{"id":5875,"date":"2019-11-19T11:36:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T10:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmr-restrukturyzacje.local\/pmr\/zarzad-odpowiada-osobiscie\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T11:36:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T10:36:14","slug":"the-board-is-personally-responsible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/the-board-is-personally-responsible\/","title":{"rendered":"The Management Board is personally responsible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The timely opening of restructuring proceedings and remedial action relieves the board of personal liability for liabilities incurred in the company's crisis operations.<\/p>\n<p>In the event of a company&#039;s insolvency and the board&#039;s failure to fulfill its statutory obligations to file a bankruptcy petition, board members are liable for its obligations. The law regulates the liability of company boards towards their creditors in this way. The salvation for companies from bankruptcy is to open a bankruptcy petition at the right time. <a href=\"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/when-should-a-company-initiate-restructuring-proceedings\/\">restructuring proceedings<\/a>, aimed at exiting the crisis situation and concluding an arrangement with creditors. At the same time, such remedial actions release the management board from personal liability for the liabilities that have arisen.<\/p>\n<p>Unexpected disruptions affecting the emergence of a crisis situation in a company, many times lead to a phase of acute crisis, when the anti-crisis measures taken by management have already failed and depleted resources threaten continued existence.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u2013 This is a breakthrough stage in the life cycle of a company, where the selection of appropriate management tools determines survival and further development. In an insolvency crisis, the duties and responsibility of management boards towards the company&#039;s creditors also become an important issue. In a situation of a financial crisis of a company, leading to its insolvency, the culpable failure of the management board to submit <a href=\"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/withdrawal-of-a-consumer-bankruptcy-application\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1107\">bankruptcy petition<\/a> or failure to initiate restructuring proceedings, which would give a chance to emerge from the crisis, results in the personal liability of the management board \u2013 emphasizes Ma\u0142gorzata Anisimowicz, President of the Management Board of PMR Restrukturyzacje.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This liability is absolute, is not limited in amount, cannot be excluded on the basis of a shareholders' agreement and jointly and severally covers all members of the management board (Art. 299 KSH, \u00a7 1,2). The source of this liability is also irrelevant.<\/p>\n<p>The Restructuring Law in force since 1 January 2016, saving the company from <a href=\"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/consumer-bankruptcy-a-chance-for-franc-borrowers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1487\">bankruptcy and equal opportunities<\/a> creditors, allows for the development of an effective recovery plan that restores the company&#039;s ability to function and leads to an arrangement with creditors. <i>- It thus constitutes, when its conditions are met, a prerequisite for the exclusion of the management from liability,\" says Malgorzata Anisimowicz.<\/i><br \/>\nTaking into account the provisions of the Restructuring Law, in the case of opting for the corporate recovery option, this exemption applies when:<br \/>\n- In due time, a decision was made to open the proceedings <a href=\"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/amendment-to-the-restructuring-agreement\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1210\">restructuring or approval of the arrangement<\/a> in the proceedings for the approval of the arrangement, where the formulation of the appropriate time is crucial here, because it is not enough to merely open the proceedings, but the company must also have sufficient assets to ensure at least partial satisfaction of the receivables.