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Ddungu Henry and Another v Muwonge Andrew and Others [2025] UGRSB 12

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Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for rectification of company register under Companies (Powers of the Registrar) Regulations SI No. 71 of 2016
Decision
All impugned documents expunged from the company register; original shareholding and directorship structure restored

Observed later treatment

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Holding

Held that share transfer forms, special resolution, amended memorandum and articles of association, and forms changing directors and company address were illegal endorsements where the original shareholders did not execute the transfers, did not participate in any meeting, and were not given notice. The Registrar has power under Regulation 8 of the Companies (Powers of the Registrar) Regulations to expunge illegal endorsements from the company register. All impugned documents ordered expunged.

Outcome

All impugned documents expunged from the company register; original shareholding and directorship structure restored

Facts

The applicants were the original shareholders and directors of Global Property Consultants Limited, incorporated on 5 May 2008, holding 99 and 1 shares respectively. In 2024, when attempting to file annual returns, they discovered that respondents had filed a special resolution dated 1 April 2023 purporting to transfer the applicants' shares to themselves and altering the company's directorship, secretary, and registered address. The respondents also filed amended memorandum and articles of association and a board resolution to acquire special certificates of title to company land. The applicants denied executing any transfer forms, attending any meetings, or receiving notice of any meetings. They applied for rectification of the register. Despite substituted service in newspapers, the respondents did not appear or file any response. The Registrar granted leave to proceed ex parte.

Issues

  1. Whether the company documents altering the company ownership, directorship and address were legal endorsements.
  2. What remedies are available to the parties.

Orders

  • The special resolution dated 01st April 2023 and registered on 12th May 2023 providing for transfer of shares, change in directorship/secretary and amending the company's memorandum and articles of association be expunged from the register.
  • The five share transfer forms registered on 12th May 2023 altering ownership from the applicants to the respondents be expunged from the register.
  • Company form 20 and form 18 registered on 12th May 2023 altering directorship/secretary and address be expunged from the register.
  • Board resolution dated 14th June 2023 and registered on 15th June 2024 purporting to empower the respondents to acquire special certificates of title to company land be expunged from the register.
  • The amended memorandum and articles of association dated 01st April 2023 and registered on 12th May 2023 be expunged from the register.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Company Law — Share Transfers — Validity of Transfer Forms
Under section 83 of the Companies Act Cap 106, it is not lawful for a company to register a transfer of shares unless a proper instrument of transfer has been delivered to the company. Transfer forms not executed or signed by the transferor cannot be considered properly executed instruments of share transfer and constitute an illegal endorsement.
Company Law — Special Resolutions — Requirements for Validity
A special resolution under section 144 of the Companies Act Cap 106 requires a majority of not less than three-fourths of members entitled to vote, voting in person or by proxy, at a general meeting of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given. A purported special resolution passed without the participation or notice to the members is invalid.
Company Law — Company Minutes — Evidentiary Value
Section 148 of the Companies Act Cap 106 requires every company to cause minutes of all proceedings of general meetings and meetings of directors to be entered in books kept for that purpose. The absence of company minutes and attendance records to support an alleged meeting undermines the validity of resolutions purportedly passed at that meeting.
Company Law — Amendment of Memorandum — Shareholder Consent
Under section 10(2)(a) of the Companies Act Cap 106, a resolution to amend a memorandum may be passed by holders of not less than fifteen percent in nominal value of the company's issued share capital. An amendment of the memorandum executed without the authorization of the initial subscribers holding one hundred percent of the shares constitutes an illegal endorsement.
Company Law — Amendment of Articles — Special Resolution Requirement
Under section 16 of the Companies Act Cap 106, a company may alter its articles by special resolution. An amendment of articles of association has no effect in law where no special resolution was passed by the rightful and lawful members of the company.
Administrative Law — Registrar of Companies — Power to Rectify Register
Regulation 8 of the Companies (Powers of the Registrar) Regulations SI No. 71 of 2016 empowers the Registrar of Companies to rectify and update the register to ensure accuracy, and to expunge from the register any information or document that is misleading, inaccurate, contains an illegal endorsement, or is illegally or wrongfully obtained.

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Ddungu Henry and Another v Muwonge Andrew and Others 2025 UGRSB 12 (27 May 2025)
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