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The key takeaways are that this is a founders agreement that outlines the business, governance, share structures and responsibilities of the founders of the company.

The business of the company is not explicitly stated but it indicates it will be inserted in section 1.1.

The roles and responsibilities of each founder are to be described in Schedule 3 but are not provided in the document content.

[INSERT COMPANY NAME]

FOUNDERS AGREEMENT
This founder agreement (the Agreement) is agreed between [Companys name] (the Company) and the persons, including
the Founders, whose details are set out in Schedule 1 (collectively the Parties, each a Party). This Agreement comprises the
Outlined Terms in Section 1, the Detailed Terms in Section 2 and the Schedules named herein.
1. OUTLINED TERMS

1.1. Business, Corporate Governance and Important Decisions


Business The Companys business is [insert description] (the Business).
Governing bodies Shareholders and Management Board. No Supervisory Board.
Shareholder matters (i) amending the Articles of Association
(ii) changing the Share Capital, excluding the existing Shareholders pre-emptive right
to subscribe for new Shares, options, convertible loans, other instruments giving
their holders the right to acquire any Shares
(iii) issuing convertible note, entering into convertible loan agreement, changing any
material terms of any such transaction
(iv) approving, and changing any material terms of, any option plan
(v) entering into, and changing any material terms of, any option agreement, except in
accordance with previously approved option plan
(vi) entering into any other agreement granting any person a right to acquire any share,
changing any material terms of such transaction
(vii) acquiring own Shares and transferring such Shares
(viii) deciding on merger, division, transformation or dissolution
(ix) disposal of all or substantially all the Companys assets (including Intellectual
Property), or the granting of an exclusive license over all or substantially all the
Intellectual Property of the Company
(x) distributing profit
(xi) electing and recalling Management Board members
(xii) approving annual report
(xiii) electing auditor
(xiv) designating special audit and remuneration of the special auditor
(xv) taking any of the actions in (i)- (xiv) with respect to any subsidiary of the Company
(xvi) resolving other matters placed within the competence of shareholders by Law, the
Articles and this Agreement.
Adoption of Shareholder A resolution in Shareholder matters above is adopted if supported by more than [insert]
resolutions of votes represented by all Shares or a higher majority set forth by mandatory Law.

Management Board The Management Board shall consist of 1 to 3 members. Representation right: each
member may individually represent the Company.
1.2. Share Issues and Transfers, Option Pool
Pre-emption All Shareholders shall have the right to participate in the issue of new Shares pro rata to
their existing shareholdings, unless such right is excluded in accordance with the Articles.
Restriction on transfer and A Shareholder is entitled to Transfer his Shares or encumber them with any Encumbrance
encumbrance of shares only if such transaction has been approved in advance in writing by all other Shareholders.
Option Pool The Company may grant options over the Shares to employees, members of governing
bodies, consultants and service providers subject to a maximum option pool set out in
Schedule 1 row Option Pool. Unless otherwise decided by the Shareholders, options
shall vest over 4 years: 25% after 1 year and remaining 75% in equal monthly instalments
over following 3 years.
1.3. Founders undertakings and covenants
Main responsibilities Each Founders role and main responsibilities are described in Schedule 3.
Promotion of Business The Founders shall promote the best interests of the Company and shall take all actions
on their part to ensure that the Business is conducted in accordance with this Agreement,
the Articles and applicable Law with the aim of increasing the value of the Company.
New Business opportunities All new business opportunities relevant to the Business shall only be taken up through the
Company or its wholly owned subsidiary, except as otherwise explicitly approved by the
resolution of Shareholders.
Devotion The Founders must devote their entire business time and attention to the Company and
may not undertake additional business activities without the approval of all other Founders.
Non-competition Each Founder, in his capacity as a Shareholder, undertakes with the Company not to
compete with the Business in the territory of [ ] (Restricted Territory) while he is a

