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Sekyanzi 2 Others v Nkalubo 4 Others [2024] UGRSB 9

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Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application to the Registrar of Companies for rectification of the company register by expunging resolutions and documents filed without proper notice
Decision
Application granted; company register rectified by expunging improperly filed resolutions; directorship and membership restored to prior state

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Holding

The Registrar held that the extraordinary general meeting of 25 September 2023 was not validly convened because the applicants, who were subscribers and members of the executive committee, were not given the required 21 days' notice. The resolutions passed at that meeting removing the applicants from the company, admitting new members, and changing office designations were therefore null and void. The register was rectified by expunging the special resolution and all subsequent documents filed in reliance on it.

Outcome

Application granted; company register rectified by expunging improperly filed resolutions; directorship and membership restored to prior state

Facts

Kawempe Division Veteran Vendors and Traders Association Limited was incorporated in 2006 with 16 members. By 2010, only 8 members remained. The applicants were founder members serving as Chairman, Vice Chairman, and General Secretary. On 25 September 2023, the respondents held a meeting and passed a special resolution removing the applicants from the company, admitting new members, and changing office designations. The resolution was filed with URSB on 17 October 2023. The applicants contended they were never notified of the meeting and that the respondents' actions were ultra vires. The applicants sought rectification of the register by expunging the resolution and all subsequent documents. The respondents did not file written submissions despite being directed to do so.

Issues

  1. Whether the meeting of 25 September 2023 was validly convened and held in accordance with the law and the resolutions passed pursuant to that meeting were lawful?
  2. What remedies are available to the parties?

Orders

  • A special resolution dated 25 September 2023 and registered on 17 October 2023 is expunged from the register.
  • A Form 20 filed on 17 October 2023 is expunged.
  • A Special Resolution dated 18 November 2023 and registered on 5 December 2023 is expunged.
  • A Special Resolution dated 2 February 2024 and registered on 9 February 2024 is expunged.
  • A Form 20 registered on 9 February 2024 is expunged.
  • The directorship and membership of the company be restored to the state it was.
  • Each party to bear its own costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Company Law — Meetings — Notice Requirements — Extraordinary General Meetings
An extraordinary general meeting of a company must be convened in the same manner as meetings convened by directors, and notice must be given at least 21 days before the meeting specifying the place, day, and hour. Failure to give notice to members entitled to attend renders the meeting and any resolutions passed thereat null and void.
Company Law — Membership — Subscribers to Memorandum and Articles
Subscribers to a company's memorandum and articles of association are members of the company by operation of law and are entitled to notice of all company meetings, regardless of whether their names appear on the company register at a particular time.
Company Law — Resolutions — Validity — Meetings Held Without Notice
Resolutions passed at a meeting held without notifying members entitled to attend are null and void. Where there is no evidence that notice was served on members, an adverse inference will be drawn that no notice was given.
Company Law — Register Rectification — Powers of Registrar
The Registrar of Companies has power under the Companies (Powers of the Registrar) Regulations 2016 to rectify the company register by expunging documents that are misleading, inaccurate, issued in error, contain illegal endorsements, or are illegally or wrongfully obtained.

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Sekyanzi 2 Others v Nkalubo 4 Others 2024 UGRSB 9 (3 July 2024)
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