Sentences with phrase «as early shareholders»

Not exact matches

Almost three decades after launching the company as an indie film production house with little more than $ 300 and a lot of youthful enthusiasm, he and co-founder Seaton McLean and a few other early shareholders had all become rich beyond imagining on the strength of a handful of lucrative properties, including HGTV, the Food Network and the spectacularly successful CSI franchise.

As proxy season gets underway, some early, behind the scenes discussions between shareholders and companies are exhibiting a welcome break from the past: a new tone of respect.

But early reactions to a restructuring program known as Project Sunrise is bringing much - needed optimism for the company and its shareholders.

As an added bonus for shareholders, the bank announced Tuesday it was raising its quarterly dividend to 38 cents per share, from 30 cents in the earlier quarter.

He has since gone long on Valeant, saying such «platform companies» — those that grow through bolt - on acquisitions — enrich their shareholders with each new deal, as Valeant did when it acquired Salix Pharmaceuticals earlier this year (Valeant shares are up 49 % since then).

At the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting earlier this month, Buffett commented on the fault he saw at Wells Fargo (wfc), where a high - pressure sales culture has been blamed for creating an atmosphere that led employees to create as many as 2 million fake accounts for customers.

ISS is expected to publish its view on whether Michael Dell's offer, which is backed by equity financing from buyout firm Silver Lake, is in the interest of Dell's shareholders as early as next week.

The previously sleepy conglomerate — which owns properties like Nickelodeon and BET — exploded into life earlier this year, as 93 - year - old billionaire and controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone seemed to be taking a more active interest in the goings on at his entertainment business.

The five shareholders who demanded Mr. Kalanick's resignation include some of the technology industry's most prestigious venture capital firms, which invested in Uber at an early stage of the company's life, as well as a mutual fund firm.

While Tronc chairman Michael Ferro fancies himself as a buyer rather than a seller, Tronc's own fortunes over the next several years would require a crystal ball, especially if second - largest shareholder Patrick Soon - Shiong makes his move to take over the company early next year.

After four decades of shareholder advocacy, we are bolstered in the knowledge that as the field of corporate social responsibility which ICCR members helped to promote in the early 1970s continues to evolve, so does the work of our growing coalition of active shareowners as they refine their methodology and design newer and more effective models for corporate engagement.

The shareholders» meeting will be the first for Herbert Diess, the former BMW executive who replaced Matthias Müller as chief executive in early April.

Notice of any proposal that a shareholder intends to present at the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders, but does not intend to have included in the Company's proxy statement and form of proxy relating to the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders, as well as any director nominations, must be delivered to the Company's Secretary by mail at 1 Infinite Loop, MS: 301 - 4GC, Cupertino, California 95014, or by email at [email protected], not earlier than the close of business on October 31, 2014 and not later than the close of business on November 30, 2014.

Earlier this year, the group coordinated requests for a shareholder report on election interference and other platform challenges, as well as a separate request to establish an ongoing risk oversight committee.

As earlier reported, Gannett's cause also got a boost when a shareholder filed suit alleging that Ferro and the directors had breached their fiduciary duty issuing new shares and selling a 13 percent stake to Dr. Patrick Soon - Shiong two weeks ago.

And finally, we will argue that sometimes voting support is modest in early years but later garners significant shareholder backing as knowledge about an issue accumulates.»

In early January, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) published regulations that limit the number of commercial banks in which each investor can own holdings, which is intended to reduce specific cases of «disorder» in the banking sector, such as the abuse of rights by major shareholders and the existence of «invisible shareholders».

Mining equipment company Emeco Holdings is expected to be cap in hand in front of shareholders as early as Monday, seeking backing for a new acquisition.

As part of the deal, said one person familiar with it, Uber would be required to go public by late 2019, or otherwise allow early and large shareholders to sell their stock freely to interested parties.

«Our pending acquisition of 21st Century Fox will expand our ability to drive long - term value as an extraordinary entertainment company with the content, the platforms, and the reach to meet the growing demands of consumers around the world,» Iger told shareholders on a conference call earlier this morning.

Marty's early career established him as an expert witness in shareholder litigations, and turnaround specialist for bankrupt companies.

But at this point, I remain grimly invested, as ZMNO's de-listing draws near: The London listing terminates in early - March, so we can expect an announcement shortly... and it's only fair AIM shareholders have a final plan / schedule in front of them ahead of the de-listing.

Bellamyj: you are correct, and as I pointed out earlier vxgn holders basically own an option on oxgn till the vxgn shareholder vote

ETF for India, China, Vietnam, etc.)-- Vanguard is good; I am in process of replacing the TD eFunds with Vanguard ETFs (I should have done it much earlier but they were under in my RRSP, it should have not mattered, the corresponding ETFs were low too)-- Big companies are good (McDonalds, Starbucks, Pfizer, WM) until they are not so perhaps I should get rid of them and buy more Vanguard ETFs — Buying distressed companies could be a winning proposition but have I very mixed results so better not (BP and Transocean bought after the oil spill, Nortel, BlackBerry, and Nokia — BP and NOKIA good, Transocean under not much, but under, BB very, very bad, and Nortel no comments)-- Berkshire is very good as it is a kind of ETF but what would happen after Warren Buffett (who would have thought AIG would need to be bailed out and the shareholders wiped out in the process or other cases where individuals brought companies down for example Barings the oldest bank in England)

As someone stated earlier, DRPs allow shareholders to re-invest for the long run in companies they admire and believe will be around in the future.

As explained in more detail in the fund's prospectus, the fund that charges a redemption fee reserves the right to waive its early redemption fee for certain tax - advantaged retirement plans or charitable giving funds, certain fee - based or wrap programs, or in other circumstances when the fund's officers determine that such a waiver is in the best interest of the fund and its shareholders.

Going back a bit further, No Mother 3 or even the second, and much better, Fire Emblem DS title just feels «soulless» to me as small risk, likely limited - return projects that would nevertheless be unlikely to lose money... Perhaps they are too concerned with weighing down the divisions ROI figure, a curt nod towards shareholders over customers: / All that said, Tom, it is probably too early to write off a brand new platform.

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman subpoenaed ExxonMobil earlier this month for any documents related to its climate science research and communications to shareholders and the public as part of a year - long investigation into the company.

Goodman Allen Donnelly welcomed E. Duffy Myrtetus as a shareholder in early 2015.

Among other things, Mclachlin CJC found that it had not been properly proven that Livent had suffered any damages as a result of any failure by Deloitte to allow shareholders a better and earlier opportunity to supervise management.

«This suit may have more foundation as concerns over an earlier severance package, $ 17 million to Michael Capellas for his seven month tenure as President, led to a shareholder approved policy to limit future severance packages.

5G FWA solutions are likely to be largely targeted at enterprises as part of Verizon's business - to - business packages and while they aren't expected to immediately yield significant profits, the telecom giant may be using them as an attempt to further test some of its generally applicable connectivity technologies while simultaneously starting to generate some returns on its massive networking investments several quarters earlier than its shareholders were expecting to see them, according to some industry watchers.

Mills just completed a lengthy internal investigation into its accounting irregularities earlier this month, stating it will cut shareholder equity by as much as $ 352 million.

Mark O. Decker, president of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trust, said it's too early to tell how the Clinton administration will affect the industry, but he said he expects to see laws enacted that would liberalize the 100 shareholder and «5/50» rules as well as make it easier for partnerships and corporations to transfer realty assets to REITs without tax problems.

One of the keys to help maximize shareholder value is to carefully evaluate the entire real estate portfolio — both owned and leased facilities — as early as possible.