What is a share subscription agreement?
An investor buys newly issued shares in a private company: how many, at what price, when the money is paid and the shares issued, and the promises each side makes. 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
17 blanks, then the name and email of each person who signs: company, investor.
1 The parties
- Date of this agreement*
- Company*
- Company or registration number
- Company address
- Investor (person or company)*
- Investor address
2 The investment
- Number of new shares*
- Class of shares*
- Currency*
- Price per share*
- Total subscription amount*
- Investor's shareholding after the issue
3 Completion
- Days to pay after signing*
- Company bank account for payment
- Use of the money
4 Investor rights
- Information for the investor* annual accounts only · annual accounts and a short quarterly update · annual accounts and monthly management accounts
- Governing law*
5 Who signs
- Company signature and date, job title, initials on every page · A director or authorised officer signs for the company.
- Investor signature and date, job title, initials on every page
What the share subscription agreement covers
- Subscription
- Payment and issue
- Approvals
- Use of funds
- Company's promises
- Investor's promises
- Information and further documents
- 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.