Sentences with phrase «biggest shareholders for»

Before this sale Sony had owned around 9.5 million Square Enix shares for over 10 years, making the company one of Square Enix's biggest shareholders for more than a decade.

Not exact matches

But in the short run, Belt and Road is creating opportunities for Chinese companies and big multinationals alike — ones that their shareholders can't ignore.

The only good news about the big guys is that there is another group of them (think AOL and Yahoo for starters) who are so lost, so behind the curve, and so desperate to deliver something for their shareholders that they are constantly running around and throwing money at the shiniest new things in a panic.

He's still one of the biggest shareholders in the company, with a 5 % - plus stake that's worth about $ 300 million, according to SEC documents, mostly in a trust for his kids.

Dividends, the share of their revenues that companies pay to their shareholders, are a big deal: Over the past century, they've accounted for roughly half of total returns earned by stock investors.

Apple's plan on how it will repatriate $ 285 billion back to the US could result in a big boost in its dividend for shareholders.»

Similarly, Avigilon founder Fernandes's previous startup, QImaging, was snapped up by a large New York Stock Exchange??? listed conglomerate for $ 20 million in 2002, enabling him to become «the biggest and major shareholder of the company» this time around.

The chief executive officer of the biggest telecom firm in the U.K. has told CNBC he wants to keep his position despite disappointing earnings and a shareholder call for him to resign.

For shareholders, this has all translated into big wins.

The settlement with Universal Entertainment may help clear a path for Steve Wynn, the company's biggest shareholder, to sell part of his stake should that be necessary.

Tap Oil shareholders have lodged a big protest vote, with more than 35 per cent of votes cast against three resolutions at today's annual meeting, with dissident shareholder Chatchai Yenbamroong accounting for a large share of the opposition.

At Warren Buffett's annual Berkshire Hathaway (brk - a) shareholders meeting in early May, the investor wistfully expressed his regret for missing out on the booming growth of America's biggest companies, particularly Google and Amazon.

They may have big dreams for their stake in the company, but they are less likely to demand growth on a quarterly basis the way shareholders in a widely - held company are likely to do.

On June 10 SoftBank increased its bid to $ 21.6 billion from $ 20.1 billion and raised the cash component of the deal for shareholders by $ 4.5 billion, trumping Dish's bid and gaining support from Sprint's second biggest shareholder Paulson & Co. which had previously said it preferred Dish's bid.

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A small investor in Research In Motion Ltd.... is anticipating big support for a shareholder resolution calling on the BlackBerry maker to split the jobs of CEO and chairman.

Further issues with the banks and potential big losses for shareholders could spark further support for anti-establishment and anti-euro parties.

SABMiller's two biggest shareholders, Marlboro owner Altria and Colombia's BevCo, would get both cash and shares for their 41 percent stake.

Shell shareholders are set to cast their votes on the deal on Jan. 27, followed by BG investors the next day, the final hurdles to be cleared for the deal to proceed, one of the biggest energy sector acquisitions in the past decade.

It's likely we'll see a showdown at the bank's annual meeting on April 24, and this meeting could prove to be as significant a milestone for big bank shareholder relations as the pay rebuke Citigroup suffered last week.

Many of Shell and BG's big shareholders have voiced support for the deal but a slump in oil prices below $ 30 a barrel has raised concerns that Shell may be overpaying for the smaller rival.

«This situation is a big obstacle for recreating interest for new shareholders to invest and underwrite capital increases.

The growing opposition from major shareholders could be a big problem for Dell because in order for the company to go private, he needs the approval of the majority of shareholders, excluding his stake in the company.

Known for building tanks and nuclear submarines, General Dynamics has been focusing its funds on investing in R&D, repurchasing stock, and kicking back steady dividends to shareholders rather than shelling out on big acquisitions.

He says that's not just because it is the right thing to do from an environmental perspective, but because, as always, he's focused on getting the biggest return for his shareholders.

