Stock Agreement – Buy Sell Agreement between Shareholders and CorporationThis Stock Agreement (the Agreement) is made on the __________________
(date) , between ___________________ (Name of Buyer), a Company organized and
existing under the laws of the state of ________________, with its principal office
located at _____________________________________________________________
_________________________ (street address, city, state, zip code) , referred to
herein as Company, _____________________ (Name of First Stockholder) of
______________________________________________________________________
(street address, city, state, zip code) , referred to herein as First Stockholder, and
________________________ (Name of Second Shareholder) , of ________________
______________________________________ (street address, city, state, zip code) ,
hereinafter called Second Shareholder .
Whereas, the above-named stockholders desire to assure continuity of
ownership of the Company; and
Whereas, the stockholders, have agreed, in order to insure such continuity, to
restrict the sale or transfer of shares of the Company, both during the lifetime and at the
death of any of the stockholders.
Now, therefore, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this
Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. Right of First Refusal
If any stockholder shall, during the stockholder’s lifetime, desire to sell or transfer
all or any part of the stockholders shares of stock in the Company, the stockholder shall
first offer to sell the above-mentioned shares to the Company at a price per share equal
to the then book value of each of the shares as of the last day of the calendar month
next preceding the date the shares are offered for sale. Book value shall be determined
by the independent certified accountants for the Company and such valuation shall be
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistent with the method
of accounting then employed by the Company and shall be binding on the parties.
2. Offer to Other Stockholders if Company does not Purchase The offer to sell shall be communicated in writing by the selling stockholder to the
Board of Directors of the Company and to all other stockholders, and the Company shall
have a period of ________ (number) days after receipt of such notice in which to
exercise its rights to purchase the shares at a price determined as specified in Section
1 . If the Company shall refuse or neglect to notify the selling stockholder in wring of its
intention to purchase the shares within the _____ (number)-day period, or the
Company is prohibited by law from making such a purchase or redemption, the selling
stockholder shall then notify in writing the other stockholders of the stockholder’s
intention to sell and the number of shares offered for sale, and the other stockholders
shall have an additional period of _____ (number) days within which to accept such
purchasing stockholder’s proportionate ownership of the Company immediately prior to
the receipt of such offer to sell.
3. Stockholder’s Rights if Neither Company nor other Stockholder’s Exercise Option.
If neither the Company nor the other stockholders elect to purchase the shares
within the time limited on the terms set forth above, the stockholder desiring to sell or
transfer his or her shares shall be free to do so to any other person or Company free of
any restrictions provided herein; provided, however, that such sale or transfer shall not
be on terms less favorable to the selling stockholder unless the less favorable terms are
re-offered to the Company and/or the other stockholders as herein provided. If the sale
or transfer to any other such person or Company is not completed within ______
(number) days after the expiration of the periods of time set forth in this agreement, the
selling stockholder must, before making any subsequent sale or transfer, re-offer the
shares to the Company and/or the other stockholders as provided in this agreement.
4. Closing of Sale
The closing of the sale and transfer of such shares to the Company or to the
other stockholders of the Company shall take place within ______ (number) days after
the acceptance of the selling stockholder’s offer to sell, and the purchase price so
determined shall be paid by the purchaser to the seller by means of a promissory note
with interest on the unpaid principal amount of _____% per annum. Said Note shall be
payable at _____________________________________________________________
___________ (street address, city, state, zip code) , or at such other place as the
holder may designate in writing, in _____ (number) consecutive monthly installments of
$____________, with the first of said installments being due and payable on the first
day of the month following the sale (pro-rated accordingly) , and on the first day of each
subsequent month thereafter until the entire indebtedness evidenced by this Note is
fully paid. Said promissory note shall permit prepayment at any time without penalty.
Simultaneously with such payment, the stock of the selling stockholder shall be
delivered to the purchaser in such form as to effectively transfer such shares, at which
me such selling stockholders rights as a shareholder of the Company shall cease to
exist as to the shares so transferred.
5. Death of Stockholder
On the death of a stockholder named above, the Company shall purchase and
the estate or persona! representative of the deceased stockholder shall sell the
decedent’s stock in the Company for a consideration equal to the book value of such
stock as established by the accountants for the Company as herein provided above. In
the event the Company is then prohibited by law from making such purchase or
redemption of the decedent’s shares of stock in the Company, the then surviving
stockholders of the Company shall purchase and the decedent’s estate shall sell all of
the shares of stock owned by the decedent on the date of his or her death at the same
price and on the same terms and conditions as set forth above. In the event of the
survival of two or more stockholders of the Company, each shall be jointly and severally
liable to the decedent’s estate for the purchase price, but, as between them they shall
share such liability in the ratio that the number of the shares of stock respectively owned
by them at the time of the decedent’s death bears to the aggregate number of such
shares and the shares of stock owned by the decedent’s estate shall, in like manner, be
apportioned between them based on their proportionate ownership of the shares of
stock of the corporation at the date of the decedent death. The dosing of the sale and
purchase of the shares by the Company or, in the event of its inability to complete the
purchase by the surviving stockholders shall be made within _____ (number) months
after the date of the deceased stockholder’s death. In making the valuation of the
shares, the accountants for the Company shall determine the book value as herein
provided as of the end of the calendar month next preceding the date of the decedent’s
death.
6. Legend on the Stock Certificate No stockholder of the corporation shall sell or offer to sell to a person not a party
to this agreement, nor transfer or assign any of his or her right, title, or interest in or to
any stock owned by the stockholder during the stockholders lifetime nor shall a
stockholders heirs, personal representatives, successors, or assigns make any such
sale or transfer of such shares after the death of any of the stockholders except in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this agreement. Certificates of stock
subject to this agreement shall be endorsed as follows: ‘This certificate of stock is
subject to a stock purchase agreement between its owners, the issuing corporation, and
the other stockholders thereof, dated ______________ (date) and is transferable only
in accordance with the agreement’
7. Termination of Agreement
This agreement shall terminate and become null and void on the occurrence of
any of the following events:
A. Cessation of the corporate business or enterprise during the lifetime of the stockholders;
B. Bankruptcy or receivership or dissolution of the corporation;
C. Death of the stockholders simultaneously or within a period of ______ (number) days, one from the other; or
D. Mutual agreement of termination executed by all of the stockholders of the Company and shown in the minute book.
WITNESS our signatures as of the day and date first above stated.
__________________________
(Name of Corporation)
__________________________ By:_________________________
(Printed Name of Shareholder) __________________________
___________________________ (Printed Name & Office in Corporation)
(Signature of Shareholder) __________________________
(Signature of Officer)
__________________________
(Printed Name of Shareholder)
__________________________
(Signature of Shareholder)
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