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Shareholder and for a period of one year after he ceases to be a Shareholder (Non-
compete Period).
Penalty: [ ] per breach
Non-solicitation Each Founder undertakes not to solicit the key employees, key service providers and
management board members of the Group Companies (Key Persons) for the period of
one year after he ceases to be a Shareholder (Non-solicitation Period).
Penalty: [ ] per breach
Control over Founder Holdcos If a Founder holds his Shares through a legal entity (Founder HoldCo):
(i) he shall procure that the Founder HoldCo will remain under his 100% Control;
(ii) he shall be liable for Founder HoldCos obligations arising from the Agreement as a
surety with his aggregate maximum liability being [ ]
(iii) the obligation of the Founder to transfer his share back to the Company under
Reverse Vesting provisions shall apply instead to the Founder HoldCo.
1.4. Reverse vesting
Vesting terms The Vesting Period for Founders Shares shall be 4 years from the Effective Date.
25% of Founders Shares shall vest on the first anniversary of the Effective Date. The
remaining 75% shall vest quarterly in equal installments over the following three years.
Bad Leaver A Founder becomes a Bad Leaver if (a) he voluntarily resigns or (b) his Professional
Relationship is terminated for Cause or (c) the Founder has substantially failed to perform
his role and responsibilities set out in Schedule 3 and the other Founders have sent at
least two notices (with at least one month interval) to the first Founder requiring such
performance and the Founder has not significantly improved the performance within one
month from the latest notice, in each case during the Vesting Period, unless the Company
determines that, irrespective of the above, he is not a Bad Leaver.
Voluntary resignation means the unilateral termination of the Professional Relationship
by the Founder which is not caused by (i) Companys material breach of the Professional
Relationship or (ii) Founders permanent inability to perform duties due to health reasons.
Termination for Cause means the termination of the Professional Relationship in
circumstances where (i) the Founder has committed a material breach of the Professional
Relationship or (ii) he has been convicted of criminal offence or (iii) he has caused material
damage to the Company.
If the Founder becomes a Bad Leaver, the Company may request the Founder to transfer
all his Shares back free of charge.
Good Leaver The Founder becomes a Good Leaver if his Professional Relationship is terminated
during the Vesting Period in circumstances where he is not a Bad Leaver.
If the Founder becomes a Good Leaver, the Company may request the Founder to transfer
all his unvested Shares back free of charge. In addition, in such case the Company may
request such Founder to transfer also his vested Shares back, but such transfer shall be
made against payment of fair value for such Shares.
Unvested Shares shall be 100% of the Founders Shares, in case the Founder becomes
a Good Leaver before the 1st anniversary of the Effective Date and the following
percentage of the Founders Shares, in case the Founder becomes a Good Leaver after
the 1st anniversary of the Effective Date: 100 - ((1/48x100) x NM) where NM is the number
of full calendar months from the Effective Date until the date on which the Founder
becomes a Good Leaver.
Penalty If the Founder delays with his obligations under this Section he shall pay to the Company,
at the request of the latter, a penalty of [ ] for each day of delay.
1.5. Companys covenants
Intellectual Property The Company shall use all reasonable efforts to ensure that its operations do not violate
any Intellectual Property of any third person and that all its own Intellectual Property shall
be adequately maintained and protected
The Company shall procure that all its agreements involving the creation of Intellectual
Property for the Company shall include substantially the provisions set out in the most
recent version of the Startup Estonia IP Assignment and License Agreement, Employment
Agreement or Management Board Member Service Agreement.
1.6. General
Entry into force The Agreement enters into force once it is signed by the last signatory (Effective Date).
Term and termination This Agreement shall be valid until it is terminated as set forth below:
(a) It shall terminate if so agreed in writing by the Company and all Founders;
(b) It terminates with respect to Shareholder who ceases to hold any Shares and has
fulfilled all obligations relating to the transfer of Shares.
Amendment Amendments require approval by the Company and all Founders.

