Shareholder agreements is an important tool for any entrepreneur or entrepreneur as it safeguards their rights and interests. Making a poorly designed shareholder pact can cause major problems and cause absolute ruin. In fine consulting you have the best experts in this field who will be delighted to analyze each of the points of the agreement. Projecting the clauses so you don’t have any future problems. We can help you solve your main doubts:

What are your rights and responsibilities as a shareholder? What form are they executed in? How will the management of your actions be carried out with the company’s board of directors? How can they express complaints and concerns?

All these questions and many more details are resolved in the provisions of the shareholders ‘ agreement. Shareholder agreements or also referred to as agreements are one of the most important parts for a company. Since a correct relationship of their provisions can avoid many problems in the business. Mainly because they behave as a roadmap for certain conflict situations that may arise. Although the two fundamental and most important aspects are to control when and to whom a certain value is sold.

The most common shareholder arrangements

Unfortunately, there is no exact rule to set up the most important agreements for ownership of stocks. And even more so when there are different types of interests. For example, a family business will normally focus on provisions of shareholder agreements to limit the sale of shares to third parties. As are the purchase-sale provisions. They usually are not interested in extending property rights to people who do not belong to the family. There may even be clauses to prevent actions from falling into the hands of competition.

Particularly companies are very interested in the drafting of shareholder agreements that involve a good exit strategy. These are provisions that can save from costly lawsuits on both sides. On the other hand, it is usually possible to find provisions focused on the operation of the business or also called administrative provisions. For example, the form of shareholders ‘ choice for the board of Directors, rules for future capital contributions, agreements for the resolution of certain conflicts, the designation of the corporate office… Etc. You can also find mediation arrangements focused on conflict resolution between shareholders in advance and planned.

Other important aspects of shareholder agreements

• Guarantees. Any shareholder agreement must include a guarantee in the shares. It is important to enumerate the number of shares, the percentage of property in a specific way. It should not be forgotten that through the preferential subscription right, a shareholder is guaranteed the right to buy new shares.
• Management problems. It is usually specified actions and business issues in which the shareholder can intervene to improve the conditions and performance of the company.
• “Shotgun” clauses. It is defined as the right to be able to buy or sell an action to another shareholder. It may be important to incorporate this clause into shareholder agreements although it is not advisable to set the price, but only to specify that the shares should be sold within a fair value. Don’t forget that it’s important to always specify a valuation method. Selling stocks fairly is critical to reducing any present or future conflict. It will protect the rights of shareholders when some heirs want to sell in the future.