Sentences with phrase «as against the directors»

The defendants brought a motion for summary judgement to have the claims dismissed as against the directors and the holding companies on the basis that they were not employers of the plaintiff and therefore have no place in the action for wrongful dismissal.

Not exact matches

The former CIA director was speaking on a flying visit to the region, where he had earlier in the day met with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh and stressed the need for unity among Gulf allies as Washington aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran to curb its missile program.

In addition to giving up potential claims against the company, Hortons former leader waived his right to submit a written statement to the board concerning his departure as a company director.

Tesla filed a lawsuit in January against Sterling Anderson, its former director of Autopilot, as well as Chris Urmson, the previous director of the Google self - driving project, and their startup Aurora Innovation — a new venture the men launched with Drew Bagnell, the former head of the autonomy and perception team at Uber's Advanced Technology Center in Pittsburgh.

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Citation Resources has appointed KordaMentha as voluntary administrators, while the oil and gas company continues to pursue recovery of funds through a civil action against former director Peter Landau.

I started writing this as Rand Paul entered the 9th hour of his historic filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director, but I had to stop.

Yet its potency has been greatly reduced, particularly as a weapon against officers and directors of public companies.

Charges were ultimately filed against several individuals when James Comey succeeded Mueller as FBI director.

For example, if Jasper is the worst vice president in the company, then all of the directors will benchmark themselves against Jasper and demand promotions as soon as they reach his low level of competency.»

Of 80,000 individual names listed in Poor's Register of Directors 4.7 per cent appear to be Jewish as against a Jewish population percentage of about 4 or a little less.

Shares issued in respect of awards other than stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under the 2014 Plan and the Director Plan count against the shares available for grant under the applicable plan as two shares for every share granted.

Such a violation, if eventually confirmed by the Federal Trade Commission, could lead to many millions of dollars in fines against Facebook, said David Vladeck, who as the director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection oversaw the investigation of alleged privacy violations by Facebook and the subsequent consent decree resolving the case in 2011.

Former National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander's startup, IronNet Cybersecurity Inc., has raised a sizable round of venture financing as it seeks to leverage its founder's government experience to defend customers against sophisticated hackers.

Unless you indicate otherwise, the persons named as proxies on the proxy card will vote your Shares: FOR the election of each of the nominees for director named in this proxy statement; FOR the ratification of E&Y as Walmart's independent accountants for fiscal 2014; FOR the non-binding advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the company's NEOs; FOR the approval of the Management Incentive Plan, as amended; and AGAINST each of the shareholder proposals appearing in this proxy statement.

Xerox said on Tuesday that it reached an agreement with Mr. Icahn and Mr. Deason to resolve a proxy challenge they had mounted to unseat Xerox's leadership, as well as litigation against the company and its directors.

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Oil - related revenue has dwindled since 2015 as a period of low prices reduced interest from producers and consumers in financial instruments that offer protection against price volatility, said Amrit Shahani, research director at Coalition.

Less than two months after The Wall Street Journal broke the story of alleged sexual misconduct against Steve Wynn, he's quit his jobs as CEO and chairman of the board of directors and sold all 12.1 million shares he held in the company he founded.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Viacom Inc's board of directors named Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman as executive chairman, replacing majority owner Sumner Redstone, overriding calls for an independent board chief from Redstone's daughter, who voted against Dauman.

In the event that (i) the Board of Directors proposes, recommends, approves or otherwise submits to the shareholders of the Company, for shareholder action, a Deemed Liquidation Event, and (ii) a Holder has not received written notice from the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock that such holders approve the Deemed Liquidation Event, then such Holder hereby agrees to vote (in person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all shares of capital stock of the Company now or hereafter directly or indirectly owned of record or beneficially by such Holder against the Deemed Liquidation Event, to assert statutory dissenters» rights with respect to the Deemed Liquidation Event, and to take such other action in derogation of the Deemed Liquidation Event as shall be requested by the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock in order to carry out the terms and provision of this Section x.y..

Kenneth G. Langone, the co-founder of Home Depot and former director of the New York Stock Exchange, helped fund Maurice R. Greenberg's lawsuit against the United States government over the bankruptcy of the American International Group, which was viewed as being as much as about money as about principle.

For example, if two directors sit on the board of a family firm as well as the board of its publicly - listed subsidiary, this will not count against their Long View rating.

In other words, shareholders would follow a common procedure to vote «for» or «against» a candidate, and only those candidates who receive majority support would serve as directors.

