Sentences with phrase «instead of shareholders»

This means they are a company that is owned by the policyholders, instead of shareholders.

Plus, because North American Life is a private organization, they're able to focus on customers instead of shareholders.

In 1991 Hannigan started the office products company Give Something Back and committed to earmarking the company's profits for nonprofit organizations instead of shareholders or investors.

Profits aren't guaranteed with crowdfunded real estate, but since you're a stakeholder instead of a shareholder, your profit potential is higher because of the extra financial commitment required.

Not exact matches

Baosteel and Aurizon look set to gain control of Aquila Resources after the iron ore hopeful rejected a takeover proposal from Mineral Resources, and instead recommended its shareholders accept the current $ 3.40 per share offer.

The CEOs tend to be unassuming folk who ignore management trends to concentrate on the nuts and bolts of running a business — focusing on earnings per share instead of worrying about top - line growth, for example, and working to preserve cash flow instead of increasing earnings to build shareholder value.

With any expenditure aimed at bettering employees, the environment, and community instead of maximizing profits for shareholders, there arises the conflict between shareholders and corporate social responsibility.

It will save itself the associated fees and the hassle of the roadshow, and likely free its shareholders from «lockup» periods, allowing them instead to sell their shares immediately after the listing.

«Shareholders will flee their positions based on rumours and the perception of what is going on instead of facts.»

The critique doesn't only come from the left; there are plenty of hard - nosed investment firms that are agitating to clamp a lid on ever - growing CEO pay, arguing that it's a poor use of shareholders» money and distorts performance as CEOs start managing to their pay metrics instead of longer - term growth.

Instead «extending his tenure is in the best interests of our company and our shareholders,» the company said.

My buddy Jim Kane with Retailer Web Services recently made an interesting observation about public companies: He noted founders waste an embarrassing amount of shareholder cash trying to save or slowly wind down companies instead of shuttering operations when it's clear the odds have turned against them.

So in periods of economic uncertainty — like right now — companies choose to give cash to shareholders instead.

«Instead of deposing him, the Dell board froze out shareholders, and last week voted to allow the CEO to buy the company at a bargain price using shareholders» own cash,» Icahn wrote.

(The reason for the jump: Amazon analysts and shareholders had braced for an expected loss of 13 cents per share, but the mega-retailer reported instead that it was in the black for the quarter — a 17 cents per share profit.)

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 investor Paul Tudor Jones has a nonprofit called Just Capital that tracks how companies in the United States are creating long - term value instead of focusing solely on shareholders.

Instead of a traditional IPO, which involves more middlemen in the form of investment banks and institutional investors, Spotify is choosing to allow existing shareholders to sell their shares to potential buyers immediately.

Instead, it has concentrated on returning cash to shareholders through buybacks and dividends; earnings per share have risen nearly 40 % since the last quarter of 2014, while the quarterly dividend is up 43 %.

But instead of distributing these profits back to shareholders in the form of dividends and share buybacks, many have chosen to retain sizable cash cushions to ensure future access to capital amid a shaky global banking system.

Pfizer shareholders can elect to receive cash instead of new shares, but only up to a combined value of $ 12 billion.

The real «fix» on the balance sheet came from a series of substantial equity raises and getting Husky's «supportive» majority shareholders to take their dividend in the form of shares instead of cash for a year.

You have consented to receive shareholder communications, including your Annual Meeting materials, over the Internet instead of by mail.

To get a more accurate picture of cashflow available to shareholders, the above formula can be used instead.»

Yahoo will instead work on a reverse spinoff of its Alibaba stake, a transaction Mayer said will allow the company to preserve its shareholder value.

More than two - thirds of income at pass - through companies (so named because their structure makes them exempt from the corporate income tax, and their profits are instead taxed upon distribution to shareholders) goes to the top 1 percent.

Instead, the co-founders of Snap and existing private shareholders will retain all voting power in the newly public company.

But instead of plowing those profits back into new investments, a lot of companies have chosen to give cash to their shareholders via buybacks or dividends.

In an annual letter to shareholders, Dimon spent little time getting into his company's rock solid balance sheet and instead focused on the state of the United States of America.

Well, instead of having to claim all their practice's income in a given fiscal year, they can leave it in the corporation, pay less tax, and then either reinvest it or dividend it out to shareholders — particularly those who are in lower income tax brackets.

Instead of paying the shareholders fixed coupons and principal, it pays out the cash flows from the pool of mortgages.

Rule 14a - 11 is not limited to facilitating the ability of shareholders to exercise their state law rights, but instead confers upon shareholders a new substantive federal right that in many respects runs counter to what state corporate law otherwise provides.»

If shareholders start demanding that more drillers use their cash to grow returns instead of production, it could be just the thing the industry needs to prevent drilling itself into another hole by causing OPEC to fight back again.

Bear Stearns is trading at $ 6 instead of $ 2 because unelected bureaucrats went beyond their legal mandates, delivered a windfall to a single private company at public expense, entered agreements that violate the the public trust, and created a situation where even if the bureaucratic malfeasance stands, the shareholders of Bear Stearns will either reject the deal or be deprived of their right to determine the fate of the company they own.

If drillers are smart, they'll see the way investors responded to Anadarko's buyback and begin making plans to boost shareholder returns instead of just production.

The company generates over $ 1 billion in cash flow, but will use most of it to finance its ETFs purchases instead of going overly generous with shareholders (through dividend raise or stock repurchase).

Buybacks may not be the end of the world, but they do result in corporations giving billions of dollars to their shareholders instead of investing in something more productive and broadly beneficial to the economy.

There are a variety of explanations for why corporations aren't investing in their workers or business operations and are increasingly valuing shareholders instead.

Instead of «wasting» shareholders» wealth, the money is being paid through dividends.

Whenever it is disclosed in the footnotes, we subtract the fair value of minority interests instead of the reported value for a more accurate measure of shareholder value.

Instead of being a market timer, I'm a buy - and - sell investor, with a focus on valuing individual stocks.Find stocks that lie within your circle of competence, analyze them as to whether they meet your qualitative criteria (such as competitive advantage, strong balance sheet, high return on capital, shareholder - friendly management.

The decision to use stock instead of cash can also affect shareholder returns.

But that leaves Buyer Inc.'s original shareholders with just 48.7 % of the combined company instead of the 55.5 % they would have had in a fixed - share deal.

Instead of the expected $ 53, Green Tree's shareholders received $ 44 for each of their shares — the premium had fallen from 83 % to 52 %.

The Berkshire culture to never sell a subsidiary, to centralize capital allocation, allow subsidiaries to use their own unique business systems with zero interference from HQ, fair management compensation plans, treating shareholders like partners, to act quickly on ever deal, to pass up back deals, to have the Rock of Gibraltar balance sheet with available cash to invest when the market crashes, to pay cash for quality businesses instead of issuing stock and to attract a unique set of business owners who would only sell to Berkshire.

Instead of paying dividends to its shareholders, Iconomi rewards them with an increase in value of their holdings.

This week, Muddy Waters founder Carson Block said in a statement: «The markets are far better off if a few deep pocketed investors own Focus Media instead of mutual funds and other public shareholders.»

By requiring individual elections instead of slate voting and limiting terms to one year, Bill C - 25 would ensure that directors on the board best reflect shareholder wishes.

In recent years, however, a handful of corporations have sought to eliminate their in - person meetings and instead switch to a virtual «meeting» of shareholders that inhibits a more open exchange.

ETFs that use futures are structured as limited partnerships, meaning they report shareholders» share of partnership income on Schedule K - 1 instead of Form 1099.