Sentences with phrase «by the incumbent board»

Halom Investments has asked the Takeovers Panel to revise MMA Offshore's planned $ 97 million capital raising, claiming the deal is designed to entrench the control held by the incumbent board.

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Any incumbent director who is a director nominee and who does not receive a majority vote must promptly tender his or her offer of resignation as a director for consideration by the Board.

Frustrated by its engagement with the incumbent board, Greenlight has determined to also seek shareholder support to remove and replace three directors at the 2017 annual meeting, arguing that new perspective is needed to realize the intrinsic value of GM shares.

And many corporations that have adopted some sort of majority voting have adopted policies that nevertheless allow incumbent directors to remain on corporate boards even if their reelection was opposed by a majority of shareholders.

RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ: RIBT and RIBTW)(the «Company»), a global leader in the production and marketing of value added products derived from rice bran, today announced that, based on preliminary noncumulative voting results reported by the independent inspector of elections (the «Inspector») following the Company's 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the «Annual Meeting»), a large majority of shareholders have voted on the WHITE proxy card for the Company's incumbent Board of Directors (the «Board»).

The Republican Candidate for Buffalo Mayor is filing a formal complaint with the State Board of Elections over a campaign ad run by Democratic Incumbent Byron Brown.

An incumbent who is the board president being challenged by a parent who wants transparency.

By comparison, two - term incumbent Rep. Elise Stefanik, a Republican from the North Country, boasted Monday that she had about 6,400 signatures from GOP voters on petitions her campaign filed with the state Board of Elections.

A letter to the town board authored by Eddy was read — it objected to the bill he received from the town for $ 1,282 to reimburse taxpayers for the cost of his inquiry to the town's Attorney months ago requesting advice on the tie vote in the November election and the legality of the subsequent «holdover» of incumbent board member Gail Seaman — to which Eddy had opposed.

Two candidates challenging incumbents for their positions on the Thurman town board — and have in the past voiced criticism of the board's actions — won by considerable margins.

Assembly candidate Dan Losquadro said Saturday that he believes he has defeated incumbent Marc Alessi (D - Shoreham), after a Suffolk County Board of Elections recanvassing has him leading by nearly 900 votes.

Unofficial results last week showed Republican incumbents in Oyster Bay won all three open board member offices, town clerk, and receiver of taxes by comfortable margins.

Incumbent GOP Councilman John Morrow won another term on the town board with 1,386 votes; he will be joined by former Democratic councilman Rocco Secreto, who got 1,220 votes.

Democrat Nick Krupski won the first seat on the Board of Trustees by nearly 800 votes and, in the tightest race of the night, incumbent Republican Dave Bergen leads for the second seat by just five votes over running mate Glenn Goldsmith in another race too close to call.

The two open slots on the Town Board will be filled by incumbent Warren Wiegand, with 892 votes, and newcomer Mike Reynolds with 891.

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Absentee ballots have been counted, and confirm incumbent Carl Paladino as the winner of the Park District Buffalo School Board seat by a 132 - vote margin.

Although incumbents tend to have a leg up in fundraising, the Campaign Finance Board's public matching funds program ensures that first - time candidates and those with little access to wealthy donors can run serious campaigns by matching small dollar donations at a 6 - to - 1 ratio up to a certain amount.

Competing for two seats on the Chester town board are incumbents Michael G. Packer and Stephen Durkish, challenged by broadband technology consultant Ava L. Ashendorff, and now Lauren Pereau, who has spoken out against the closure of Theriot Avenue in town.

Liu conceded Tuesday morning, a week after the Democratic primary, which the incumbent won by 4.4 percent, according to unofficial city Board of Elections results.

While write in ballots totaled an impressive 453 (it is unclear how many of them belong to Samuels because the Board of Elections does not tabulate them on election night unless they are numerous enough to be a deciding factor) Samuels found himself swamped on election day by the expected Democratic tidal wave, carrying appointed incumbent Richard Heppner to his first elected term with 1580 votes, and Lorin Rose into office with 1338 votes.

Among those nominated: Freeport trustee Debra Mule for the 5th District seat being vacated by Curran; Eileen Napolitano for the 13th District seat being vacated by retiring presiding officer Norma Gonsalves (R - East Meadow), and Joshua Lafazan, who in 2012 won a spot on the Syosset Board of Education at age 18, against incumbent Legis.

As of Monday morning, 120 campaign committees controlled by incumbent senators or registered as Senate campaign accounts had submitted disclosure reports to the New York State Board of Elections covering their activity between Jan. 12 and July 11.

Deputy Supervisor Laura Ricci was elected to her first term as a voting member of the town board and garnered the highest number of votes of the four candidates vying for two seats with 761, followed by incumbent Wenk with 703.

Incumbent Jason McCarthy, typically a member of the board's majority, lost to union - supported challenger Hope Jay by more than 360 votes, according to the unofficial numbers.

Two seats are coming up on the Olive Town Board in November... LaMonda's, which he is retiring from, and that held by incumbent Linda Burkhardt, who is running for reelection.

Board incumbents Sharon Belton - Cottman and Theresa Harris - Tigg — both supported by the Western New York Area Labor Federation, AFL - CIO, and the Buffalo Central Labor Council — were also re-elected.

