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Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 · Part B · Chapter 4

Section 86 Duties and liabilities of a promoter

(1)
A promoter stands in a fiduciary relationship to the company and shall observe utmost good faith towards the company in any transaction with it or on its behalf and shall compensate the company for any loss suffered by reason of his failure to do so.
(2)
A promoter, who acquires any property or information in circumstances in which it was his duty as a fiduciary to acquire it on behalf of the company, shall account to the company for such property and for any profit which he may have made from the use of such property or information.
(3)
Any transaction between a promoter and the company may be rescinded by the company unless, after full disclosure of all material facts known to the promoter, such transaction shall have been entered into or ratified on behalf of the company by —
(a)
the company’s board of directors independent of the promoter ;
(b)
all the members of the company ; or
(c)
the company at a general meeting at which neither the promoter nor the holders of any share in which he is beneficially interested shall vote on the resolution to enter into or ratify that transaction.
(4)
No period of limitation shall apply to any proceeding brought by the company to enforce any of its rights under this section but in any such proceeding the Court may relieve a promoter in whole or in part and on such terms as it deems fit from liability if in all the circumstances, including lapse of time, the Court deems it equitable to do so.
Cite as: Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020, section 86

What this section means

From the guide: Who is a promoter and what do promoters owe the company under CAMA 2020?

  • A promoter owes the company fiduciary duties and must account for any profit made in breach (section 86).
  • A fiduciary relationship, utmost good faith in any dealing with the company or on its behalf, and compensation for any loss caused by failing to observe it (section 86(1)).
  • An account for any property or information he acquired in circumstances where he had a duty to acquire it for the company, and for any profit made from using it (section 86(2)).
  • The company can rescind any transaction between itself and a promoter, unless, after full disclosure of all material facts the promoter knows, it was entered into or ratified by one of these (section 86(3)):
  • The court can relieve a promoter, wholly or partly and on terms, if it is equitable after considering all the circumstances, including the passage of time (section 86(4)).

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Source: Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (Act No. 3 of 2020), Official Gazette No. 124, Lagos, 10 August 2020. General information, not legal advice.