Buyout Agreements Line by Line: A Detailed Look at Buyout Agreements and How to Change Them to Meet Your Clients Needs

Written by a practicing attorney with more than twenty-five years of experience negotiating the purchase and sale of interests in companies, Buyout Agreements Line by Line is a comprehensive examination of a buyout transaction for senior executives. It walks readers through the various agreements involved in a buyout and discusses why particular clauses are employed, noting those which are crucial for the seller, the company, and both parties, as well as those that are "boilerplate."

This book covers such key topics as acceleration clauses in promissory notes, the need for "future assurances" clauses, pledges of stock certificates as collateral for the payment of future obligations, and the purpose and enforcement of non-compete clauses and confidentiality provisions. This publication provides invaluable insight on the entire buyout transaction by explaining the sum of its parts and why certain agreements are considered in a collective fashion, giving the reader a practical, real-world understanding of the transaction as a whole. Buyout Agreements Line by Line is a valuable resource for any executive of a company that is purchasing an equity holder's interest in the company and paying the purchase price over time, as well as for the seller of his or her interest in the company.

A CD-ROM is included, which provides PDF and Word versions of the book with sample agreements.