Sentences with phrase «first shareholder proposal»

She was half of the team that filed Azzad's first shareholder proposal, which asked Chevron to evaluate the risk of its business partnerships with governments engaged in crimes against humanity, and is participating in an ongoing dialogue with Chevron on that topic.

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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.

The Wells Fargo vote will be the first proposal on proxy access to come before shareholders this year, according to Ted Allen, governance counsel at proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), and it will be worth watching how it plays out.

first, whether a proposal relates to «tasks that are so fundamental to management's ability to run a company on a day - to - day basis that they could not, as a practical matter, be subject to direct shareholder oversight;» and

Since 2006 (the first year in the ProxyMonitor.org database), the three most frequent sponsors of shareholder proposals at Fortune 250 companies have been corporate gadflies: John Chevedden (including, in earlier years, his family trust and now - deceased father, Ray); William Steiner (and son, Kenneth); and Evelyn Davis.

The proposal, submitted by The Humane Society of the United States, represented the first time in American history that stockholders of a corporation have utilized the shareholder resolution process to offer a company praise for its corporate responsibility work.

«The proposal represents a unique and compelling opportunity for Goodman Fielder to maximise value for its shareholders and create a leading Asia - Pacific agricultural and consumer staples joint venture with strong financial resources and Asian understanding,» Wilmar and First Capital said in a joint statement.

Iconic brands White Wings, Wonder White and MeadowLea could become consumer staples in Asia if Goodman Fielder and its shareholders convince $ 18 billion Singapore - based oils trader Wilmar International and Hong Kong investor First Pacific to sweeten a $ 1.8 billion takeover proposal.

The Wall Street Journal reported that in 2014 «environmental and social issues have accounted for 56 % of shareholder proposals, representing a majority for the first time.»

The Tri-State proposal is among the first 2016 Exxon shareholder resolutions to be filed addressing climate change.

The first - of - its - kind proposal asked Chevron to increase dividend payments to shareholders instead of spending so much on unconventional oil, tar sands and other projects that could be rendered unprofitable by future climate policies or a related drop in oil prices.