The Chief Investment Officer shall responsible
for voting all shareholder proxies.
Not exact matches
They must either accept his bid to buy out
shareholders for $ 13.65 (or about $ 24 billion), or
vote it down, forcing Dell and his backers into an even more protracted battle with activist
shareholder Carl Icahn.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. / BOSTON, May 2 - Goldman Sachs Group Inc leaders said more than 87 percent of shares were
voted in favor of its executive pay at its annual
shareholder meeting, and that a stock plan
for employees was approved by more than 65 percent of
votes cast.
Under the proposed demerger, which is subject to regulatory approval and a
shareholder vote in the first half of 2015, he said there would be benefits
for both companies and all
shareholders.
Spain's Banco Popular announced on Wednesday after the European close that its board had unanimously proposed Emilio Saracho as chairman and agreed to hold an extraordinary meeting in February in order
for its
shareholders to
vote on the proposal.
On the agenda are proposals by new Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi to change requirements
for board seats and to overhaul the
shareholder voting structure.
Einhorn, fund manager
for Greenlight Capital, accused Apple of cash hoarding earlier last week and is encouraging
shareholders to
vote against Apple's proxy because he thinks proposition two will kill the option of Apple issuing preferred stock.
Critics complain «say on pay»
votes are ineffectual because boards aren't bound to the results, but of the 53 U.S. companies
for whom
shareholders rejected compensation plans in 2012, 45 made changes and got positive
votes the following year, according to Institutional
Shareholder Services.
Mike Garland, executive director of corporate governance
for New York City Comptroller John Liu's office, which has a $ 550 million investment in JPMorgan Chase, said «it was a disservice to
shareholders that the
vote became a referendum on Jamie Dimon.
The creditors of Atlas Iron have
voted in favour of the iron ore miner's proposed debt -
for - equity swap, with the fate of the scheme, and the company, now in the hands of
shareholders who will
vote next week.
Tap Oil
shareholders have lodged a big protest
vote, with more than 35 per cent of
votes cast against three resolutions at today's annual meeting, with dissident
shareholder Chatchai Yenbamroong accounting
for a large share of the opposition.
IBM
shareholders CalSTRS and The State Board of Administration
for the Florida Retirement System (SBA FLA) each
voted against Rommety's proposed pay package at the company's annual general meeting.
The official
vote tally was announced before a packed room of 300 in a Tampa, Florida, office park, after an often - contentious two hour meeting that was no frills this year with no food or drink was provided
for shareholders.
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 outcome of a
shareholder vote scheduled
for Thursday on the offer is too close to call.
Marcato released a deck in April in which they outlined some of Buffalo Wild Wings» failures and urged fellow
shareholders to
vote for a board shake - up.
The day before
shareholders voted 99.8 % in favour of the merger, Canadian Business sat down
for an exclusive interview with the power brokers behind Bay Street's most recent high - profile partnership to discuss the deal, investment banking, the economy and life on the Street.
That proposal goes to a
vote of
shareholders at the company's annual meeting
for other
shareholders to weigh in on.
«The transaction is a necessary step towards TSLA's goal of being an integrated sustainable energy company,» said ISS, an influential proxy advisory firm that recommends
votes for contested situations and deals to institutional
shareholders.
In April, they
voted in favor of a
shareholder proposal requiring annual majority rule
votes for all directors, which Nabors has said they will abide by.
CNBC's Deirdre Bosa reports on expectations from today's
shareholder vote on Amazon's bid
for Whole Foods.
«We are very pleased that Glass Lewis is recommending EMC
shareholders vote «
FOR» the proposed merger with Dell,» EMC CEO Joe Tucci said in a statement.
Analysts, however, said the nominations to the board — to be cut to 12 directors from a previous 18 and
voted on by
shareholders in April — would do little to distract from the problems accumulating
for GE.
The
shareholder vote had been scheduled
for last week but the special committee postponed it appeared as though Dell's offer didn't have enough support among
shareholders.
According to the related press release, the low level of support
for these board members stems from «the
voting recommendation of a major proxy advisory firm which recommended that its institutional
shareholder clients withhold their
vote in respect of these three directors.»
