Sentences with phrase «shareholder services inc.»

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., the proxy advisory firm, last year gave Wynn Resorts its worst ranking for governance risk.

Speculation that Chesapeake, Virginia - based Dollar Tree would prevail increased last week when Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., an influential proxy adviser for large investors, recommended accepting the offer because of its «near certainty» of closing.

Recipient advisors: BMO Capital Markets Corp. • Computershare Investor Services LLC • Duff & Phelps Corp. • GMP Securities Ltd. • Jeantet Associés • Kingsdale Shareholder Services Inc. • KPMG LLP • Morgan Stanley Canada Limited • N M Rothschild & Sons Canada Holdings Limited • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP • Sullivan & Cromwell LLP • Wilcox Group Target advisors: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP • CIBC World Markets, Inc. • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP • Scotia Capital Inc. • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P

In the lead up to Target's 2014 annual meeting of shareholders, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., a powerful proxy advisory firm, recommended Target's shareholders vote against the election of seven of its 10 director nominees for «failing to provide sufficient risk oversight» in connection with the company's cybersecurity breach.

Consulting with corporate governance institutions such as Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. or compensation consultants regarding «say on pay» may be appropriate.

Daly attributed the drop primarily to a decision by Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., whose recommendations effectively dictate the votes of a large swath of institutional shareowners.

Covering equity funds in Europe worth $ 2 trillion, it was developed by two recognized climate specialists: not - for - profit CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) and ISS - Ethix Climate Solutions, part of the responsible investment arm of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc..

RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ: RIBT and RIBTW)(the «Company»), a global leader in the production and marketing of value added products derived from rice bran, today announced that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. («ISS»), the nation's leading independent proxy advisory firm, has issued a report recommending that RiceBran Technologies shareholders vote on the WHITE proxy card «FOR» the election of ALL the Company's director nominees — W. John Short, Marco V. Galante, David Goldman, Baruch Halpern, Henk W. Hoogenkamp, Robert C. Schweitzer and Peter A. Woog — at RiceBran Technologies» Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the «Annual Meeting») on June 22, 2016.

The bill, now on its way to the Senate, would require the two leading advisors in the Crescent Point dispute, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. and Glass Lewis & Co., to formally register with the SEC and within those filings «disclose their potential conflicts of interest and codes of ethics.»

There was a handful of companies that were interested in acquiring us we're gracious to be able to choose who we want to partner with and we decided to become a part of ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.)-- which is probably known to this podcast as the largest provider of top government research and services proxy (3:23 inaudible).

In addition to this core product line, RiskMetrics owned Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a pioneer in the development of policy - based proxy voting recommendations.

Most of the close to 50 investors surveyed said recommendations from firms like Glass Lewis & Co. and Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. have a «low influence» on how they vote at annual meetings for companies they own.

Issuers worry that proxy advisory firms — specifically, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co. — wield significant influence yet have no accountability.

Recipient advisors: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP • CIBC World Markets Inc. • Deloitte • GrupoAbogacia Profesional S.C. • Kingsdale Shareholder Services Inc. • KPMG • Legalmex S.C. • RBAbogados • Scotia Capital Inc. • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flam LLP Target advisors: BMO Capital Markets • Cereceres & Villalobos Abogados S.C. • Dorsey & Whitney LLP • Garcia Jimenez & Asociados • KPMG • Stikeman Elliott LLP

About ISS Founded in 1985 as Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., ISS is the world's leading provider of corporate governance and responsible investment (RI) solutions for asset owners, asset managers, hedge funds, and asset service providers.

Recipient advisors: Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP • Goodmans LLP • Kingsdale Shareholder Services Inc. • KPMG LLP • Lavery, de Billy L.L.P • L.E.K Consulting • McCarthy Tétrault LLP • National Bank Financial, Inc. • Stikeman Elliott LLP Target advisors: Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP • GMP Securities L.P • Ogilvy Renault LLP

Recipient advisors: BMO Capital Markets Corp. • Computershare Investor Services LLC • Duff & Phelps Corp. • GMP Securities Ltd. • Jeantet Associés • Kingsdale Shareholder Services Inc. • KPMG LLP • Morgan Stanley Canada Limited • N M Rothschild & Sons Canada Holdings Limited • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP • Sullivan & Cromwell LLP • Wilcox Group Target advisors: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP • CIBC World Markets, Inc. • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP • Scotia Capital Inc. • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. found that, from 2002 to 2012, companies with multiple share classes underperformed their peers over three -, five - and 10 - year periods.

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. says in a report that investors should vote for Dallas Howe and Herbert Pinder, nominated by Cation Capital Inc., instead of Crescent Point nominees Rene Amirault and Mike Jackson at the company's annual meeting May 4.

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That sounds good as a headline but it's not really true, says Brad Allen, of Branav Shareholder Advisory Services Inc. «People continue to reinforce this image that proxy firms have all this power.

^ The Fund's investment adviser, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the «Adviser» or «SSGA FM»), is contractually obligated until December 31, 2018 (i) to waive up to the full amount of the advisory fee payable by the Fund, and / or (ii) to reimburse the Fund to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (exclusive of non-recurring account fees, extraordinary expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, and distribution, shareholder servicing and sub-transfer agency fees) exceed 0.85 % of average daily net assets on an annual basis.

1The Fund's investment adviser, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is contractually obligated until May 1, 2019 to waive its management fee and / or to reimburse the Fund for expenses to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (exclusive of non-recurring account fees, extraordinary expenses, acquired fund fees and any class specific expenses such as Distribution, Shareholder Servicing, Administration, and Sub-Transfer Agency Fees, as measured on an annualized basis) exceed 0.07 % of average daily net assets on an annual basis.

