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Shareholders Agreement

When starting a company, you, together with your fellow shareholders, are the best of friends for now - a scenario which you assume will continue indefinitely. The unfortunate reality, however, is that most businesses fail due to a fall out between the shareholders. Hopefully, this does not happen to your company. In the unlikely event that it does, our Shareholders Agreement acts as a safeguard against potential fall outs between shareholders, as well as regulating certain governing aspects of your company.

Included in the Shareholders Agreement

The document contains all the basic aspects of a Shareholders Agreement including:

  • The share capital of the Company;
  • The names of shareholders, coupled with the number of shares issued to each;
  • Provisions pertaining to shareholder loans;
  • The dividend policy of the Company;
  • Pre-emptive rights clauses, in that shareholders must first offer shares they wish to sell to other shareholders, before offering them to outsiders;
  • The Company’s dividend policy;
  • The process followed in order to value shares of the company;
  • Drag Along and Tag Along rights;
  • Dispute resolution procedures;
  • Provisions pertaining to confidentiality;
  • How new shareholders will be allotted shares in the Company;
  • How director remuneration is determined;
  • Dispute resolution procedures;
  • Instances required of a forced sale of shares if a shareholder becomes incompetent or breaches the Shareholders Agreement;
  • Provisions pertaining to confidentiality.

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