<br \/>\n- The failure to make the application was through no fault of the board member, which, in the face of the law, is difficult to argue in his favour. After all, by deciding to accept this function, he or she is at the same time committing to the due diligence of his or her activities and guaranteeing the required skills. All members are jointly and severally liable, so the type of division or division supervised in the organisation does not absolve them from liability either.<br \/>\n- Despite the failure to file an application and the failure to issue an order to open restructuring proceedings or to approve an arrangement, the creditor has not suffered a loss.<\/p>\n<p>It is also important to note that when a bankruptcy application and a restructuring application are filed, the restructuring application is dealt with first and the bankruptcy application is stayed pending a court ruling on the restructuring application. The opening of restructuring proceedings therefore protects against vindication, allows time for the development and implementation of a restructuring plan that often takes into account not only corrective measures, but also profound strategic changes for many areas of the business, strengthening efficiency and adapting the company to the conditions of its environment, giving time to obtain financing and support for activities by restructuring advisors.<\/p>\n<p><i>The company can conduct the necessary audit, strategic analysis of all areas of activity and the environment in which it operates, create a project of remedial actions, prepare a comprehensive restructuring plan, develop a development strategy and arrangement proposals, obtain the aforementioned financing, develop a communication system ensuring transparency of information for creditors, introduce and monitor activities on an ongoing basis. - Therefore, do everything that is necessary for productive functioning, which, when carried out in the earlier stages of the crisis, gives almost certainty of success and leaving the debtor&#039;s own management, i.e. eliminating the risk of appointing a new administrator, appropriate for remedial proceedings - says Ma\u0142gorzata Anisimowicz - president <a href=\"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/difficult-quarter-fiten-sa-board-decides-to-restructure\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1595\">PMR Restructuring Management Board<\/a> ARE<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>In her opinion, the law specifies the circumstances and scope of personal liability of the management board towards its creditors, but also provides procedures and tools for reaching an agreement through remedial actions in the crisis situation that satisfy both parties. The most important thing is therefore the awareness of the management boards about the possibilities of restructuring processes and considering <a href=\"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/instead-of-bankruptcy-restructuring\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"564\">restructuring as an anti-bankruptcy action<\/a> and the resulting consequences, at the earliest possible stage of the threat of insolvency.