^ The Fund's investment adviser, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is contractually obligated until April 30, 2019 (i) to waive up to the full amount of the advisory fee payable by the Fund, and / or (ii) to reimburse the Fund for expenses to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (exclusive of non-recurring account fees, extraordinary expenses, acquired fund fees, and any class - specific expenses, such as distribution, shareholder servicing, sub-transfer agency and administration fees) exceed 0.01 % of average daily net assets on an annual basis.

He has been CEO and founding shareholder of GSC Proxitalia where his responsibilities included developing the shareholder service business in Europe and Latin America, together with partner Georgeson Inc..

The Fund pays State Street Bank and Trust Company for its services as custodian, transfer agent and shareholder servicing agent and pays SSGA Funds Management, Inc., an affiliate of State Street Bank and Trust Company, for investment advisory services.

At present, the board of Amazon.com, Inc. includes no racial or ethnic minorities, according to data from Institutional Shareholder Services, and just three women.

Institutional Shareholder Services, a leading proxy advisory service, has recommended on Wednesday that GFI Group Inc (NYSE: GFIG) shareholders reject the proposed merger agreement with CME Group Inc (NYSE: CME), given $ 5.85 stock and cash offer is inferior to BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:...

Bank of America commented on E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE: DD) Monday following the endorsement of Nelson Peltz and John H. Myers as candidates for the board of directors by Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS).

The Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a decision and order under the Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs excluding a service agent, Michael R. Bennett, Workplace Compliance, Inc. in North Carolina, Texas, and all other places it is incorporated, franchised, or otherwise doing business, and all other individuals who are officers, employees, directors, shareholders, partners, or other individuals associated with Workplace Compliance, Inc., from providing drug and alcohol testing services in any capacity to any DOT - regulated employer for a period of 5 years.

«Companies that have benefited from the loan program range from debt servicer Affiliated Computer Services Inc., now part of Xerox Corp., to Education Management Corp., which operates for - profit colleges and whose largest shareholder is Goldman Sachs Group Inc..

Ceros Financial Services, Inc., located at 1445 Research Boulevard, Suite 530 Rockville, MD 20850, serves as principal underwriter for the Tree Ring Stock Fund and maintains all records required to be maintained pursuant to the Fund's Master Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plan and Agreements adopted pursuant to Rule 12b - 1 under the 1940 Act.

Breeden recently led a dissident shareholder group to win three seats on the board of tax preparation and accounting services company H&R Block Inc..

Notable mandates: Acted for Soltoro Ltd. in connection with its successful disposition by plan of arrangement to Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.; co-counsel for Trillium Motor World Ltd. in class action against General Motors of Canada Ltd. and Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP; acted for Canadian Solar Inc. in connection with raising an aggregate of US$ 50 million in equity and US$ 100 million in debt financing for acquisition financing and working capital purposes; external counsel to the Regional Municipality of York, providing a wide range of municipal, real estate, expropriation, litigation, and commercial law advice and services; counsel to minority shareholder of a Nevis LLC worth more than US$ 500 million with respect to a claim for relief from unfair prejudice in litigation in Nevis and the Commercial Division of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in British Virgin Islands, and in contemporaneous related actions in Belize and the United States.

Recipient advisors: Clayton Utz • Computershare Investor Services Inc. • Georgeson Shareholder Communications Canada, Inc. • Mallesons Stephen Jaques • Morgan Stanley & Co..

Appraiser Jennifer Cossette, ASA, Pluris Valuation Advisors, Vice President Lou Garone, MAI, SRA, AI - GRS Simon Offord, Esq., Law Office of Peter N. Brewer Yvonne J. Broszus, MAI, Valbridge Property Advisors / Hulberg & Associates, Director Robert Cruz, Intero Real Estate Services, a Berkshire Hathaway Affiliate, Regional Vice President Nils Ratnathicam, The Rincon Group, Apartment Investor and Lender Cris K. O'Neall, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Shareholder Deane Wilson, MA, ASA, The Blackwell Group, Managing Partner Craig Cooper, Office of the Sonoma County Assessor, Supervising Appraiser Tom Poser, Jones Lang LaSalle Paul Chandler, MAI, Property Sciences Group, Inc., Founder & CEO Arlen C. Mills, MAI, SRA, The Mills Company, Principal Stan Tish, MAI, Berliner Kidder & Tish Greg Monteverde, Santa Clara County Assessor's Office, Chief Appraiser James Gavin, MAI, Duff and Phelps, Managing Director San Francisco Real Estate Services Group Peter Christensen, LIA, Administrators & Insurance Services, General Counsel Benjamin Scott, Advent Properties, Realtor (R), CCRM, Founder / CEO Stephen Wagner, MAI, SRA, AI - GRS, Appraisal Institute, National 2017 VP Elect Amy Hopkins, Jones Lang LaSalle Brokerage, Inc., Vice President, Retail Brokerage Jeffrey Haskell, NorthMarq Capital, Senior Vice President — Managing Director

He was president and one of the controlling shareholders of Frain, Camins & Swartchild Inc. in 1997 when the Chicago - based, full - service firm was sold to New York - based Insignia for $ 9.9 million.

In its recently released annual report to shareholders, Indianapolis - based Simon Properties Group Inc., the nation's largest publicly traded retail real estate company and the largest owner of retail shopping centers, boasted of its achievement by stating that its MALLPeRKS affinity marketing service is the country's largest frequent - shopper program.