shareholders must meet each year to elect the directors for the coming year and conduct any other business that needs to be dealt with at the annual meeting.
• You can use this template to prepare the standard form of minutes, and re-use the form each year.

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