What is a share purchase agreement?
A shareholder sells existing shares in a private company to a buyer: the shares, the price and how it is paid, completion, the seller's basic promises and limits on claims. Start from this template in FileIt eSignature: fill in the blanks, add the people who sign, and send it. Everyone signs online and the signed PDF is filed in your vault.
What you fill in
18 blanks, then the name and email of each person who signs: seller, buyer.
1 The parties
- Date of this agreement*
- Seller (person or company)*
- Seller address
- Buyer (person or company)*
- Buyer address
2 The shares
- Company whose shares are sold*
- Company or registration number
- Shares being sold*
- Percentage of the company's issued shares
3 The price
- Currency*
- Total price*
- How the price is paid* in full at completion, by bank transfer to the Seller's account · in the instalments set out in the payment schedule below
- Payment schedule (instalments only)
4 Completion
- Completion date*
- Approvals needed before completion
5 Promises and limits
- Time limit for claims under the seller's promises (months)*
- Cap on the seller's liability* the total price · 50% of the total price · 25% of the total price
- Governing law*
6 Who signs
- Seller signature and date, job title, initials on every page · The current owner of the shares.
- Buyer signature and date, job title, initials on every page
What the share purchase agreement covers
- Sale of the shares
- Price
- Conditions
- Completion
- Seller's promises
- Buyer's promises
- Limits on claims
- General
Sign it online in minutes
- Fill in the blanks. Names, dates and amounts go straight into the agreement — the preview shows exactly where.
- Name who signs. Tick “This is me” for your own part. FileIt builds the PDF with every signature, date and initials box on the right line, and you can check or move anything before sending.
- Send it. Each signer gets a secure link and signs from any device — no account needed. The signed PDF, with an audit trail and a Certificate of Completion, is filed in your vault and emailed to everyone.