All sections · Part VII: Directors · Sub-Part III: Duties of Directors and Conflicts
149 Avoidance by company of transactions in which director is interested
(1) Subject to this section, a transaction entered into by a company in respect
of which a director is interested is voidable by the company unless the
director‘s interest was —
(a) disclosed to the board in accordance with section 148 prior to
the company entering into the transaction; or
(b) not required to be disclosed by virtue of section 148(2).
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a transaction entered into by a company
in respect of which a director is interested is not voidable by the company
if —
(a) the material facts of the interest of the director in the transaction
are known by the members entitled to vote at a meeting of
members and the transaction is approved or ratified by a
resolution of members; or
(b) the company received fair value for the transaction.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a determination as to whether a
company receives fair value for a transaction shall be made on the basis
of the information known to the company and the interested director at
the time that the transaction was entered into.
(4) Subject to the memorandum and articles, a director of a company who is
interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the
company may —
(a) vote on a matter relating to the transaction;
(b) attend a meeting of directors at which a matter relating to the
transaction arises and be included among the directors present at
the meeting for the purposes of a quorum; and
(c) sign a document on behalf of the company, or do any other thing
in his capacity as a director, that relates to the transaction.
(5) The avoidance of a transaction under subsection (1) does not affect the
title or interest of a person in or to property which that person has
acquired if the property was acquired —
(a) from a person other than the company („the transferor“);
(b) for valuable consideration; and
(c) without knowledge of the circumstances of the transaction under
which the transferor acquired the property from the company.
of which a director is interested is voidable by the company unless the
director‘s interest was —
(a) disclosed to the board in accordance with section 148 prior to
the company entering into the transaction; or
(b) not required to be disclosed by virtue of section 148(2).
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a transaction entered into by a company
in respect of which a director is interested is not voidable by the company
if —
(a) the material facts of the interest of the director in the transaction
are known by the members entitled to vote at a meeting of
members and the transaction is approved or ratified by a
resolution of members; or
(b) the company received fair value for the transaction.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a determination as to whether a
company receives fair value for a transaction shall be made on the basis
of the information known to the company and the interested director at
the time that the transaction was entered into.
(4) Subject to the memorandum and articles, a director of a company who is
interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the
company may —
(a) vote on a matter relating to the transaction;
(b) attend a meeting of directors at which a matter relating to the
transaction arises and be included among the directors present at
the meeting for the purposes of a quorum; and
(c) sign a document on behalf of the company, or do any other thing
in his capacity as a director, that relates to the transaction.
(5) The avoidance of a transaction under subsection (1) does not affect the
title or interest of a person in or to property which that person has
acquired if the property was acquired —
(a) from a person other than the company („the transferor“);
(b) for valuable consideration; and
(c) without knowledge of the circumstances of the transaction under
which the transferor acquired the property from the company.
