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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 197 of Companies Law

English translation

Neither the chairman of the board of directors nor any member of the board may simultaneously hold membership on the boards of directors of two competing companies, participate in any business that would compete with the company, or trade for his own account or for the account of another in any branch of the activity carried on by the company. Otherwise, the company may demand compensation from him or that the transactions he conducted for his own account be deemed to have been conducted for the company’s account, unless this was with the approval of the ordinary general assembly.
Arabic original
لا يجوز لرئيس مجلس الإدارة أو لأي من أعضاء المجلس، أن يجمع بين عضوية مجلس إدارة شركتين متنافستين، أو أن يشترك في أي عمل من شأنه منافسة الشركة أو أن يتجر لحسابه أو لحساب غيره في أحد فروع النشاط الذي تزاوله الشركة، وإلا كان لها أن تطالبه بالتعويض أو باعتبار العمليات التي زاولها لحسابه كأنها أجريت لحساب الشركة ما لم يكن ذلك بموافقة الجمعية العامة العادية.

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