Shareholders' Agreement (Denmark) by Seedsummit

Open Legal LibraryUpdated 25 Oct 2025

The Seedsummit Shareholders’ Agreement governs the ownership, rights, and obligations of two parties as shareholders in a Danish company, setting rules for share transfers, board composition, voting, and key management decisions. It also regulates pre-emption, tag-along and drag-along rights, restrictive covenants, breach remedies, confidentiality, and dispute resolution under Danish law.

SHAREHOLDERS' AGREEMENT

regarding [company name], company reg. no. [company cvr]

Introduction to the Shareholders' agreement:

A shareholders' agreement is an agreement entered into between the shareholders of a company which sets out provisions governing the ownership and governance of the company. The shareholders' agreement outlines the shareholders' rights and obligations, and it typically includes provisions regulating areas such as composition of management, transferability of shares, reverse vesting schemes, and restrictive covenants. Pursuant to Danish corporate law, a shareholders' agreement is not binding for the company itself but exclusively between the shareholders.

This shareholders' agreement (the “Shareholders' Agreement”) is entered into by and between:

[owner 1 name]
Company reg. (CVR). no. [owner 1 cvr]
[owner 1 address]
("[owner 1 name]")

and

[owner 2 name]
Company reg. (CVR). no. [owner 2 cvr]
[owner 2 address]
("[owner 2 name]")

[additional owners]

(Owner 1 and Owner 2 referred to as the “Parties” and individually a “Party”)

regarding the Parties' ownership of shares in [company name], company reg. (CVR). no. [company cvr], [company address] (the "Company").

Definitions

For the purpose of this Shareholders’ Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the below meaning:

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