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THIS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT is entered into and
effective as of this
day of
,20
by (first party)
and by (second party)
,
herein after referred to as "Partners".
The Partners desire to form a general partnership
under the laws of the (State you reside in) for the purposes
and on the terms and conditions stated in this agreement.
Therefore, the parties agree to become partners and to form a
partnership and further acknowledge and agree as follows:
1. NAME
The name of the partnership shall be
.
2. PLACE OF BUSINESS
The partnership's principal place of
business shall be at
.
The principal place of business may be changed from time to
time and other places of business may be established by
actions taken in accordance with the provisions of this
agreement that govern management of the partnership's
business and affairs
3. TERM
The partnership shall begin as of the
date of this agreement and shall continue until dissolved by
mutual agreement of all the Partners or under the provisions
for dissolution and winding up in this agreement.
4. PURPOSE
The purpose of the partnership is:
(1)
(2)
(3)
5. BUSINESS NAME
The Partners, or any one of the, on the
partnership's behalf shall sign and cause to be filed an
appropriate business name under the Consumer (Corporate)
Affairs within 30 days after the partnership begins doing
business, within 30 days after any subsequent change in its
membership, and before the expiration of any previously filed
statement. Each of the parties to this agreement appoints
as his agent and solicitor
solely to execute on his behalf any such business name
statement relating this partnership.
6. STATEMENT FOR PARTNERSHIP REAL ESTATE
Promptly following the commencement of
the partnership and any subsequent change in its membership,
the Partners shall sign, acknowledge, and verify a statement
and cause it to be recorded in each shire (State you reside
in) in which the partnership owns or contemplates owning real
estate property or any interest in real estate property.
7. CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
(Name of first partner) and (Name of
second partner) shall contribute (type in specified amount)
cash, each, as their capital contribution to the partnership.
Any real money spent prior to the ratification of this
agreement by any of the "Partners" shall be reimbursed from
the capital contributions as soon as possible after
processing by the accounting staff.
8. ADDITIONAL CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Whenever it is determined by the written
agreement of Partners holding a majority in capital interest
of the partnership that its capital is or is presently likely
to become insufficient for the conduct of its business, those
Partners may, by written notice to all Partners, call for
additional contributions to capital. These contributions
shall be payable in cash no later than the date specified in
the note, or no sooner than 30 days after the notice is
given. Each Partner shall be liable to the partnership for
his share of the aggregate contributions duly called for
under this paragraph.
9. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS
No Partner may make any voluntary
contribution of capital to the partnership without the
consent of all the Partners.
10. WITHDRAWAL OF CAPITAL
No Partner may withdraw capital from the
partnership without the consent of all the Partners.
11. INTEREST ON CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
No Partner shall be entitled to receive
any interest on his capital contribution.
12. LOANS TO PARTNERSHIP
No Partner shall lend or advance money to
or for the partnership's benefit without the approval of all
the Partners.
If any Partner, with the requisite
consent of the other Partners, lends any money to the
partnership in addition to his contribution to its capital,
the loan shall be a debt of the partnership to that Partner
and shall bear interest at the rate of (state agreed
percentage). The liability shall not be regarded as an
increase of the lending Partner's capital, and it shall not
entitle him to any increased share of the partnership's
profits.
13. DIVISION OF PROFITS AND LOSSES
The partnership's profits and losses
shall be shared equally among the Partners.
14. FISCAL YEAR OF PARTNERSHIP
The fiscal year of the partnership shall
be the calendar year.
15. ACCOUNTING METHOD
The partnership books shall be kept on
the cash basis.
16. DETERMINATION OF PROFIT AND LOSS
The partnership's net profit or net loss
for each fiscal year shall be determined as soon as
practicable after the close of that fiscal year in accordance
with the accounting principles employed in the preparation of
the tax return filed by the partnership for that year, but
without any special provisions for tax-exempt or partially
tax-exempt income.
17. PARTNERSHIP BOOKS
Property and complete books of account of
the partnership business shall be kept at the partnership's
principal place of business and shall be open to inspection
by any of the Partners or their accredited representatives at
any reasonable time during business hours. The accounting
records shall be maintained in accordance with generally
accepted bookkeeping practices for this type of business.
The books shall be examined by an independent certified
public accountant at least annually.
18. MANAGEMENT OF PARTNERSHIP
The managing general partner for
administrative and ministerial functions only shall be (state
partner's full name) and to the extent necessary to fulfil
such functions, he shall have control over the business and
assume direction of the operations. He shall consult and
confer as far as practicable with the non-managing Partners,
but the power of decision over such matters is vested in him.