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Schedules Schedule 1: Parties and Capitalisation Table
Schedule 2: New Articles
Schedule 3: Founders Main Responsibilities

2. DETAILED TERMS
2.1. Definitions
In this Agreement the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
Agreement this shareholders agreement.
Articles Articles of Association of the Company.
Bad Leaver defined in Section Reverse Vesting in the Outlined Terms.
Business defined in Section Business and operations in the Outlined Terms.
Change of Control an acquisition or transfer of Control over a respective entity.

Control, Controlled, refers to a relationship in which an entity is a controlled entity of another entity or person
Controlling within the meaning of Article 10 of the Securities Market Act (vrtpaberituruseadus).
Effective Date defined in Section Entry into force in the Outlined Terms.
Encumbrance (a) a security interest of any kind, including any pledge, mortgage, financial collateral
arrangement, retention of title arrangement or security assignment; (b) any claim or right
belonging to a third party, including, without limitation, any right of pre-emption, right of
first refusal, option, requirement of consent, lease; (c) other encumbrance or restriction of
any kind.
Founder a person listed as a Founder in Schedule 1.
Fully Diluted Share Capital amount of share capital of the Company calculated as a sum of (a) total nominal value of
all Shares actually issued plus (b) total nominal value of all Shares which would be
issued upon the exercise or conversion of all vested and unvested options, convertible
loans and other instruments giving their holders the right to acquire Shares plus (c) total
nominal value of all Shares reserved for future issuance under any option or similar plan
of the Company.
Good Leaver defined in Section Reverse Vesting in the Outlined Terms.
Group Company the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
Intellectual Property intellectual and industrial property rights and similar rights of whatever nature anywhere
in the world whether currently existing or coming into existence at some future time and
all rights pertaining thereto, whether recorded or registered in any manner or otherwise,
including (but not limited to) any copyrights and related rights, industrial design rights and
other design rights, registered designs, patents, utility models, inventions (whether or not
patentable), trademarks, service marks, database and software rights, topograhy rights,
trade secrets, know-how, confidential information, business names, trade names, brand
names, domain names and all other legal rights anywhere in the world protecting such
intangible property including, where applicable, all renewals, extensions and applications
for registration and the right to sue for damages for past and current infringement in
respect of any of the same.
Law any law, regulation or other legislative act, administrative act or action or any other
similar act of any Estonian, foreign, international, supranational or local authority.
Option Pool defined in Section Option Pool in the Outlined Terms.
Professional Relationship an employment relationship for unfixed term, management board member service
relationship or other service relationship (ksundussuhe) (e.g. consultancy, advisory
relationship, relationship from contract for works) between the Founder, on one hand,
and any Group Company, on the other hand.
The Professional Relationship of a Founder shall not be treated as terminated if such
Professional Relationship is transferred from one Group Company to another or if the
status of the Founder changes from an employee to management board member or
service provider or vice versa (even if the above involves a temporary cessation of
Professional Relationship with any Group Company).
The Professional Relationship shall be considered terminated also in case the subsidiary,
with whom the Professional Relationship exists, ceases to be the Companys subsidiary
or if the business of the Group Company, with whom the Professional Relationship
exists, is transferred to an entity that is not a Group Company.
Share a notional part of a share (osa) of the Company having a nominal value of 1; for
example, 100 Shares mean a share of the Company with a nominal value of 100.
Share Capital share capital of the Company.
Shareholder any holder of any Share.