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"stopka1\"><b>The article appeared in the daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita<\/b>:<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/rppl.png\" title=\"\">14 November 2019:<a class=\"alink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rp.pl\/Biznes\/311149994-Zarzad-odpowiada-osobiscie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\" The Board is personally responsible<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Otwarcie we w\u0142a\u015bciwym czasie post\u0119powania restrukturyzacyjnego i dzia\u0142ania naprawcze uwalniaj\u0105 zarz\u0105d od odpowiedzialno\u015bci osobistej za zobowi\u0105zania powsta\u0142e w kryzysowej dzia\u0142alno\u015bci sp\u00f3\u0142ki. W sytuacji niewyp\u0142acalno\u015bci sp\u00f3\u0142ki i niewype\u0142nienia przez zarz\u0105d obowi\u0105zk\u00f3w ustawowych z\u0142o\u017cenia wniosku upad\u0142o\u015bciowego, cz\u0142onkowie zarz\u0105du odpowiadaj\u0105 za jej zobowi\u0105zania. Prawo reguluje w ten spos\u00f3b odpowiedzialno\u015b\u0107 zarz\u0105d\u00f3w sp\u00f3\u0142ek wobec ich wierzycieli. Ratunkiem dla przedsi\u0119biorstw przed upad\u0142o\u015bci\u0105, jest otwarcie we w\u0142a\u015bciwym czasie post\u0119powania restrukturyzacyjnego, maj\u0105cego na celu wyj\u015bcie z sytuacji kryzysowej i zawarcie uk\u0142adu z wierzycielami. Jednocze\u015bnie takie dzia\u0142ania naprawcze uwalniaj\u0105 zarz\u0105d od odpowiedzialno\u015bci osobistej za powsta\u0142e zobowi\u0105zania. Niespodziewane zak\u0142\u00f3cenia wp\u0142ywaj\u0105ce na powstanie sytuacji kryzysowej przedsi\u0119biorstwa, wielokrotnie doprowadzaj\u0105 do fazy ostrego kryzysu, gdy zawodz\u0105 ju\u017c dzia\u0142ania antykryzysowe podejmowane przez zarz\u0105d, a wyczerpane zasoby zagra\u017caj\u0105 dalszej egzystencji. &#8211; To prze\u0142omowy etap w cyklu \u017cycia przedsi\u0119biorstwa, w przypadku kt\u00f3rego wyb\u00f3r w\u0142a\u015bciwych narz\u0119dzi zarz\u0105dzania decyduje o przetrwaniu i dalszym rozwoju. W kryzysie niewyp\u0142acalno\u015bci istotn\u0105 kwesti\u0105 staj\u0105 si\u0119 r\u00f3wnie\u017c obowi\u0105zki i odpowiedzialno\u015b\u0107 zarz\u0105d\u00f3w wobec wierzycieli sp\u00f3\u0142ki. W sytuacji kryzysu finansowego sp\u00f3\u0142ki, doprowadzaj\u0105cego do jej niewyp\u0142acalno\u015bci, zawinione niez\u0142o\u017cenie przez zarz\u0105d wniosku o upad\u0142o\u015b\u0107 b\u0105d\u017a brak wszcz\u0119cia post\u0119powania restrukturyzacyjnego, daj\u0105cego szans\u0119 na wyj\u015bcie z kryzysu, skutkuje osobist\u0105 odpowiedzialno\u015bci\u0105 zarz\u0105du \u2013 podkre\u015bla Ma\u0142gorzata Anisimowicz, prezes zarz\u0105du PMR Restrukturyzacje. Odpowiedzialno\u015b\u0107 ta jest bezwzgl\u0119dnie obowi\u0105zuj\u0105ca, nie jest ograniczona kwotowo, nie mo\u017ce by\u0107 wy\u0142\u0105czona na podstawie porozumienia wsp\u00f3lnik\u00f3w i solidarnie obejmuje wszystkich cz\u0142onk\u00f3w zarz\u0105du (Art. 299 KSH, \u00a7 1,2). Znaczenia nie ma r\u00f3wnie\u017c \u017ar\u00f3d\u0142o tego zobowi\u0105zania. Funkcjonuj\u0105ce od 01.01.2016 roku Prawo restrukturyzacyjne, ratuj\u0105ce sp\u00f3\u0142k\u0119 przed upad\u0142o\u015bci\u0105 i wyr\u00f3wnuj\u0105ce szanse wierzycieli, pozwala na wypracowania skutecznego planu naprawczego przywracaj\u0105cego przedsi\u0119biorstwu zdolno\u015b\u0107 funkcjonowania i doprowadzaj\u0105cego do uk\u0142adu z wierzycielami. &#8211; Stanowi tym samym przy spe\u0142nieniu jego warunk\u00f3w, przes\u0142ank\u0119 do wy\u0142\u0105czenia zarz\u0105du z odpowiedzialno\u015bci \u2013 m\u00f3wi Ma\u0142gorzata Anisimowicz. Bior\u0105c po uwag\u0119 przepisy Prawa restrukturyzacyjnego, w przypadku wyboru opcji naprawy przedsi\u0119biorstwa, wy\u0142\u0105czenie to dotyczy sytuacji, gdy: &#8211; We w\u0142a\u015bciwym czasie wydano postanowienie o otwarciu post\u0119powania restrukturyzacyjnego albo o zatwierdzenie uk\u0142adu w post\u0119powaniu w przedmiocie zatwierdzenia uk\u0142adu, przy czym sformu\u0142owanie w\u0142a\u015bciwy czas, jest tutaj kluczowe, poniewa\u017c nie wystarczy jedynie otwarcie post\u0119powania, lecz sp\u00f3\u0142ka powinna jeszcze dysponowa\u0107 maj\u0105tkiem w takim stopniu, aby zapewni\u0107 przynajmniej cz\u0119\u015bciowe zaspokojenie wierzytelno\u015bci. &#8211; Niezg\u0142oszenie wniosku nast\u0105pi\u0142o nie z winy cz\u0142onka zarz\u0105du, co w obliczu przepis\u00f3w prawa jest trudne do uargumentowania na jego