{"id":3162,"date":"2021-03-26T14:59:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T12:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law\/?p=3162"},"modified":"2021-03-29T14:33:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T12:33:28","slug":"when-company-directors-and-shareholders-come-to-blows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law\/2021\/when-company-directors-and-shareholders-come-to-blows\/","title":{"rendered":"When Company Directors and Shareholders Come to Blows\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c\u2026the mere exercise of majority shareholding voting rights does not amount to oppression\u2026\u201d (extract from judgment below)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What happens when a company\u2019s directors and shareholders fall out and cannot reconcile their differences?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cRelief from oppressive or prejudicial conduct\u201d<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you should find yourself in such an unfortunate situation, our Companies Act offers you several possible remedies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professional advice specific to your case is essential here but be aware of a particularly versatile remedy in the form of a court application for relief from \u201coppressive or prejudicial conduct\u201d. This relief is available where &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cany act or omission of the company, or a related person, has had a result that is oppressive or unfairly prejudicial to, or that unfairly disregards the interests of, the applicant\u201d,<br><\/li><li>\u201cthe business of the company, or a related person, is being or has been carried on or conducted in a manner that is oppressive or unfairly prejudicial to, or that unfairly disregards the interests of, the applicant\u201d, or<br><\/li><li>\u201cthe powers of a director or prescribed officer of the company, or a person related to the company, are being or have been exercised in a manner that is oppressive or unfairly prejudicial to, or that unfairly disregards the interests of, the applicant.\u201d<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you can prove any of the above, the court has a wide discretion to make any order \u201cit deems fit\u201d, including (a long but not exhaustive list) an interdict against the improper conduct, liquidation if the company is insolvent, business rescue if appropriate, amendment of the Memorandum of Incorporation, \u201cto create or amend a unanimous shareholder agreement\u201d, issue or exchange of shares, appointing additional or replacement directors, declaring persons \u201cdelinquent or under probation\u201d, refund of consideration paid for shares, varying or setting aside transactions and agreements, requiring production of financial statements or an accounting\/reconciliation, compensation orders, rectification of company registers or records, or trial of any issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The critical part, as a recent SCA (Supreme Court of Appeal) judgment shows, is to be able to prove one of those three categories of wrongful conduct. Without that, and no matter how bitter the dispute between you and your nemesis may be, the court has no discretion to grant any of the above relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The facts and outcome of the SCA matter are a case in point &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Majority shareholder v fired director<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In a long-established and closely-held fencing manufacturer with only two shareholders but substantial value (the total value of the shares seems to be in the region of between R46m and R74m), the two fell out over a range of issues.<br><\/li><li>The fall out culminated in the minority (46.67%) shareholder being removed from his directorship by the majority (53.33%) shareholder. After his removal as director he was also dismissed from his employment as a general manager after being found guilty at a disciplinary hearing of four counts of gross misconduct (one of which involved dishonesty). The misconduct complained of included abuse of trust, conflict of interest and abortive attempts to have the company placed under business rescue and liquidation.\u00a0<br><\/li><li>Long story short, the dispute ended up first in the High Court and ultimately before the SCA, the minority shareholder alleging that he had been excluded from the management of the company, denied management and financial information, excluded from decision making, removed as director to be replaced by the majority shareholder\u2019s husband and brother-in-law, and unlawfully and unfairly dismissed from employment.<br><\/li><li>The Court however found on the facts that he had failed to prove that the majority shareholder\u2019s conduct towards him was oppressive or unfairly prejudicial, or that his interests had been unfairly disregarded. He had been validly removed as a director of the company at a properly constituted shareholders&#8217; meeting (as the Court put it \u201c\u2026the mere exercise of majority shareholding voting rights does not amount to oppression\u2026), and his dismissal as general manager did not amount to oppressive or prejudicial conduct.\u00a0<br><\/li><li>That finding, held the Court, meant that none of the avenues of relief listed above were available to the minority shareholder despite findings that the shareholders\u2019 relationship had broken down irretrievably and was not capable of being resolved.\u00a0<br><\/li><li>As a result, the High Court\u2019s order that the majority shareholder sell her shares to him \u2013 an attempt by the High Court \u201cto design or craft a mechanism which would result in a &#8216;clean break&#8217; between the parties\u201d because \u201cit was not in their best interests to remain \u2018in the same bed\u2019\u201d could not stand. Equally the minority shareholder\u2019s new request that the majority shareholder be ordered to buy his shares from him could not succeed.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> The information provided herein should not be used or relied on as professional advice. No liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions nor for any loss or damage arising from reliance upon any information herein. 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