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Buy-out agreement.
This agreement made [Date], by _________, a
professional corporation of the state of _________, licensed to _________[e.g.,
practice law] in the state of _________, and _________, _________ and
_________, being the holders of all the issued stock of that corporation,
states:
1. This agreement shall bind each of the parties
jointly and severally to each other jointly and severally, in consideration of
their joint and several obligations stated here; and it shall likewise bind
them and all persons to whom stock of the corporation is issued by the
corporation or to whom it is sold; and it is conditional to the issuance or
sale of stock of the corporation that the person to whom it is issued or sold
shall become a signatory and party to this agreement.
2. In the event that any stockholder dies or is
disqualified to hold stock in the corporation or withdraws from the corporation
voluntarily, or is compelled to withdraw from the corporation in accordance
with the bylaws of the corporation, the corporation or other stockholders shall
purchase his or her stock, and the same shall be sold to the corporation, as
hereafter stated. A stockholder is disqualified to hold stock in the
corporation, for the purpose of this agreement, when he or she is suspended or
barred from the practice of _________ in the state of _________; and the term
"disqualified," as used in this agreement, means disqualified to hold
stock in the corporation.
3. The life of each stockholder of the corporation is
or will be insured under a life insurance policy taken out by the corporation,
as set forth in the schedule of life insurance appended here and incorporated
here as though fully set forth here. The amount of insurance taken out by the
corporation on the life of each stockholder shall be $_____ for each share of
stock of the corporation owned by him or her, subject to change from time to
time by the vote at a stockholders' meeting called under the bylaws of the
corporation or the written consent of the holders of a majority of the stock
issued by the corporation; and any such change shall be indorsed on the
schedule of life insurance and shall be incorporated in and be part of this
contract as though fully set forth here. The corporation shall take out such
insurance on the life of each new stockholder of the corporation (exclusive of
the estate of any deceased stockholder) and cancel such insurance on the life
of each stockholder who becomes disqualified or who withdraws from the
corporation voluntarily or involuntarily; and shall indorse the schedule of
life insurance accordingly, and the indorsement shall be amendatory of this
agreement.
4. The corporation shall pay all premiums on the life
insurance as provided for by this agreement and give proof of payment to each
stockholder within _________ days after the due date of each premium; and, if
any premium is not paid within _________ days after its due date, the insured
may pay it and be entitled to be reimbursed for it by the company or the other
stockholders of the company.
5. The corporation shall be the sole owner of the
policies of life insurance taken out by it under this agreement and of the
proceeds of any policy on the death of the insured, though it must apply the
proceeds to the purchase of the stock of the corporation owned by the insured
at his or her death and the corporation shall as trustee collect, hold and
apply the proceeds for that purpose, but any excess of the proceeds over the
price of the stock shall belong to the corporation solely and absolutely. The
corporation shall be the sole owner of the dividends paid on any policy held by
it under this agreement, but it shall as trustee apply the dividends to the
payment of premiums on that policy.
6. A disqualified or withdrawing stockholder shall
have the right within _________ days after the date of his or her
disqualification or withdrawal to purchase any policy of insurance on his or
her life held by the corporation pursuant to this agreement. The price shall be
the interpolated terminal reserve of the policy as of the date of the disqualification
or withdrawal, plus the proportional part of the premiums paid by the
corporation (including dividends earned by the policy and applied to premiums)
which covers the period between the date of the disqualification or withdrawal
and the purchase of the policy.
7. No stockholder during his or her lifetime shall
sell, give, transfer or hypothecate in any manner any stock of the corporation
held by him or her except to a person qualified to be a stockholder of the
corporation and with the written consent of the corporation [holders of a
majority of the stock issued by the corporation].
8. Upon the death, disqualification or voluntary or
involuntary withdrawal of any stockholder from the corporation, the corporation
shall purchase, and the estate of the decedent or the disqualified or
withdrawing stockholder shall sell, all of the stock of the deceased,
disqualified or withdrawing stockholder in the corporation; or the sale of the
stock will be made, with the consent of the corporation, to another stockholder
of the corporation or another person who is licensed to _________[e.g.,
practice law in the courts of the state of _________] and qualified to hold
stock in the corporation and who will _________[e.g., practice law] on
behalf of the corporation.
9. The price of each share of stock on its purchase,
pursuant to this agreement, from the estate of any deceased stockholder or from
any disqualified or withdrawing stockholder shall be its book value as of the
end of the month preceding the month in which the stockholder dies or becomes
disqualified or withdraws, plus an amount for each day after the end of that
month until and including the day of the death, disqualification or withdrawal
equal to 1/365th of the net corporate income for fiscal year preceding that in
which the death, disqualification or withdrawal occurs.