korzy\u015b\u0107. Decyduj\u0105c si\u0119 bowiem na przyj\u0119cie tej funkcji, zobowi\u0105zuje si\u0119 on jednocze\u015bnie do zachowania nale\u017cytej staranno\u015bci swojej dzia\u0142alno\u015bci i gwarantuje wymagane umiej\u0119tno\u015bci. Wszyscy cz\u0142onkowie odpowiadaj\u0105 solidarnie, wi\u0119c od odpowiedzialno\u015bci nie zwalnia te\u017c rodzaj nadzorowanego w organizacji pionu czy dywizji. &#8211; Pomimo niezg\u0142oszenia wniosku oraz niewydania postanowienia o otwarciu post\u0119powania restrukturyzacyjnego, b\u0105d\u017a o zatwierdzenie uk\u0142adu wierzyciel nie poni\u00f3s\u0142 szkody. Istotne jest te\u017c, \u017ce w przypadku zg\u0142oszenia wniosku o og\u0142oszenie upad\u0142o\u015bci i wniosku restrukturyzacyjnego, w pierwszej kolejno\u015bci rozpatrywany jest wniosek restrukturyzacyjny, a wniosek upad\u0142o\u015bciowy zostaje wstrzymany do czasu wydania orzeczenia s\u0105du odno\u015bnie wniosku restrukturyzacyjnego. Otwarcie post\u0119powania restrukturyzacyjnego chroni wi\u0119c przed windykacj\u0105, daje czas na opracowanie i wdro\u017cenie planu restrukturyzacyjnego uwzgl\u0119dniaj\u0105cego cz\u0119stokro\u0107 nie tylko dzia\u0142ania naprawcze, ale i g\u0142\u0119bokie zmiany strategiczne dla wielu obszar\u00f3w dzia\u0142alno\u015bci, wzmacniaj\u0105c efektywno\u015b\u0107 i dostosowuj\u0105c przedsi\u0119biorstwo do warunk\u00f3w jego otoczenia, daj\u0105c czas na pozyskanie finansowania oraz wsparcie dzia\u0142a\u0144 przez doradc\u00f3w restrukturyzacyjnych. Przedsi\u0119biorstwo mo\u017ce przeprowadzi\u0107 niezb\u0119dny audyt, analiz\u0119 strategiczn\u0105 wszystkich obszar\u00f3w dzia\u0142alno\u015bci oraz otoczenia, w kt\u00f3rym dzia\u0142a, stworzy\u0107 projekt dzia\u0142a\u0144 naprawczych, przygotowa\u0107 kompleksowy plan restrukturyzacyjny, opracowa\u0107 strategi\u0119 rozwoju i propozycje uk\u0142adowe, pozyska\u0107 wspomniane finansowanie, opracowa\u0107 system komunikacji, zapewniaj\u0105cy przejrzysto\u015b\u0107 informacji dla wierzycieli, wprowadzi\u0107 i na bie\u017c\u0105co kontrolowa\u0107 dzia\u0142ania. \u2013 A zatem zrobi\u0107 wszystko, co niezb\u0119dne dla produktywnego funkcjonowania, czego przeprowadzenie we wcze\u015bniejszych fazach kryzysu, daje niemal\u017ce pewno\u015b\u0107 sukcesu i pozostawienie zarz\u0105du w\u0142asnego d\u0142u\u017cnikowi, czyli eliminacj\u0119 ryzyka ustanowienia nowego zarz\u0105dcy, w\u0142a\u015bciwego dla post\u0119powa\u0144 sanacyjnych \u2013 m\u00f3wi Ma\u0142gorzata Anisimowicz &#8211; prezes zarz\u0105du PMR Restrukturyzacje S.A. Jej zdaniem prawo precyzuje okoliczno\u015bci i zakres odpowiedzialno\u015bci osobistej zarz\u0105du wobec jego wierzycieli, jednak\u017ce daje te\u017c procedury i narz\u0119dzia s\u0142u\u017c\u0105ce do uzyskania porozumienia na drodze dzia\u0142a\u0144 naprawczych powsta\u0142ej sytuacji kryzysowej, satysfakcjonuj\u0105cych obydwie strony. Najwa\u017cniejsza jest wi\u0119c \u015bwiadomo\u015b\u0107 zarz\u0105d\u00f3w o mo\u017cliwo\u015bciach proces\u00f3w restrukturyzacyjnych i rozpatrzenie restrukturyzacji jako dzia\u0142a\u0144 przeciwdzia\u0142aj\u0105cych upad\u0142o\u015bci i wynikaj\u0105cych z nich konsekwencji, w jak najwcze\u015bniejszej fazie zagro\u017cenia niewyp\u0142acalno\u015bci\u0105. Artyku\u0142 ukaza\u0142 si\u0119 w dzienniku Rzeczpospolita:dnia 14 listopada 2019:\u00bb Zarz\u0105d odpowiada osobi\u015bcie<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[30],"class_list":["post-5875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"authors":[{"term_id":30,"user_id":12,"is_guest":0,"slug":"teampmr-restructuring-pl","display_name":"Zesp\u00f3\u0142 PMR","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/logo2-e1729926426335.png","url2x":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/logo2-e1729926426335.png"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5875"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=5875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}