F&N also has a food and beverage business which its second - biggest shareholder, Kirin Holdings, had offered to buy for S$ 2.7 billion had the Overseas Union group's bid been successful.

And now that earnings have slipped at biotech darling Gilead Sciences (gild), shareholders and Wall Street analysts say the answer for the company is to do a big deal.

For years shareholders have garnered big returns while workers» incomes have remained flat.

Yet he belongs in the pantheon, for his feats for shareholders and for pioneering the Big Data revolution in healthcare.

On October 28, 2015, as one of AIG's largest shareholders (we currently own over 42 million shares), we wrote a public letter to the CEO of AIG suggesting that the company is «Too Big To Succeed» and should accelerate cost cutting and separate into three public companies to shrink below the threshold for systemically important financial institutions.

RadioShack, a long - ailing 94 - year - old electronics chain, filed for bankruptcy protection on Thursday after striking a deal to sell up to 2,400 of its stores to the wireless service provider Sprint and a hedge fund that is its biggest shareholder.

Last week, one of the company's biggest shareholders and cheerleaders, Chris Sacca, publicly called for change.

Cramer said it's just crazy that Coppola turned down a 36 % premium for Macerich's shareholders, especially given that Simon's offer was a 50 - 50 cash and stock deal that would have netted Macerish shareholders a big stake in what would've been a combined mall REIT titan.

The Barangaroo project has been a drawn - out planning and approval process for Crown, which has contributed to a delay of about 18 months to the development Mr Packer has called his biggest priority and one he hopes will improve the performance of its Australian business as part of a unique three - way split of Crown designed to drive stronger shareholder returns.

So increasing focus on shareholder - friendly corporate governance, the rising clout of activist investors and the robust market for corporate control are all manifestations of the fact that shareholders want big companies to give them back their cash, and that companies are increasingly willing to do so.

Those have long been fun theoretical questions; for myself, I'm a big fan of the notion that companies should be able to choose exactly what rights go in the bundle that shareholders get, and what level of care and catering they promise to shareholders.

One of those people calling for Kalanick to go was one of the company's biggest shareholders, the venture capital firm Benchmark, which has one of its partners, Bill Gurley, on Uber's board.

Building - supplies maker Knauf is getting more hostile in its $ 5.9 bln bid for USG, whose biggest shareholder Berkshire Hathaway seems ready to sell.

Another big shareholder of the microblog service is Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, which invested $ 586 million for an 18 % stake in Weibo one year earlier.

Those so - called buybacks are good for shareholders, including the senior executives who tend to be big owners of their companies» stock.

A small stake could give Paul Singer's group big influence thanks to investors» faint support for top shareholder Vivendi.

We discuss the themes of the earnings season and the shareholder returns fever that has gripped the industry as big oil competes for investors dollars.

Which will now be harder, because paying for Solar City in stock — and hence diluting existing shareholders substantially — mere weeks after a big equity offering will make investors to whom Musk will have to sell stock in the future to meet his voracious needs for money think twice: will he take their money then dilute them again a few weeks or months later?

Geely has bought a nearly 10 percent stake in Daimler AG, becoming the German automaker's biggest shareholder and gaining leverage to push for technology sharing.

A breakup could be beneficial for the Italian government, and TI's biggest shareholder Vivendi.

For instance, a big special dividend financed by debt would still leave shareholders with a period of high leverage and potential earnings volatility before they have as much in their pockets as the buyout price.

This strategy may not be typical, but it is succeeding, and this could continue to mean big things for both it and its shareholders in the years to come.

2018 could be phenomenal for the stock, but I don't see any reason why this company can't continue pumping out bigger dividends and higher returns for shareholders for many years to come.

BlackRock Advisors and Vanguard Group, the two biggest funds by assets under management, rarely vote for shareholder proposals on diversity topics.

Sears Holdings has received an offer for some of its assets from an investment company run by its chief executive and biggest shareholder, Edward Lampert, the U.S. retailer said on April 23.