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Accountants are often requested to incorporate a multi member company or a two-person company. Apart from getting the company formation documentation prepared correctly, it is so important to remind the shareholders that they should regulate their relationship in a formal shareholders’ agreement. Shareholders particularly those setting up a new business may see the professional cost and tension involved in preparing a shareholders’ agreement an unnecessary cost. The purpose of attending is to reaffirm for the accounting profession the importance of encouraging the founding shareholders to regulate their relationship through a shareholder’s agreement. Accountants may also be asked to value a company or the shareholding in a company. The existence of a shareholder’s agreement will be very relevant to the accountant’s role in valuing the company or the shareholding in a company.

Sean Nolan will cover the following topics during this session:

• the benefits of entering into a shareholder’s agreement
• the essential issues to be addressed in a shareholder’s agreement
• the legal position of the shareholders if a shareholder’s agreement is not entered into
• recent case law concerning shareholders disputes and remedies
• share valuations

By attending this session, you will understand how to provide guidance for clients as to why a shareholders’ agreement should be entered into and the consequences of not entering into a shareholder’s agreement.

The session will be of most interest to accountants, tax advisors, auditors, company formation practitioners and business owners.

Course Level: Intermediate