Sentences with phrase «more voting power»

Notice that under a standard voting scheme Quicksilver has drastically more voting power than their ownership indicates and Baupost has drastically less.

That would give people who oppose school spending more voting power than people who support it.

He and other Queensbury and Glens Falls supervisors had argued the northern towns in the county have more voting power despite a weighted vote system.

He and other Queensbury and Glens Falls supervisors have argued the northern towns in the county have more voting power despite a weighted vote system.

* Correction — average upstate voter will have almost 8 % MORE voting power in the Senate than the average downstate voter.

By allowing certain stock to have more voting power than other stock our company takes our public shareholder money but does not let us have an equal voice in our company's management.

Not exact matches

Federal judges found more problems in Texas» voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office.

Ek and fellow Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon together control more than 80 percent of the voting power in the company.

While fundamentally the consolidation of power could cut Turkey's structural growth potential, cyclically the destructive focus on short - term votes to win the referendum should give way to a more pragmatic focus on returning to growth,» the bank said.

«10 - Percent Stockholder» means an individual who owns more than 10 % of the total combined voting power of all classes of outstanding stock of the Company or of its parent corporation or subsidiary corporation (as defined in Code Sections 424 (e) and (f)-RRB-.

Following completion of this offering, the Principal Stockholders will control more than 50 % of the combined voting power of our common stock, so under current listing standards, we would qualify as a «controlled company» and accordingly, will be exempt from requirements to have a majority of independent directors, a fully independent nominating and corporate governance committee and a fully independent compensation committee.

the acquisition by any person of direct or indirect ownership of securities representing more than 50 % of the voting power of our then outstanding stock;

But the system has already become vastly more power - hungry: Ver points out that a single usable mining server, and its voting power, today costs $ 1,000 or more.

The reforms would double the fund's resources and hand more IMF voting power to countries such as the BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Because of the ten - to - one voting ratio between our Class B and Class A common stock, the holders of our Class B common stock collectively will hold more than a majority of the combined voting power of our common stock upon the completion of our initial public offering, and therefore such holders will be able to control all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval.

European Union and Asian governments are frustrated that the U.S. Congress has held up a reform of voting rights in the International Monetary Fund that would give China and other emerging powers more say in global economic governance.

The term of an incentive stock option may not exceed ten years, except that with respect to any participant who owns more than 10 % of the voting power of all classes of our outstanding stock, the term must not exceed five years and the exercise price must equal at least 110 % of the fair market value on the grant date subject to the provisions of our 2015 Plan.

Under the 2017 Plan, a change in control is defined to include (1) the acquisition by any person or company of more than 50 % of the combined voting power of our then outstanding stock, (2) a merger, consolidation, or similar transaction in which our stockholders immediately before the transaction do not own, directly or indirectly, more than 50 % of the combined voting power of the surviving entity (or the parent of the surviving entity), (3) a sale, lease, exclusive license, or other disposition of all or substantially all of our assets other than to an entity more than 50 % of the combined voting power of which is owned by our stockholders, and (4) an unapproved change in the majority of the board of directors.

Provided, however, that an incentive stock option held by a participant who owns more than 10 % of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock, or of certain of our parent or subsidiary corporations, may not have a term in excess of five years and must have an exercise price of at least 110 % of the fair market value of our common stock on the grant date.

For nonstatutory stock options and incentive stock options granted to employees who do not own more than 10 % of the voting power of all classes of our outstanding stock, the exercise price must equal at least 100 % of the fair market value.

The term of an incentive stock option may not exceed 10 years, except that with respect to any participant who owns more than 10 % of the voting power of all classes of our outstanding stock, the term must not exceed 5 years and the exercise price must equal at least 110 % of the fair market value on the grant date.

At Alphabet, the parent company of Google, voting power is even more concentrated because of a limited supply of supervoting shares belonging mostly to Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Under these rules, a company of which more than 50 % of the voting power is held by an individual, a group or another company is a «controlled company» and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements of the, including (1) the requirement that a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors, (2) the requirement that we have a nominating and corporate governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities and (3) the requirement that we have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities.

Mark Pincus, founder of the gaming company Zynga, is reducing his voting power over the company, going against a trend where entrepreneurs lobbied for more control.

