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.
Appointing a director A company's shareholders can appoint directors. This is usually done by passing an ordinary resolution in favour of the appointment (ie a majority of the shareholders agree to the appointment).
The company should hold a general meeting at the time and date fixed in the board meeting and obtain shareholders' approval for the appointment of the managing director through a resolution.
Is it necessary to get a shareholder as a director of a company? No, the director is not required to hold the company shares. A person with no company shares can also be appointed as a director unless the AOA specifies that the company director must have shares in the company.
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.
Procedure for Director Appointment or Addition in a Company Step 1: Reviewing the Articles of Association (AOA) ... Step 2: Resolution at a General Meeting. Step 3: Application for DIN and DSC. Step 4: Obtaining Director's Consent (Form DIR-2) ... Step 5: Issuing the Letter of Appointment. Step 6: Regulatory Filings with the ROC.
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.
Shareholders own the company by owning its shares and are often referred to as 'members'. Directors on the other hand, manage the business and its operations. Unless the articles of association state so, a director isn't required to be a shareholder, and a shareholder has no legal right to be a director.
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.
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.