This new form allows for a mutual agreement on cooperating compensation between a listing brokerage and cooperating brokerage. Before they can start looking at houses with a broker, buyers will have to sign an agreement about the broker's compensation.The major shift defines when and how brokers enter into exclusive buyer agreements and will be compensated going forward. This year, several forms were created or amended in response to practice changes stemming from the NAR settlement agreement. A compensation agreement is a legal arrangement that summarizes the extensive provisions of compensation or payment delivered to a worker in an organization. The form 40 and 40a were created to be used in addition to the purchase and sale agreement. They are forms specific to Escrow.