10. The book value of each share of stock of the
corporation, for purpose of this agreement, shall be its portion of the book
value of all the stock of the corporation, which shall be arrived at by
determining the cash [fair market] value of all the assets of the corporation
and deducting from it all debts and obligations of every kind and character
owing by the corporation. The assets of the corporation, for the purpose of the
determination, shall include all its real and personal property including, but
not by way of limitation, leaseholds, good and collectible accounts and bills
receivable, the cash surrender value of all life insurance policies taken out
pursuant to this agreement, the proceeds of any such policy on death of a
stockholder, and an amount that is a fair and reasonable representation of the
value of the goodwill of the corporation as a going concern.
11. The determination of the book value of the stock
of the corporation at the time of the death, disqualification or withdrawal of
a stockholder, for purpose of this agreement, shall be made by the accountant
serving the corporation at the time of the death, disqualification or
withdrawal, and his or her determination shall be conclusive upon all parties
to this agreement. If at the time of the death, disqualification or withdrawal
the corporation has no accountant then serving it or if the accountant then
serving it fails to make a determination and the parties cannot agree upon a
determination, the determination shall be made by arbitration by three
arbitrators, one arbitrator to be designated by the corporation, one by the
estate of the deceased stockholder or by the disqualified or withdrawing
stockholder and the third to be selected by the other two, all within a
reasonable time. If the two arbitrators selected by the parties cannot agree
upon a third arbitrator, the third arbitrator shall be appointed by _________[e.g.,
the then presiding judge of the _________ court of _________]. The
determination of the arbitrators shall be that arrived at by the majority of
them [any two of them] and shall be made within a reasonable time, and shall be
binding upon all parties to or bound by this agreement.
12. The corporation, a disqualified or withdrawing
stockholder, the personal representative of a deceased stockholder, or a
designated representative of each, shall make, execute and deliver any
documents necessary to carry out this agreement. Each stockholder shall execute
a will in which he or she will direct his or her executor to carry out this
agreement and make and execute all necessary documents, but his or her failure
to leave a will directing his or her executor shall not in any manner affect
the rights of the corporation and other stockholders and the obligations of his
or her estate under this agreement.
13. The sale and purchase of stock of the corporation
on the death, disqualification or withdrawal of a stockholder shall be
consummated as soon as reasonably possible after the death, disqualification or
withdrawal, and at least within _________ days after that in the case of death,
and _________ days after that in the case of disqualification or withdrawal.
14. Shares
purchased from a stockholder upon his or her becoming disqualified may be
resold to him or her upon his or her again becoming qualified for a price to be
determined in the same manner as was the price on the purchase of the stock
from him or her; that is, the price shall be the book value of the stock at the
end of the month preceding that in which the resale occurs, plus 1/365th, for
each day thereafter until the day of the resale including that day, of the net
corporate income for the fiscal year preceding that in which the death,
disqualification or
withdrawal occurs. The income of the corporation after
the disqualification of the stockholder until his or her becoming qualified and
repurchase of the stock shall not in any manner accrue to him or her.
15. This agreement may be altered, amended or
terminated by a writing signed by the corporation and by all the stockholders.
It shall be terminated by bankruptcy, receivership or dissolution of the
corporation. It shall also be terminated by the death of _________ stockholders
of the corporation simultaneously or within a period of _________ days.
16. Each certificate of stock of the corporation shall
have indorsed on it by the corporation the following:
"The sale, transfer or hypothecation of the stock
represented by this certificate is subject to a stockholders' agreement, dated
[Date], a copy of which is on file and may be inspected at the principal office
of the corporation, and all of the provisions of that agreement are
incorporated in this certificate as though fully set forth in it. That
agreement prohibits the sale, gift, transfer or hypothecation of the stock to
any person not qualified to be a stockholder of the corporation and without the
written consent of the corporation [holders of a majority of the stock issued
by the corporation]. That agreement also requires the sale to, and purchase by,
the corporation or its stockholders of the stock of any stockholder who dies, who
becomes disqualified to hold the stock, or who voluntarily or involuntarily
withdraws from employment by the corporation otherwise than by
retirement."
Any certificate of stock issued by the corporation
shall be so indorsed and any certificate of stock issued by the corporation
without such indorsement shall be surrendered to the corporation to be so
indorsed by it and then returned to the holder.
17. It is the intention of this agreement that it
shall conform and be construed as in conformity with _________[statutory
citation] authorizing the incorporation of professional corporations and
their licensing to perform professional services and with all rules and
regulations of _________[licensing agency] authorized by it.
18. This agreement is binding upon the corporation,
all its present and future stockholders and their successors, heirs, legal
representatives and assigns.
In witness, etc.
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