• HC-2 HC-2 Approved Persons Loyalty

    • HC-2.1 HC-2.1 Principle

      • HC-2.1.1

        The approved persons must have full loyalty to the licensee.

        May 2011

    • HC-2.2 HC-2.2 Personal Accountability

      • HC-2.2.1

        Each member of the board should understand that under the Company Law he is personally accountable to the licensee and the shareholders if he violates his legal duty of loyalty to the licensee, and that he can be personally sued by the licensee or the shareholders for such violations.

        Amended: January 2013
        May 2011

      • HC-2.2.2

        The duty of loyalty includes a duty not to use property of the licensee for his personal needs as though it was his own property, not to disclose confidential information of the licensee or use it for his personal profit, not to take business opportunities of the licensee for himself, not to compete in business with the licensee, and to serve the licensee's interest in any transactions with the company in which he has a personal interest.

        May 2011

      • HC-2.2.3

        For purposes of Paragraph HC-2.2.2, an approved person is considered to have a "personal interest" in a transaction with the company if:

        (a) He himself;
        (b) A member of his family (i.e. spouse, father, mother, sons, daughters, brothers or sisters); or
        (c) Another company of which he is a director or controller,

        is a party to the transaction or has a material financial interest in the transaction. (Transactions and interests which are de minimis in value should not be included.)

        May 2011

    • HC-2.3 HC-2.3 Avoidance of Conflicts of Interest

      • HC-2.3.1

        Each approved person should make every practicable effort to arrange his personal and business affairs to avoid a conflict of interest with the licensee.

        May 2011

    • HC-2.4 HC-2.4 Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

      • HC-2.4.1

        Each approved person must inform the entire Board of conflicts of interest as they arise. Board members must abstain from voting on the matter in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Company Law. This disclosure must include all material facts in the case of a contract or transaction involving the approved person. The approved persons should understand that any approval of a conflict transaction is effective only if all material facts are known to the authorising persons and the conflicted person did not participate in the decision.

        Amended: January 2013
        May 2011

      • HC-2.4.2

        The Board must establish formal procedures for:

        (a) Periodic disclosure and updating of information by each approved person on his actual and potential conflicts of interest; and
        (b) Advance approval by directors or shareholders who do not have an interest in the transactions in which a licensee's approved person has a personal interest. The Board should require such advance approval in every case.
        May 2011