Sentences with phrase «from shareholder groups»

SDR LSE — April 28, 2016 FTSE 100 investment manager Schroders plc has been the subject of public criticism from shareholder groups since its announcement that chief executive Michael Dobson would transition to non-executive chairman from April 4, in contravention of the recommendations of the UK Corporate Governance Code.

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The Anglo - Dutch oil major, whose acquisition of BG Group transformed it into the world's top liquefied natural gas producer, has been under pressure from shareholders to cut annual spending to ensure it can maintain its dividend given the slow recovery in the oil prices.

«In addition, the group bought back a further $ 300 million of shares to return to shareholders part of the benefit realized from higher oil prices,» Pouyanne said.

Reuters reported that Fininvest, shareholder of Mediaset, hadn't received any proposal from the French media group Vivendi to resolve a dispute between the firms.

The company has come under pressure from outside shareholders to separate its higher - growth assets — notably its stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group — from its struggling core search and e-mail businesses, but such a split would be complicated by the fact that it could land the company with a large tax bill.

From 1992 to 1996, Ferro gained extensive experience in Planning and Control, Corporate Finance and M&A at Finmeccanica, the leading Italian high - tech engineering and manufacturing group and a former shareholder of STMicroelectronics.

Perth - based gold producer Norton Gold Fields says it has received a $ 32.7 million takeover proposal from its majority shareholder Zijin Mining Group.

Perth - based gold miner Millennium Minerals has negotiated $ 5 million in additional debt funding from its major shareholder IMC Group but the deal is dependent on Millennium's current bankers agreeing to reschedule debt repayments due at the end of this month.

Engineering contractor Calibre Group has announced a radical restructuring that includes a partial buyout of minority shareholders, delisting from the ASX, and the purchase of Sydney - based company Diona for $ 45 million.

Over the past week, two advisory firms recommended TMX Group shareholders vote in favour of the proposed merger with the London Stock Exchange on June 30, and reject the rival takeover offer from the Maple Group.

Eight years after Diploma Group listed on the ASX, the Di Latte family is looking to buy back the business from shareholders.

Rather, Outfit7 Investments Ltd. (Outfit7) said in a press release that its shareholders have sold 100 percent of the company to a consortium of investors from Asia, represented by United Luck Group Holdings Limited under the leadership of Ou Yaping.

SINGAPORE, April 26 (Reuters)- Goldilocks Investment Co. Ltd, a dissident shareholder of Noble Group Ltd, filed a lawsuit in Singapore on Wednesday against the commodities trader, seeking to prevent Noble from pursuing a debt restructuring.

The move comes as ABB seeks to justify its decision last year to reject calls from its second - largest shareholder to spin off Power Grids, the group's biggest but least profitable business.

Then on Friday a shareholder group — including investors Shervin Pishevar, Ron Burkle and Adam Leber — demanded venture capital firm Benchmark divest some of its shares and step down from the board of the troubled start - up.

SINGAPORE, April 19 - Embattled Noble Group said it will drop a provision in its $ 3.4 billion debt restructuring proposal that placed restrictions on shareholders voting against the plan after criticism from the Singapore Exchange.

SINGAPORE, April 19 - Bowing to criticism from the Singapore Exchange and other investors, embattled Noble Group is removing a provision in its $ 3.4 billion debt restructuring proposal that penalised shareholders voting against the plan.

Earlier this month, China Daily reported that Alibaba was in discussions to acquire SCMP Group, the company that publishes the South China Morning Post, from majority shareholder Kerry Group, a Malaysian conglomerate.

The department suspects that Guinness may have illegally inflated its stock price to woo Distillers» shareholders away from a competing offer from the Argyll Group, a Scottish food retailer.

The report from proxy advisory group Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), called «Gender Diversity on Boards: a Review of Global Trends,» shows that the number of females among new board nominees at the largest U.S. companies has been steadily climbing in recent years.

Elliott owns 9 percent of the former state phone monopoly and is calling on other investors to help it wrest control away from French media group Vivendi, which effectively runs Telecom Italia as its top shareholder with a 24 percent stake.

www.emeraldmaterials.com The Carlyle Group has «entered into exclusive negotiations» to acquire a 75 % stake in Homair Vacances (Paris: ALHOM), a French mobile home operator, from Montefiore Investment (which would reinvest as a minority shareholder), according to the FT. www.homair.com DRB Systems, a n Akron, Ohio — based provider of software solutions to the car wash industry, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Prairie Capital.

Oracle should raise its offer to buy NetSuite to $ 133 per share from the $ 109 - per - share it had proposed in July, NetSuite shareholder T. Rowe Price Group said.

