Is there a legal requirement to keep board minutes?

Companies are required to record and maintain minutes of all board meetings for at least 10 years from the date of the meeting. The Model Articles applicable to private limited companies apply this requirement to every unanimous or majority decision taken by the directors. Where there are minutes of a board meeting, until the contrary is proved, the meeting is deemed duly held and convened, all proceedings at the meeting are deemed to have duly taken place and all appointments at the meeting are deemed valid.

What is covered in the board minutes?

Board minutes should cover the following matters: as preliminary matters: date, time and location of meeting whether the meeting was held in person, on the telephone or via video conference names of directors, and any other persons, present chair presence of quorum confirmation of notice of meeting possible approval of prior minutes and matters arising from previous board meeting declarations of directors’ interests business of the meeting and matters discussed resolutions moved and decisions taken filing instructions close of meeting Board meetings may be held for different reasons. These include: regular management board meetings, often with a standing agenda ad hoc management board meetings in case of urgent business or emergency meetings for a specific legal requirement or purpose The board minutes and resolutions which are legal document templates on our site are for a specific legal requirement or purpose. This might be: where approval of directors is required for a particular corporate action, for example to approve the transfer or allotment of shares to approve a particular transaction or contract

When do I use this document? secured loan agreement for a secured loan of a fixed amount to be drawn in a single advance for a borrower which is a company incorporated in England and Wales for a loan repayable on a single repayment date or in instalments What are the key features? easy to edit, with 21 clauses over 13 pages single advance of specified loan amount regular interest payments at either fixed or floating interest rate by reference to specified bank’s base rate of interest repayment either on a single repayment date or in instalments undertakings from the borrower, including to provide information to the lender and prohibition on granting security and additional borrowings events of default, including a failure by the borrower to repay the loan or interest, leading to the lender having the right to demand immediate repayment What else do I need to know? The security would need to be created and governed by a separate security document between the borrower and the lender, depending on the nature of the secured property or assets. Examples of security documents include: a charge over property a charge over shares a debenture, containing fixed and floating charges over all of the borrower’s assets and undertaking What other documents are available? For a form of unsecured loan document, see Loan Agreement: unsecured For forms of unsecured and secured facility agreements, for advances of loans in several lump sums, see Facility Agreement: unsecured Facility Agreement: secured

Board minutes: template minutes

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Template board meeting minutes of a meeting of the board of directors of a private limited company to approve a specific business transaction or contract.

as a meeting minutes template for a board meeting of a private limited company
to approve as the agenda item a specific business transaction or contract

What are the key features?

date and time of the meeting
declaration of directors’ interests (if applicable)
presentation and consideration of documents to be approved
resolutions to approve documents tabled at the meeting and their execution on behalf of the company

What other documents are available?

For board written resolutions to approve a specific business transaction or contract, see

Board template written resolutions

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When do I use this document?

secured loan agreement for a secured loan of a fixed amount to be drawn in a single advance
for a borrower which is a company incorporated in England and Wales
for a loan repayable on a single repayment date or in instalments

What are the key features?

easy to edit, with 21 clauses over 13 pages
single advance of specified loan amount
regular interest payments at either fixed or floating interest rate by reference to specified bank’s base rate of interest
repayment either on a single repayment date or in instalments
undertakings from the borrower, including to provide information to the lender and prohibition on granting security and additional borrowings
events of default, including a failure by the borrower to repay the loan or interest, leading to the lender having the right to demand immediate repayment

What else do I need to know?

The security would need to be created and governed by a separate security document between the borrower and the lender, depending on the nature of the secured property or assets. Examples of security documents include:

a charge over property
a charge over shares
a debenture, containing fixed and floating charges over all of the borrower’s assets and undertaking

What other documents are available?

For a form of unsecured loan document, see

Loan Agreement: unsecured

For forms of unsecured and secured facility agreements, for advances of loans in several lump sums, see

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Board minutes: template minutes

When do I use this document?

What are the key features?

What other documents are available?

When do I use this document?

What are the key features?

What else do I need to know?

What other documents are available?

Explanatory Guides

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