The term of an incentive stock option may not exceed ten years, except that with respect to any participant who owns more than 10 % of the voting power of all classes of our outstanding stock, the term must not exceed five years and the exercise price must equal at least 110 % of the fair market value on the grant date.

This way the shareholders can retain their level of control in the company without having to go out and purchase more shares just for the power of the vote that will give the shareholder more clout at the board level for his / her interests in corporate activities.

The new government should not just amend the timelines for the next commission, it should amend the Act to empower the commission to draw fair electoral boundaries that will ensure more effective representation and equality of the voting power in Alberta.

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

It's putting more anti-science people into political power through votes.

When those who have won the day on this issue (and by «the day» I mean every denominational vote on the issue since 1972) and are gaining more and more power in the denomination offer the possibility of a just separation, why do those who claim to be on the side of the oppressed want to maintain the oppressive status quo?

Indeed, the more radical expressions of black power were suppressed by force, and the more radical proposals to the churches were simply voted down.

Ray I agree with you 100 % and more Pat roberson is a confuse old man who will not give up power to his son, poor billy can not remenber, and his son is in charge, if Billy son and all the born again christians vote for a cult may God help then, do you want a mornan President in the White hous with 4 Wives, and worship a man name Joseph Smith, rather than Jesus Christ, Pat Roberson need to tell his listeners the truth about cults.

Actually, on election day, instead of voting, I am going to invoke the power of prayer and spend the day praying as I know that this will get more people out to the polls to vote for Mitt Romney.

so wait, youre saying People voting a middle aged white man back into power was more of a change than Obama, lol

There's also the fact that under a more proportional voting system, Labour would probably be in power right now in a progressive alliance.

And now brown and Mandy run back to new labour to try and get the middle class to vote for it, new labour is nothing more then a Thatcherite party, and she lost and a Pray New labour is kicked out of power even if it means it never agains takes power

Second, the electoral college was set up to weed out «unacceptable» candidates not by dividing fringe voters in different states per se but by giving the electors the power to elect the candidate who lost the popular vote in the event that the more popular candidate turned out to be unacceptable for whatever reason.

There may well be more powers that can be devolved to the Scottish Parliament — a «no» vote is not a vote against devolution — but the vote will settle the question of Scottish independence for a generation.

At the time, Felder made it clear that he would sit with whichever conference that would enable him to do more for his constituents — in other words, whoever could provide the most in terms of resources and service - delivery power would be getting his vote.

The European Parliament has been given more powers by successive treaties, but less and less Europeans have bothered to vote in European elections.

In essence, the Conservative approach to English devolution focuses on three themes: a better and more balanced economy; bespoke Growth Deals and decentralisation of powers to (large) cities which choose to have elected mayor; and English Votes for English Laws (EVEL).

Raise their taxes to 95 %, if they earn 1 % of the average richer class, the rich has to pay more than 0.95 % of tax, and their power is still bigger than middle class» vote power.

Also on the republican list of demands: abolition of the Privy Council; full proportional representation in elections for the House of Commons; decentralisation of power to local and community authorities; a voting age of 16; fixed - term parliaments; state funding of political parties; a ban on outside earnings for MPs; more powerful Commons select committees, with powers to confirm or block ministerial appointments; elected police chiefs and elected mayors in all the major cities.

The Vermont Senate has voted to override Republican Governor Phil Scott's veto of a bill that would give Vermont more power to regulate children's products containing unsafe chemicals.

The vote in Congress represents a referendum of sorts on the work of U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who has wielded more power than any other federal education official in the nation's history.

Ever since David Cameron wrong - footed his opponents on the morning after the independence referendum by meshing it to the question of extending more powers to Scotland, the question of English votes for English laws has never been far away.

They voted for a Scottish Parliament (and separately to give it tax varying powers), a Welsh Assembly (and later for it to have more power), a Greater London Assembly, and the Good Friday Agreement.

Ed notes that you can also influence the conversation on YouTube itself using the power of the vote: «Turns out you can vote comments up / down more than once with a time delay so a little persistence allows people to take over the conversation.»

The No side is now developing a more or less shared vision of the division of powers between the UK and the Scottish Parliament if Scotland votes no which would give new powers to the Scottish Parliament in the fields of tax and welfare.

Cuomo's 2014 primary challenger, Zephyr Teachout, won more than a third of the vote — without Nixon's star power.