Sentences with phrase «of a special committee which»

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«After an extensive evaluation of all final proposals received, the Special Committee decided on the proposed scheme, which we believe is compelling and value - enhancing for all shareholders,» Seek Ngee Huat, chairman of GLP's board, said in a joint statement with the winning consortium.

Meanwhile, the company's special committee hired KPMG to conduct an independent audit of its operations, which included sending accountants to China.

Sessions began contemplating the option after House Judiciary Committee chairman Robert Goodlatte asked Sessions in July and September to appoint a special counsel to investigate «matters which may be outside the scope» of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, including whether members of President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Moscow to sway the election in his favor.

Following several autumn 2016 news articles and blog posts which raised concerns regarding transactions with related parties, particularly with then - CEO Steven Sugarman and members of his family, in October the company issued a press release indicating that the board's «disinterested directors» had hired a law firm and formed a special committee to review the alleged connections and transactions.

While the committee grilled Zuckerberg about why he wanted a special class of stock, Andreessen sent the CEO text messages to explain which of his arguments weren't working and why, according to messages quoted in court filings.

Ms. Gray is also Minister Responsible for Democratic Renewal, a role that coincides with her position as chairperson of the Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee, which is reviewing the Election Act, the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act, the Conflicts of Interest Act, and the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act.

J. Steven Hart's seeking those appointments from his wife's former tenant, Pruitt, shows «the extent to which the special interests providing him with gifts have sought specific favors from EPA in return,» said Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey, the senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

The senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Frank Pallone of New Jersey, says the request shows the extent to which special interests providing Pruitt with gifts have sought specific favors from EPA in return.

The Compensation Committee reduced the aggregate number of shares subject to the stock option grants to each of Ms. Catz and Mr. Hurd from a stock option for 5 million shares in fiscal 2014 to a stock option for 2.75 million shares in fiscal 2015 (which includes a special one - time stock option award for 500,000 shares each in connection with their appointment to CEO).

Even assuming he signed it, the bill would theoretically be a law re-appointing Mueller as special prosecutor / independent investigator, which Congress is already capable of doing via impeachment, select committees, etc..

«In particular, the report referred to a special meeting of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), apparently organised jointly by Fifa vice-president Jack Warner and Fifa executive committee member Mohamed Bin Hammam, which took place on May 10 and 11 2011.

Dr. Bergeron also serves on the academic advisory board for the International Olympic Committee's postgraduate diploma program in sports medicine, and he recently co-chaired the IOC Consensus Meeting on youth athletic development which will be highlighted in a special edition of the British Journal of Sports Medicine in July 2015.

The first phase of the new site, which is available at www.napervilleparks.org, includes basic information about the commissioners, the parks, other facilities, special events and committees run by the district.

He further passed the bill for second reading and referred it to the special committee on constitutional review shortly after Ayorinde Olabode, the Deputy chairman rules and business, cited order 8 rule 98 of the house rules, which states that any bill that seeks to alter the constitution be sent to the special committee.

Eaton said he will wait until Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls a special election in NY - 11 (something the governor has shown no signs of doing any time soon), and then convene a convention of county committee members to which all potential candidates will be invited to make their respective cases.

At 12:45 p.m., there will be a special business meeting of the state Democratic Committee tomorrow to officially nominate U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for re-election, at which LG Kathy Hochul will deliver remarks, Labor Temple, 890 3rd St., Albany.

More recently, Bill Perkins» victory in a City Council special election created a vacancy in the State Senate, which was filled by Brian Benjamin, who won the Democratic nomination by virtue of a county committee vote.

But when Mr. Donovan fought for the turf against Democratic Councilman Vincent Gentile in a special election last May, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the House Majority PAC — which share a mission of of turning red districts blue — refused to get involved.

A special party committee, chaired by the late Commissioner of Police, AK Deku, which was set up to investigate the matter found there was no basis for the accusation and caused its withdrawal from court.

Both candidates are receiving help from deep - pocketed special interests and political action committees that have a keen interest in which party gains overall control of the Senate.

