A minority shareholder may require a provision that implies that if a person agrees to buy the shares of a majority shareholder, a shareholder can only sell the shares if the same offer is made to all shareholders, including the minority shareholder. This is often referred to as the «long-day» provision. The objective was to ensure that minority shareholders get the same return on their investment as other shareholders. In addition to describing the characteristics of a shareholder pact, we also have a simple model of shareholder contract available for download. In the absence of a shareholder contract, a minority shareholder (who owns less than 50% of the shares) generally has little control or control over the management of the company. In fact, control will often fall to one or two shareholders. Businesses are generally majority-managed and although the statutes contain provisions relating to the protection of the minority, these may be amended by a special resolution by holders of 75% of the shares entitled to vote. There are laws that offer limited protection to minority shareholders, but they can be costly and may not get the necessary remedies. The agreement contains sections that set out the fair and legitimate pricing of shares (especially during the sale). It also allows shareholders to make decisions about what external parties can become future shareholders and offers guarantees on minority positions.

Below, you will find a list of questions that can be dealt with by a shareholder pact (this list is not exhaustive): a piggyback right allows one shareholder or another to participate in a third-party offer to buy the shares of another shareholder on a proportional basis. This ensures that shareholders with the benefit of the right can leave a company at the same time and evaluate it with the shareholder subject to the right. Because of their nature, Piggy-Back Rights generally prevents shareholders from finding buyers. From a strategic point of view, they should be applied sparingly only to crucial and irreplaceable parts of the company, which are essential to the success of the company. A cash call often occurs as a last resort. As a general rule, cash call clauses provide that where the company needs additional funds and this financing cannot be obtained outside, shareholders are required to make the company available in a barbaric manner in relation to their holding of shares.