Sentences with phrase «board votes with»

Most of the time, Gural said, the board votes with its leadership, but on this occasion it voted against them.

A discussion on Tuesday's school budget and school board votes with Jody Siegle from the Monroe County School Boards Association.

A discussion on Tuesday's school budget and school board votes with Jody Siegle from the Monroe County School Boards Association.

Though Councilwoman Sylvia Overby and Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc argued that it would be better to base a decision on the recent hearing, a majority of the board voted with Ms. Quigley.

Not exact matches

Shareholders elected a smaller board with three new members, and voted down six shareholder proposals.

Proposals to declassify the board and require majority voting are almost always popular with shareholders, so it's not like these companies are going out on a limb.

Goldman shareholders also rejected a proposal to require an independent board chairman with a 30 % vote.

But after a stealth meeting in New Jersey on Sept. 11, 2011, where the board voted to oust Apotheker, Whitman and fellow director Marc Andreessen were on a plane back to San Francisco when the venture capitalist cornered her with a recruitment pitch.

New York's three - person fast food wage board voted unanimously to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers, which it defines as working in an establishment with 30 or more locations.

But for his proposal to be put forward for consideration by Dell shareholders, he must first succeed in having Michael Dell's offer voted down and then win enough shareholder support to replace the members of Dell's board with his own nominees.

Qualcomm's second dismissal of Broadcom's approach puts the focus on a March 6 shareholder vote on whether to replace the smartphone - chipmaker's board with Broadcom's own nominees.

And it shows Harris and two other directors — Louis Lataif and Donald Resnick — were named to the board with the approval of less than 40 % of the eligible voting shareholders.

That's not a popular idea with Netflix's board because two of its directors, Leslie Kilgore and Richard Barton, have been re-elected in the past with less than 50 % of the vote.

In late August, Yahoo broke news that foreign hackers had breached the state Board of Elections websites in Illinois and Arizona, which the FBI's cyber division followed up with an alert to election officials across the nation to increase voting system security.

«I fully support this transaction and the Board's decision to pursue it, and will vote my shares in accordance with their recommendation on it.»

While the board lacked the authority to remove Kalanick due to his control over Uber's voting shares, his investors could vote with their feet — and they did.

then the persons named as proxy holders, Luca Maestri and Bruce Sewell, will vote your shares in the manner recommended by the Board on all matters presented in this Proxy Statement and as the proxy holders may determine in their discretion with respect to any other matters properly presented for a vote at the Annual Meeting.

The licensing board said on Twitter that there will be no vote today, and also said it had met with Uber on Tuesday.

Even with the bigger stake, a takeover would be difficult because the controlling owners — the Ochs - Sulzberger family — hold voting shares that give them a firm grip on board seats.

However, it is not necessary to mark any boxes if you wish to vote in accordance with the Board of Directors» recommendations; in that case, merely sign, date and return the proxy card in the enclosed envelope.

q Proxy Solicited by the Board of Directors for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders — April 26, 2016 Virginia M. Rometty, Martin J. Schroeter, Michelle M. Browdy and Christina M. Montgomery, or any of them with the power of substitution, are hereby appointed Proxies of the undersigned to vote all common stock of International Business Machines Corporation owned on the record date by the + undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, One International Drive, Hutchinson Island, Savannah, Georgia 31402, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

IF YOU SIGN AND RETURN THIS PROXY, BUT DO NOT PROVIDE SPECIFIC DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO A VOTING ITEM, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ITEM AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

The Board determined to adopt a «net long» definition of ownership because it believes that only stockholders with full and continuing economic interest and voting rights in our common stock should be entitled to request that the Company call a special meeting.

With board - level voting rights on equal footing, it's time for it's CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, to lead the firm to a new tomorrow

If you vote by proxy card or voting instruction card and sign the card without giving specific instructions, your shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of the Board (FOR all of HP's nominees to the Board, FOR ratification of the appointment of HP's independent registered public accounting firm, FOR the approval of the compensation of HP's named executive officers, FOR the approval of an annual advisory vote on executive compensation, FOR the Hewlett - Packard Company 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and FOR the approval of an amendment to the Hewlett - Packard Company 2005 Pay - for - Results Plan to extend the term of the plan).

«Today, after welcoming its new directors Ursula Burns and John Thain, the Board voted unanimously to move forward with the proposed investment by SoftBank and with governance changes that would strengthen its independence and ensure equality among all shareholders,» the board said in a statement to TechCrBoard voted unanimously to move forward with the proposed investment by SoftBank and with governance changes that would strengthen its independence and ensure equality among all shareholders,» the board said in a statement to TechCrboard said in a statement to TechCrunch.