Fasano said Democrats undermined the CEP in 2013 by allowing unlimited organizational expenditures from state central committees, which he said opened the electoral process to «a flood of special interest money.»

The issue of which borough has a «majority» stake in a given congressional seat is important because that traditionally determines which county committee (and, by extension, county leader) gets to play a decisive role picking the party nominee for that seat in special elections.

In a letter sent last week to state Board of Elections Chief Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman that was obtained by the News, Mary Beth Calamia of Holbrook cited a $ 50,000 donation procured by de Blasio fund - raiser Ross Offinger from a publicly untraceable Delaware corporation that went to the Nassau County Democratic Committee, which was supporting Todd Kaminsky's successful run for Senate in a special election last month.

Civil Court judges are elected and undergo a primary, but if the primary winner should drop out of the race, the County Committee must convene a special Screening Panel which suggests at least three qualified candidates for each vacancy.

Syracuse state Sen. John DeFrancisco, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee says there will be many special interests trying to get at the state's extra cash, which came from the negotiated financial settlements with banks.

«The Committee, after the hearings and the analysis and evaluation of the evidence adduced before it has come to the conclusion that there is no merit in the allegations levelled against the Ministry of Trade and Industry as contained in the motion and which culminated in the setting up of the Special Committee,» concluded the committee'Committee, after the hearings and the analysis and evaluation of the evidence adduced before it has come to the conclusion that there is no merit in the allegations levelled against the Ministry of Trade and Industry as contained in the motion and which culminated in the setting up of the Special Committee,» concluded the committee'Committee,» concluded the committee'committee's report.

Samaroo, an Indian American, also said a special election — where nominees on established political party lines are chosen by the organizations» executive committees — would disenfranchise the district's minorities, which his suit claimed comprise 61 percent of the Assembly district.

New Queens Democrats, which in several months has modestly grown to nearly two dozen members, is now focused on supporting other progressives who want to run for county committee, a massive body of representatives from each election district that meets biennially, but has few concrete powers aside from helping to select candidates for special elections and nominating judicial candidates.

Wright, chair of the all - party public administration select committee, made the suggestion of a «new special committee of authoritative reform - minded MPs» in a private letter to Brown on 1 June, saying his ideas would not threaten the government's legislative programme, but «would help make a more vital Commons from which other reforms would flow».

Titone, a member of the Assembly Education Committee, said the legal fight is needlessly hampering the development of the Staten Island charter school, which serves a high percentage of special education students.

The allegation which was backed by the Member of Parliament North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, and MP for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, led to a probe by a special committee set up by Parliament.

The AAAS Board charged the new special Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility, chaired by Allen V. Astin, former director of the National Bureau of Standards,» (i) to study and report on the general conditions required for scientific freedom and responsibility; (ii) to develop suitable criteria and procedures for the objective and impartial study of these problems; and (iii) to recommend mechanisms to enable the Association to review specific instances in which scientific freedom is alleged to have been abridged or otherwise endangered, or responsible scientific conduct is alleged to have been violated.»

Which groups should be targeted for the vaccine, and who should be first in line if the supply falls short, will be discussed on 29 July at a special meeting of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices in Atlanta.

There shall be a Committee on Grants, appointed by the President, with the advice of the Council, consisting of eight members, two appointed annually for a period of four years, which shall award for scientific research such part of the income from the permanent and special funds of the Association as may be appropriated for that purpose by the Council.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, a former U.S. EPA official during the Obama administration who is now the senior vice president of climate, environmental justice and community revitalization for the Hip Hop Caucus, argued that a special committee should be created regardless of which party controls Congress.

Kruszewski and Emme eventually applied for the prize after being convinced of the magnitude of the opportunity by fashion consultant Julie Gilhart and fashion editor of CR Fashion Book, Ben Perreira — both members of the prize's selection committee — and in June, Vejas was awarded the competition's Special Prize, second to Wales Bonner, which won the main LVMH Prize.

The original concept, which passed following the conviction of Governor John Rowland in 2005, was that in return for a multi-million dollar campaign donation from the public, candidates would agree to forgo private funds raised from state contractors, lobbyists, political action committees, the wealthy and other special interest.

