shareholders’agreementtheagreement,madethisdayof20__byandbetweenxxx,acorporationdulyorganizedandexistingunderthelawsofmexicoandhavingitsprincipalofficeat________mexico(hereinafterreferredtoas“x”),representedby_________andyyy,acorporationdulyorganizedandex-istingunderthelawsof_____________andhavingitsprincipalofficeat(hereinafterreferredtoas“y”),repre-sentedby__________.
witnesseth
whereas,xhasbeenestablishedwiththepurpose_________amongotherthings,ofinvesting___________business,andisnowdesirousofbecomingengagedinthemanufacturingandsellingcontractbusiness;
whereas,yhasformanyyearsbeenengagedin_______________,amongotherthings,research,developmentandproductionofcertaincontractproductsandinthesaleofsuchproductsinvariouspartsoftheworld;whereas,yhasexperienceinmanufacturingcontractproductsinoverseascountriesandisthereforecapableoffurnishingtechnicalassistanceformanufacturingsuchproducts.
whereas,xandyaredesirousofcooperatingwitheachotherinjointlysetting-upanewcompanyinmexicotomanufacturecontractproductshereinaftermoreparticularlydescribed;andwhereas,xandyaredesirousthatsaidnewcompanywillobtaintechnicalassistancefromyformanufacturingsuchproductsandyiswillingtofurnishsuchtechnicalassistancetothenewcompany;now,thereforeinconsiderationofthepremisesandthemutualcovenantshereincontained,itisherebymutuallyagreedasfollows:
clause1.incorporationofnewcompany:
1.1forthepurposeofforminganewcompanytoengageinmanufacturingandsellingtheproductsdefinedin2.1ofclause2,bothpartiesherebyagreetoincorporatejointlyinmexicoastockcorporationofvariablecapitalunderthecommercialcodeofmexico,withsuchcorporation’sarticlesofincorporationtobeintheformattachedheretoasexhibita,whichshallbeanintegralpartofthisagreement,suchnewcorporationtobehereinafterreferredtoasfcam.
thenameoffcamshallbe:subjecttotheprovisionsofarticlesofincorporationoffcam.
1.2thepercentageownershipoftherespectivepartiesheretointhecapitalstockoffcamshallbe,xanditsthreedesigneesanaggregateoffifty-onepercent(51%),andyanditsthreedesignees,anaggregateofforty-ninepercent(49%),whichpercentageshallbemaintainedwithoutchangeatalltimesduringthetermofthisagreement,unlessother-wiseexpresslyagreedinwritingbybothpartieshereto.inordertoconformtotherequirementsofmexicanlawthatastockcorporationshallatalltimeshaveatleastfive(5)shareholders.eachofxandymayappointthree(3)designees,eachofwhomshallownone(1),butnotmorethanone(1),shareoffcamoutoftheirrespectiveshareholdingsduringthetermofthisagreement.xandyshallatalltimesberesponsiblefortheirrespectivedesigneescompliancewiththeprovisionsofthisagreementandthearticlesofincorporationoffcamapplicabletoxandysolongasanyofthemortheirsuccessorsorassignsholdsaidsharesoffcam,priortotheappointmentofthemortheirsuccessorsorassignsholdsaidsharesoffcam,priortotheappointmentofsuchdesignees.xandyshallconsultwitheachother.