Sentences with phrase «adopting bylaws»

In all, Institutional Shareholder Services reports that 52 companies have adopted these bylaws.

The solution, obviously, is to adopt bylaws that allow the independent board members to call special meetings, require them to meet periodically outside the presence of managers, and the like.

Signed by the leading deal lawyer Martin Lipton and seven other Wachtell partners, the memo proposes that company boards consider adopting a bylaw prohibiting shareholder activists from compensating director nominees.

By the end of 2004, RDA had become a nonprofit public benefit corporation in California, nominated a board and adopted bylaws.

The City chose to expect the BC SPCA to do something for these dogs rather than adopt a bylaw that would permit it to help these dogs.

Most Associations need to adopt bylaws or rules and regulations that establish Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures.

By 1965, AFCC had adopted bylaws and a constitution.

The question before the membership involved a «yes» to adopt a bylaw change authorizing the MLS to be a separately incorporated subsidiary of the Association, and a «no» vote meant that the MLS would be operated and controlled by another REALTOR ® Association.

Not exact matches

A handful of small companies have since adopted fee - shifting bylaws, as have a couple of big companies in connection with their initial public offerings.

It was on the grounds that the bylaw purported to apply to former stockholders who no longer held shares when it was adopted, not on the grounds that it was adopted in anticipation of litigation.

In connection with a shareholder proposal made at the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders, the Company informed its shareholders that the Board had adopted a policy providing for majority voting for the election of directors in uncontested elections and that the Company would take steps to implement majority voting in its Articles and bylaws.

The company has also proposed several charter amendments as part of its efforts to adopt corporate governance best practices, including board declassification, providing for the removal of directors with or without cause, a reduced supermajority requirement to amend bylaws regarding special meeting rights and the elimination of supermajority requirements for certain provisions of the bylaws.

Shortly thereafter, the Delaware Legislature adopted legislation to ban fee - shifting bylaws.

Ct. 2015), obtaining a landmark ruling in Delaware that bylaws adopted after shareholders are cashed out do not apply to shareholders affected by the transaction.

In that opinion, the first to address fee - shifting provisions following ATP, the Delaware Court of Chancery found that a fee - shifting bylaw was inapplicable to a share - holder plaintiff and the class where the bylaw was adopted after a plaintiff had been forcibly cashed out through a reverse stock split.

However, GOP bylaws, adopted two years ago, bar Republican candidates from taking the Democratic line in nonjudicial races.

The Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is authorized and constituted by Article XII, Section 1 (a) of the Bylaws of the Association and such other rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Board of Directors or the Council of the Association.

The Division shall be governed by the Constitution and Bylaws of the Association and such other regulations as may be adopted by the Board of Directors of the Association.

The Division shall be governed by the Constitution and Bylaws of the Association and such other regulations as may be adopted by the Board of Directors or the Council of the Association.

The Division shall be governed by the Constitution and Bylaws of the Association and such other rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Council of the Association.

(d) Except as otherwise stipulated in these Bylaws, measures taken up at Division meetings, including the annual business meeting, shall be adopted by a simple majority of those present and voting.

Bolton established a Canadian first in the 1990's when he wrote a bylaw to regulate light pollution that was adopted by the town of Richmond Hill, Ontario, in 1994.

The board chose not to adopt a «money follows the child» proposed funding model for charter schools that its Legislation and Bylaws committee considered recently.

Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, adopted as of November 16, 2004, are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (b) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 70 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N - 1A (File No. 811 - 07704), electronically filed with the SEC on February 11, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as «PEA No. 70»).

Articles 9 and 11 of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, adopted as of November 16, 2004, referenced in Exhibit (b) above, are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (b) of PEA No. 70.

No amendment to the Constitution and Bylaws, or to the Standard for the breed, that is adopted by the Club shall become effective until it has been approved by the Board of Directors of the American Kennel Club.

No amendment to the constitution and bylaws or to the Standard for the breed that is adopted by the Club shall become effective until it has been approved by the Board of Directors of the American Kennel Club.

The members of the club shall adopt and may from time to time revise such bylaws as may be required to carry out these objects.

The rules contained in the latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall govern the Club in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these bylaws and any other special rules of order the Club may adopt.

No amendment to the constitution and bylaws (or to the Standard for the breed) that is adopted by the Club shall become effective until it has been approved by the Board of Directors of the American Kennel Club.

But just as we warned, in the municipalities where this legislation was adopted there have been no attempts to enforce it and no change in the problem of cat overpopulation, except where private cat welfare groups have established spay / neuter programs And just as we warned, the SPCA immediately used the bylaw to try to shut down a cat rescuer who was doing the work the public thought the SPCA was doing and who kept her cats in much more humane conditions than the SPCA itself.

Beginning in 1995, at Animal Advocates Society's urging, the following municipalities in B.C. adopted a version of Humane Treatment of Dogs (also called «Tied Dog») bylaws:

It also could have used the Humane Treatment of Dogs Bylaws, adopted in this municipality at Animal Advocates» urging, to make the owners take better care of her.

The rules contained in the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall govern the Club in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these Bylaws and any other special rules of order the Club may adopt.

The members of the Club shall adopt and may from time to time revise such bylaws as may be required to carry out these objectives.

No amendment to the Constitution and Bylaws or to the Standard for the breed that is adopted by the Club shall become effective until the Board of Directors of The American Kennel Club has approved it.

The rules contained in the current edition of «Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised,» shall govern the club in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these bylaws and any other special rules of order the club may adopt.

No amendment to the constitution bylaws that is adopted by the club shall become effective until it has been approved by the Board of Directors of The American Kennel Club.

Check your lease or your community bylaws to confirm that dogs are allowed in your home before purchasing or adopting one.

The bylaw makes it illegal to adopt a pit bull or pit bull - like dog within city limits and puts extreme restrictions on those residents that already own pit bulls as pets.

No amendment to the Constitution and Bylaws or to the Standard for the breed that is adopted by the Club shall become effective until it has been approved by the Board of Directors of AKC.

Today, the Board of Trustees adopted amendments to the bylaws of The Cooper Union and related resolutions.

Once formed, the Associates will adopt its own bylaws, and invite other individuals and organizations whose activities support or are otherwise aligned with the Mission of The Cooper Union.

While the Board of Trustees already had moved ahead to adopt the requisite bylaw amendments and resolutions, including the constitution of the FEC, this unanticipated delay in approval by the court has impacted the ability to meet the deadlines stipulated in the consent agreement for the appointment of the financial monitor and the FEC's first interim report.

In May of 2012 Montreal's City Council adopted amendments to a bylaw that made -LSB-...]

In 2015, the board then adopted a second bylaw, which gave rise to the litigation.

Bylaws: Rules and regulations adopted by corporations, associations, benefit societies, etcetera, to govern their ongoing activities.

Litigation partners Richard Rosen and Stephen Lamb co-authored an article, titled «Adopting and Enforcing Effective Forum Selection Provisions in Corporate Charters and Bylaws,» in the February 9 issue of Bloomberg BNA's...

But, if the bylaw was referenced, for example, to refer to part of the municipality that is no longer part of the municipality due to de-annexation, or to provide a source of authority to adopt the referring document, the repeal of the bylaw without a replacement might cast doubt on the continuing validity of the referring document.

The City had previously adopted a non-enforcement approach to «compassion clubs,» but with the rapid proliferation of dispensaries beginning in 2013, the VPD and the City had discussions about using the city's bylaws, complemented by police enforcement where appropriate, to address this growing number of dispensary operators openly flouting the law.