How to Draft a Stock Purchase Agreement

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Format your document.. Add a title at the top.. Identify the parties.

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1

Format your document.

Step 1

Format your document.

2

Add a title at the top.

Step 2

Add a title at the top.

3

Identify the parties.

Step 3

Identify the parties.

4

Include your recitals.

Step 4

Include your recitals.

5

Grant shares to the purchaser.

Step 5

Grant shares to the purchaser.

6

Require the purchaser to deliver payment.

Step 6

Require the purchaser to deliver payment.

7

Explain the delivery of the shares to the purchaser.

Step 7

Explain the delivery of the shares to the purchaser.

8

Warrant that you are authorized to sell the shares.

Step 8

Warrant that you are authorized to sell the shares.

9

Have the buyer warrant that they are authorized to buy the shares.

Step 9

Have the buyer warrant that they are authorized to buy the shares.

10

Warrant that the stock is free of all liens.

Step 10

Warrant that the stock is free of all liens.

11

Include a provision about investment risk.

Step 11

Include a provision about investment risk.

12

Warrant that the transaction will not expose the parties to a lawsuit.

Step 12

Warrant that the transaction will not expose the parties to a lawsuit.

13

Include a merger clause.

Step 13

Include a merger clause.

14

Add a severability clause.

Step 14

Add a severability clause.

15

Identify the governing law of the agreement.

Step 15

Identify the governing law of the agreement.

16

Require that all amendments be in writing.

Step 16

Require that all amendments be in writing.

17

Insert signature blocks.

Step 17

Insert signature blocks.

18

Show the draft to a lawyer.

Step 18

Show the draft to a lawyer.

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