Sentences with phrase «held votes of»

Each of the five unions held votes of no confidence in the supervisor that were overwhelmingly approved last month, they said.

«Furthermore, Pastor Stepp has advised the conference that he and his church will hold a vote of solidarity for the purpose of welcoming believers into their fellowship regardless of race, creed or color.

They could (read: should) hold a vote of non confidence in Ed Cox.

Students protested and held a vote of no confidence in the college president and the chief diversity officer.

If you could have held a vote of confidence immediately after the election, it would have failed.

The Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) have remained defiantly opposed to his leadership since they held a vote of no confidence in July and The Sunday Times reported some rebels are planning to form a «party within a party» if Mr Corbyn prevails on 24 September.

However, the UAW has not given up the fight, and is filing an appeal with the National Labor Relations Board to have the election results thrown out, and to hold another vote of the plant workers, according to Reuters.

Establish set terms of two to three years, then hold a vote of confidence at the end of each term.

Not exact matches

In 2015, less than a year after retiring as CEO of convenience store giant Alimentation Couche - Tard, the executive chairman, along with his three co-founders, put forward a resolution to extend their time - limited voting control — the group holds 22 % of the company's equity — to ward off any future takeover attempts.

Last October, Catalonia's leaders defied the Spanish government by holding an independence referendum; 90 % of Catalans voted sí (although only 42 % of registered voters went to the polls).

The elder Redstone controls about 80 % of the voting shares of both CBS and Viacom through a family holding company called National Amusements Inc., a chain of movie theaters started by his father (Shari Redstone controls the other 20 %).

Ultimately if you're seeking for approval or board consensus on an action (getting approval for a budget, raising money, investing in CAPEX, firing a head of sales — whatever) your job is to hold a discussion in which all board members who want to voice an opinion can do so and ultimately pushing for a vote or a resolution.

The announcement came in a press release Thursday afternoon from National Amusements, the Redstone family holding company that owns 80 % of the voting shares in both Viacom and CBS.

That paved the way for Egyptian company Orascom Telecom Holdings, to convert its non-voting shares in Wind Mobile to voting shares in October, thus assuming control of the small wireless competitor.

Microcap fund manager Acorn Capital has increased its stake in listed Perth - based financial planning firm Plan B Group Holdings to control almost 10 per cent of the voting power.

The list includes both privately held companies and publicly traded ones, but to be included in the ranking the family must control at least 50 % of the voting rights for a private firm, or 32 % of the voting rights for a public one.

According to reports by Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times, the Redstone holding company — National Amusements Inc., which controls 80 % of the votes at both Viacom and CBS — is expected to send a letter to both companies soon, recommending they discuss a merger.

A Republican National Convention delegate screams as the Chair announces that the convention will not hold a roll - call vote on the Republican National Convention Rules Committee's report and rules changes and rejects the efforts of anti-Trump forces to hold such a vote.

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

According to Wolfango Piccoli, from analysis firm Teneo Intelligence, the Five Star leader faces a dilemma: partner up with Lega and risk alienating his own party due to conflicting platforms, or run the risk of holding multiple inconclusive voting rounds and not end up with a speaker in the House.

A Monmouth University survey released on Wednesday — conducted by telephone, and with a plus - or - minus 3.5 % margin of error — found that 51 % of registered voters said they would vote for or lean toward a Democratic candidate if the 2018 elections were held today, compared to just 36 % who said they would vote or lean Republican.

So if voting isn't meant to break a tie, what's the purpose of getting a show of hands on an issue that's holding up your meeting?

A shareholders meeting is expected to be held by the end of November where they'll vote on whether or not to accept it.

Phoenix Gold has taken a planned vote on an alliance with Evolution Mining off the agenda of its general meeting, being held today, after Zijin Mining Group made a play to take ownership of the company in a cash deal worth $ 47 million.

The study compared the compound annual growth rate of a Family Index of 23 companies — in which at least 30 % of voting control belonged to a family with multi-generational involvement in the ownership or management — against 412 widely held firms over a 15 - year period (1998 to 2012).

Shareholders of Africa - focused Papillon Resources voted almost unanimously in favour of a $ 615 million takeover by Canadian - based B2Gold at a scheme meeting held this morning.

Votes on anti-piracy bills are placed on hold in the wake of dramatic online and in - person protests.

Moon estimated that in 16 states with a total of 278 votes in the Electoral College, «the Negro, in a close election, may hold the balance of power.»

Already, sticking points in the plan have emerged, threatening the loss of votes for a party that holds only a narrow majority in the Senate.

Porsche is the chairman of Porsche SE, the holding firm through which the Porsche and Piech families control the majority of VW's voting shares.

They both voted in favor of keeping the monetary policy on hold.

Either way, this process has a long way to go: This comment period will last until August 16, then the FCC will make a decision and likely hold a final vote by the end of the year.

The Financial Times first reported the stake sale, noting that HNA had initially held 9.9 percent of Deutsche Bank but that filings showed last week its share of voting rights had fallen to 9.2 percent.

Last year, the governing coalition broke its campaign promise to hold a referendum on Iceland joining the European Union, prompting thousands of Icelanders to protest and sign petitions demanding a parliamentary vote.

Kalanick's large holdings of Class B shares, which awarded him 10 - to - 1 voting power, will transform so each shareholder has one vote per share, The New York Times reported.

The firms said in a statement that Walmart, which owns Asda, will have 42 percent of the issued share capital of the combined business and will not hold more than 29.9 percent of the total voting rights.

After the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando this year, Democrats in Congress held a sit - in on the floor of the House of Representatives simply to demand a vote on gun control legislation.

On Election Day, more than 69.4 million Americans voted for Obama to become the 44th president of the US — and the first African - American to hold the position.

Angel Gurria, the secretary - general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), warned on Wednesday of the risk of other EU countries following the U.K.'s lead in holding a referendum and voting to leave.

Lawmakers prepared to hold a Tuesday vote on a short - term government funding measure to avoid a rerun of January's three - day partial shutdown.

Employees own the shares through the trust, but closely held companies can control the voting of the trust on almost all issues if they so choose.

Because the founders currently hold majority - voting rights, the plan does not require that shareholders give their consent to the dilution of their future voting power.

Its board of directors is supporting the Loblaw takeover bid but the deal requires approval from at least two - thirds of the votes cast by QHR shareholders at a special meeting to be held in October.

«Absolutely I would vote for her, and she knows, and I would be able to call her a friend, we've known each other a very long time, long before President Clinton ran for the first time,» Norman told Tania Bryer, host of «CNBC Meets» in an interview held before Hilary Clinton announced her bid.

In the case of Bombardier, the controlling families hold a 53 % voting stake through Class A shares.

This puts the Company in the lowest 10 % of Russell 3000 companies holding say - on - pay votes in 2017.

«It used to be done automatically without a vote, and that's part of why we have the debt level that we have — Congress could just spend and never be held accountable,» Walden said.

Nonetheless all the directors were reelected by wide margins at the company's annual meeting last year, reflecting how Redstone controls a supermajority of the company's Class A voting shares through his holding company, National Amusements.

On April 29, Bhakta was notified of an «extraordinary board meeting» to be held on Friday, May 6, to discuss and vote upon Bhakta's removal for breach of contract.

Gaining Shari's voting stock — which amounts to close to 16 percent of the votes in both Viacom and CBS and is held by National Amusements — would simply add to Sumner's already ironclad control of both companies.