(6) incur temporary debt in anticipation of receipt of funds; provided that a Horace Mann school shall obtain the approval of the local school committee and appropriate local appropriating authorities and officials relative to any proposed lien or encumbrance upon public school property or relative to any financial obligation for which the local school district shall become legally obligated; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the terms of repayment of any charter school's debt shall not exceed the duration of the school's charter without the approval of the board;

That means the panel, which includes two union - appointed teachers, is rushing to explore school models that might best help Clark and its groups of students who are learning English or have special needs, said Soto, one of the committee's parent members.

Within that I also serve on a committee which oversees developments in the provision of services for children with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND).

Using a special order to speak on the House floor about workforce development, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R - North Carolina), chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, on Tuesday said there is a disconnect between education and the 6.6 million unfilled jobs in the U.S. — which her GOP colleagues on the committee also emCommittee, on Tuesday said there is a disconnect between education and the 6.6 million unfilled jobs in the U.S. — which her GOP colleagues on the committee also emcommittee also emphasized.

On Thursday, task force members spent the day vetting their ideas with the state's Advisory Committee on Special Education, which played no official role in shaping the report but hopes to shepherd through some of its recommendations.

The select committee, which held four evidence sessions at the end of last year, said high - quality SRE was particularly important for vulnerable children such as LGBT children, those in care and those with special educational needs.

These included forming a special committee of independent directors (which has retained its own investment bankers and attorneys) to undertake an analysis of the Company's capital requirements and to evaluate the various alternatives (in the form of both debt and equity) for meeting those requirements.

As a brief overview, the Management and Board have embarked upon a failed merger that garnered virtually no support from its shareholders, and was opposed by ISS, and continued on that path until the date of the special shareholders meeting and scheduled vote, spending lavishly in a failed effort to close it; attempted to implement substantial new options to itself, a plan opposed by ISS and the shareholders, which was withdrawn; continually paid itself outrageous sums of the shareholders money over the past three years; rejected highly qualified outside board members with deep, broad healthcare company experience supported by its shareholders; held many Board and Committee meetings with nothing to show for it; formed a new Strategic Transactions Committee that is highly paid but that has produced no deals for the shareholders to consider or for any outside valuation experts to formally review; spent lavishly on accountants, auditors and counsel; failed to successfully hire any outside professional negotiators and finally extinguish or remove the outstanding lease obligations; distributed no cash to the shareholders despite holding excess amounts; formed no special purpose entity to hold any royalty and milestone rights and payments for the benefit of its shareholders; and thus generally failed in its fiduciary duties to shareholders.

The mayor is the honorary chairman of our civic committee, which is built of civic business and cultural leaders who have all signed their name to be supporters of the Expo, and I've been working closely with the city department of cultural affairs and special events.

As the editor of Artscribe, a timely publication that regularly featured contributions by Art & Language; the creator, writer, and host of a number of TV documentaries, including the six - part series This Is Modern Art, which won many awards, including a BAFTA; and an author of books about contemporary art in London that combine informed description with «seeing the black heart in everything,» Collings has received notable recognition, including a special commendation from the Turner Prize committee.

The contributions also consider such specific works as Kelly's Interim (1984 — 1989), the subject of a special issue of October; Gloria Patri (1992), an installation conceived in response to the first Gulf War; The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi (2001), an extensive project including a 200 - foot narrative executed in the medium of compressed lint and the performance of a musical score by Michael Nyman; and two recent works, Love Songs (2005 - 2007), which explores the role of memory in feminist politics, and Mimus (2012), a triptych that parodies the House Un-American Activities Committee's 1962 investigation of the pacifist group, Women Strike for Peace.

The project, which is backed by the artist and known as the Southern Extension, was put forward at a special meeting of the district council's planning committee on 30 July.

As always, it is an honor to be asked to give testimony before the US Congress, and a special treat to return to the Science Committee, which was so influential in my own career track and my strong appreciation of the work of elected officials and their staff.