Sentences with phrase «make shareholder interests»

For me, one of the most important, and surprising, discoveries over the last few years has been that choosing the best approach to balancing business and social concerns starts with a decision to make shareholder interests the higher priority.

Not exact matches

But at the end of the day, many of them work for firms that have a vested interest in making as much money as possible for themselves and their shareholders — not for you, their client.

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.

Corzo asks why banks would make these payouts: how can the awards be both in «the best interests of shareholders and not unethical?»

It is good for the investing public to know that the company is making decisions about things like dividends with the best interests of shareholders in mind, rather than the best interests of the CEO.

The funds «must make decisions» to ensure «companies are run in the interests of shareholders.»

«Sumner Redstone will make every decision with the same deliberation and consideration with which he removed Philippe Dauman and George Abrams as trustees, based on the best interests of shareholders,» a Redstone spokesman said in an e-mailed statement.

You can gauge the interest in responsible investing simply from the increase in shareholder proposals being filed about ESG issues and the exponential growth in the number of questions being asked by institutional investors, researchers and clients - and as a CEO, I have to make trade offs that may not be in the best short term profit interest of the Bank but are viewed in our best long term interest.

And it would then be obvious that to the extent the interests of the shareholders clash with those of «the community» — a community that, for all intents and purposes, includes the entire population of the developed world — it's the responsibility of the community's elected representatives in Congress to make rules that align those incentives.

Just as freedom from accountability has a tendency to make shareholders indifferent to broader and longer - term considerations, so agency theory's recommended alignment between managers» interests and those of shareholders can skew the perspective of the entire organization.

After acquiring his interest in Blockbuster, Icahn began giving interviews to the press and writing letters to shareholders (and to me) claiming that we'd botched the acquisition, that we'd spent too much money on our online business, that we shouldn't have ended late fees, and that the CEO (that would be me) was making too much money.

In response to this increasing shareholder interest, we provided additional information in the CD&A this year regarding the goal - setting process and adjustments made for purposes of our incentive plans.

'» [12] In particular, there is growing agreement that «Delaware jurisprudence favors director primacy in terms of the definitive decision - making power, while simultaneously requiring directors to be ultimately concerned with the shareholders» interest.»

Concluded Ryvicker: «Given that CBS has been invited to the decision - making party, we are even more comfortable that whatever decision is reached will be in the best interest of CBS shareholders — whether that is: levering Viacom to purchase CBS at a premium, CBS purchasing Viacom at a discount, or CBS concluding that nothing can be done, therefore it will remain independent.»

With Alphabet only offering its owners a «Say on Pay» once every three years, it will be interesting to see if shareholders take this opportunity to make a stand, however symbolic it may be.

More importantly, we the shareholders will have more powerful weapons to make sure that our best interests are being served.

Whether the client is interested in pursuing the sale of all or part of its business, or in making a strategic acquisition, Marcum's focus is on managing the process to a successful conclusion to enhance shareholder value.

I've recounted over the past year the many allegations that Ferro — in rejecting Gannett, in making business deals with those formerly associated with his Wrapports company (that ownership now held in trust, he says), and in doing private placements of shares or now selectively buying back shares, as he's done with Oaktree — has not acted in the best interests of all shareholders.

Glass Lewis analyzes issues it believes may be of interest to its subscribers and makes recommendations as to how Glass Lewis believes institutional shareholders should approach such issues.

If any Shares remain outstanding after the date of termination, the Trustee thereafter shall discontinue the registration of transfers of Shares, shall not make any distributions to Shareholders, and shall not give any further notices or perform any further acts under the Trust Agreement, except that the Trustee will continue to collect distributions pertaining to Trust assets and hold the same uninvested and without liability for interest, pay the Trust's expenses and sell Bitcoins as necessary to meet those expenses and will continue to deliver Trust assets, together with any distributions received with respect thereto and the net proceeds of the sale of any other property, in exchange for Shares surrendered to the Trustee (after deducting or upon payment of, in each case, the fee to the Trustee for the surrender of Shares, any expenses for the account of the Shareholders in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement, and any applicable taxes or other governmental charges).

In the interest of its shareholders, the Company negotiated a comprehensive agreement with the LF - RB Group and made changes it sees as beneficial to our shareholders and the Company's ultimate goal of building shareholder value.

The club is there to make money for the shareholders of whome most are on the board its NOT a club run as a footballing concern but a financial concern to make money so do nt tell me that the club is going in the right direction cos were are not we are static and will remain so until the board take an interest in football rather than shares and dividends.

Greenspan, the doyen of the neo-liberal banking structure, said in 2008 following the banking crisis that he had found a flaw in the «critical functioning structure that defines how the world works... I made a mistake in presuming that the self - interests of organisations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders and their equity in the firms.»

I did not recognise, at the point that this visit was arranged, a need to disclose to my officials and the High Commission that Abid Hussain and I have a common business interest as minority shareholders in a small food company... I sincerely regret that I did not consider the significance of this relationship with Mr Hussain when the arrangements for the visit were being made... I am sorry.

