Sentences with phrase «of shareholders demand»

Normally, when more than a quarter of shareholders demand an outcome, most corporate leaders make strong efforts to meet that outcome; Rex Tillerson was not among them.

Last year, a growing number of shareholders demanded more transparency on companies» political spending, with 30 percent of proposals reflecting that expectation.

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Rare earths developer Northern Minerals has lifted the limit on its share purchase plan to $ 15 million on the back of strong demand from existing shareholders.

Stanford University professor David Larcker, who directs the school's governance research program, says the case of Apple and Jobs's health has convinced more shareholders and institutions to demand that corporate boards establish detailed succession plans.

Then on Friday a shareholder group — including investors Shervin Pishevar, Ron Burkle and Adam Leber — demanded venture capital firm Benchmark divest some of its shares and step down from the board of the troubled start - up.

It's also demanding new skills and mindsets... All stakeholders have a responsibility to address the financial and non-financial effects of rapid technological innovation,» Porter told shareholders.

The investor, together with other shareholders, has demanded Yahoo separate the Asian assets, including stakes in Chinese ecommerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Yahoo Japan Corp, and conduct an immediate public auction of the core business, including search and advertising businesses.

It involves setting objectives according to the demands of shareholders, coordinating activities through a professional bureaucracy, and treating productivity as a measure of success.

«Nor do we believe that the AIG board of directors will respond to the demands of AIG shareholders absent a clear mandate.»

Challenger Managed investments general manger Martin Ashe said that, not only had there been a demand from clients for a fund of this type, but that the company considered socially responsive companies would post attractive returns for shareholders over the longer term.

At the shareholder meeting, Iger said the deal would create «an extraordinary global entertainment company with a content and the platforms and the reach to meet the growing demands of consumers around the world.»

As for the problem of redemptions, there were, as had been feared, a large number of mutual - fund shareholders who demanded millions of dollars of their money in cash when the market crashed, but apparently the mutual funds had so much cash on hand that in most cases they could pay off their shareholders without selling substantial amounts of stock.

Part of the responsibility for keeping Magna out of debt lies with a new board of directors, he told the meeting at a suburban Toronto hotel, telling them to resist shareholder demands to increase debt.

The five shareholders who demanded Mr. Kalanick's resignation include some of the technology industry's most prestigious venture capital firms, which invested in Uber at an early stage of the company's life, as well as a mutual fund firm.

Based on expectations that shareholders would demand a 35 percent premium to GM's market capitalisation, FCA would need to pay about $ 77 billion in an all - stock transaction in the event of a hostile bid, the sources said, adding that GM shareholders would likely demand a substantial payout.

When Benchmark shareholders called Kalanick to inform him of the demands in the letter, he initially did not take the news well and was determined to fight the coup, the person said.

Because it owns extensive insurance operations that experience fluctuating profits, it is not as easy to determine Berkshire's normal earnings power as it would be, for say, Kraft's food packaging divisions which have pretty predictable demand for macaroni and cheese, Oscar Meyer hot dogs, and Maxwell House coffee, but still — $ 12 billion is a good estimate of what «normal» profits look like each year for Berkshire shareholders.

If you're the latter with a heavy load of debt, you'll go broke when demand slackens, and that's a very bad idea for shareholders.

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.

Some investors argue that massive share - price increases in 2014 mean that even future successes won't produce strong returns for shareholders buying in at today's prices, but the demand among top pharmaceutical companies for promising drug candidates to add to their pipelines shows few signs of slowing anytime soon, and that could bode well for the sector in the coming year.

If this really were a «free market» economy, their shareholders would be wiped out — and the government would demand return of the exorbitant bonuses and salaries.

A big believer in the importance of Eddy's well defined corporate culture, Robyn has successfully balanced the demands of the family shareholders with the growth of a dynamic business to create one of Canada's finest family firms.

They have changed the economic ethos (oikos nomos = rules of the house and oikonomos = the art of well managing the house) by sacrificing the objective of social well - being and full employment to the demands of the rate of profit and thus to increasing shareholder value.