Meyer's candidacy was endorsed by the Republican, Conservative and Independence committees, In addition to securing the local committee endorsements, Meyer also outraised McLaughlin, a four - term incumbent assemblyman, $ 108,274 to $ 49,950, and outspent him $ 63,852 to $ 19,228, according to financial disclosure reports filed with the state Board of Elections.

In the tightest race of all, which is also too close to call, incumbent Republican Trustee David Bergen, 60, of Cutchogue leads running mate Glenn Goldsmith, 38, of Mattituck by just five votes for the second seat on the board.

Incumbent Town Board member Marisa Muratori is joined in a contest for two G.O.P. ballot lines by three other candidates: entrepreneur Sean Quirk, former town Code Enforcement officer Robert Hickey, and Jeffrey G. Martin.

The incumbent Southampton Democrat was leading the St. James businessman by fewer than 3,500 votes in New York's 1st District race, according to unofficial results from the Suffolk County Board of Elections, but they did not include a reported 9,500 absentee ballots.

Supervisor candidates Lorin Rose and Terrie Rosenblum and Town Board hopeful Gary Kutcher declined an invitation to participate in the Town Hall forum, which was sponsored — and paid for, in the form of a rental fee for the facility — by the incumbents» campaign organizations.

Incumbent Democratic Cecilia Tkaczyk, a former school board member and owner of a sheep farm, is fighting what's turning out to be our region's most expensive state race for the large, oddly - configured 46th state Senate district against Republican George Amedore, a former Assemblyman and owner of a second generation Rotterdam - area homebuilding company, who she defeated by 18 votes in a tense recount two years ago.

Once again, the political winds on the Buffalo School Board are shifting, with Tuesday's election putting an end to the current majority and replacing it with a new one backed by the teachers union.Candidates supported by the Buffalo Teachers Federation nearly swept this year's races, unseating two incumbents and handily taking three of the other seats up for grabs.

JOHNSBURG The Johnsburg Town Board election has a bit of a twist this time around, with incumbent Councilwoman Katie Nightingale running as an independent after she was beat out by Laurie Prescott Arnheiter in the Sept. 12 primary election.

Richard Iannuzzi, a nine - year incumbent president of New York State United Teachers, was defeated by a comfortable margin Sunday, and James Jackson, a member of the State Board of Regents, was pressured by lawmakers to resign last month; both are casualties of an emotional controversy that has erupted among parents and teachers and mobilized lobbies with a variety of political goals.

Eight - year incumbent Gardiner Town Board member and deputy town supervisor Warren Wiegand was endorsed for reelection by the Democratic Party.

Originally elected as a Democrat, first - term incumbent Mike Reynolds was passed over for endorsement by the Gardiner Dems this year but was nominated by the Republicans for reelection to the Gardiner Town Board.

A third, Shelly Simonds, is a school board member from southeastern Virginia who trailed the incumbent Republican by 12 votes.

Glen Cove Democratic City Councilman Timothy Tenke squeaked by incumbent Mayor Reginald Spinello by three votes during a counting of disputed ballots Tuesday afternoon at the Nassau County Board of Elections.

Mr. Schiliro defeated incumbent Republican Assemblyman Anthony Palumbo by 12 votes, but a Suffolk County Board of Elections official said absentee ballots still need to be tallied, which will be done next week.

Voters will have an opportunity to hear and ask questions of three contenders who would like to run for election to the East Hampton Town Board in November: Kathee Burke - Gonzalez, an incumbent seeking re-election, Jeffrey Bragman, an attorney and first - time candidate, and Zachary Cohen, who lost a 2011 bid for supervisor by just 15 votes.

Incumbent town supervisor Cynthia Hyde — a Democrat with a long tenure as the town clerk — turned back a challenge launched by former board member and past Deputy Supervisor Susan Shepler, the Republican candidate, by a vote of 230 to 211.

And incumbent councilman Mike Reynolds, whose term is coming to an end but was not endorsed for reelection by the Dems — «due to my rift with the supervisor,» in Reynolds» words — instead got the Republican nod to run for one of the two open Town Board slots.

In the Town of Chester, incumbent town board members won the Republican line by a large margin — Michael G. Packer received 263 votes and Michael G. Packer won 248 votes while political newcomer Ava Ashendorff, got 107, and is knocked out for November, when Lauren Pereau joins this race as an independent.

Because of uninspired campaigns, it may be easy to forget that there's a Town Board race going on between incumbent Leeanne Thornton (I), endorsed by Democrats, and challenger Allyson Barbaria (R), endorsed by Republicans.

Two candidates backed by powerful Buffalo businessman and Buffalo School Board member Carl Paladino and an incumbent were declared winners Tuesday night in the city school board electBoard member Carl Paladino and an incumbent were declared winners Tuesday night in the city school board electboard elections.

Myers, a village board member at the time, had a rather easy time of it with the then - six - term non-enrolled incumbent, winning by around 500 votes two years ago.

The Woodstock Republican Committee at its September 15 caucus injected new life into the local electoral season by choosing independent candidate Lorin Rose for town supervisor over Jeremy Wilber, the freshly minted Democratic nominee, and endorsing the Town Board candidacies of Peter Cross and Ken Panza, who will face incumbent councilman Jay Wenk in a three - way race for two seats in the fall election.

We began our analysis by comparing the vote shares of incumbent school board members who ran and faced an opponent with the test - score performance of the schools and districts they represented.