It means we have to end the situation where the chief executive wants to make decisions which will benefit his company in five years, when some of his shareholders are only interested in results in the next two months.

Management has «little latitude... to stray beyond the economic interests of a publicly owned firm's shareholders when making decisions,» the text explains.

For example, a stock might pay quarterly dividends to shareholders, or a bond might make quarterly interest payments.

As we approach value investing in public markets with a whole owner's perspective (meaning that we evaluate potential investments as we would if we were going to buy the entire company), we need to believe that the board and management team is making financial decisions in the interest of every shareholder.

The shareholders represent the owners of the company and decisions are made in the best interest of those owners.

As if that wasn't enough, as a rule of thumb they generally offer very competitive rates on products like mortgages and credit cards, and not only will you make a better interest rate on your savings account, but as a shareholder, you might even receive dividend income.

The Fund's Chief Compliance Officer, or a Compliance Manager designated by the Chief Compliance Officer, may also grant exceptions to permit additional disclosure of Fund portfolio holdings information at differing times and with different lag times (the period from the date of the information to the date the information is made available), if any, in instances where the Fund has legitimate business purposes for doing so, it is in the best interests of shareholders, and the recipients are subject to a duty of confidentiality, including a duty not to trade on the nonpublic information and are required to execute an agreement to that effect.

We note we did not expand a lower tax rate to its interest in Yahoo! Japan, but one could make the argument it would also decline and increase the value to shareholders.

This obviously makes intuitive sense because the presence of a very cheap company alone will not result in realization of value unless management is willing to act in the interests of shareholders either by liquidating a business that has no future prospects but a very liquid balance sheet or taking steps to improve the business.

We will be watching carefully to make sure the committee's actions are congruent with the interests of shareholders.

On the other hand, PACC presents a far more immediate pay - out — its latest set of results makes for interesting reading: Shareholders will soon discover if their shares are worthless, or possibly worth a multiple of the current share price...

Under this theory, firms can reduce agency conflicts between managers and shareholders by reducing excess cash on hand, and by obligating managers to make continuous payouts in the form of increased dividends and interest payments to creditors.

Wexboy like you i too have began to reduce my Petroneft holding... However i would be interested in what you make of the mysterious «NATLATA» recently becoming PTRs largest shareholders...????

Investment by a Fund in certain «passive foreign investment companies» («PFICs») could subject the Fund to a U.S. federal income tax (including interest charges) on distributions received from the company or on proceeds received from the disposition of shares in the company, which tax can not be eliminated by making distributions to Fund shareholders.

Though these methods involve judgments that are inherently subjective and involve some selectivity in their application, the Funds seek to make judgments and applications that are consistent with the interests of Fund shareholders.

As long as we recognize it, this lack of allignment between shareholder and management interests doesn't make GKK a bad investment.

While outrageous, it is unfortunately not surprising that a board which owns virtually no shares and has almost zero economic interest in the fortunes of the Company would be making these payments and failing to act even remotely in the interests of shareholders.

Pursuant to the Plan, the Company is also authorized to dispose of its remaining non-cash assets, on such terms and at such prices as the Company's board of directors, without further shareholder approval, may determine to be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, to pay or make reasonable provision to pay all claims against and obligations of the Company, to make such provisions as will be reasonably likely to be sufficient to provide compensation for any claim against the Company which is the subject of a pending action, suit or proceeding to which the Company is a party, to distribute on a pro rata basis to the shareholders of the Company the remaining assets of the Company, and, subject to statutory limitations, to take all other actions necessary to wind up and liquidate the Company's business and affairs.

Furthermore, I believe a case can be made against VXGN for not acting in the best interest of their shareholders.

And finally I should have acted immediately and sold my position when MYRX bid for Javelin in the Spring of 2010 as management made little attempt to explain and justify this incomprehensible move, a further indication that management's interests were simply not aligned with those of shareholders.

At the keynote address at the October 2014 European Investment Conference in London James Montier made an interesting argument saying that shareholder value maximization is «a bad idea.»

Foreign shareholders (i.e., nonresident alien individuals and foreign corporations, partnerships, trusts and estates) are generally subject to U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30 % (or a lower tax treaty rate) on distributions derived from net investment income and short - term capital gains; provided, however, that U.S. source interest related dividends and short - term capital gain dividends generally are not subject to U.S. withholding taxes if the fund elects to make reports with respect to such dividends.

I suppose this is possible; after all, at the end of the day Nintendo and Game Freak are companies, and the main purpose of companies is to make money for their owners and shareholders, so if they think they can make money by releasing filler games, it would be in their best interest as a company to do so.

He added that putting customers at the center of everything E.ON does and marketing attractive offerings for the new energy world will make the company an interesting investment for shareholders.

Analysis by the law firm confirmed that corporate shareholder proposals aimed at addressing environmental issues were common in 2016, a trend that will continue to keep the pressure on fossil fuel interests like Chevron and ExxonMobil during the Trump years — and make it hard for the SEC to avoid addressing the issue.

heir motivation may be self - interest, but it is in their shareholders» best interest if these companies make investments today that will keep them profitable in 30 years.»