This partnership agreement short form template has 5 pages and is a MS Word file type listed under our legal agreements documents.
Sample of our partnership agreement short form template:
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT This Partnership Agreement (the "Agreement") is made and effective this [Date], BETWEEN: [YOUR COMPANY NAME] (the "First Partner"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the [State/Province] of [STATE/PROVINCE], with its head office located at: [YOUR COMPLETE ADDRESS] AND: [SECOND PARTNER NAME] (the "Second Partner"), an individual with his main address located at OR a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the [State/Province] of [STATE/PROVINCE], with its head office located at: [COMPLETE ADDRESS] RECITALS Partners desire to join together for the pursuit of common business goals. Partners have considered various forms of joint business enterprises for their business activities. Partners desire to enter into a partnership agreement as the most advantageous business form for their mutual purposes. In consideration of the mutual promises contained in this agreement, partners agree as follows: NAME, PURPOSE, AND DOMICILE The name of the partnership shall be [name]. The partnership shall be conducted for the purposes of [specify]. The principal place of business shall be at [address], [city], [state/province], unless relocated by majority consent of the partners. DURATION OF AGREEMENT The term of this agreement shall be for [number] years, commencing on [date], and terminating on [date], unless sooner terminated by mutual consent of the parties or by operation of the provisions of this agreement. CLASSIFICATION AND PERFORMANCE BY PARTNERS Partners shall be classified as active partners, advisory partners, or estate partners. An active partner may voluntarily become an advisory partner, may be required to become one irrespective of age, and shall automatically become one after attaining the age of [age] years, and in each case shall continue as such for [number] years unless the partner sooner withdraws or dies. If an active partner dies, the partner's estate will become an estate partner for [number] years. If an advisory partner dies within [Number] years of having become an advisory partner, the partner will become an estate partner for the balance of the [number]-year period. Only active partners shall have any vote in any partnership matter. At the time of the taking effect of this partnership agreement, all the partners shall be active partners except [name] and [name], who shall be advisory partners. An active partner, after attaining the age of [age] years, or prior to that age if the [executive committee or as the case may be] with the approval of [two-thirds or as the case may be] of all the other active partners determines that the reason for the change in status is bad health, may become an advisory partner at the end of any calendar month on giving [number] calendar months' prior notice in writing of the partner's intention to do so. The notice shall be deemed to be sufficient if sent by registered mail addressed to the partnership at its principal office at [address], [city], [state/province] not less than [number] calendar months prior to the date when the change is to become effective. Any active partner may at any age be required to become an advisory partner at any time if the [executive committee or as the case may be] with the approval of [two-thirds or as the case may be] of the other active partners shall decide that the change is for any reason in the best interests of the partnership, provided notice of the decision shall be given in writing to the partner. The notice shall be signed by the [chairman or as the case may be] of the [executive committee or as the case may be] or, in the event of his or her being unable to sign at the time, by another member of the [executive committee or as the case may be]. The notice shall be served personally on the partner required to change his or her status or mailed by registered mail to the partner's last known address. Change of the partner's status shall become effective as of the date specified in the notice. Every active partner shall automatically and without further act become an advisory partner at the end of the fiscal year in which the partner's birthday occurs. In the event that an active partner becomes an advisory partner or dies, the partner or the partner's estate shall be entitled to the following payments at the following times: [describe] Each active partner shall apply all of the partner's experience, training, and ability in discharging the partner's assigned functions in the partnership and in the performance of all work that may be necessary or advantageous to further the business interests of the partnership. CONTRIBUTION Each partner shall contribute [amount] on or before [date] to be used by the partnership to establish its capital position. Any additional contribution required of partners shall only be determined and established in accordance with Article Nineteen. BUSINESS EXPENSES The rent of the buildings where the partnership business shall be carried on, and the cost of repairs and alterations, all rates, taxes, payments for insurance, and other expenses in respect to the buildings used by the partnership, and the wages for all persons employed by the partnership are all to become payable on the account of the partnership. All losses incurred shall be paid out of the capital of the partnership or the profits arising from the partnership business, or, if both shall be deficient, by the partners on a pro rata basis, in proportion to their original contributions, as provided in Article Nineteen. AUTHORITY No partner shall buy any goods or articles or enter into any contract exceeding the value of [amount] without the prior consent in writing of the other partners. If any partner exceeds this authority, the other partners shall have the option to take the goods or accept the contract on account of the partnership or to let the goods remain the sole property of the partner who shall have obligated himself or herself. SEPARATE DEBTS No partner shall enter into any bond, or become surety or cosigner, or provide security for any person, partnership, or corporation, or knowingly condone anything by which the partnership property may be attached or taken in execution, without the prior written consent of the other partners. Each partner shall punctually pay the partner's separate debts and indemnify the other partners and the capital and property of the partnership against the partner's separate debts and all expenses relating to such separate debts. BOOKS AND RECORDS
