Section 168 provides that a company can remove a Director by passing an ordinary resolution at a meeting. Special notice is however required. On receipt of notice of an intended resolution to remove a Director, the company must send a copy of the notice to the Director concerned.
For an ordinary resolution to be passed at the meeting to appoint a director, or directors, such resolution must be supported by more than 50% of the shareholders who are eligible to vote at the meeting.
As per the 2013 Act, the removal of a director can only take place during a general meeting through the approval of an ordinary resolution. Notably, this condition is applicable unless the director in question was appointed either through proportional representation or under section 163.
Unless there is a special provision in the company's Articles of Association a director cannot be removed from office by the Board of Directors, and only the shareholders can remove a director. The Articles may provide a procedure for this; otherwise the statutory procedure must be used.
What is a director's consent? In a director's consent an individual agrees in writing to be a director of a nonprofit. Every director who is elected or appointed needs to sign a consent. The consent needs to be signed within 10 days of being elected or appointed as a director.
A director may be removed by: An ordinary resolution adopted at a shareholders' meeting by the persons entitled to exercise voting rights in the election of that director.
I, the undersigned, give my consent to act as an Independent Director of M/s_____________________ (Company Name) pursuant to section 149, 164, 197, 198 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules made thereunder, hereby certify that I am not disqualified to act as an Independent Director of the company and hereby give my ...
How to remove a director under the company's articles of association they resign. a majority of the company shareholders vote them out by ordinary resolution. they're stopped from being a director by a court or in law. they become bankrupt or similar.
How is a director removed in a proprietary company? A proprietary company may by resolution of the members remove a director from office and may by resolution appoint another person as a director instead (s 203C, Corporations Act). This is a replaceable rule and a propriety limited company may have other requirements.