Shareholder Forms

Set out the rights and obligations of the shareholders of a UK company with this fully editable Shareholder Agreement template.

• The company will prepare a business plan for each financial year, which will include an estimate of working capital requirements, profit and loss projections, and an operating budget.
• The shareholders agree not to directly or indirectly participate in any competing business.
• Each shareholder agrees to keep the company's information confidential.
• Pre-emption procedure for transfers of shares, except for shares being transferred to a subsidiary or holding company, or to a family trust.
• If a shareholder wishes to sell their shares to a bona fide purchaser, the other shareholders have the option to piggyback the sale of their shares to the same purchaser.

Review the issues that need to be considered and addressed during the preparation of a shareholder agreement for a Canadian corporation with this Unanimous Shareholder Agreement Checklist for Canada.

Topics include:

• composition of the board of directors,
• removal of a director or officer,
• conflict of interest,
• reservation of directors' powers to shareholders,
• shareholder meetings,
• conduct of business,
• restrictions on share transfers,
• buy-sell on the death of a shareholder,
• miscellaneous matters.

This form is available in MS Word format and is easy to download, edit and print. Intended to be used only in Canada.

Prepare a Unanimous Shareholder Agreement for a Canadian corporation with this fully editable template.

• Under this Agreement, one of the shareholders gives the corporation the right to operate a business as a distributor of certain licensed products, and grants the corporation a license to use its trade marks and other proprietary marks in connection with those products.
• Other provisions of the Agreement include:
  • restrictions on the sale and transfer of shares,
  • business of the corporation to be conducted by the directors,
  • shareholder loans to be repaid on a proportional basis,
  • annual valuation of shares, based on the net book value of the company's tangible assets,
  • shares of a deceased shareholder to be repurchased for cancellation by the company,
  • departing shareholders have a put option,
  • non-competition provisions,
  • buy-sell provisions for selling the interest of a departing shareholder.
• Available in MS Word format.
• Governed by Canadian laws and intended to be used only in Canada.

Put in writing your intention to acquire all of the capital stock of a U.S. company in this customizable Letter of Intent.

• The selling shareholders would be retained as consultants during the transition period, on an as-needed basis.
• The sellers would also be entitled to representation on the Board of Directors until the purchase price for the stock is paid in full.
• The purpose of the Letter of Intent is to ensure that the selling shareholders and the purchaser of the shares of stock all have the same understanding of the terms discussed.
• The Letter of Intent is an agreement in principle, not a legal contract, and is not legally binding except as it relates to the negotiations between the parties.

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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Make provision for determining the fair market value of shares with this downloadable Valuation of Shares clause for a Shareholder Agreement.

• The clause sets out the process by which the fair market value (FMV) of the shares will be arrived at in the event that the shareholders cannot agree, following a triggering event which has affected the FMV of the shares.
• This form is provided in MS Word format and is fully editable.
• This clause is generic (not country-specific) and can be used in many jurisdictions.

A meeting of the shareholders of a Canadian corporation may be held without notice, so long as all of the attending shareholders sign a Waiver of Notice form.

• This package contains waiver forms for:
  • the initial meeting of shareholders following the company's incorporation,
  • annual shareholder meetings,
  • special meetings of the shareholders as required by the by-laws or Articles.
• These forms are available in MS Word format and are editable and reusable.
• Intended for use only in Canada.