Uber's board of directors unanimously voted today to move forward with a proposed investment by SoftBank and Dragoneer Investment Group.

It wasn't the ideal way to start out as a public company, but it was a clear reminder how much board compensation remains a hot issue, especially with say - on - pay voting continuing to spread.

The Board must accept or reject such resignation within 90 days following certification of the shareholder vote in accordance with the procedures established by the Bylaws.

Shares that are properly voted by the Internet or telephone or for which proxy cards are properly executed and returned will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the directions given or, in the absence of directions, will be voted in accordance with the Board's recommendations as follows: «FOR» the election of each of the nominees to the Board named herein; «FOR» the ratification of the appointment of our independent auditors; «FOR» approval, on an advisory basis, of our executive compensation as described in this Proxy Statement; and «AGAINST» the shareholder proposal.

The board of Rockville, Maryland - based Metropolitan Regional Information Systems Inc. (MRIS) has voted to finalize negotiations with Zillow to send the portal a direct feed of its more than 50,000 for - sale home listings and 8,800 rental listings from its more than 45,000 subscribers.

With that in mind, the board made some concessions in response to the shareholder vote, but insulated the existing team: the changes (which include a bonus cap and increased deferral) would only apply to new hires.

L. (Sept. 1, 2014), http://us.practicallaw.com/4-578-4485 [http://perma.cc/8XRK-A4YL](«It appears that ISS negative vote recommendations based on the perceived lack of board responsiveness to shareholder concerns (as evidenced by the failure to implement a successful shareholder proposal) was the leading factor associated with directors who failed to receive a majority of votes cast in an uncontested election in 2014.»)

Experience with cumulative voting suggests that adversarial relations between the majority block and the minority of shareholder nominees commonly dominate such divided boards.

A board acting in this capacity and with the knowledge of the company's business and the implications for a particular proposal on that company's business is well situated to analyze, determine and explain whether a particular issue is sufficiently significant because the matter transcends ordinary business and would be appropriate for a shareholder vote.

Firms targeted by activists end up with more white men on their boards, often replacing women and minorities in the process, according to a study by proxy voting firm ISS.

The suit revolves around the June 2016 decision to expand the size of Uber's board of voting directors from eight to 11, with Kalanick having the sole right to designate those seats.

Review and recommend to the Board for approval the frequency with which the Company will conduct «Say on Pay» votes, taking into account the results of the most recent shareholder advisory vote on frequency of Say on Pay votes required by Section 14A of the Exchange Act, and review and approve the proposals regarding the Say on Pay vote and the frequency of the Say on Pay vote to be included in the Company's proxy statement.

She joins an Uber board that includes a voting majority made up of Kalanick, co-founder Garrett Camp, and the company's first employee, Ryan Graves, according to a person familiar with the company.

Shares that are properly voted via the Internet, mobile device, or by telephone or for which proxy cards are properly executed and returned will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the directions given or, in the absence of directions, will be voted in accordance with the Board's recommendations as follows: «FOR» the election of each of the nominees to the Board named herein; «FOR» the ratification of the appointment of our independent auditors; «FOR» approval, on an advisory basis, of our executive compensation as described in this Proxy Statement; and «AGAINST» each of the shareholder proposals.

In order to comply with requirements under U.S. law governing the ownership and control of U.S. airlines, at least 75 % of the voting stock of the Company must be held by U.S. citizens and at least two - thirds of the Board of Directors must be U.S. citizens.

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has issued a voting recommendation inconsistent with the Board's recommendation on the say on pay proposal.

You are encouraged to specify your choices by marking the appropriate boxes on the reverse side, but you need not mark any boxes if you wish to vote in accordance with the Board of Directors» recommendations.

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.

Under these rules, a company of which more than 50 % of the voting power is held by an individual, a group or another company is a «controlled company» and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements of the, including (1) the requirement that a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors, (2) the requirement that we have a nominating and corporate governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities and (3) the requirement that we have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities.

Lastly, there are entrepreneurs with soon - to - be-insolvent firms that hold controlling preferred equity positions and Board seats, leaving a potentially deadly vacancy in governance and voting control.

Already, in Khosrowshahi's two months at the company, the board voted to do away with high voting shares as part of the funding agreement.

This finding — that Liberal - and NDP - voting business owners are more on - board than not with changes to income sprinkling rules — suggests that this specific change may not be a crisis for the federal government in the way some have characterized these changes overall.

THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Toronto: Toronto School Board Votes to Delay Partnership with Confucius Institute

A move to dissolve Saskatchewan's real estate boards and provincial association with an eye toward forming a single organization has failed to pass after it did not receive the required two - thirds approval from the voting groups.