On his death, resignation or other disability preventing him
from carrying out his duties created herein, a successor
managing Partner shall be selected by a majority in capital
interest of the Partners
19. ACTS REQUIRING MAJORITY CONSENT.
The following acts may be done only with
the consent of a majority in capital interest of partners:
(a) Borrowing money in the partnership's
name, other than in the ordinary course of the partnership's
business or to finance any part of the purchase price of the
partnership's properties.
(b) Transferring, hypothecating, compromising, or releasing any partnership claim except on payment
in full.
(c) Selling, leasing, or hypothecating
any partnership property or entering into any contract for
any such purpose, other than in the ordinary course of the
partnership's business and other than any hypothecation of
partnership property to secure a debt resulting from an
transaction permitted under (a).
(d) Knowingly suffering or causing any-
thing to be done whereby partnership property may be seized
or attached or taken in execution, or its ownership or
possession otherwise endangered.
20. HANDLING OF PARTNERSHIP FUNDS
All partnership funds shall be deposited
in the partnership's name and shall be subject to withdrawal
only on the signatures of at least TWO (2) Partners, except
that an operating account may be maintained with a balance
never to exceed (state agreed amount). The monies in the
operating account shall be subject to withdrawal on the
signature of the managing partner, or any other partner in
his absence.
21. OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES OF PARTNERS
Any Partner may be engaged in one or more
business, other than the business of the partnership, but
only to the extent that this activity does not compete or
materially interfere with the business of the partnership and
does not conflict with the obligations of that Partner under
this agreement. Neither the partnership nor any other
Partner shall have the right to any income or profit derived
by a Partner from any business activity permitted under this
section.
22. PARTNERS DEATH, DISABILITY, OR VOLUNTARY
WITHDRAWAL
In the case of partner's death, permanent
physical or mental disability, retirement from the
partnership, or voluntary withdrawal from the partnership,
the partnership shall not dissolve or terminate but its
business shall continue without interruption and without any
break in continuity. On the death, disability, or withdrawal
of any partner, the others shall not liquidate or wind up the
affairs of the partnership, except as otherwise provided in
this agreement, but shall continue to conduct a partnership
under the terms of this agreement with any successor or
transferee of the deceased or withdrawn Partner.
23. RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
If any Partner receives an offer, whether
or not solicited by him, from a person not then a Partner to
purchase all or any portion of his interest in the
partnership, and if the Partner receiving the offer is
willing to accept it, he shall give written notice of the
amount and terms of the offer, the identity of the proposed
transferee, and his willingness to accept the offer to each
of the other Partners. The other Partners shall have the
option, within 45 days after that notice is given, to
purchase the designated interest or designated portion of the
interest of the Partner giving notice on the same terms as
those contained in the offer. If both Partners choose to
exercise their option, then they shall each contribute
one-half of the consideration and shall each individually
acquire one-half of the selling Partner's interest. If only
one Partner exercises the option individually, then there is
no right to receive one-half of the interest transferred by
the other Partner by any remaining Partner.
24. INDEMNIFICATION
Each Partner shall indemnify and hold
harmless the partnership and each of the other Partners from
any and all expense and liability resulting from or arising
out of any negligence or misconduct on his part to the extent
that the amount exceeds the applicable insurance carried by
the partnership.
25. AMENDMENTS
This agreement may be amended at any time
and from time to time, but any amendment must be in writing
and signed by each person who is then a Partner.
26. NOTICES
Any written notice to any of the Partners
required or permitted under this agreement shall be deemed to
have been duly given on the second day after mailing if
mailed to the party to whom notice is to be given, by first
class certified return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
and addressed to the addressee at the address stated opposite
his name below, or at the most recent address, specified by
written notice, given to the sender by the addressee under
this provision. Notices to the partnership shall be
similarly given, and address to it at its principal place of
business.
27. GOVERNING LAW
This agreement is executed and intended
to be performed in the (State you reside in), and the laws of
that state shall govern its interpretation and effect.
28. SUCCESSORS
This agreement shall be binding on and
inure to the benefit of the respective successors, assigns,
and personal representatives of the parties, except to the
extent of any contrary provision in this agreement.
29. SEVERABILITY
If any term, provision, covenant, or
condition of this agreement is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the rest
of the agreement shall remain in full force and effect and
shall in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated.
30. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This instrument contains the entire
agreement of the parties relating to the rights granted
and obligations assumed in this agreement. Any oral representations or modifications concerning this instrument
shall be of no force or effect unless contained in a subsequent written modification signed by the party to be
charged.
In WITNESS WHEREOF,the Partners
have executed this agreement as of the date first above
written at
,Australia
.
FULL NAME OF PARTNER:
Residential address:
FULL NAME OF PARTNER:
Residential address:
Witnessed by:
Address:
Signature:______________________________
Name of Signature:
Phone (include country code and area code):
Email:*
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