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Vesting Period defined in Section Reverse Vesting of the Outlined Terms.
Transfer sale, donation, transfer as in-kind contribution or other disposal.
2.2. Purpose of the Shareholders Agreement
The purpose of this Agreement is to set forth main principles for the operation and management of the Company, transfers
of shares of the Company as well as the Shareholders mutual rights and obligations as the shareholders of the Company.
2.3. Business and operations
All transactions between the Company, on one hand, and Shareholders and any entities Controlled by the Shareholders
and/or their close relatives, on the other hand, shall reflect market conditions and shall be made on arm's-length terms.
The Company shall manage its operations based on the best industry practice and in compliance with applicable Laws.
The principles of corporate governance set out in this Agreement and the Articles shall be applied, mutatis mutandis, to any
other Group Companies.
2.4. Articles of Association
The Articles in the form set out in Schedule 2 (as amended from time to time) shall form an integral part of this Agreement
as if each of the provisions of the Articles was a part of this Agreement, irrespective of whether the relevant version of the
Articles is registered in the Commercial Register.
Should the registrar of the Commercial Register refuse to register a version of the Articles with the Commercial Register
because any provision thereof is held to be non-compliant with Laws, the Shareholders shall replace such provision by a
valid provision which shall best reflect the Parties original intention and shall to the maximum extent possible achieve the
same economic result and the Company shall resubmit the amended Articles to the Commercial Register.
2.5. Matters requiring approval
The Company shall procure that none of the actions which require the approval of the Shareholders under this Agreement
and/or the Articles will be taken without such approval.
2.6. Option Pool
The Shareholders shall take all actions necessary for the issuance of Shares to the holders of options granted from the
Option Pool in accordance with the terms of options approved in accordance with the Outlined Terms, including increase
the Share Capital and waive respective pre-emptive rights to acquire the respective Shares.
2.7. General provisions on issues and transfers of Shares
Each Shareholder undertakes to all other Shareholders (a) to Transfer any Share only in full accordance with the terms,
conditions and procedure set out in this Agreement (including the Articles) and (b) to encumber any Share with any
Encumbrance only in full accordance with the terms, conditions and procedure set out in this Agreement (including the
Articles).
None of the Shareholders shall Transfer or encumber any Share with Encumbrance, nor shall the Company issue any
Share, to or for the benefit of any person unless and until such person executes a deed of adherence in the agreed form by
which it undertakes to be fully bound by the terms of this Agreement in the relevant capacity. Such deed of adherence (if it
is in agreed form) shall be signed by the Company and the new proposed shareholder, but does not need the acceptance or
signature of any other Party.
2.8. Non-competition and non-solicitation
The obligation not to compete with the Business in section Non-competition of the Outlined Terms includes an obligation
of the person subject to such undertaking (Restricted Party) not, directly or indirectly, without the prior approval by the
resolution of Shareholders , to carry on or be engaged in any business competing with the Business (either alone, or jointly
with, or as a shareholder, member of governing body, employee, consultant, advisor, agent or other service provider, of any
person or entity, or otherwise except holding shares in publicly listed companies up to 5% of the shareholding).
The obligation not to solicit the Key Persons in section Non-solicitation of the Outlined Terms includes the obligation of
the person subject to such undertaking (Restricted Party) not to, either on his own behalf or in any other capacity
whatsoever, directly or indirectly employ, engage or induce, or seek to induce, to leave the service of the Group Company
any person who is or was a Key Person whether or not such person would commit any breach of his contract of
employment by reason of so leaving the service of the Group Company or otherwise.
Should any Restricted Party breach any of his obligations set forth in Section 2.8, the Company shall have the right to
request the Restricted Party to
(a) immediately terminate such breach
(b) surrender to the Company any revenues received in connection with such breach;
(c) subject to Section 2.17, pay to the Company a contractual penalty for each breach in the amount set out respectively in
subsection Non-competition or subsection Non-solicitation of the Outlined Terms; and
(d) compensate the Company for damages caused by such breach (to the extent they exceed the above penalty and
surrendered revenues).
For this purpose, any continuing breach of such obligations of one month shall be deemed to be a new breach with a new
contractual penalty as consequence.
2.9. Reverse vesting
If Section Reverse Vesting of the Outlined Terms provides that the Company has the right to request the Founder to
transfer all or part of his Shares back to the Company (Call Option) then:
The date on which the Founder becomes a Bad Leaver or Good Leaver shall be the Trigger Date and the Shares
which the Founder is required to transfer back under the Outlined Terms shall be the Returned Shares.
The Company may exercise the Call Option by sending a notice to the Founder (with a copy to all other
Shareholders) (the Option Notice) within 90 calendar days after the Trigger Date.

