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Business Partnership Due-Diligence Checklist

Business Partnership Due-Diligence Checklist

Use this due-diligence checklist each time you enter a business partnership.
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Record details
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Organization and Good Standing:
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Copies of Company's Articles of Incorporation and Amendments
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Copies of Company's By-Laws and Amendments
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Documents on Pending and Threatened Litigation
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Table of Organization:
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Reports on Current employment status of employees and officers of the company
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Reports on Recent and pending job promotions and demotions
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Reports on Current rankings from rank & file up to managerial positions
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Reports on Job rotation and upgrading programs
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Reports on Under-utilized and redundant workforce
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Reports on Service pay and productivity incentives
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Reports on Succession and retrenchment plans
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Reports on Shareholders and their Shareholdings:
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Names, current addresses and contact information of these stockholders
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Shares of Stocks documents
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Attendance sheets on annual stockholders' meeting and proxy forms
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Cash and stock dividends forms
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Documents on Agreements on Options, Warrants, Subscriptions and Convertible Securities
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Documents on Leased or Owned Properties:
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Property valuations forms
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Legal documents of real estate titles and tax declaration certificates
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Mortgages reports from the company's creditor banks
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Legal Documents regarding lists of places where the company conducts business
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Financial Information:
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Tax Returns and statements of interest expenses for the last 5 years
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Copies of Audited Financial Statement for the last 5 years
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Intellectual Properties:
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Patents Clearance Documents
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Copyright and Trademark Documents
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Trade Secret Documents
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Employees and Fringe Benefits:
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Copies of Employees Compensation package for the last 3 years
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Copies of Non-competition and Non-Disclosure Agreements
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Contracts, Permits & Licenses and Environmental/Safety Issues:
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Copies of Permanent Employee/Contractual Employee Agreements
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Copies of Renewable Services/Supply Contracts
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Copies of Agreements on Subsidiary, Joint Ventures and Partnerships
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Copies of Promissory Notes, Loan Agreements and Credit Lines
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Copies of Mortgages, Collateral Pledges, Security Agreements and Indentures
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Copies of Governmental Licenses, Permits and Regulations
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Copies of Non-Government Regulatory Agencies
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Copies of Environmental Audits of Company's Properties
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Copies of Employee Safety and Hazards Reports and Employee Work-related Accidents Reports
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Copies of Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
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Taxes & Insurances:
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Copies of Tax Declarations
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Life and Non-Life Insurance Coverage
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Real Property Insurance
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Product Lines or Services:
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Copies of Product Lines and Services Reports
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Copies of Professional Services Contracts