Sentences with phrase «act as a company director»

Bankrupt individuals are subject to a number of restrictions, including being prevented from acting as a company director.

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Michael McGeary, political director at Engine, a tech advocacy group, says the JOBS Act «could be a real boon for young companies,» particularly those located outside VC - dense areas such as New York and Silicon Valley.

«It is important that we are inclusive and responsive to customer demand, which includes the ability to use TNCs,» or transpportation network companies such as Uber, port Acting Director of Aviation Kristi McKenney said in a statement Friday.

Following Mr. Tansky's retirement as President and Chief Executive Officer on October 5, 2010, the Company entered into a director services agreement wherein he agreed to act as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for an initial term beginning October 6, 2010 through December 31, 2011 (the «Director Services Agreement&director services agreement wherein he agreed to act as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for an initial term beginning October 6, 2010 through December 31, 2011 (the «Director Services Agreement&Director Services Agreement»).

(a) Schedule 2.7 (a) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list setting forth each employee benefit plan, program, policy or arrangement (including any «employee benefit plan» as defined in Section 3 (3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended («ERISA»)(«ERISA Plan»)-RRB-, including, without limitation, employee pension benefit plans, as defined in Section 3 (2) of ERISA, multi-employer plans, as defined in Section 3 (37) of ERISA, employee welfare benefit plans, as defined in Section 3 (1) of ERISA, deferred compensation plans, stock option plans, bonus plans, stock purchase plans, fringe benefit plans, life, hospitalization, disability and other insurance plans, severance or termination pay plans and policies, sick pay plans and vacation plans or arrangements, whether or not an ERISA Plan (including any funding mechanism therefore now in effect or required in the future as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise), whether formal or informal, oral or written, under which (i) any current or former employee, director or individual consultant of the Company (collectively, the «Company Employees») has any present or future right to benefits and which are contributed to, sponsored by or maintained by the Company or (ii) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) has had, has or may have any actual or contingent present or future liability or obligation.

«For those unfamiliar with it,» DPR Managing Director Tim Bell writes, «Article 27 requires companies that are not established in the EU but that monitor or process the personal data of people within the EU to appoint an EU - based representative to act as their Europe - facing point of contact for individ... Read More

A board of directors, acting as steward with fiduciary duties to a company's shareholders, generally has significant duties of loyalty and care in overseeing management and the strategic direction of the company.

Indeed, it states that the»... idea of a strictly «fiduciary» duty to avoid tax is wholly misconceived... [and]... It is not possible to construe a director's statutory duty to promote the success of the company [undersection 172 of the Companies Act 2006] as constituting a positive duty to avoid tax.»

From executive search at the Caldwell Partners to leading a product team at job board giant Monster.com, to delivering career and outplacement services (both individually and corporately sponsored) since 2002 and more recently, acting as Director of Graduate Career Services at UBC Sauder School of Business which entailed engaging with hundreds of companies.

He has acted as a Chairman and Director, both executive and non-executive, for a number of listed and unlisted public companies.

Currently, he also acts as a Director of B - Finance Ltd., the majority shareholder of the Company.

Before joining DFAIT, he worked at the Department of Finance, including from 1983 - 1990 with the Financial Sector Policy Branch where he served as Project Director, Financial Institutions Reform Project, and chaired the Inter-Departmental Legislative Review Committee, which guided the development of the 1992 reforms that overhauled the federal financial institutions statutes (the Bank Act, the Insurance Companies Act, the Trust and Loan Companies Act and the Cooperative Credit Associations Act).

The Texas Act would apply to any person who (i) beneficially owns any securities of a «Texas - based public company» (defined as a publicly traded company whose «headquarters» are located in Texas) and (ii) is an «activist investor» (defined as any person who directly or indirectly nominates or attempts to nominate directors or makes or attempts to make a shareholder proposal with respect to the company).

Because the CEO is ultimately responsible for the day - to - day operation of the Company and for executing the Company's strategy, and because the performance of the Company is an integral part of Board deliberations, the Board believes that Mr. Pearson is the Director most qualified to act as Chairman of the Board.

ADM unsuccessfully tried to buy GrainCorp for $ 3 billion in 2013 after initially raiding the company's register in a move previous managing director Alison Watkins viewed as a hostile act.

He is also Chairman of the Lexington Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT), and acts as Managing Director of The LCP Group, L.P., a private real estate advisory firm which is a partner and investor in Crescent Hotels & Resorts operating company and assets.

Sprint will take a seat on the FOSI Board of Directors, with acting Deputy Chief Privacy Officer Edward Palmieri serving as the company's representative.

Since joining Open Rights Group as its Executive Director in January 2009, Jim Killock has led campaigns against three strikes and the Digital Economy Act, the company Phorm and its plans to snoop on UK users, and against pervasive government Internet surveillance.

In 1989, Adrian Hall passed the torch to Anne Bogart, who spent a year as artistic director before resident acting company member and associate director Richard Jenkins assumed the job for the next four years.

Since July 2015, Lara has acted as the Interim Managing Director of the DfE's Shadow Property Company — a new organisation that is being established, to more effectively deliver 500 sites for free new schools by 2020.

According to the New School Network's website, Newman has been acting as interim managing director of the DfE's «shadow property company» since July 2015.

An academy trust board must understand its statutory duties as company directors under the Companies Act 2006.