Starwood shareholders will also get about $ 7.80 per share from the spinoff of its timeshare business and subsequent merger with Interval Leisure Group Inc..

By the end of 2018, the newly named Arq Group (the name change is pending shareholder approval on May 28) will also have grown its workforce from only 70 people four years ago to 1100.

Claure is stepping down from the top job at Sprint to become the chief operating officer at Sprint's controlling shareholder, SoftBank Group Corp, and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group International.

The San Francisco - based company reported financials to shareholders as part of a formal bid Tuesday night from a SoftBank Group Corp. - led consortium looking to buy a large block of stock.

The tender would include nearly $ 9 billion of shares from existing shareholders, the amount needed to get the SoftBank - led group its desired 14 % of the company.

Standard Life Aberdeen may return unit sale cashStandard Life Aberdeen PLC (SLA.LN) said Thursday that it is considering retuning a substantial amount of capital to shareholders from the 2.93 billion pound ($ 3.99 billion) sale of its insurance unit to Phoenix Group Holdings (PHNX.LN).

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Having just fended off a takeover offer from its largest shareholder CIMIC Group (CIM), shareholders are now being asked to consider another transformational proposal.

JD Finance is looking to buy the stake from First Capital's top and third - largest shareholders, Bloomage Xinyu Investment and Nengxing Holdings Group that own 15.4 percent and 8.5 percent, respectively, one of the sources added.

Shareholders may be willing to support Rio if it moves to add a different commodity to its portfolio — mainly based around copper, iron - ore and aluminIum, according to a report from UBS Group.

The publisher of the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and other papers said Monday the plan, commonly known as a «poison pill,» would kick in if a group buys more than 20 percent of Tribune Publishing's shares or begins a tender offer to seek a 20 percent stake from existing shareholders.

Lesser known Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (NXST) is making their shareholders happier with an increased dividend of $ 0.24 per share up from $ 0.19.

Alibaba Group has agreed to purchase 18 % stake in Hong Kong - listed Lianhua Supermarket from online fresh fruit and vegetable retailer Shanghai Yiguo E-Commerce, making it the second - largest shareholder of China's leading supermarket chain.

Ingenico Group announced today it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire 100 % of TechProcess Payment Services Ltd («TechProcess»), a leading Indian electronic payments services provider from its current shareholders (major global and Indian investors).

Like some shareholders of the American International Group, the Fannie and Freddie shareholders have stooped to lawsuits as a way of trying to garner millions from the same government that rescued the entities.

Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (SLA.LN) said Thursday that it is considering retuning a substantial amount of capital to shareholders from the 2.93 billion pound ($ 3.99 billion) sale of its insurance unit to Phoenix Group Holdings (PHNX.LN).

Consumption by the shareholder groups, those who live completely or partially from financial revenues - interest from bonds or dividends from shares - can support demand and economic activity in the United States or in some other «shareholder countries», the source - countries for massive capital investments.

Trevor O'Hoy, who was chief executive of Australia's biggest beer company, Foster's Group, from 2004 to 2008, hit serious paydirt last year when he was among the smaller shareholders in vitamins firm Swisse Wellness, when the business was sold for $ 1.67 billion to Hong Kong - listed Biostime International.

Half of the rights is subject TWE's total shareholder return compared to a group of companies from the top 200 listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Two goals from Aaron Ramsey saw Arsenal safely through to the group stages of the Champions League for the sixteenth consecutive year and at least keep the shareholders happy for another season.

Seneca Nation Group generates over $ 100 million in annual revenue from diverse business enterprises focused in both commercial and government markets that directly supports over 8,000 Seneca shareholders.

By not being aligned with a single farm like traditional community - supported agriculture groups, Deryck said consumers get more variety and shareholders are protected from the risks of dealing with only one farm.

In April 2016, a group of Bayer shareholders publicly demanded that corporation executives «turn away» from neonics because they are linked to bee declines.

The documents emerged from negotiations with several activist shareholder groups that had pressed Exxon Mobil to disclose to investors the risks it faces from climate change and steps the company was taking to reduce such risks.

British catalyst technology company Econic Technologies raised # 7 million with first - time investment from OGCI Climate Investments, alongside additional funds from existing shareholders: IP Group

Kobo will launch with $ 16 million in funding from majority shareholder Indigo Books & Music; Borders Group; Instant Fame, a subsidiary of Cheung Kong (Holdings); and REDgroup Retail.

As cash returned to shareholders can be reinvested in the common stock of a particular company, investors benefit from high - yield companies as a group.