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Is a special resolution still valid if not filed at Companies House?Sections 29–30 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) require all special resolutions to be filed with the Registrar within 15 days. Failure to do so will therefore trigger potential criminal liability for the company and all officers,
Written resolutionsThe Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) prescribes that a private company limited by shares can pass resolutions:•at a general meeting of its shareholders, or•as written resolutions in accordance with the procedure prescribed in the CA 2006Any provisions in a company’s articles of
The Duomatic principleThe principle definedCompany decisions are made by way of resolutions of the shareholders. There are three ways in which a resolution of a company may be validly passed:•by use of the statutory written resolution procedure (for private companies only and subject to specified
How might a shareholder resolution be amended?To understand whether amendments can be made to shareholder resolutions, it is necessary to distinguish between ordinary and special resolutions.Ordinary resolutionsFor companies incorporated on or after 1 October 2009 and adopting the Precedent: Model
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