Circumventing director removal rules invalid when articles assign removal to the board; removal must occur in general meeting. Private companies may not evade the statutory mode of director removal by embedding additional grounds in their articles that operate to effectuate removal; any provision conferring on the board power to remove a director is ineffective where it conflicts with the statutory rule requiring removal to be exercised by the company in general meeting.
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Circumventing director removal rules invalid when articles assign removal to the board; removal must occur in general meeting.
Private companies may not evade the statutory mode of director removal by embedding additional grounds in their articles that operate to effectuate removal; any provision conferring on the board power to remove a director is ineffective where it conflicts with the statutory rule requiring removal to be exercised by the company in general meeting.
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