Shareholders' Agreements · glossary

Deed of Adherence

The deed in Schedule 3 by which a newcomer agrees to be bound by the shareholders' agreement. A buyer of shares joins as a holder of its class, and no transfer is registered until it signs. A new controller of an owner joins with duties but no rights. Schedule 3 · Clause 10.4 · Chapter 7

Explained in Chapter 7, Transfers, of Shareholders' Agreements.

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How it comes up, in Chapter 7
Two more rules complete clause 10. Ferris or A&W may sell only its whole holding, unless the other agrees in writing to a sale of part. And a newcomer's transfer is not registered until it has signed a Deed of Adherence, a deed in which it agrees to be bound by the SHA.
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