Below are four critical topics you and your lawyer should consider when drafting your company's buy-sell agreement. Identify the Parties Involved. Agree on the Trigger Events. Agree on a Valuation Method. Set Realistic Expectations and Frequently Review the Agreement Terms. About the Author.
Following are the key pieces of information that should be spelled out within the buy-sell agreement: List of triggering buyout events. List of partners or owners involved and their current equity stakes. A recent valuation of the company's overall equity. A funding instrument, such as life insurance policies.
With a sale of shares, the seller of the shares transfers their shares in a private company to a purchaser. The sale needs to be in ance with the Companies Act 71 of 2008, the Memorandum of Incorporation of the Company as well as in ance with any existing shareholders agreement entered into.
The answer is usually no, but there are vital exceptions. Shareholders have an ownership interest in the company whose stock they own, and companies can't generally take away that ownership.
A shareholder cannot typically force another shareholder to sell their shares unless there is a contractual obligation entitling them to do so. For example, if there is a provision enabling such a sale in the company's Articles of Association, Shareholder Agreement or another valid contract.