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- JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT
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- AGREEMENT made ______________,19__ among:______________
- _______________________________________________________________
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- RECITALS
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- The Joint Venturers have agreed to make contributions to
- a common fund for the purpose of acquiring and
- holding:_________________________________________________________
- ___________________________________ called the business interest.
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- The Joint Venturers consider it advisable to acquire and
- hold their business interest through a nominee so as to avoid the
- necessity of numerous separate agreements, to maintain the legal
- title to the business interest in a simple and practicable form
- and to facilitate the collection and distribution of the profits
- accruing under the business interest, and has agreed to act as
- nominee of the Joint Venturers with the understanding that he is
- also acquiring a participating interest in this joint venture on
- his own account,
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- It is therefore agreed:
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- 1. Purpose. The Joint Venturers form this joint venture
- to acquire and hold the business interest in common and to
- provide the finances required for its acquisition. To the extent
- set forth in this Agreement, each of the Joint Venturers shall
- own an undivided fractional part in the business. The Joint
- Venturers appoint as their agent ___________________, whose duty
- it shall be to hold each of the undivided fractional parts in the
- business interest for the benefit of and as agent for the
- respective Joint Venturers.
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- 2. Contributions. The Agent acknowledges that he has
- received from each of the Joint Venturers, for the purpose of this
- joint venture, the sum set after the name of each Joint Venturer
- as follows:
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- Contribution to
- Name Joint Venture
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- 3. Acquisition of Business Interest. The Agent is
- authorized to acquire and hold in his own name, but on behalf of
- the Joint Venturers (of which the Agent is one), the business
- interest, and to pay $__________ for it as follows: $__________
- in cash, and the balance of $__________ by a note in that amount.
- The note shall bear interest at the rate of ___%, shall be due
- and payable on ___________________, with prepayment privileges,
- and shall be secured by
- ____________________________________________ which the Agent is
- authorized to execute and deliver.
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- 4. Profits. The Agent shall hold and distribute the
- business interest and shall receive the net profits as they
- accrue for the term of this Agreement or so long as the Joint
- Venturers are the owners in common of the business interest, for
- the benefit of the Joint Venturers as follows:
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- Name Proportion
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- _________________ _______________________
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- _________________ _______________________
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- _________________ _______________________
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- 5. Expenses of Venture. All losses and disbursements
- incurred by the Agent in acquiring, holding and protecting the
- business interest and the net profits shall, during the period of
- the venture, be paid by the Joint Venturers, on demand of the
- Agent, in the ratio which the contribution of each Joint Venturer
- bears to the total contributions set forth in paragraph 2;
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- 6. Liability of Agent. The Agent shall be liable only
- for his own willful misfeasance and bad faith and no one not a
- party to this Agreement shall have any rights whatsoever under
- this Agreement against the Agent for any action taken or not
- taken by him.
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- 7. Term. This Agreement shall terminate and the
- obligations of the Agent shall be deemed completed on the
- happening of either of the following events:
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- (a) The receipt and distribution by the Agent of the
- final net profits accruing under the business interest.
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- (b) Termination by mutual assent of all joint ventures.
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- 8. Compensation of Agent. Unless otherwise agreed to in
- the future by a majority in interest of the Joint Venturers, the
- Agent shall not receive any compensation for services rendered by
- him under this Agreement.
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- In witness whereof the Agent and the Joint Venturers have
- signed and sealed this Agreement.
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- ___________________________ _________________________
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- ___________________________ _________________________
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- ___________________________ _________________________
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- ___________________________ _________________________
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- Form 602
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