Family-owned business shareholders often enter into buy-sell agreements that provide the terms on which an owner can or must sell his or her shares.  Such agreements usually restrict an owner’s ability to sell shares to third parties without first offering them to the company or other shareholders.  Rights of offer are also often specifically triggered upon a shareholder’s death. Finally, these agreements typically spell out the timing and source of the payment by the purchasing company or shareholder.
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