Sentences with phrase «by at least the majority»

Your proposal needs to be accepted by at least the majority of your creditors.

Not exact matches

But emboldened by a decisive White House win, an expanded majority in the Senate, and at least a few extra seats in the House, they seem less likely to budge on taxes.

Also, if a majority of the Board is comprised of persons other than (i) persons for whose election proxies were solicited by the Board; or (ii) persons who were appointed by the Board to fill vacancies caused by death or resignation or to fill newly - created directorships («Board Change»), unless the Committee or Board determines otherwise prior to such Board Change, then participants immediately prior to the Board Change who cease to be employees or non-employee directors within six months after such Board Change for any reason other than death or permanent disability generally have their (i) options and stock appreciation rights become immediately exercisable and to the extent not canceled or cashed out, generally have at least six months to exercise such awards; (ii) restrictions with respect to restricted stock and RSRs lapse and generally shares are delivered; and (iii) performance shares and performance units pay out pro rata based on performance through the end of the last calendar quarter before the time the participant ceased to be an employee.

Indeed, the majority of executives at companies across verticals surveyed by Deloitte said they have at least some knowledge of blockchain technology.

For example, some companies are yet to budge on Trump's requests to bring production back into the U.S. Apple CEO, Tim Cook said that there is a lack of workers with the required skills in the U.S. Not only that, but if the majority of production comes back into the U.S., the cost of its products will rise by at least 100 %.

The SSE Holdings LLC Agreement may be amended with the consent of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding LLC Interests; provided that if the managing member holds greater than 33 % of the LLC Interests, then it may be amended with the consent of the managing member together with holders of at least 50 % of the outstanding LLC Interests, excluding LLC Interests held by the managing member.

Conversion of preferred stock occurs automatically and immediately upon the earlier to occur of the closing of a firm commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement filed covering the offer and sale of common stock in which (i) the aggregate public offering price equals or exceeds $ 25 million, (ii) with respect to the Series F convertible preferred stock only, the public offer price per share of which is not less than one times the original issue price of the Series F convertible preferred stock, (iii) with respect to the Series E convertible preferred stock only, the public offer price per share of which is not less than one times the original issue price of the Series E convertible preferred stock and (iv) with respect to the Series D convertible preferred stock only, the initial public offering price per share of which is not less than two times the original price of preferred stock, or the date specified by holders of at least 60 % of the then outstanding Series B convertible preferred stock, Series C convertible preferred stock, Series D convertible preferred stock, Series E convertible preferred stock, Series F convertible preferred stock and Series G convertible preferred stock, provided however, that in the event that the holders of at least 65 % of the then outstanding shares of holders Series G convertible preferred stock, at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series F convertible preferred stock or at least of 65 % of the then outstanding share of Series E convertible preferred stock do not consent or agree to the conversion, conversion shall not be effective to any shares of the relevant series of Series G convertible preferred stock, Series F convertible preferred stock or Series E convertible preferred stock for which the approval threshold was not achieved.

The only tactic not employed — at least to some extent — by a majority of the CEOs surveyed is «relocating operations close to talent pools».

However, U.S. - based module manufacturers will still not be able to supply more than a fraction of domestic demand, and even under the forecasts of contraction within the U.S. market published by analysts including GTM Research and IHS Markit, imports will still account for the large majority of modules installed, at least for the next few years.

At the very least, he or she is considered by a great majority of society to be disturbed.

Knowing that the majority (Christians here in the states) can pull some crazy crap and make policy that by law, they shouldn't be able to is in the back of my mind at least.

We all still break but not so often because of hunger anymore, at least not in the western world where the middle class is now easily the majority by population and poverty is a small percent.

The deutsche Christen — a large majority in the church, at least in the beginning — accepted the chief values set up by the Hitler movement: nation, race, courage, pride, socialism — and violence.

At the very least, it does suggest that Republicans» longstanding strategy of building majorities for their anti-tax platform by appealing to working - class voters» Christian morals has lost a lot of its power.

A promising place to begin is found in two sentences in a report by the Rutgers National Marriage Project: «Most Americans continue to prize and value marriage as an important life goal, and the vast majority of us will marry at least once in a lifetime....

For he was elected triumphantly a year ago at least partly, and maybe even mainly, because he was seen by a vast majority of the people as a defender of law and principle and established institutions and the moral order, and he is condemned now precisely because his Administration is now seen to have been unfaithful to the moral order he was elected to defend.

The majority of these nine could be classified as liberals or as men whose early ministry at least was shaped by the patterns of liberalism.

Although Ireland had never been conquered by the Romans, the majority of the population retained its Roman Catholic allegiance, but partly, at least, because the English, who eventually separated from Rome, ruled the island and the Roman Catholic form of the faith became associated with Irish nationalism and resistance to English rule.

Have you ever noticed that the vast majority of «low carb recipes» out there, at least on the Internet (I've never purchased a low carb cookbook), are absolutely dominated by cheese?

It's no secret to Dinner - Mom readers that a sweet ending is considered an essential part of a delicious dinner... at least by the majority at my house, especially at holidays... like Halloween.

A survey by Surveygoo found that the vast majority of American millennials replace at least one meal a week with a snack.

At least 20 % of the total farm area for farms where the majority of the production plots are occupied by shade - tolerant crops.

This is a competition that owes its existence, at least in part, to the fact that by the beginning of the 1960s, the majority of English professional clubs had fitted their grounds with floodlights and wanted to show them off.

