Sentences with phrase «actually shareholders of»

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The question of whether the law actually requires putting shareholders first has been subject to hot debate.

«A lot of M&A actually destroys value for shareholders, not adds value... acquisitions are quite risky, they can be distracting, they have to be integrated effectively,» Sue Noffke, fund manager at Schroders said.

«It's still difficult to explain it to your shareholders, obviously, but ultimately the people that you employ — or the people you are able to attract — is actually the backbone of your success.»

The last time multinational companies repatriated cash — also during the last Bush presidency — a bipartisan Senate investigation later found that those same companies actually shipped even more jobs overseas, while paying their shareholders billions through buybacks of their own stock.

The article's author, Steve Denning, dissects the main theme of Martin's book, which is that the current practices around maximizing shareholder value actually do more harm than good:

At the conclusion of his four - month trial in 2007, prosecutors sought to convict on two alternative theories: one, that defendants actually stolen money from the company or; two, that by failing to disclose these payments, they'd deprived shareholders of their intangible right to honest services.

But Beynon points out that the aftershocks of that earthquake may actually benefit shareholders of Hilton.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals (vrx) said Monday that it agreed to sell Sprout back to its former shareholders, but the deal is actually more of a giveaway: All Valeant will receive in return for Sprout is 6 % of future sales of the female libido drug, starting around mid-2019, plus freedom from its remaining acquisition obligations and its legal fight with Sprout shareholders.

Yet investors have not substantially marked down P / E ratios, as if high rates of future earnings growth can be expected to resume despite never having actually existed in any sense that's relevant to shareholders.

In an earnings call later that summer, Peter Rive, who was then SolarCity's CTO, explained the merits of the changes to shareholders: «We don't want to rush to actually initiate some of the equipment installation for the cell line and then have that be a regretful layout only months later.»

Once extraordinary charges and options dilution are considered, it's not clear that companies actually accumulated much at all for the benefit of shareholders, and they sure didn't pay dividends.

Recent Danger Zone pick Expedia (EXPE) has managed significant EPS growth through $ 3.2 billion in acquisitions, but these acquisitions have actually hurt the long - term interests of shareholders by earning an ROIC that falls short of WACC.

of GSK shareholders actually prefer the perceived safety of the conglomerate structure.

Meanwhile, debt service shows up in the financing activities, so the more debt you take on, the more you can mislead shareholders by reporting huge operating cash flow (EBITDA) that is actually the property of bondholders.

It does nothing now — shareholders can't actually tender into it because of the poison pill — and if Valeant ever persuades or replaces Allergan's board, then it could just do a friendly merger and dispense with the tender offer.

Vanguard is actually owned by the shareholders of its mutual funds.

And thirdly and quite surprisingly, Warren actually wasn't able to invest the full 400 mn as shareholders rejected the second tranche of the bail out.

A stock represents a percentage ownership in a business, so a reduction in the number of shares outstanding means that shareholders who owned the same number of shares actually increased their percentage ownership.

By mandating disclosure of superior and subordinate vote results separately, subordinate shareholders will be able to view how insiders are actually voting.

On Friday, the SNB held its SHAREHOLDER meeting (yes, it's publicly held) and it was reported in the WSJ that over the last year the price of SNB shares have risen to 7180 CHF from 1760 CHF, actually hitting a 10,000 per share in the interim.

kronkes influence over the club is minimal at best how many decisions does he actually make in the public club domain that we all know of, i am only guessing here but just because he is majority shareholder it doesn't mean he can just do what he wants without the other board members say so, i suppose the rest of the board would vote him out of power and liquidate his shares if he did something really wrong like leveraged the club against a big debt.

'' If Arsenal fans were invited to submit their opinions by email; if shareholders» and supporters» groups were still able to submit questions to the board and actually get answers; if there were any way of expressing dissatisfaction other than at away games by means of a banner — then you'd be absolutely right: sabotaging the atmosphere would be a bad thing.

As a shareholder he can actually invest and increase the capital (meaning investing) of the club and then everyone has to chip in.

You have to put yourself in the position, as a new board, is it credible to go to the shareholder and say let's spend a ton of money again, even though it hasn't actually achieved the long - term success?

Actually, no: Constituency statutes were often implemented to ward off potential hostile takeovers of in - state companies, in which certain investors attempt to seize control of firms to maximize short - term shareholder value.

There's also white collar crime (Tom Wilkinson's evil railroad baron stages a hostile takeover of the shareholders), Helena Bonham Carter in requisite bustier accessorized with a gun for a leg, and basically a genocide (actually an accurate portrayal of American's handling of the Indians).

Statistics also show that there is a serious gap between the level of engagement that employers need for productivity, innovation, creativity, and shareholder value to improve, and what they are actually getting.

Thorsten actually said BB10 is delayed only two months A marketing mom's humorous words of advice for RIM from a want ad The One Good Thing about the launch of BlackBerry 10 being delayed until 2013... Research In Motion to hold Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on July 10th «Nobody is delusional here.

What You May Have Missed Thorsten actually said BB10 is delayed only two months A marketing mom's humorous words of advice for RIM from a want adThe One Good Thing about the launch of BlackBerry 10 being delayed until 2013... Research In Motion to hold Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on July 10th «Nobody is delusional here.