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If the Company exercises the Call Option, the Founder shall take all actions requested by the Company to transfer
the Returned Shares to the Company (or as directed by the Company) within a period which shall be (a) if the
transfer is free of charge: 14 days after the receipt of the Option Notice or (b) if the transfer is at the fair value of
Shares (Fair Value): 14 days after the determination of Fair Value under this Section 2.9. If the Company so
determines, the transfer of the Returned Shares to the Company may be executed in several consecutive
transactions at an interval of up to one (1) year.
The Fair Value shall be determined in good faith by the Company. If the Founder does not agree with the Fair Value
determined by the Company as set out above, he must send a notice (a Disagreement Notice) to the Company
within seven (7) days after the receipt of Companys calculation of Fair Value. In such case, the Fair value shall be
determined by an independent expert appointed jointly by the Founder and the Company. In case the Parties fail to
appoint such expert within fourteen (14) days after the Disagreement Notice, the expert will be appointed by the
management Board of the Estonian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association or the equivalent organization in
Estonia or should the latter fail or not agree to appoint such expert within fourteen (14) days after the relevant
request of the Company, then by the competent court. The Fair Value as determined by the aforementioned expert
or competent court shall be final and binding to the Parties.
In determining the Fair Value, valuation assigned to the Company in connection with the Companys most recent
third-party equity financing may be used, if appropriate.
If and to the extent, due to mandatory provisions of law, the Company is prevented from acquiring its own Shares under this
Section 2.9, the Company may assign its rights and obligations under this Section 2.9 to the Shareholders (other than the
relevant Founder) in proportion to their nominal values of Shares or in any other proportions as may be agreed between the
Shareholders. For the avoidance of doubt, such assignment does not require the consent of any Party to this Agreement.
By signing this Agreement the Shareholders (in their capacity as shareholders of the Company) approve the right of the
Company to acquire its own Shares pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 2.9 and the Outlined
Terms during the period of five (5) years as from the Signing Date. This Section 2.9.3 constitutes a shareholders resolution
for the purposes of Section 162(2)(1) of the Commercial Code (riseadustik).
2.10. Representations and warranties
Each Party hereby represents and warrants to each other Party that:
in case of a Party being legal entity, such Party is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its country of
incorporation; no actions for the dissolution, merger, division or transformation of such Party have been taken, no
interim trustee has been appointed, no bankruptcy or reorganisation (saneerimine) proceedings have been commenced
and no bankruptcy petitions have been submitted with respect to the Party;
the Party has full authority and power to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;
in case of a Shareholder being a private individual, the person is not married or the Shares are not joint property of the
spouses or the spouse has provided his/her irrevocable consent for fulfilment of obligations of the Shareholders arising
from this Agreement, including obligations relating to Share transfer;
the entry into and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will
not result in a breach of (a), in case of a Party being a legal entity, the articles of association or any other constitutional
documents of such Party (b) any judgement, decree or order of any court or any administrative act of any public body
(c) any applicable Law or Permit or (d) any agreement or other undertaking binding on such Party.
2.11. General undertakings, no joint liability
Each Shareholder hereby undertakes to the other Shareholders to (a) generally exercise its powers and voting rights as a
shareholder of the Company in a manner which is consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Articles and to
ensure that the provisions and objectives of this Agreement and the Articles are given full effect at all times during the term
of this Agreement.
The rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall be several and not joint.
2.12. Confidentiality
Each Party shall treat Confidential Information as confidential, i.e. it shall not use or divulge to any third party or enable any
third party to become aware of (except for the purposes of the Companys business) any Confidential Information. For the
purposes of this Agreement Confidential Information means:
the existence and terms of this Agreement;
any information relating to a Party or a Group Company that a Party receives as a result of entering into this
Agreement and (a) that is marked, or at the time of disclosure is otherwise designated, as being confidential or (b)
that would be regarded as confidential or commercially sensitive by a reasonable business person;
without prejudice to the above, in case of any Group Company, information concerning:
its finances and financial data;
its business transactions and dealings, including prospective business transactions and dealings;
its agreements and contracts;
its business plans, expansion and other plans and intentions, operational models, sales and marketing
information, market and business opportunities and strategies, marketing surveys, research and development
projects
names, addresses, contact details and other information about its customers or clients or potential customers or
clients or suppliers or potential suppliers, licensors, licensees, agents, distributors and other contractors and the
terms on which any of the aforementioned persons to business or cooperate with any Group Company;
its existing and planned products, services, price lists and pricing structures and models (including discounts,
special prices or special contract terms offered to or agreed with customers);
its technology or methodology associated with concepts, products and services and the techniques and
processes used for development of concepts, products and services, any other know-how, methods, processes,
techniques and technical data;

