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.
The statutory provision allowing any director to be removed from office by ordinary resolution of the shareholders is in Section 168 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA06). Importantly, the resolution must be proposed at a formal shareholders' meeting and cannot be passed as a written resolution.
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. The Director is entitled to be heard on the resolution at the meeting and it may be contested.
If the shareholders of a public company want to remove a director, they must first give notice of their intention. Shareholders must make this notice to move a resolution for a director's removal at least two months before the shareholders meeting. Shareholders must also give the director notice as soon as practicable.
In many companies, the power to remove a director from office is granted to the board of directors or to most of the shareholders under the company's articles of association. For these companies, removing a director will require the board or most of the shareholders to serve written notice on the director in question.
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.
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.
Members (shareholders) can remove a director by resolution (s 203D (1)). This is despite anything in the company's constitution, an agreement between the company and the director or an agreement between any or all members of the company and the director.
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.
In some cases, this may be due to misconduct, gross negligence or dereliction of the director's duties. Additionally, a director may be removed if they are bankrupt, convicted of a serious offence or deemed unfit to continue in their role.