Sentences with phrase «company shareholders rights»

As Patrick Wintour and Allegra Stratton report, he will unveil plans to give workers and company shareholders rights to curb spiralling boardroom pay as part of a Liberal Democrat - led drive to champion «responsible capitalism»

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Shareholders have the right to determine the fate of the company even if it is to close its doors but governments should not interfere.

He will be persuading shareholders that his vision — to make Microsoft (MSFT) the «productivity and platform company for the mobile - first, cloud - first world» — is the right one.

«Hiring women isn't just the right thing for companies to do — it's more profitable... and creates greater shareholder value,» Smith said.

Benchmark's lawsuit is a transparent attempt to deprive Travis Kalanick of his rights as a founder and shareholder and to silence his voice regarding the management of the company he helped create.

«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.

Our clients are investors in these various companies and as investors, they have a voice and they have a right to file a shareholder proposal at the companies.

In March last year, the company assembled Transparent Management Committee, an organization designed to protect shareholder rights in its board of directors, appointing an outside director responsible for protecting shareholder rights.

So in periods of economic uncertainty — like right now — companies choose to give cash to shareholders instead.

«Goldilocks Investment Company Ltd has filed legal action today in light of the continuing refusal by Noble Group Ltd to recognize legitimate legal rights of Goldilocks as a shareholder of Noble,» the investment fund, which holds an 8.1 percent stake in Singapore - listed Noble said in a statement.

At the conclusion of his four - month trial in 2007, prosecutors sought to convict on two alternative theories: one, that defendants actually stolen money from the company or; two, that by failing to disclose these payments, they'd deprived shareholders of their intangible right to honest services.

You'll want to hire a securities lawyer to draft a proper shareholders agreement, which will contemplate how to operate the company after the offering, and what rights new shareholders will have in the company.

FORTUNE — We've seen companies like News Corp (NWS), Blackstone (BX), and LinkedIn (lnkd) chip away at shareholder rights by limiting the voting rights of shareholders.

«It is entirely possible for companies not to have a PSC (person of significant control), For example, 4 shareholders with 25 % of the shares each, and 25 percent of the voting rights, none of them is a PSC.»

Why is Ottawa taking away shareholders» right to do as they wish with their company?

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

While no new directors have been nominated, shareholders who've owned 3 % or more of the company's outstanding shares continuously for three years did win the right — widely known as proxy access — to nominate board directors at this year's annual meeting.

As of November 1, 2014, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), which rates companies on risk, gave our company a 10, its highest risk category, for shareholder rights and coShareholder Services (ISS), which rates companies on risk, gave our company a 10, its highest risk category, for shareholder rights and coshareholder rights and compensation.

First rule of business ethics is protect the business stength to maximize shareholder value, which you are compromizing right away before the company even lauches a scale play.

As owners of a company, both common and preferred shareholders have voting rights related to the board of directors, ultimately influencing control over the company's activities and direction.

Shareholders receive voting rights and if they receive variable dividends, potentially higher dividends based on the company's performance.

Beyond common and preferred stocks, companies may also choose to issue other types of stocks based on ownership rights of shareholders.

Companies can issue a variety of stocks based on the ownership rights a shareholder has.

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.

Mr. Garland and his team are responsible for developing and implementing the Funds» active ownership programs for public equities, including voting proxies, engaging portfolio companies on their environmental, social and governance policies and practices, and advocating for regulatory reforms to protect investors and strengthen shareholder rights.

These ideas have been further developed into a theory of organization whereby managers can (and should) instill concern for shareholders» interests throughout a company by properly delegating «decision rights» and creating appropriate incentives.

These shares usually have less voting rights than the Class A Shares, which are the preferred share by most investors, although the company or corporation has the right to designate which classification of shares has the most voting rights and when they are issued to the shareholders.

Preferred shareholders also have the right to appoint members to the board of directors, providing them with influence over the company's strategy.

