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A shareholders agreement in a jurisdiction
A shareholders agreement is not a template dump. It is a matter in a jurisdiction, linked to the same company book. The library is $0 — not a per-document SKU. Agree on the split first. Queue the stamp once the book exists — not before.
Formation is a jurisdiction plus a company. The library is $0 — not a per-document SKU. Agree on the split first. Queue the stamp once the book exists — not before. The sample brief is South Africa, company formation, with a personal-account bridge treated as a loan rather than a SAFE. Delaware is the issuer row on the sample book (Northwind Holdings). The library joins the shareholders agreement, the jurisdiction, and the company. We do not emit a page for every city and every practice. Open Counsel when you need the paper.
| Place | Paper | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | Shareholders agreement | Sample brief · formation | Companies Act 71 of 2008 is named; we do not invent a section-45 quote |
| Delaware | Personal-account formation loan | Issuer row · cap table | Delaware law is not another country’s company code |
| Clause | Status | Bind |
|---|---|---|
| Parties / company name | bound | Northwind Holdings (trial) |
| Issued split | bound | Alice Founder 40% Common · ESOP 10% · Seed 50% Preferred |
| Vesting | empty | Not filled in on the sample book |
| Drag / tag | empty | Not marked true on the sample book |
| B-BBEE (ZA) | empty | Not filled in on the sample book |
| IP assignment | story | Teaching story — not a statute excerpt |
| Formation capital | bound | Personal account is a loan, not a SAFE |
| Holder | Class | Shares | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Founder | Common | 4,000,000 | 40 |
| ESOP pool | Common | 1,000,000 | 10 |
| Seed SPV | Preferred | 5,000,000 | 50 |
- Matter
- Shareholders agreement
- Capital
- Personal wire → loan, not a SAFE
- Where it lives
- Same company as the Holdings book
- Counsel
- Free for seekers · open Counsel on this company
Counsel is a person in a jurisdiction. Faces belong on the counsel-match page, not on this library page. Opening the book and this library is $0 — not a timed trial and not a per-document SKU. This page does not file your entity. Stamp fees are quoted on the DE/FL/NV job after the book exists. We do not invent state filing fees.
Questions this page can answer
- Do you publish every city?
- No. South Africa and Delaware on the sample company. Open Counsel when you need the paper.
- Is the personal wire a SAFE?
- No. Formation capital in a personal account is a purpose-restricted loan. A person cannot issue a SAFE.
- Do you file fifty US states?
- No. Agree on the split first. Queue the stamp once the book exists — not before. The library is $0 — not a per-document SKU. We do not file your entity for you.
- Is this a contract-management product?
- No. Clause slots here are intake on this company. Matching a lawyer is the Counsel door.
- Why these two places?
- They are the sample brief and the sample issuer on the sample book.