In a Glass Lewis Proxy Talk held April 17, 2014, Anne Simpson of CalPERS and Michael Garland of the New York City Comptroller's Office discussed why they think shareholders should vote against the re-election of four Duke Energy Corporation directors for what they believe to be a failure of the directors to fulfill their obligations of risk oversight as members of a committee overseeing health, safety, and environmental compliance at the company.

The derivative suit was brought by two alleged stockholders of Oracle, purportedly on Oracle's behalf, against one former director and all but two of our current directors, including against Mr. Ellison as an alleged controlling stockholder.

Abstentions have the same effect as votes against the matter except in the election of directors, as described above.

Our Board of Directors recommends you vote (i) «FOR» the election of each of the nominees to the Board; (ii) «FOR» the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors; and (iii) «AGAINST» each of the three shareholder proposals.

«We agree the movie as a whole promotes Christian values and a redemptive message; however, it does contain instances of street language and racial slurs against African - Americans,» Marty King, LifeWay's communications director, said in a statement to CNN.

The author, husband and father - of - one serves as international outreach director at 40 Days for Life, an organisation that peacefully campaigns against abortion.

Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Centre of Reform Judaism, also testified, as did the National Council of Churches, the Episcopal Church and a group of evangelical Protestants who signed a statement warning against global warming.

Andy Flannagan, director of both Christians in Politics and Christians on the Left is a strong proponent of political engagement but warns against allowing healthy patriotism to slide into what he calls «an uglier form of nationalism», which he sees as thinly disguised selfishness.

Amash's over-the-top rhetoric verges on the paranoid, as when he characterized the efforts of the White House and the Director of the NSA, General Keith Alexander, to block his amendment: «The U.S. government has come out in full force against you, the American people.

It's that background and history that gives Espresso Americano the edge against other coffee franchises, and North America Director David Kubena says the company's knowledge will serve it well as it works to make greater inroads into the North American market.

One farmer shareholder urged others to vote against the election of Mr Spark as a special director, saying he did not have a good understanding of the dire straights many farmers were in over the past year, while others said the board has done a good job in tough circumstances.

In a joint statement issued yesterday, Arla Foods UK's farmer board directors, its farmer board of representatives, and its milk partnership farmer board members questioned «the motive» of FFA members that protest against farmer - owned businesses such as Arla.

Hershey's senior director of sustainability, corporate social responsibility and social innovation Jeff King told ConfectioneryNews: «We will provide progress against these KPIs yearly on our Cocoa For Good website, along with stories and updates about what we have learned as we execute our Cocoa For Good projects.

Arsene Wenger was subject to some abuse from the Arsenal fans as they slumped to a demoralising third defeat in a row against a depleted Swansea team at the Emirates last week, and according to a report in the Express this has led to the Arsenal Directors to seriously consider asking the 66 year - old to finally step down from the job he has held for the last 19 years.

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Yarmlenko was watched by Tottenham's technical director Franco Baldini as he played against Fiorentina in Dynamo's Europa League quarter final loss.

OHIO AT MARSHALL, MONDAY, FEB. 14 Just before the bus lights out for Huntington for a game against the Thundering Herd, Ohio athletic director Tom Boeh makes a plea: «Please don't refer to us as a «bus league.»

Marvin Miller, the first full - time executive director of the MLBPA, agreed to the owners» request to bar collusion, so long as it also barred owners from colluding against the players.

According to The Sun, that could be about to change though as he asked to be left out against Werder Bremen as he considers his options for his future, which was later confirmed by sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic.

I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!

Following a successful appeal against the Football League's ruling of failing their Owners and Directors test, Cellino completed his takeover of the club in April 2014 as Eleonora Sport Limited purchased 75 per cent of the club's shares.

At our next home game, against Swansea City on Saturday 13 September, there will be a minute's appreciation prior to kick - off in honour of a great Chelsea fan who also served as a club director for 13 years.

Woldow speculated that, based on the progressive meal program Ronnei previously oversaw as school food director in St. Paul, Minnesota, her election might signal a softening of SNA's current stance against science - based school nutrition standards.

«Our vision is to be able to take action against any individual in a firm, not just the approved ones, and for the director of a failed bank to not be able to easily reapply as director of a financial institution,» he explained.

Against a black - and - white spell - out in the 9th June, 2017 letter by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori - Atta, which ordered the Managing Director of the Agriculture Development Bank (ADB) to dole out some Ghc10.4 million to McDan, Mr. McKorley's claim that he has no supply contract with the Ghana Cocoa Board hangs out as the alternative fact.