{"product":{"id":9,"service_id":12,"hash":"d3cc0a1e3e43780661eced70feafc740","display_order":10,"title":"Shareholders' agreements","description":null,"price":"400.00","vat":"0.2","purchase_option":"quote","ref":"shareholder_agreement","created_at":"2016-11-06 08:23:19","updated_at":"2025-06-18 15:17:32","service":{"id":12,"section_id":3,"display_order":10,"display_order_updated_at":"2016-11-06 08:19:52","page_title":"Company Law Solutions | Shareholders' agreements","page_title_updated_at":"2018-01-02 14:56:18","meta_content":"No company with two or more shareholders should be without a shareholders\u2019 agreement. We can provide shareholders' agreements quickly and at low cost.","meta_content_updated_at":"2017-10-12 18:58:37","title":"Shareholders' agreements","title_updated_at":"2017-08-06 16:03:10","nav_title":"Shareholders' agreements","nav_title_updated_at":"2023-09-09 13:43:31","secondary_title":"A cost-effective agreement drafted bespoke for your company.","secondary_title_updated_at":"2016-12-21 15:56:21","slug":"shareholders-agreements","slug_updated_at":"2016-12-21 15:32:36","published":1,"jumbotron_intro":"No company with two or more shareholders should be without a shareholders\u2019 agreement.","jumbotron_intro_updated_at":"2016-11-06 08:20:01","jumbotron_copy":"<p>Do you want:<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"fa-ul\">\r\n<li><i class=\"fa-li fa fa-angle-right\"><\/i>To protect the interests of all shareholders?<\/li>\r\n<li><i class=\"fa-li fa fa-angle-right\"><\/i>To have certainty about how the company is to be run?<\/li>\r\n<li><i class=\"fa-li fa fa-angle-right\"><\/i>To have things covered in the event of someone&rsquo;s death or departure from the company?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"pull-right\"><span class=\"btn btn-primary jumbotron-link\">From &pound;400 + VAT<\/span><\/p>","jumbotron_copy_updated_at":"2025-06-18 15:17:21","service_intro":"If the answer to any of the above questions is \u2018yes,\u2019 it\u2019s very likely that you will benefit from having a shareholders\u2019 agreement.","service_intro_updated_at":"2016-11-06 08:21:18","service_copy":"<p>Unless constrained by a shareholders' agreement, shareholders with a simple majority of votes have very wide powers under company law. Without requiring any consent from the other shareholders, they can appoint new directors (perhaps their friends or family members), remove any director (such as one of the other shareholders), vote to pay themselves salaries or fees which other shareholders or directors do not receive, or issue more shares (so diluting existing shareholders' ownership of the company).<\/p>\r\n<p>A shareholders&rsquo; agreement is also useful for setting out the rules that apply when a shareholder wants to transfer his or her shares, and what happens to them when the shareholder dies.<\/p>","service_copy_updated_at":"2016-11-06 08:21:47","service_overview":"<p>We prepare shareholders' agreements that are suitable for private companies with small numbers of shareholders who want to protect their individual interests in the company. Our agreements are straightforward and easy for all parties to understand.<\/p>\r\n<p>We start by taking details about the company and the people involved. We ask what issues are important to the various parties, and advise on typical issues and solutions. We then provide a draft agreement for approval, usually within a few working days of taking instructions. Please complete our form below and we will get back to you today with a no-obligation quote.<\/p>","service_overview_updated_at":"2016-11-06 08:22:40","icon":"fa fa-balance-scale","last_updated_by":1,"created_at":"2016-09-25 17:31:41","updated_at":"2025-06-18 15:17:21"}},"service":{"id":12,"section_id":3,"display_order":10,"display_order_updated_at":"2016-11-06 08:19:52","page_title":"Company Law Solutions | Shareholders' agreements","page_title_updated_at":"2018-01-02 14:56:18","meta_content":"No company with two or more shareholders should be without a shareholders\u2019 agreement. 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Without requiring any consent from the other shareholders, they can appoint new directors (perhaps their friends or family members), remove any director (such as one of the other shareholders), vote to pay themselves salaries or fees which other shareholders or directors do not receive, or issue more shares (so diluting existing shareholders' ownership of the company).<\/p>\r\n<p>A shareholders&rsquo; agreement is also useful for setting out the rules that apply when a shareholder wants to transfer his or her shares, and what happens to them when the shareholder dies.<\/p>","service_copy_updated_at":"2016-11-06 08:21:47","service_overview":"<p>We prepare shareholders' agreements that are suitable for private companies with small numbers of shareholders who want to protect their individual interests in the company. Our agreements are straightforward and easy for all parties to understand.<\/p>\r\n<p>We start by taking details about the company and the people involved. We ask what issues are important to the various parties, and advise on typical issues and solutions. We then provide a draft agreement for approval, usually within a few working days of taking instructions. Please complete our form below and we will get back to you today with a no-obligation quote.<\/p>","service_overview_updated_at":"2016-11-06 08:22:40","icon":"fa fa-balance-scale","last_updated_by":1,"created_at":"2016-09-25 17:31:41","updated_at":"2025-06-18 15:17:21"}}