# The Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008, Paragraph 18: Adoption of directors’ written resolutions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A proposed directors’ written resolution is adopted when all the directors who would have been entitled to vote on the resolution at a directors’ meeting have signed one or more copies of it, provided that those directors would have formed a quorum at such a meeting.
(2) It is immaterial whether any director signs the resolution before or after the time by which the notice proposed that it should be adopted.
(3) Once a directors’ written resolution has been adopted, it must be treated as if it had been a decision taken at a directors’ meeting in accordance with the articles.
(4) The company secretary must ensure that the company keeps a record, in writing, of all directors’ written resolutions for at least ten years from the date of their adoption.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3229/schedule/3/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-model-articles-regulations-2008/schedule-3/paragraph-18
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