Partnership Agreement

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The key takeaways are that this document outlines the formation of a partnership agreement including details around capital contributions, ownership interests, management roles and dispute resolution.

The purpose of the partnership is not explicitly stated but based on the details provided it seems to be a general business partnership.

The capital contributions of each partner are outlined in Article VI including the partner name, contribution and contribution value.

PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

Name of Partnership
______________________________ PARTNERSHIP
STATE OF ________________
State

County
COUNTY OF __________________

This Partnership Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into on the ______
Day
day of
________________,
Month
20___
Year
(the “Execution Date”) by and between the following Parties:

Name of partner
________________________________, located at the following address:
Address of partner
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________

and
Name of partner
________________________________, located at the following address:
Address of partner
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________

BACKGROUND

A. The Partners wish to associate themselves as partners in business.


B. This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions that govern the Partners within the
Partnership.

IN CONSIDERATION OF and as a condition of the Partners entering into this Agreement and
other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which consideration is acknowledged,
the Parties to this Agreement agree to the following:

ARTICLE I
Formation

By this Agreement, the Partners enter into a general partnership (the “Partnership”) in accordance
with the laws of the State of State
________________.
of Partnership formation The rights and obligations of the Partners will
be stated in the Uniform Partnership Act of the State of __________________
State where Partnership is formed (the “Act”) except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement.

ARTICLE II
Name
Name of Partnership
The name of the partnership shall be the ________________________ partnership.

ARTICLE III
Purpose

The purpose of the Partnership will be the following:


____________________________________________________________________________
Partnership purpose

____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
ARTICLE IV
Term

The partnership's existence shall commence on ____________________


Starting date of Partnership
and it shall continue
until dissolved either by mutual agreement or by operation of law.

ARTICLE V
Place of Business

The principal office of the business of the Partnership will be located at the following address or
other such place as the Partners may from time to time designate:
Partnership's primary place of business
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________

ARTICLE VI
Capital Contributions

The initial partnership capital shall be $______________


Initial capital amount in words
(______________ dollars ). Each of
the Partners has contributed to the capital of the Partnership , in cash, property , or services in
agreed upon value, as follows (the “Capital Contribution”):

Partner Name Contribution Contribution Value


Name of Partner Description of contribution Value of capital
__________________________ ___________________ $________________
__________________________ ___________________ $________________
__________________________ ___________________ $________________
__________________________ ___________________ $________________
__________________________ ___________________ $________________

All contributions will be submitted fully and on time, no later than _____________________.
Date Partners must submit contributions

All capital contributions are final unless all Partners give written consent of withdrawal.

ARTICLE VII
Interest

The Partners’ ownership interest in the Partnership will be as follows:

Partner Name Ownership Interest


Name of Partner
_____________________________________________________ _______________%
Partner's ownership interest percentage

_____________________________________________________ _______________%
_____________________________________________________ _______________%
_____________________________________________________ _______________%
_____________________________________________________ _______________%

ARTICLE VIII
Profit and Loss

Each _______________
Time period for accounting the partners shall determine the net profit and loss of the partnership
and the same shall be divided in the same proportion as contributions to capital. The partners,
may by majority vote, agree to distribute any surplus or may allocate surplus to the capital
account of each partner. No interest shall be paid on capital contributions. No partner shall have
the right to demand repayment of their capital contribution unless the same is through a
dissolution of the partnership and a winding up of its affairs.

The partners shall be entitled to withdraw the following sums from the partnership:

___________________________
Limits on withdrawals
on a _____________________
Basis on which the withdrawals will be made
basis.

Any and all withdrawals made shall be deducted from any profits of the partnership.

ARTICLE IX
Voting

The affairs of the partnership shall determined by majority vote, with votes cast in the same
percentage as capital contributions.

ARTICLE X
Accounting

Books of account of the transactions of the partnership shall be kept at the principal place of
business of the partnership. The books of account of the partnership shall be available for
inspection by all times by the partners. Each partner shall be required to report all transactions
related to partnership business promptly and accurately.

ARTICLE XI
New Partners

The Partnership will amend this agreement to include new partners upon the written and
unanimous vote of all Partners.

The name of the Partnership may be amended if a new Partner is added to the Partnership
upon the written and unanimous vote of all Partners.

ARTICLE XII
Management & Authority

Each partner shall have the right to manage the affairs of the partnership in the ordinary course
of the partnership's business. However, no partner shall have the authority to:

a) confess judgment against the partnership;


b) borrow on the credit of the partnership or guarantee the debts of others with
partnership credit except for transactions under $___________
Maximum amount
(_______________
Amount in words

dollars) within the ordinary course of business of the partnership;


c) convey substantially all of the partnership assets without prior approval by majority
vote.

The day to day affairs of the partnership shall be managed by a management committee, which
shall consist of __________
Number of partners
partners, elected by a majority of the partners. The management
committee shall conduct the business of the partnership, and shall have the authority by its
majority vote to operate all of the business of the partnership, save those items specifically
reserved to the partners as a whole.
ARTICLE XIII
Termination

This partnership shall terminate upon the death, bankruptcy or incompetency of any partner.
Thereupon the remaining partners shall act as trustees for the partners and shall promptly wind
up the affairs of the partnership unless the remaining partners agree that they will continue the
business of the partnership.

ARTICLE XIV
Dispute Resolution

The parties will attempt to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating to the Partnership or this
Agreement through friendly negotiations amongst the parties. If the matter is not resolved by
negotiation, the parties will resolve the dispute using the below Alternative Dispute Resolution
(ADR) procedure.

Any controversies or disputes arising out of or relating to the Partnership or this Agreement will
be submitted to mediation in accordance with any statutory rules of mediation in the state of
State of formation
__________________. If mediation does not successfully resolve the dispute or is unavailable,
the parties may proceed to seek an alternative form of resolution in accordance with any other
rights and remedies afforded to them by law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered in the manner
prescribed by law as of the Effective Date first written above.

Date of Partnership Agreement


Date: ____________________

Signature:

_______________________________________ _________________
Name of Partner
_______________________________ Date

Signature:

_______________________________________ _________________
Name of Partner
_______________________________ Date

Signature:

_______________________________________ _________________
Name of Partner
_______________________________ Date

Witnesses:

_______________________________________ _________________
_______________________________

_______________________________________ _________________
_______________________________

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