In October, Treasury Wine Estates, the world's largest pure - play winemaker and owner of Penfolds and Wolf Blass, warned shareholders that consumer demand for wine in China had softened in line with souring demand for luxury products ranging from beverages to fashion.

«Our increased knowledge of supply and demand across the supply chain signalled that we needed to build cattle inventory in the first half of the year to ensure consistent supply in the second half of FY17 and throughout FY18,» Mr Strong told shareholders.

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This is one of the last organisations standing which delivers on a commitment to public service, rather than the demands of shareholders.

The Labour leader is also toying with the idea of demanding a rise in the shareholder takeover threshold from 50 % to 67 %.

The demand, from one of the most significant and influential voices on the left of the Labour party, marks a departure from the usual narrative on responsible capitalism, which usually focuses on handing shareholders more power.

Alan Sugar tweeted that Clegg and Cameron should join Miliband «in demanding that the Daily Mail shareholders, finally for once and for all, get rid of this man Dacre.

Electricity demand has flattened out, «meaning utilities are scrambling to find new sources of return for their shareholders» investments,» Sullivan wrote.

In April 2016, a group of Bayer shareholders publicly demanded that corporation executives «turn away» from neonics because they are linked to bee declines.

As you can imagine, there's a lot of demand for this kind of person, given that our whole society seems centered around financial worth — we're all reliant on the stock market for our retirement, cures to diseases only happen if they increase shareholder value, and the latest murder has been replaced by the latest merger on the front page of every major newspaper on the planet.

«Capitalist firms are not Boy Scouts, and they are unlikely to place moral codes and «good governance» above the interests and demands of their owners or shareholders,» according to a paper published last year by researchers at the International Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands.

«Our pending acquisition of 21st Century Fox will expand our ability to drive long - term value as an extraordinary entertainment company with the content, the platforms, and the reach to meet the growing demands of consumers around the world,» Iger told shareholders on a conference call earlier this morning.

We don't have shareholders or investors demanding large profits, we are simply working for the benefit of the schools community.

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Around the same time in the US B&N revealed plans to spin off its Nook business from its other retail businesses in a bid to increase shareholder value after the company continued to suffer rapid falls in demand for Nook hardware and content at the expense of its tablet and e-reader rivals Amazon, Apple and Google.

As a prospective shareholder in a company, you (ought to) demand something at least close to the optimal capital structure (i.e., with a good chunk of debt) to ensure adequate free cash flows to equity.

Fire - power covers a host of tactics: Sometimes it's just sheer weight of money (and they become the largest shareholder), but it also includes nominating directors to the board, conducting proxy fights, deposing and / or appointing management, suggesting operational changes and / or asset / business sales, scaring up bidders for a company (or even bidding themselves), demanding strategic reviews or even wind - downs or liquidations, etc..

But the Celtic Tiger demanded something more ambitious, so it became a stand - alone company: a) When Society members became direct shareholders in One51, via a Feb - 2007 share exchange, and b) grey market trading commenced in One51's shares at the end of Oct - 2007.

Carl Icahn has prepared a good starting point in a series of essays, Capitalism Should Return to Its Roots, We're Not the Boss of A.I.G. and It's Up to the Shareholders, Not the Government, to Demand Change at a Company.

The common shareholder stands last in line to be paid, and because of this additional risk the shareholder demands a higher expected return than does the bondholder.

We, as shareholders, owners of the business, demand that the Board take the following actions within the next 20 calendar days:

This fire - power covers a host of tactics: Sometimes it's simply sheer size (they become the largest shareholder), but it also includes nominating directors, conducting proxy fights, deposing / appointing management, recommending operational changes & asset / business sales, finding bidders for the company (or even bidding themselves), demanding strategic reviews or even wind - downs / liquidations, etc..

If shareholders are to make most of their money through earnings growth and / or positive sentiment, then further excess return needs to be demanded to compensate for potential of negative sentiment destroying market value faster than earnings growth can grow against.

The business owners (shareholders) demand a higher rate of return than what is represented by the interest payments on the company debt.

Any amount paid or incurred in connection with the redemption of any stock in a regulated investment company which issues only stock which is redeemable upon the demand of the shareholder.

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