Previously, he worked with teens as a counselor and acting instructor at Ewing's Children's Theater, a venue run by the City of Memphis, and as a theater director and arts administrator for numerous regional theater companies.

In performing the above functions, the trustees must also ensure they comply with the MAT's articles of association, provisions of the master and supplemental funding agreements, Academies Financial Handbook, duties and responsibilities of a company director and charity trustee as set out in the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Act 2011.

The department acted only after Michael P. Sharpe, director of a company the state picked to turn around Bridgeport's Dunbar School, was discovered to have convictions for forgery and embezzlement, and no doctoral degree, as claimed.

A business can insure the individuals who act as fiduciaries of a qualified retirement plan, such as the company's directors, officers, employees and other natural person trustees.

You will not be allowed to act as director or CEO of a company, or manage a business without informing those you do business with that you are bankrupt,

Under these circumstances, it is the fiduciary responsibility of the company's directors as well as of the trustees of its controlling shareholder to act in the interest of those who rely upon them to assure the competent management of Dover Motorsports.

We are acting as financial advisor to the Board of Directors of the Company (the «Board») in connection with its consideration of the Offer and pursuant to an engagement letter between the Company and RBC dated January 13, 2009 (the «Engagement Letter»).

The Chairman of the Board, Walter W. Bettinger II, is Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of The Charles Schwab Corporation and an interested person of the Trust as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

«Green tea has a natural antioxidant called catechin which acts as an astringent, suppressing bacteria growth,» stated Janice Yamamoto, the company's marketing director.

In this instance, some companies decide to offer an undertaking to the director, requesting that the director acts for the benefit of the company; an undertaking that is correctly drafted is as enforceable as a court order.

Acted for a shareholder - director in a long - running unfair prejudice action in relation to two English companies, which produced two important decisions in this area in the Court of Appeal (see [2013] Bus LR 753 and [2013] 2 BCLC 46), including acting as sole counsel at a consequentials trial and subsequent non-party costs proceedings.

Med Mining and Minerals Limited v Nusantara: acted as sole counsel in a substantial Commercial Court trial (against leading counsel for both other parties) relating to the activities of a mining company in the Far East, involving claims for breach of directors» duties under Indonesian law.

Under section 839 of the Companies Act 2014, where a person has been convicted of an indictable offence in relation to a company, or convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty, that person may not be appointed to, or act as, an auditor, director or other officer, receiver, liquidator or examiner or be in any way, whether directly or indirectly, concerned or take part in the promotion, formation or management of any compaAct 2014, where a person has been convicted of an indictable offence in relation to a company, or convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty, that person may not be appointed to, or act as, an auditor, director or other officer, receiver, liquidator or examiner or be in any way, whether directly or indirectly, concerned or take part in the promotion, formation or management of any compaact as, an auditor, director or other officer, receiver, liquidator or examiner or be in any way, whether directly or indirectly, concerned or take part in the promotion, formation or management of any company.

Complementing our strength in Banking & Finance, Civil Fraud and Financial Services we act for banks and other multinationals assisting or implicated in global and domestic criminal investigations, as well as shareholders, directors and other companies and individuals.

We frequently advise our clients about whether and how to conduct an internal investigation, and we conduct such investigations for companies when we conclude we have sufficient independence to do so, sometimes acting as special counsel to companies or their boards of directors.

As an officer of the company, the company secretary is potentially liable (along with the directors) for certain breaches of the Act (for example, failure to make certain Companies House filings).

Directors of companies wound - up in the public interest should face automatic petitions for their bankruptcy and / or automatic disqualification from acting as a director.

Directors are obliged to act only in the interests of the company (shareholders as a whole)

Re Servaccomm Redhall Ltd, Cunningham v. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Ref: [2006] 1 BCLC 1 Acted for successful applicant on a complicated application for permission to act as a director of two companies notwithstanding the making of a disqualification order.

When he is not working with DMH Stallard he acts as a non-executive director for public and private companies, speaks at conferences around the world, and advises businesses on how to develop winning strategies and improve performance.

A director of a company that breaks competition law can be disqualified from acting as a director of a company, or carrying out other specified roles in relation to a company, for up to 15 years.

A managing director of an online poster supplier gave an undertaking not to act as a director of any UK company for 5 years for their part in an online price - fixing cartel.

Patrick obtained an interim injunction preventing the holding of meetings of the company's board of directors and restraining the defendants from purporting to act as the company's directors.

Other key names include Jon Harris, who recently acted for Beaufort as the broker in numerous secondary fundraising matters by AIM - listed companies, and legal director Ross McDowall, who advised Kier on a wide array of property, environmental and planning law issues with regards to its operations in East Ayrshire.

As we are a company incorporated under the Companies Act 1993, Consensus New Zealand Limited is a separate legal entity from its owners, directors and employees.

Attempting to exclude Hu from the Company and purporting to expel him as a director was indeed oppressive conduct contrary to section 248 of the Business Corporations Act.

Sherrards also has experience in advising insolvency practitioners acting as administrators on all aspects of insolvency law, assisting with the legal aspects of group re-organisations and restructurings, schemes of arrangement, business and property sales, pre-packs and the investigation of prior transactions entered into by the company or its directors.

Peter acts as counsel for insurance companies on professional liability, E&O claims, Director's and Officer's liability, and surety, fidelity and dishonesty bond claims.