Of course, they might not be making as much as people imagine, but there certainly is a perception — and the actions of big media companies don't often do anything to dispell it — that for all the talk of protecting intellectual property and rewarding creators, it's actually the big media companies and their shareholders who get most of the rewardOf course, they might not be making as much as people imagine, but there certainly is a perception — and the actions of big media companies don't often do anything to dispell it — that for all the talk of protecting intellectual property and rewarding creators, it's actually the big media companies and their shareholders who get most of the rewardof big media companies don't often do anything to dispell it — that for all the talk of protecting intellectual property and rewarding creators, it's actually the big media companies and their shareholders who get most of the rewardof protecting intellectual property and rewarding creators, it's actually the big media companies and their shareholders who get most of the rewardof the rewards.

There are actually a large number of global tech companies that are extremely profitable and, partly as a result, pay out large and growing dividends to shareholders.

It's actually amazing to me that ANY lenders signed up for this deal; it's not in the best interest of their investors or shareholders.

(Note that of course it's actually Berkshire that's buying back the stock, not Buffett himself, but he is setting the policy and is the largest shareholder, with a 23 % economic ownership, so it's effectively him.)

That the SEC is more worried about catching Martha Stewart trading on day early (a victimless crime that actually made the market more efficient, and helped reduce losses for unknowing buyers of ImClone that day) than it is about catching real fraud or protecting shareholders ownership rights?

Instead of the maximization of shareholder value (the number one goal of a corporation according to Aswath Damodaron) we witnessed a good ol' boy board of directors sit back and allow an entrenched management team to either lose or steal millions of assets (at one million a year in salary on a 10MM company, its stealing or akin to stealing no matter what actually happened to the $ 8 per share of liquidation value you mentioned that the company had... just one year ago)... and it raises goosebumps wondering where the millions of dollars actually went... just as I am sure Bernie Madoff's investors are wondering where there money is...

Once (or should I say if) this pension / labour dispute is put to rest, I'd actually expect a rapid & substantial improvement in shareholder value — this might be a substantial return of capital or a tender offer (to distribute surplus cash), and / or a potential new partnership or even a takeover offer..?!

This pointless waste of time & money may have actually struck a fatal blow — it proved the final straw for the usual message / bulletin boards, already sick of USOP shareholders» hysteria.

-- The EGM Notice process was both unprofessional & inappropriate: While most investors learned of the Share Buyback from Argo's RNS (released after close - of - business on Mon, Feb - 8th), the Notice was actually posted the prior week & received by some shareholders on Sat, Feb - 6th.

And since the board / management are the obvious problem / road - block here in terms of capital allocation, I do think the recent board changes actually offer asymmetric risk / reward — at worst, we end up with some new management / board members & just more of the same... but at best, we end up with a team who can actually deliver on acquisition (s) and / or a meaningful return of capital to shareholders (ideally, via a tender offer).

An Argo shareholder was so damn sure he wanted his AGAINST vote to count... he actually drove 150 KILOMETRES to ensure he had physical proof of ownership as quickly as possible from his broker when submitting his vote!

One of these is that management has to actually tell shareholders what they think company is worth!

The payment date is the day when the dividend cheques will actually be mailed to the shareholders of a company or credited to brokerage accounts.

And it must be remembered, once Fortress listed these entities, shareholders actually expected that kind of (pre-crisis) leverage & hubris at the time — so there's plenty of blame to go» round.

From my perspective, I was actually v encouraged by the added shareholder value arising from the company's smart & v chunky share buyback programme, and by the presence (until recently) of an activist shareholder, Everest Funds **.

Which doesn't mean I'd necessarily advocate KYG as a short — many of its shareholders are buy & hold types, who are pretty oblivious to price & valuation, so it might require really serious / unexpected bad news to actually provoke a crisis of confidence.

It's crucial they focus on evaluating any realistic transaction (s) that are actually on the table right now, compare it / them to the potential value of the default strategy, and present (& recommend) a final proposal to shareholders ASAP.

But I'm also conscious another of my holdings here — Fortress Investment Group (FIG: US), also a cash - rich & under - valued alternative asset manager — is actually TFG's largest shareholder (controlling a 14 - 15 % stake).

And poor RoEs, management neglect of shareholder value, and the absence of activist investors meant prices weren't actually that cheap, and there was little chance of value realization anyway.

Walsh warned shareholders and employees of the painful restructuring, cost reduction & rationalisation still to come, and then began systematically ticking each action item off his list: i) After one last kitchen sink loss in 2012 of EUR 116 million (mostly goodwill impairment), One51 actually recorded a net profit in 2013 for the first time in 7 years, ii) free cash flow increased from just EUR 1.1 million in 2011 to 15.4 million in 2013, iii) almost EUR 100 million was raised in two years from the sale of the plastic extrusion business, the disposal of stakes in Island Renewable Energy, Thirdforce, IFG, and (most significantly) Irish Continental Group, in addition to a substantial 2013 capital redemption from NTR, and iv) net debt (exc.

In a 2014 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, he wrote that over the long term, cash is actually a riskier investment than stocks, due to the potential of inflation wiping away any gains.