1. Directors, Company Finance and Shareholders
Advise on director transactions and removal, debt and equity finance, capital maintenance, minority protection and shareholder arrangements.
How to study the CPQ Professional stage
Build the independent research and business-report skills required for P1, then prepare the work-relevant tasks in the one P2–P10 pathway on your record.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Director service contracts, property transactions, loans and removal engage statutory approval and procedural requirements.
Exam cue: Identify transaction, director interest, approval and disclosure.
Concept 2
Debt, equity and security allocate return, control, priority and insolvency risk differently.
Exam cue: Compare finance by cost, security, dilution and control.
Concept 3
Capital maintenance, class rights, minority remedies and shareholder agreements protect distinct interests.
Exam cue: Separate company, board and member rights.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Assuming board approval is sufficient for every director transaction.
Guardrail: Do not study all nine pathways as mandatory, treat P1 as a timed exam, confuse passage with authorisation or rely on outdated law, tax, procedure or regulator guidance.
Treating shareholder ownership as ownership of company assets.
Guardrail: Do not study all nine pathways as mandatory, treat P1 as a timed exam, confuse passage with authorisation or rely on outdated law, tax, procedure or regulator guidance.
Ignoring service-contract consequences when removing a director.
Guardrail: Do not study all nine pathways as mandatory, treat P1 as a timed exam, confuse passage with authorisation or rely on outdated law, tax, procedure or regulator guidance.
Memory anchors
Director deal
Interest, power, disclosure, approval, record and consequence.
Finance
Amount, cost, security, dilution, control and repayment.
Shareholder protection
Rights, agreement, vote, petition and exit.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
A company proposes a substantial property sale to a director. What should be checked?
Members remove a director, but the director has a five-year service contract. What remains?
Answer all questions to submit.
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