Free Corporate Governance Templates

This legal template outlines an agreement where company promoters purchase an industrial plot on behalf of a company that is still in the process of incorporation. It establishes terms for the transfer of title, payment schedules, and includes a supplemental agreement for the company to formally adopt the contract once it is legally registered.

This template is a standard **Deed of Partnership** for establishing or amending a partnership business in India. It includes clauses for capital contribution, profit and loss sharing, remuneration for working partners, and dispute resolution through arbitration according to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

This template is a **secured loan agreement** for inter-corporate deposits between a lender and a borrower. It includes a third-party **pledger** who provides equity shares as collateral, ensuring the lender can recover the debt if the borrower defaults.

This template outlines the governance and ownership structure for a new company's founding team. It covers **equity vesting**, roles and responsibilities, non-compete restrictions, and procedures for the sale of shares or founder departure.

This document allows a newly incorporated company in India to formally adopt and ratify a contract signed on its behalf by a promoter or representative prior to incorporation. By executing this agreement, the company assumes all legal responsibilities and benefits from the original contract while releasing the individual representative from personal liability.

This document is a template for establishing a **Public Charitable Trust** in India. It outlines the transfer of a 'Trust Estate' from a Settlor to Trustees for purposes including **poverty relief, education, and medical aid**, while defining the powers and duties of the Trustees regarding investments and administration.

A founders' agreement for an early-stage private company in India, governing the relationship between co-founders. It sets out founder roles and responsibilities, board composition and reserved matters requiring unanimous founder consent, existing shareholding, vesting of founder shares over three years (with acceleration on a change of control), share-transfer restrictions (right of first offer and tag-along rights), bank-operation limits, confidentiality, non-competition (while a shareholder) and non-solicitation, assignment of inventions and IP to the company, and the treatment of a founder's shares on exit — voluntary, for cause, or on death/disability — together with standard boilerplate (governing law: India; arbitration; jurisdiction: Bangalore).

This template establishes a franchise or agency relationship for operating a retail outlet. It covers the supply of goods on a consignment basis, use of trademarks, revenue sharing through commissions, and site management responsibilities. It is designed to formalize the business arrangement between a brand owner and a local operator.

An agreement under which one partner sells his entire share in a partnership to his co-partner in India, dissolving the firm at the same time. It values the seller's share (goodwill, net assets and the business premises), records the dissolution and the allocation of all book debts and liabilities to the purchaser, and provides for payment by an initial sum plus monthly instalments over up to two years. Pending final payment the purchaser holds the machinery, tools and premises as the seller's licensee; on payment of the last instalment the seller executes and registers a sale deed for the property. It sets out the consequences of the purchaser's default — revocation of the licence, surrender of possession, forfeiture of the initial payment, and refund of the balance after permitted deductions. Being both an agreement and a deed of dissolution, it attracts stamp duty accordingly.

This document is a specialized power of attorney template used by a firm to authorize a specific individual to represent them in sales tax proceedings. It empowers the attorney to handle assessment statements, give oaths, and collect various departmental tax forms.