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Directors

Appointment, disqualification and

removal

Appointment

Appointment  Usually appointed by the existing directors or by ordinary
procedure resolution (see later in this chapter).

 Directors of public companies should generally be voted
on individually: s.160 CA06.

 A director’s actions are valid notwithstanding that his
appointment was defective: s.161.

Publicity  The company must notify the Registrar within 14 days of
new appointments and any changes in particulars. It must
also enter details in the Register of Directors.

Removal
A director might leave office in any one of the following ways:

 Death of the director or winding up of the company

 Removal

 Disqualification (seen later in the chapter)

 Resignation

 Not offering himself for re-election, where the articles provide for retirement and
re-election of directors.

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