Giroud apparently is wanted by Juve even though I find it hard to believe but majority wants him out anyways or at least nowhere near the starting lineup.

As a result of the sportsbooks taking a pivotal point away from road dog Iowa State, the vast majority of the betting public is pounding the 11th ranked Wildcats to win by at least 11 - points at Bill Synder Stadium.

So I was intrigued by an article on BuzzFeed on what adult children (or at least the demographics that read BuzzFeed, the majority of which are between 18 and 34 years old, so Millennials and GenXers) think about their parent's divorce.

By 15 months, the majority — about 75 percent — of children have a vocabulary that consists of «mama» and «dada,» and at least three other words, usually nouns, such as «cookie,» «ball» and «dog.»

What we now know as the fundamental problem of voting theory was discovered by the Marquis de Condorcet in 1785: whenever there are at least three voters and at least three options, the cyclical majority, A > B > C > A (where > means «wins a majority against»), is always possible.

Danny Hakim at The Times pointed out today that while the internal memo from Linda Lacewell does seem to include a passage that backs up the initial claims first report by The TU in 2007 — that then - Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno did use a state helicopter for non-official use at least once.

assuming Democrats are elected to those two vacancies, it would give elected Democrats 32 votes, presumably enough to form a majority or at least try to do so by changing the Senate rules.

The first of two ways an amendment can be incorporated into the state constitution takes at least four years: two separately elected state legislatures must first vote to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot; then the majority of New Yorkers must vote on it and pass it by referendum.

Under the act, at least 30 percent of all hires must be Section 3 residents, who are residents of NYCHA or low - or very low - income residents; at least 10 percent of the federal funding for construction contracts must be awarded to Section 3 businesses, which are businesses majority - owned by Section 3 residents or whose employees are at least 30 percent Section 3 residents; and at least 3 percent of the federal funding for non-construction contracts must be awarded to Section 3 businesses.

(b) By way of derogation from point (a), where the Council does not act on a proposal from the Commission or from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the qualified majority shall be defined as at least 72 % of the members of the Council representing the participating Member States, comprising at least 65 % of the population of these States.

Government has advertised the sale of at least a majority stake in specified thermal plants owned by the Volta River Authority (VRA).

Green says that Cuomo will win re-election with, at best, 52 percent of the vote, a bare majority that would represent a humiliation to the governor, who is known to want to win by at least the landslide 64 percent margin won by his father, Mario Cuomo, in his first bid for re-election in 1986.

Their replacement would be named, at least initially, by a Republican governor in their state, and Clinton is intent on trying to win a Democratic majority in the Senate.

In November, voters will be able to approve a constitutional amendment that will require district lines to be drawn by an independent, bipartisan commission and at least three members who were not appointed by the majority conferences in either house must approve a plan before the Legislature votes on it, a key barrier to partisan gerrymandering.

I asked if the governor himself would exact retribution from Senate Republicans by coming out against them in 2012, or, at the very least, openly pushing to help the Democrats reclaim the majority — a move that got former Gov. Eliot Spitzer in hot water when he took office in 2009 with the GOP still in power.

But as reported by The TU, the vast majorities are making the tax cap work, at least for this year, most local governments are living within the 2 percent limit.

Sponsored by Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, a Monroe County Democrat, the bill authorizes 20 stores, with at least five to be located upstate.

But it appears at the moment that the GOP is safely entrenched in the majority, with some additional extra breathing room (at least when votes are concerned) provided by the foursome internally being referred to as the «Kleiniacs.»

The recent concerns with the VRA's thermal component stem from the government's advertisement in the Daily Graphic of August 23, 2017, noting the sale of at least a majority stake in specified thermal plants owned by the Volta River Authority (VRA).

Equal Powers with the Rajya Sabha in impeachment process (initiating and passing a motion for the removal) of the judges of the Supreme Court and the state High Courts (by a majority of the membership of the House and at least two - thirds majority of the members present and voting), who then can be removed by the President of India.

There was little surprise Klein's group would remain with the Republicans headed by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Suffolk County Republican, especially given the testy relations it has with some members of the mainline group of Democrats who are now set to serve at least another two years in the Senate minority.

If one had a Royal Charter at all, it should be underpinned by a statutory clause requiring at least a two - thirds majority in Parliament before any changes could be made to the charter.

By Chuks Ehirim As the November 16 date for the Governorship election in Anambra draws nearer, the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] appears to have found itself in a state of confusion over how to organize a credible primaries that will produce a governorship candidate who will be acceptable to all, or at least, majority of the party members in the state.

The «non-partisan» Buffalo School Board election is turning into a mix of politics, money and power as some of the most influential factions in the city — and beyond — are backing and opposing candidates in a bid to determine the direction of the district.At stake is the reform agenda pushed by the current majority bloc and, while most candidates express at least condition...

Unfortunately, at least for the dissenting dentist, the majority had already given away the store by the time he spoke out last week, an hour before the annual budget meeting.

It will be surprising if her party's lead over Labour is not increased by at least 30 seats, which will probably ensure a Commons majority of about 90 — a solid foundation for the 2022 election, which will probably be fought in new constituencies likely to boost the Tory lead over Labour by at least another 20 seats despite the reduction by 50 in the number of MPs.

Thing is Eagle's challenge will be the first of many until the PLP have persuaded the Party or at least the trades union bureaucrats that the party can not have a leader that is not approved by a majority of the PLP.