Secretarial Practice · Class 11 Commerce
Ch 10Correspondence with Directors — Class 11 Secretarial Practice, concept-first.
A company is an artificial person that can only act through the human beings who run it, and the Board of Directors is the body the members elect to do exactly that.
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Structure and Essential Parts of a Company Letter
A formal letter to a director has fixed parts in order — letterhead, reference and date, inside address, salutation, subject line, body, complimentary close, signature block, and enclosures — and must be correct, clear,…
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Overview
A company is an artificial person that can only act through the human beings who run it, and the Board of Directors is the body the members elect to do exactly that.
Correspondence with Directors — Meaning, Importance and Occasions
Meaning: "correspondence with directors" means the written communication a company — almost always drafted and issued by, or under the authority of, the Company Secretary — addresses to its own direct…
Structure and Essential Qualities of a Company Letter to a Director
A letter to a director is a formal business letter, and like every formal business letter it has a fixed set of parts, in a fixed order, so that both the sender's authority and the recipient's identit…
Letter of Appointment of a Director
When it is written: once the Board (for an Additional, Alternate, Nominee, or Casual-Vacancy director) or the members in general meeting (for a director appointed under Section 152) have approved a pe…
Notice of Board Meeting and Intimation of Resolutions
Notice of a Board meeting [Section 173(3), Companies Act, 2013]: every director must be given notice of a Board meeting in writing (whether by hand delivery, by post, or by electronic means) at least…
Correspondence Regarding Sitting Fees and Committee Membership
Sitting fees [Section 197(5), Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014]: a director (particularly a non-executive or independent…
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- Q8Draft a letter of appointment to be sent by the Company Secretary to a newly appointed Additional Director of a company, stating the terms o…Free
- Q9Draft a notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors, to be sent by the Company Secretary to all directors of a company, along with a suita…Preview
- Q10Draft a letter to be sent by the Company Secretary to a director, informing her of her appointment as a member of the Audit Committee of the…Preview