This Practice Note considers the appointment and removal of alternate directors, their status, powers, duties and liabilities and authority to bind the company. The...
The UK Corporate Governance Code (UKCG Code) of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) sets out standards of good governance in relation to board appointments and...
BREXIT IMPACT: The information to be given when appointing a corporate director will be affected by Brexit. For further details, see Impact of Brexit on appointment of...
Company number: [insert number] [insert company name] [LIMITED OR PLC] Minutes of a meeting of the board of directors (the Meeting) of [insert full name of company] (the...
[insert company name] [LIMITED OR PLC] Minutes of a meeting of the board of directors of [insert full name of company] (the Company) held at [insert place of meeting] on...
[insert company name] Minutes of a meeting of the board of directors (the Meeting) of [insert full name of company] (the Company) Held at [insert place of meeting] Held...
[insert company name] Minutes of a meeting of the board of directors (the Meeting) of [insert full name of company] (the Company) Held at [insert place of meeting] Held...
Company number: [insert number] [insert company name][Limited OR PLC] Minutes of a meeting of the board of directors (the Meeting) of [insert full name of company] (the...
Definition of 'director' The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) broadly defines a director as 'any person occupying the position of director, by whatever name called'. Within...
A Alternate directorAn individual (whether another director or any other person) appointed by a director to exercise that director’s powers and carry out that director’s...
This Practice Note outlines the requirements on directors to disclose their interests in shares under the Companies Act 2006 and the Market Abuse Regulation (including...
[Insert date] Dear [insert name of director], Special notice of proposed resolution to remove director from office: [insert company name] [Limited OR PLC] (the Company) I...
The [Secretary OR Directors] [insert company name] [insert company address] [Insert date] Dear [[insert name] OR Company Secretary] Re: [insert company name] [Limited OR...
The [Secretary OR Directors] [insert company name] [insert company address] [Insert date] Dear [[insert name] OR Company Secretary OR Sirs] Re: [insert company name]...
The non-executive director (NED) is not a statutory creation and is, essentially, a creature of corporate governance. There is no legal distinction in the Companies Act...
The concept of independence is key to provisions in the UK Corporate Governance Code (UKCG Code) on board effectiveness, including on board and board committee...
This note should be read in conjunction with Practice Note: Appointment, retirement and resignation of a director. For an illustration of the steps that must be taken to...
Difference between service address and residential address It is important to understand the distinction under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) between an individual...
To: The Directors [insert company name] [Limited OR PLC] [insert address of company] [insert date] Special notice: [insert company name] [Limited OR PLC] (the Company) [I...
This guidance, dated July 2017, produced by The Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as ICSA: The Governance Institute) (CGI), and the Henley Business School...
This guidance, dated July 2012, produced by The Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as ICSA: The Governance Institute) (CGI) to provide an industry view on the...
This guidance, dated May 2011, was produced by The Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as ICSA: The Governance Institute) (CGI) to provide an industry view on...
This guidance, dated September 2016, was produced by The Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as ICSA: The Governance Institute) (CGI), following consultation...
This guidance, dated October 2004, produced by The Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as ICSA: The Governance Institute) (CGI), looks to identify the...
This is a model board resolution on independent professional advice, produced by CGI. This document has been reproduced by kind permission of The Chartered Governance...
To: The Directors [insert company name] [insert company address] Dear [Directors OR Secretary] [[insert company name]] [Limited OR PLC] (the Company) [At the request of...
