Section 226C Loss of office paymentsF1

United Kingdom

(1)

No payment for loss of office may be made by any person to a person who is, or has been, a director of a quoted company F2... unless—

(a)

the payment is consistent with the approved directors' remuneration policy, or

(F3b)

the payment is approved by resolution of the members of the company.

(2)

The approved directors' remuneration policy is the most recent remuneration policy to have been approved by a resolution passed by the members of the company in general meeting.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 10 Ch. 4A inserted (1.10.2013) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 80, 103(3); S.I. 2013/2227, art. 2(h)
F2: Words in s. 226C(1) omitted (11.5.2025) by virtue of The Companies (Directors' Remuneration and Audit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/439), regs. 1(2), 4(5)(a)
F3: S. 226C(1)(b) substituted (11.5.2025) by The Companies (Directors' Remuneration and Audit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/439), regs. 1(2), 4(5)(b)

Notes on Part 10

Modifications

C1: Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))
C2: Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2

Notes on Chapter 4A

Textual amendments

F2: Words in Pt. 10 Ch. 4A heading omitted (11.5.2025) by virtue of The Companies (Directors' Remuneration and Audit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/439), regs. 1(2), 4(2)