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its computer systems, source codes and software, including software and technical information necessary for
the development, maintenance or operation of websites;
its current and prospective Intellectual Property Rights;
its directors, employees, consultants and advisors (including salaries, bonuses, incentive schemes,
commissions and other terms on which such persons are employed or engaged);
its shareholders;
resolutions and contents of meetings of any of its governing bodies;
information concerning or provided to third parties, in respect of which a Group Company owes a duty of
confidence;
excluding, however, any information which:
is, or which becomes (other than through a breach of this Agreement), available to the public generally without
requiring a significant expenditure of labour, skill or money;
is, at the time of disclosure, already known to the receiving Party without restriction on disclosure;
is, or subsequently comes, into the possession of the receiving Party without violation of any obligation of
confidentiality;
is explicitly approved for release by the Company in a form reproducible in writing;
a Party is required to disclose by Law, by any securities exchange on which such partys securities are listed or
traded, by any regulatory or governmental or other authority with relevant powers to which such Party is subject or
submits, or by any court order.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Shareholder may disclose Confidential Information to its attorneys, accountants,
consultants, and other professional advisors to the extent necessary to obtain their services, provided that any persons to
whom the Shareholder discloses any such information shall be subject to the same confidentiality obligations as the relevant
Shareholder.
The obligations set forth in this Section 2.12 shall apply to a Party as long as it is a Shareholder and during the period of
three (3) years after it ceases to be a Shareholder.
2.13. Notices
All notices and other communications made or to be made under this Agreement shall be made in English in writing or in a
form reproducible in writing (unless a written form is explicitly required hereunder) and shall be given to the addressees
listed in Schedule 1. Each Party may change the addresses given above or designate additional addresses for the purposes
of this Section 2.13 by giving the other Parties notice of the new address in writing.
2.14. Contractual penalties
Each contractual penalty set forth in this Agreement operates as a measure for achieving the performance and not as a
substitute for the performance of the Agreement. Therefore, the payment of any penalty set forth herein shall not release the
breaching party from the obligation to perform the relevant obligations set forth in the Agreement.
Before any Party becomes entitled to claim a penalty hereunder, the breaching Party must be given (by any Party entitled to
the penalty) a reasonable term (being not more than 30 days) to cure the respective breach and its negative consequences.
In case the breach and its negative consequences are not cured entirely during the described cure period, the respective
Parties will become entitled to claim the penalty hereunder.
A Party entitled to claim any contractual penalty under this Agreement loses such right only if it fails to notify the Party in
breach of its intention to claim the penalty within six (6) months after the entitled Party becomes aware of the respective
breach.
2.15. Transfer of rights and obligations
Subject to Section 2.15.2, no Party may transfer its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any person except with
the prior written consent of the Company and all Founders.
Each Shareholder may transfer any its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement to any person to whom such
Shareholder has transferred any Shares in accordance with this Agreement and the Articles and has executed a deed of
adherence in accordance with Section 2.7.2 without any consent or action of or notice to any other Party required.
2.16. Amendments
If any amendment to the Agreement is approved in accordance with Section Amendment of the Outlined Terms, such
amendment shall be binding against all Parties, provided only, that if the respective amendment would impose any new
obligations on a Party or increase any existing obligation, the consent of the affected Party to such amendment shall be
specifically required.
2.17. Entire agreement, severability, no waiver
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes any agreement or understanding including any term sheet that may have been concluded with respect to the
subject matter hereof between any of the Parties prior to the signing of this Agreement.
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, all other provisions will remain in full force and
effect and will not in any way be impaired. The Parties agree to replace the invalid or unenforceable provision by a valid or
enforceable provision, which shall best reflect the Parties original intention and shall to the maximum extent possible
achieve the same economic result.
Any delay on the part of a Party in exercising any rights hereunder will not operate as a waiver of such rights. The Party
shall not by any act, delay, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies, and no waiver of
any kind shall be valid unless in writing and signed by the Party waiving such rights or remedies
The waiver by any Party of any of its rights under this Agreement or by law in respect of any breach of this Agreement shall
not constitute and may not be construed as a waiver in respect of any other or further breach whether of a similar or
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2.18. Conflicts between the terms
If there is a conflict between the Detailed Terms and the Outlined Terms, the Schedules or any other document incorporated
by reference into the Agreement, then the conflict will be resolved by giving precedence to the different parts of the
Agreement in the following order: (i) the Outlined Terms; (ii) any variations to the Detailed Terms as set out in the Outlined
Terms; (iii) Schedules; (iv) any other document incorporated by reference; and (v) Detailed Terms.
2.19. Rules of Interpretation
References to the word include or including (or any similar term) are not to be construed as implying any limitation and
general words introduced by the word other (or any similar term) shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the
fact that they are preceded or followed by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things.
References to persons include private individuals, legal entities, unincorporated associations and partnerships and any
other organisations, whether or not having separate legal personality.
References to writing or written include electronic form (as defined in Estonian law); and references to form
reproducible in writing include facsimile and electronic mail (including pdf).
Except where the context specifically requires otherwise, words importing one gender shall be treated as importing any
gender, words importing individuals shall be treated as importing corporations and vice versa, words importing the singular
shall be treated as importing the plural and vice versa, and words importing the whole shall be treated as including a
reference to any part thereof.
The section and paragraph headings and the table of contents used in this Agreement are inserted for ease of reference
only and shall not affect construction.
In the Agreement, any reference to a particular section, paragraph or a Schedule means a reference to section, paragraph
or Schedule of this Agreement.
2.20. Governing law and jurisdiction
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Estonia.
Any disputes resulting from this Agreement will be solved by the County court of the location of the Company as a court of
first instance.

