Sentences with phrase «power as a shareholder»

«With their own sizable investment portfolios, most public companies could use their power as shareholders to urge public companies and asset managers to take a relentlessly long - term focus... That may mean using performance benchmarks over three -, five - and even 10 - year periods, in addition to shorter period benchmarks.»

Not exact matches

For the inflation rate, coupled with individual tax rates, will be the ultimate determinant as to whether our internal operating performance produces successful investment results — i.e., a reasonable gain in purchasing power from funds committed — for you as shareholders.

The move comes as ABB seeks to justify its decision last year to reject calls from its second - largest shareholder to spin off Power Grids, the group's biggest but least profitable business.

As it happens, many of the vocal protestors at Emera's annual meeting are members of both groups: they are shareholders in Emera and customers of Nova Scotia Power.

That sounds good as a headline but it's not really true, says Brad Allen, of Branav Shareholder Advisory Services Inc. «People continue to reinforce this image that proxy firms have all this power.

This means a corporate board acts as the 51 % percent shareholder and assigns full financial, operational and management control of the entity to the managing family office, normally via a Power of Attorney granted to the General Manager.

As European governments reach for more power to fend off unwanted mergers, Akzo has shown how shareholders can lose out.

As to the latter, Rule 14a - 11 disallows restrictions on the shareholder nominating power that are likely permissible under state law.

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.

I guess the lesson of Travis Kalanick's resignation as chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc. is that you can be the visionary founder of a massive company, stay private to avoid the pressures of the public market, keep control of a majority of the voting power of the shares, and still be forced out in a boardroom coup led by activist shareholders:

I disagree, Wenger and Dein built a good relationship and Dein wasn't a yes man, he was a shareholder and on the board, the difference I can see is that Dein had the power to spend what he wanted as it was his job on the board.

In this environment, large public companies almost inevitably appear as hierarchies based on the absolute power of the Board of Directors, driven by the ethos of short - term gain for executives and corporate shareholders.

But, in a publicly held company where shareholder power is weak, this can't be counted upon to happen, so shareholders of public companies are taxed when they get the actual benefit and corporate taxes, screwed up as they are, limits the harm of indefinite deferral of income.

All of these attorneys general expanded their power at least partially on the basis of a single 1921 statute known as the Martin Act, which gives the New York AG vastly greater latitude in prosecuting financial crimes against shareholders.

«We are glad to note that within the last one year also, Lagos State has been able to join the Oodua Investment Group as part shareholders of that economic vehicle that we will use to power the economic integration of the Southwestern states.

Amazon is using their marketplace power to advance their shareholder interests at my expense as both a customer, and as (ultimately) a supplier of their core product.

As you can see, the intrinsic value of the enterprise (as evidenced by the compounding net worth and earning power) has compounded very nicely over a long period of time, which has led to similar returns for shareholderAs you can see, the intrinsic value of the enterprise (as evidenced by the compounding net worth and earning power) has compounded very nicely over a long period of time, which has led to similar returns for shareholderas evidenced by the compounding net worth and earning power) has compounded very nicely over a long period of time, which has led to similar returns for shareholders.

Assuming the powers that be in the US don't have any issue with this deal and it moves forward as proposed, what does it mean for me as a shareholder?

Shareholders of record as of June 29 will receive dividends from the power generator on July 13.

Henry Tippie serves as Chairman of the Board of Dover Motorsports, as well as controlling Trustee of RMT Trust (Dover's largest shareholder), and in these capacities exercises control over 54.4 % of the combined voting power of the two classes of the Company's common stock.

These managers realized that as investors in these companies, they have power: they can vote proxies at a company's annual meeting, and they can file or support shareholder resolutions, such as resolutions asking companies to disclose or reduce their carbon emissions.

In theory, fund directors fulfill the same general role as the directors of public companies, with broad powers to safeguard shareholder interests — including, if necessary, firing the advisory firm running the fund.

While a more realistic assumption, such as a power law distribution in shareholder size, will change the values of voting power, it will not change the main results: percentage ownership alone does not equal voting power, allowing for full optimization of voting power.

However, a cash bid is always hard to beat (especially if the bidder has the fire - power, and the desire, to raise it), and CQB shareholders may soon realise even a $ 13.00 cash bid could be far superior to a ChiquitaFyffes share price that could trade anywhere... As for Fyffes shareholders, at this point referencing a stand - alone intrinsic value might be a good idea again: Adjusted EBITA's notched a little higher to 3.8 %, but again operating free cash flow (Op FCF) has only averaged about 55 % of adjusted EBITA in the past few years.

Shareholders including power tower pioneer Brightsource Energy as well as General Electric, which will provide the turbine, want to build more such towers around the world.

For the first time with this EDF judgment, the CJEU attempts to set criteria in order to distinguish between the State acting as shareholder and the State exercising public power.

Accordingly, it follows from all of the foregoing that, in view of the objectives underlying Article [107 (1) TFEU] and the private investor test, an economic advantage must — even where it has been granted through fiscal means — be assessed inter alia in the light of the private investor test, if, on conclusion of the global assessment that may be required, it appears that, notwithstanding the fact that the means used were instruments of State power, the Member State concerned conferred that advantage in its capacity as shareholder of the undertaking belonging to it.»

As follows from Stardust Marine, the imputability must be conversely demonstrated «by establishing the actual exercise by the State of the supervisory power which its status as majority shareholder confers upon it» (para 99As follows from Stardust Marine, the imputability must be conversely demonstrated «by establishing the actual exercise by the State of the supervisory power which its status as majority shareholder confers upon it» (para 99as majority shareholder confers upon it» (para 99).

In this respect, the AG rightly recalls that, if this were true, the imputability to the State would not inevitably follow as Stardust Marine teaches us that, in case of decisions taken by public undertakings, the imputability to the State must be demonstrated by establishing «the actual exercise by the State of the supervisory powers which its status as majority shareholder confers upon it» or «the actual involvement of the public authorities» (para 99) in the adoption of the decision.

While a Member State may act as a shareholder in addition to exercising it powers as a public authority, it must not combine its role as a State wielding public power with that of a shareholder.

The names and mailing addresses of all persons who will serve as directors until the first shareholders» meeting, if the incorporators» powers terminate with the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation.

The appellate court reversed the trial court, determining that the Co-op did have the power to eject the Shareholder, so long as it followed its own rules and acted in good faith while furthering its corporate purpose.