Clayton promised that before the SEC allows a company to cut off shareholders» right to sue, the commissioners themselves would «give the issue full consideration in a measured and deliberative manner.»

Shareholders are agitating for a separation; a provision of the Shareholder Bill of Rights would require it for exchange traded companies.

Continuing a 2018 proxy season trend, two more companies are relying on SEC guidance to exclude shareholder proposals relating to special meeting rights under questionable circumstances.

This year's shareholder proposals filed or coordinated by NCPPR ask companies «to protect political free speech rights, but all those that have been challenged at the SEC have been omitted,» Proxy Preview elaborates.

One of the governance principles is that «Shareholders should be entitled to voting rights in proportion to their economic interest...» In other words, the Group does not favour multi-voting share structures that characterize over 80 companies on the TSX and that have been popular in Canadian IPOs over the last few years (see comments on Aritzia's IPO here).

I think we've demonstrated that the strategy is right and the balance between profitability and having a social conscience and being a benevolent company will lead to significant long - term value for shareholders.

BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry, and the company's previously disclosed review of strategic alternatives.

A shareholder proposal by John Harrington and Northstar Asset Management Inc. entitled «Board Committee on Human Rights» to amend the Company's bylaws (Proposal No. 8);

Employee stock ownership under ESOPs gives workers confidential voting rights on major corporate issues, so that they have some formal corporate governance rights in closely held corporations, and in stock market companies, employee owners have the same rights as other public shareholders.

Because most ESOPs in closely held companies take place in situations where the founding owner wants to retire and cash out of the business, the issue of diluting profit per share and diluting the ownership and governance rights of majority shareholders is not a material issue in these cases.

«This isn't unique to us, but we want companies with large amounts of free cash flow, good business dynamics, a proven ability to profitably reinvest that cash flow and management properly incentivized to do the right thing for shareholders.

The rights of the shareholders of Caledonia may be different in certain respects from the rights of shareholders of a company incorporated in the United Kingdom or other jurisdictions.

Bear Stearns is trading at $ 6 instead of $ 2 because unelected bureaucrats went beyond their legal mandates, delivered a windfall to a single private company at public expense, entered agreements that violate the the public trust, and created a situation where even if the bureaucratic malfeasance stands, the shareholders of Bear Stearns will either reject the deal or be deprived of their right to determine the fate of the company they own.

We identify and invest in companies with management teams that are Thinking Right in devising ways to maximize returns to shareholders.

There's one thing Georgetti did get right: Canadian companies have, on average, increased their dividend payments to shareholders since the recession.

The Company also elected to place two management proposals in direct opposition to shareholder proposals regarding proxy access and special meeting rights for shareholders.

A warrant is a certificate, which gives shareholders the right to purchase future shares within the company either for a specific period of time, within a certain amount of years or they may have the right to purchase these new stock shares at any time.

Shares are bundles of rights provided to their owners (shareholders) against the company and its assets.

However, shareholders will need to decide if this increased disclosure is sufficient to allow them to assess the company's exposure to sustainability and human rights related risks.

In the event that (i) the Board of Directors proposes, recommends, approves or otherwise submits to the shareholders of the Company, for shareholder action, a Deemed Liquidation Event, and (ii) a Holder has not received written notice from the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock that such holders approve the Deemed Liquidation Event, then such Holder hereby agrees to vote (in person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all shares of capital stock of the Company now or hereafter directly or indirectly owned of record or beneficially by such Holder against the Deemed Liquidation Event, to assert statutory dissenters» rights with respect to the Deemed Liquidation Event, and to take such other action in derogation of the Deemed Liquidation Event as shall be requested by the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock in order to carry out the terms and provision of this Section x.y..

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The young Macron and the veteran Renault head man have already butted heads regarding the «Loi Florange», a piece of legislation which granted long - term shareholders in French companies double voting rights, unless a contrary clause was adopted in a company's articles of association.