Sentences with phrase «as an independent director»

Activist investors in both Canada and the US recently proposed — for Hess Corporation and Agrium Inc. — that their nominees to serve as independent directors on the companies» boards should receive incentive pay directly from the activist investors themselves, with the amount that tied to share price appreciation.

Ms. Sharmila Mulligan serves as Independent Director of the Company.

Mr. Frederick D. Anderson, Jr. serves as an Independent Director of the Company., Mr. Anderson serves as a Managing Director of NextEquity Partners, a firm he co-founded in July 2015, and Elevation Partners, a firm he co-founded in July 2004, focusing on venture and private equity investments in technology and digital media companies.

Mr. Teh - Ming Kwauk serves as Independent Director of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd..

Mr. Perry M. Traquina serves as an Independent Director of the Company.

Mr. Ravi Venkatesan serves as Independent Director of the Company.

Dr. Punita Kumar Sinha serves as Independent Director of the Company.

Ms. Roopa Kudva serves as Independent Director of the Company.

Mr. Kashyap is Chairman and Managing Director of Allegro Capital Advisors and also serves as an Independent Director of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd and a Non-Executive Director of Phase4.

He has previously served as an advisor to Fullerton India Credit Corporation and was on the Board of State Bank of India as an Independent Director.

Meanwhile, the board has tried to address Fiesta's recent struggles by undertaking a host of initiatives that include hiring a new CEO, appointing two former restaurant executives as independent directors, conducting a sale process of the entire company, and outlining and communicating a strategic renewal plan.

James P. Geiskopf became a director of nFusz in May 2014, and as an independent director is currently the Chair of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee.

Before Trujillo, Nestle executive Wan Ling Martello joined as an independent director.

He served as an Independent Director of Collegiate Funding Services Inc. since July 15, 2005.

He currently serves as an Independent Director on the Board of the American Express Bank, FSB, and on the Bank's Audit & Risk Management Committee.

For The Long View, credit was given to boards as long as independent directors meet without management at every full board meeting.

Former Tesco executive Christine Cross and one - time Kellogg chief David Mackay revealed they would not be seeking re-election as independent directors, leaving Mr Cairns with three seats to fill at the boardroom table.

Perez de la Mesa joins David W. Bullock and Robert E. Hill, Jr. as independent directors on the 10 - member board.

MARKET WATCH - Oct 30 - The operator of the largest online dating platform in China, announced that its Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Mr. Gaofei Wang as an independent director, effective October 30, 2014.

New York — Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., and Professor Ronald J. Gilson, who has been nominated by Pershing Square to serve as an independent director of Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT), expressed disappointment with Target's response to Professor Gilson's letter seeking the use of a universal proxy card, naming both Target's and Pershing Square's nominees, for use in connection with Target's upcoming Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Mr. Chapman joined EDCI's Board of Directors as an independent director in November 2007, and is the Managing Member of Chapman Capital L.L.C., an investment advisor focusing on activist investing and turnaround investing.

The nominee would serve as an independent director of the Company.

I must say, I struggle to understand how they still qualify as Independent Directors..?!

As an independent director, I found myself on a number of audit committees.

Glu also announced that Matthew Drapkin of Becker Drapkin Partners has stepped down as an Independent Director.

He was chancellor of Dalhousie University from 1994 to 2001, and he has served as independent director of several major companies, including Sobeys Inc., Moosehead Breweries Ltd., Extendicare Inc., and Scotia Investments Ltd..

In addition to the new investors, CreativeLIVE said Caterina Fake, founder of Flickr and Hunch and chairman of the board of Etsy, was joining CreativeLIVE's board as an independent director.

With his appointment as an independent director, the Realogy Board now consists of nine directors, seven of whom are classified as independent directors for purposes of the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange.

With his appointment as an independent director, the Realogy Board now consists of 10 directors, eight of whom are classified as independent directors for purposes of the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange.

Not exact matches

Cargill claims to be the largest private company in the U.S. in terms of revenue and, although private companies like Nilsson Brothers and Cargill are not required to have independent directors, forward - thinking ones do such as McCain Foods.

As I have argued previously, independent directors bring objectivity and an external perspective into the boardroom.

Sandalwood producer TFS Corporation has appointed Gooding Partners founder Dalton Gooding as an independent non-executive director, effective immediately.

Pilbara Minerals has further bolstered its board with the appointment of Fortescue Metals Group director of operations Nick Cernotta as an independent non-executive director.

«We do believe the current governance structure, with Jamie Dimon serving as both chairman and CEO, and an independent minded board, has served the shareholders well and is right for the company at this time,» said Lee Raymond, JPMorgan Chase's presiding director and the former CEO of Exxon Mobil.

Shareholder returns at family - controlled corporations significantly outperform those of widely held public companies, even though family - controlled boards tend to break governance rules, such as having a certain number of independent directors.

The IRS RMD rules can be a bit confusing, and failing to satisfy your annual RMD can be expensive, costing you an excise - tax penalty of up to 50 percent on the amount not distributed as required, warns Manisha Thakor, director of Wealth Strategies for Women at Buckingham and The BAM Alliance, a community of more than 140 independent registered investment advisors throughout the country.

The Board has elected Tim Sloan, the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer, to succeed him as CEO, and Stephen Sanger, its Lead Director, to serve as the Board's non-executive Chairman, and independent director Elizabeth Duke to serve as VicDirector, to serve as the Board's non-executive Chairman, and independent director Elizabeth Duke to serve as Vicdirector Elizabeth Duke to serve as Vice Chair.

When interests between management and shareholders become adverse, even through the regular course of events, it's important for boards to have their own set of lawyers who are independent from management and seen as objective and willing to act in the interest of directors, not management, and ultimately shareholders.

Fox, which already owns 39 percent of the European pay - TV group, had already put forward steps it would take to guarantee the independence of Sky News, such as funding it for 10 years and creating an independent board of directors.

She currently serves as President and Executive Director and as a member of the board of directors of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), an independent 501 (c)(3) charitable organization established by Congress to support the mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by raising private funds for biomedical research and fostering partnerships and alliances around the world.

Perhaps HP needs a board member who was not elected last year at Lane's behest to act as the new lead independent director.

Preliminary results from the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held today indicate that the company's 12 director nominees were re-elected to one - year terms and that shareholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as Pfizer's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2018 fiscal year.

It will be interesting to see how active a role Gupta assumes as lead independent director and the scope of his job description.

Evercore is acting as financial advisor to a committee of independent directors of T - Mobile and rendered a fairness opinion, and Latham & Watkins is providing legal counsel to the committee of independent directors.

The committees of the board of directors also generally meet in executive session at the end of each committee meeting, except for meetings of the Acquisition Committee and the Executive Committee as these committees have only one or no independent directors.

As a result, we will not have a majority of independent directors, our nominating / corporate governance committee and compensation

The Compensation Committee, consisting entirely of independent directors, is responsible for Apple's compensation and incentive plans and programs, approves all compensation for Apple's executive officers, and acts as the administrative committee for Apple's employee equity plans.

Following completion of this offering, the Principal Stockholders will control more than 50 % of the combined voting power of our common stock, so under current listing standards, we would qualify as a «controlled company» and accordingly, will be exempt from requirements to have a majority of independent directors, a fully independent nominating and corporate governance committee and a fully independent compensation committee.

«When considering this strategic acquisition, it was important to the Board that Bob remain as Chairman and CEO through 2021 to provide the vision and proven leadership required to successfully complete and integrate such a massive, complex undertaking,» said Orin C. Smith, Lead Independent Director of the Disney Board.

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