Sentences with phrase «giving board seats»

He was not given a board seat.

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Perhaps more important, Parker set up the board structure so that Zuckerberg would have two seats, making it tougher for the board to give Zuckerberg a hard time.

At issue is a maneuver made in June 2016, when Kalanick gave himself the absolute right to appoint three open board seats.

«I raised $ 12.5 million and had to give up only 15 % of my company and one board seat to do it,» he says.

United said it would no longer call law enforcement to deny passengers boarding, nor would passengers who are already seated be required to give up their seats on overbooked flights.

Uber's Travis Kalanick was granted three extra board seats last year in order to give «the CEO the control he needs to run the company.»

He points to activist investors as a particular thorn in the side of management, forcing it to focus on quarter - to - quarter earnings and giving up board seats instead of investing in research and development.

Indeed, Facebook assured Koum that WhatsApp would remain ad free — and gave him a seat on Facebook's board.

The deal would give Alibaba an additional seat on Cainiao's board, raising its total to four out of seven seats.

In exchange for what is generally the lowest fares on board, passengers give up perks that used to be free, such as seat selection, flight - changes and in United and American's case, use of overhead bins.

The Sharpie maker's agreement with Starboard comes with an assist from another activist investor, billionaire Carl Icahn, who will give up two of his four seats on the board.

Did they have to give up a board seat?

Camber Capital Management, a hedge fund with an activist history, has purchased 5.7 million shares of Tenet Healthcare Corp., or a 5.7 % stake in the money - losing hospital chain.The emergence of Camber was disclosed Monday, just three days after Tenet's largest shareholder, Glenview Capital Management, resigned two Tenet board seats, citing irreconcilable differences with management and the board.Glenview Capital, which owns an 18 % stake in Tenet, gave notice Friday that it would no longer participate in a stand - still agreement that had prevented it from launching a proxy fight for control of the company.Tenet investors welcomed the Camber disclosure Monday, driving up Tenet's stock price to $ 2.18, or 15 %, to $ 16.63 as of 12:30 p.m. ET.Tenet is the nation's third - largest investor - owned

The latest internal drama at the ride - sharing startup stems from a consequential decision last year by the company's board to give Kalanick control of three seats.

Even with the bigger stake, a takeover would be difficult because the controlling owners — the Ochs - Sulzberger family — hold voting shares that give them a firm grip on board seats.

The maker of Sharpie pens and Crock - Pot cookers is giving the investor's firm four board seats, including chairman, and handing it control of divestitures.

Giving three extra seats on the board to the CEO was certainly founder friendly; that the expansion happened at the same time Uber accepted a $ 3.5 billion investment from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which came with a board seat, suggests Benchmark viewed the board expansion as a way to protect its own interests and influence as well.

«Beth Comstock of GE, who is on the board of Nike, told me that given the reality of our jobs, you can only take one public board seat with the time commitment and demands of our current careers.

Her suit says that she led Kleiner's investment in a start - up called RPX, but that Kleiner gave its seat on the company's board to Mr. Komisar, not Ms. Pao, in retaliation for her harassment claims.

Benchmark partner Bill Gurley is in talks to give up his board seat, Recode has confirmed.

LONDON Major Barclays shareholders will baulk at any bid by activist Edward Bramson to gain a seat on the bank's board, despite giving their cautious backing to the biggest bet of his career.

For many VC and PE professionals having a portfolio company go public used to mean it was time to give up their board seat.

SPOTLIGHT ON THE FIRM Into the Spotlight: How to Be a Successful Public Director For many VC and PE professionals having a portfolio company go public used to mean it was time to give up their board seat.

On Sunday in Chicago, the airline asked passengers who had already boarded to give up their seats on an overbooked flight so that United employees could have them.

Seeking an «evergreen path» to growth while still protecting its mission, Revive Kombucha gave a seat on its board of directors to a top executive at Peet's Coffee, which also led a $ 7.5 million series B financing round for the brand, according to company...

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is not even given a seat on the board.

Why won't they give Usmanov a seat on the board?

And I think I saw Rosicky giving his match day shirt to a disabled supporter (I think images where not clear but he sat down behind the advertising boards and kept seated even when TR gave him the shirt.

While Usmanov has always stated he would not be willing to part with his stake in the Premier League club, the second largest individual shareholder has not been given a seat on the board and it appears unlikely that situation will change.

Even now as Louis van Gaal is quite clearly drowning in the Old Trafford hot - seat, reports have suggested that, although several members of the board would be more than willing to appoint Jose Mourinho, you are standing in their way as you fight to ensure that Ryan Giggs is given the position once the Iron Tulip makes way.

If you can afford it, buy a separate seat for your toddler (and take a car seat on board) to give everyone more room.

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Most airlines also allow parents traveling with babies and toddlers to board the plane early, giving you ample time to install a car seat and get settled.

If there are, the agent can give you the go - ahead to take your car seat on board and claim one extra seat for your lap baby.

Catherine Flanagan - Priore, who was appointed in September to fill the vacant Park District seat, gave a prepared letter of resignation to Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold after last night's meeting.

Community Board 6 member Lynn Schulman gave Queens Democratic Party - supported Karen Koslowitz a run for her money in the race for City Councilwoman Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) seat last month in the primary.

A wide array of good government groups, editorial boards and Lopez's fellow Democrats — including Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Silver — have called for Lopez to give up his Assembly seat, too.

Board Member Sharon Belton Cottman is now Vice President of Executive Affairs for the Board, but was once one of eight applicants for a vacant seat, giving her perspective on the process.

A November election could put GOP favorite Chris Talbot — who's up for re-election to the Southold Town Board this year — on the sidelines in the Assembly race, lest he risk giving up his town seat.

After months of hemming, hawing, vetting and maneuvering, the Conservative caucus gave its support to James Bruno for town supervisor and Donald Tucker and Paul Andreassen for the two vacant town board seats.

Records posted at the state Board of Elections show Soros gave $ 10,300 to Sens. Cecilia Tkaczyk and Terry Gipson, and to candidates Justin Wagner in the Hudson Valley and Marc Panepinto, who is running for a Buffalo Senate seat.

The third is deciding whether it's still worth giving it a try amid all the turmoil surrounding this year's contentious elections for the six district seats on the nine - member board.

Taking the fifth seat on the most recent town board, the only one not a member of the Democratic Party, gave him no pause.

In 2005, when she gave up her seat on the City Council to run for Manhattan borough president, the New York Times editorial board praised her as «smart and driven and an expert on education issues,» but ultimately concluded «her style — often described by those who have worked with her as abrasive — would not be well suited to this office.»

The race to succeed her was won by Low - Hogan, a Democrat, who gave up her Town Board seat to run against DeVincenzo.

Party insiders say it is unlikely he would give up his majority town board seat to become part of the Assembly GOP minority.

Thanks to two pre-existing vacancies on the New York side of the board, Cuomo will soon be presented with the rare opportunity to fill five of his six seats at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, giving him the chance to remake the New York side all at once.

He's giving up his seat on the town board to run for supervisor.