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FOUNDERS AGREEMENT This Agreement is executed on [effective_date] between [founder_1_name] and [founder_2_name] (together "the Founders"), in connection with [company_name]. 1. EQUITY SPLIT The Founders agree to hold equity in [company_name] in the following proportion: [founder_1_name] - [founder_1_equity]%; [founder_2_name] - [founder_2_equity]%. 2. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES [roles_description] 3. VESTING Each Founder's equity shall vest over a period of [vesting_period_years] years, such that a Founder who leaves before their equity has fully vested retains only the vested portion, and the unvested portion returns to the company pool. 4. DECISION MAKING Major decisions affecting the company shall require the mutual written consent of both Founders, unless otherwise agreed in a separate shareholders' agreement. 5. EXIT If a Founder wishes to exit, the remaining Founder(s) shall have a right of first refusal to purchase the exiting Founder's vested equity at a mutually agreed or independently valued price. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Founders have executed this Agreement on the date first written above. [founder_1_name] [founder_2_name]

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