There are often various circumstances under which a company
(existing or future) requires its shareholders to sign a
shareholders agreement.
The reason for the above can be varied: an agreement between the
founders of a company, an agreement between old shareholders and
new shareholders in a particular company, a voting agreement
between some of the shareholders of a public company and other such
circumstances that vary from one case to the other.
A clear outcome of this is that it is of significant importance
to understand the reasons for the parties to sign such shareholders
agreement so that the appropriate legal mechanisms can be applied
in order to bridge any gaps there may be between the parties to the
agreement and also to contain any future disputes between the
parties. One must also consider the weight of the company's
article of association, which also regulates the relationship
between the shareholders themselves and between them and the
company, and the
