THE ARUBA PUBLIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Managing and supervisory directors’ liability
I will refer only to the Aruba NV type of company, otherwise known as the public limited liability company, governed by the Commercial Code of Aruba. Furthermore, I will discuss only the basic concept of managing and supervisory directors’ liability.
Duties
Section 106(1) of the Aruba Commercial Code (ACC) provides that, in performing their duties, each member of the management board should focus on the interests of the NV. In accordance with the “stakeholder model”, a.k.a. “stakeholder orientation”, the board must take into account various interests, not only those of the company, its business and …
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PROPOSED REVIEW DUTCH CARIBBEAN LEGISLATION ON REPRESENTATION
Restrictions in managing authority work through into the representative authority
Earlier in 2010, a draft bill was proposed to amend the Corporate Code (Book 2 Civil Code) of Curacao, St. Maarten, Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (which formerly constituted the Netherlands Antilles). Hopefully, the Bill comes into force in 2011. Some of the proposed changes will be discussed here.
Restrictions of the managing authority can arise from a by-law or a corporate agreement. Individual Managing Directors exercise their powers with due observance of the resolutions of the Management Board (Article 2:8 paragraph 2 Civil Code). Subject to restrictions arising from …
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ARUBAN LAW REGARDING CORPORATE AUTHORITY
The Aruba Trade Register should be checked
The laws of Aruba provide that, subject to restrictions laid down by any statutory provision or a corporation’s articles of association, the board of directors of a company shall be competent to represent the company, i.e. a limited liability company (NV, AVV or VBA). In the event of the company having several managing directors, any managing director shall be competent, insofar as not otherwise provided by the articles of association (or sometimes bylaws). The articles of association may also grant other officers, to be designated by or pursuant to the articles, representative authority, …
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TRANSACTIONAL POWER OF THE MANAGING BOARD OF A DUTCH CARIBBEAN CORPORATION (I)
Limitations must be disclosed to have effect
Netherlands Antilles law provides that, subject to restrictions laid down by the Netherlands Antilles Corporate Code or a corporation’s articles of association, the board of directors of a corporation shall be competent to represent the corporation, e.g. a limited liability company (‘naamloze of besloten vennootschap’; NV or BV). In the event of several managing directors, any managing director shall be competent, insofar as not otherwise provided for by the articles of association.
Under Netherlands Antilles law, information required to be disclosed pursuant to the Civil Code, for instance (i) the identities of the …
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THE RIGHT TO SHARE IN THE PROFITS OF THE ARUBA COMPANY WITH LIMITED LIABILITY
It is not necessary to give all shares a right to share in the profits
On January 1, 2009 the new Aruba Ordinance on the company with limited liability (vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid; VBA) became effective. This legislation gives shareholders far more freedom to organize their company than in the past
It is not necessary to give all shares a right to share in the profits (Section 38 par. 5 Ordinance). If shares have a par value, it is obvious that the right to share in the profits is related to that value. If there are shares with different par …
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