Distribution agreement
A distribution agreement appoints a buyer who resells on his own account, and the error that costs Indian suppliers most is drafting it as though the distributor were an agent, which transfers his customers’ credit risk and his conduct back onto the supplier.
- 8 pages
- 127
- Word and PDF
- 14 September 2026
What it covers
- 1Distribution agreementIndian Contract Act 1872 · Sale of Goods Act 1930 · Competition Act 2002 · Trade Marks Act 1999
Read the opening
The first part of the format, as it downloads. Blanks are highlighted.
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
THIS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT is made at [Place of signing the agreement] on this [Day of the month of the agreement] day of [Month of the agreement], [Year of the agreement].
Between
1. [Name of the supplier company], a company incorporated under the Companies Act [2013 / 1956], having its registered office at [Supplier's registered office address], bearing Corporate Identity Number [CIN], Permanent Account Number [Supplier's PAN] and Goods and Services Tax Identification Number [Supplier's GSTIN], acting through [Supplier's authorised signatory's name], [Supplier's signatory's designation], duly authorised by a resolution of its Board of Directors passed on [Date of Supplier's board resolution authorising signatory], hereinafter referred to as the “Supplier”, of the ONE PART;
And