Even after stepping down, a resigned director remains accountable for any offences committed during their term. A director can step down from their position by submitting a written resignation to the company. Upon receiving this resignation, the Board is required to acknowledge it formally.
Inform Companies House of the resignation To inform Companies House and terminate the appointment of a company director, you need to submit a Terminate an appointment of a director (TM01) form to companies house. This can be done online.
As per sec168 of Companies Act, 2013 a director may resign from company by giving notice in writing to company and board on receipt of notice, company intimate to ROC within 30 days of receipt of notice. Director may also intimate to ROC (forward copy of resignation) along with reason for resignation.
A director may resign from his office by giving a notice in writing to the company and the Board shall on receipt of such notice take note of the same and the company shall intimate the Registrar in such manner, within such time and in such form as may be prescribed and shall also place the fact of such resignation in ...
What this means is that, subject to the company's articles of association, a sole director can resign leaving the company without any directors, and can do so without breaching their fiduciaries duties.
Submission of Form DIR-11 by the Resigning Director: The director who has resigned can send a copy of their resignation to the Registrar of Companies (ROC) using Form DIR-11 within 30 days from the date of their resignation. This submission should include: The resignation notice that was submitted to the company.
The Company must also file Form DIR – 12 with the Registrar within 30 days of the date of resignation. The effective date of resignation here will be the latest of: – The date on which the notice is received by the company. – The date specified in the notice.
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