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SCHEDULE 1
PARTIES AND CAPITALISATION TABLE

Founders who are Shareholders through the Founder Holdcos

Founder Name of the Founder Holding


Company Signature
Founder IV: [name] Signature:
ID code: [ID code]
Address: [address] Name: [insert]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Founder V: [name] Signature:
ID code: [ID code]
Address: [address] Name: [insert]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Shareholders and Capitalization Table

Shareholder Shares (nominal) Number of % of


votes capital Signature
Founder I: [name] Signature:
ID code: [ID code]
Address: [address] Name: [insert]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Founder II: [name] Signature:
ID code: [ID code]
Address: [address] Name: [insert]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Founder III: [name] Signature:
ID code: [ID code]
Address: [address] Name: [insert]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Founder HoldCo of
[name] Signature:
Founder [IV]:
Reg. code: [registry code]
Address: [address] Name: [insert]
E-mail: [e-mail] Title: [insert]
Founder HoldCo of
[name] Signature:
Founder [V]:
Reg. code: [registry code]
Address: [address] Name: [insert]
E-mail: [e-mail] Title: [insert]
Other: OPTION POOL
TOTAL: 100%

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SCHEDULE 2
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

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SCHEDULE 3
FOUNDERS MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

FOUNDER I:

FOUNDER II:

FOUNDER III:

FOUNDER IV:

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