Institutional
Shareholder Services Inc. says in a report that investors should
vote for Dallas Howe and Herbert Pinder, nominated by Cation Capital Inc., instead of Crescent Point nominees Rene Amirault and Mike Jackson at the company's annual meeting May 4.
The activist fund has since then built up a 9 percent stake and is asking
for changes at the board at a
shareholders vote on April 24.
ISS also says
shareholders should withhold
votes for Cation's other nominees, Thomas Budd and Cation president Sandy Edmonstone.
SolarCity shares were up more than 1 percent, and shares of Tesla Motors were up slightly after
shareholders for the two companies
voted Thursday to approve a merger.
They are asking
for policies that most well run companies have adopted; things like majority
vote standards, so directors are only elected to the board if a majority of
shareholders want them there.
«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.&raq
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.&raq
For example, 4
shareholders with 25 % of the shares each, and 25 percent of the
voting rights, none of them is a PSC.»
Musk has been hyping the solar roof ahead of its
shareholder vote for a SolarCity merger that's scheduled
for November 17, calling it a «fundamental part of achieving differentiated product strategy.»
Netflix's board is divided into three separate classes, so
shareholders don't even get to
vote for or against all the directors every year, just a selection of them.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. / BOSTON, May 2 (Reuters)- Goldman Sachs Group Inc leaders said more than 87 percent of shares were
voted in favor of its executive pay at its annual
shareholder meeting, and that a stock plan
for employees was approved by more than 65 percent of
votes cast.
Shell
shareholders are set to cast their
votes on the deal on Jan. 27, followed by BG investors the next day, the final hurdles to be cleared
for the deal to proceed, one of the biggest energy sector acquisitions in the past decade.
EMC is expected to hold a
shareholder vote on the Dell deal in May, allowing
for the transaction to be completed sometime between July and October.
The proposed sale will come before
shareholders for a
vote.
But following Elliott's move, eight board members nominated by Vivendi resigned, triggering a
vote on a full board renewal at a separate
shareholder meeting called
for May 4.
The results sent a positive tone as Tesla readies
for a
shareholder vote over its planned acquisition of SolarCity on Nov. 17.
After Herzer's lawsuit, value investor Mario Gabelli, the second - largest
voting shareholder in Viacom, called
for the media company to disclose the state of Redstone's mental competence.
As the meeting to approve the deal neared, Samsung representatives went door to door to meet
shareholders, bearing watermelons and Korean walnut cakes, in a plea
for their
votes.
Nevertheless, Bombardier illustrates everything wrong with multiple
voting shares, a concept that makes it possible
for intransigent owners to destroy
shareholder value while leaving investors no way to push
for changes.
Sixty - two percent of
shareholders voted in favor of the proposal — a stunning defeat
for the company formerly helmed by Trump's Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
Besides Mr. Drexler, major (5 % or greater)
shareholders in the firm, as of the annual proxy in April, include FMR LLC (which includes the Fidelity Contrafund), Baron Capital Group, BlackRock, and T Rowe Price, all of whom
voted in favor of the directors up
for election as well as the other management proposals — and Columbia Wanger Asset Management (whose parent Ameriprise, did not return requests
for information).
If my proxy solicitation results in Mr. Hagenbuch's failure to receive over 50 % of the
votes cast
for his election, then I believe the failure of the board to accept his resignation would be an egregious violation of proper corporate governance and in direct opposition to a clear
shareholder directive.
By Monday morning, the NBA will have crowned a champion and Facebook's
shareholders will be gathering
for the company's annual meeting, with
votes concerning Mark Zuckerberg's majority
voting control planned.
Nelson Peltz's Trian hosted a lunch
for DuPont
shareholders in advance of the company's proxy
vote that could bring huge change to the chemical giant.
Vivendi's chances of securing a board majority are fading, especially after three proxy advisors recommended backing Elliott's candidates ahead of the April
vote, saying the French group had been damaging
for governance and
shareholder returns.
If Maple fails to clear up some of the uncertainty,
shareholders could very well
vote for the LSE merger in June, Ditmire predicts.
Clearwire's board last week recommended that its
shareholders vote against Sprint's $ 3.40 per share offer at a special meeting scheduled
for June 24 and instead urged them to accept Dish's tender offer to buy Clearwire shares
for $ 4.40 each.