160Appointment of directors of public company to be voted on individuallyU.K.
(1)At a general meeting of a public company a motion for the appointment of two or more persons as directors of the company by a single resolution must not be made unless a resolution that it should be so made has first been agreed to by the meeting without any vote being given against it.
(2)A resolution moved in contravention of this section is void, whether or not its being so moved was objected to at the time.
But where a resolution so moved is passed, no provision for the automatic reappointment of retiring directors in default of another appointment applies.
(3)For the purposes of this section a motion for approving a person's appointment, or for nominating a person for appointment, is treated as a motion for his appointment.
(4)Nothing in this section applies to a resolution amending the company's articles.