Sentences with phrase «proposal received support»

The proposal received support from firms and legal bodies.

The UN process could be reformed to allow for ratification when a proposal receives the support of a large majority of countries.

Not exact matches

The SCT already received an unsolicited bid proposal from a group of ex-telecoms executives, lawyers and bankers supported by equipment makers Ericsson and Alcatel - Lucent.

President Obama put forth his support for net neutrality today, complete with an in - depth proposal for the Federal Communications Commission, in response to the record breaking 4 million public comments the FCC has received on the subject.

The Company did not hold a say - on - pay vote in 2015 or 2016, and at last year's annual meeting, the say - on - pay proposal received only 59 % support.

Swan Chamber of Commerce vice-president Eddie Peters said the Rothgard proposal had received strong community support in Midland with around 3800 people signing petitions supporting the development.

Current regulations allow a company to exclude a resubmitted proposal from its proxy only if it failed to receive the support of 3 % of shareholders the last time it was voted on; 6 % if it has been voted on twice in the last five years; and 10 % if it was voted on three or more times in the last five years.

In addition to low thresholds for the initial submission of a proposal, shareholders are allowed to resubmit their proposal in subsequent years, even if they receive extremely low levels of support.

This comes a year after a shareholder proposal seeking an assessment of the long term impacts on the company's portfolio of public policies received near - majority support.

At last year's annual meeting, the company's advisory vote on executive compensation failed to receive majority support from shareholders, with approximately 29 % of shareholders supporting the proposal; however this was just one of the issues the company faced in the past year.

After receiving such a low level of shareholder support on the proposals, in 2014, Li & Fung reduced the proposed issuance size from 20 % to 10 %.

In 2015, a shareholder proposal submitted by UNITE HERE requesting that the board grant shareholders this right received 49.3 % shareholder support.

NBL NYSE — April 26, 2016 After receiving 42 % support on a shareholder proposal requesting proxy access that would allow an unlimited number of shareholders owning 3 % of shares for 3 years to nominate 25 % of the board at its last annual meeting, Noble Energy adopted a proxy access provision allowing a group of 20 shareholders owning 5 % of shares for 3 years the ability to nominate 20 % of the board.

Similar proposals, also called «Aiming for A,» received well over majority support at a handful of European companies where they were submitted in 2015, due in large part to the fact that in each case the board recommended shareholders vote in favor.

TD Bank (along with the Royal Bank of Canada, which saw a similar proposal receive approximately 43 % support) were quick to point out that the proposed standards were incompatible with the existing proxy access rights provided under the Canadian Bank Act («Bank Act»), which stipulates that the minimum ownership threshold required to utilize proxy access at any firm is 5 % of the total shares outstanding.

When a company receives low support for its say - on - pay proposal, we believe the compensation committee should provide some level of response to shareholders» concerns, including engaging with large shareholders to identify the concerns driving the opposition.

A: When a company receives low support for its say - on - pay proposal (generally less than 75 %), we believe at a minimum the company should provide some level of disclosure regarding the company's response to shareholder opposition; such disclosure, which often includes a discussion of engagement meetings and feedback received, should be accompanied by relevant changes and / or rationale intended to address outstanding concerns.

At the 2013 AGM, the proposal (which Glass Lewis supported in light of the unfolding scandals) received support from 31 % of Mizuho's shareholders.

-- Davidoff presumes that a shareholder proposal is successful only if it receives majority support from shareholders.

Moreover, these proposals are increasingly resonating with voters: already this year, proposals at AES, Ameren and Marathon Petroleum received over 40 % shareholder support.

In 2014, for example, shareholder proposals related to social and political issues received average support of 29 % with ISS's support, and only 5 % if ISS recommended against.

One proposal that has received considerable scientific support has been to generate non-embryonic entities that can serve as a source of stem cells through a process termed Altered Nuclear Transfer (or ANT).

Although over time this proposal has received some support from other participants in the conference, within the conference itself the dominant response was critical, even hostile.

Supporting the proposal was the Arlington Heights Coalition to Ban Handguns, which has received aid from the Washington - based National Coalition to Ban Handguns.

Officials said the majority of feedback they received supported the proposal.

Shortly before 23:00 BST Mr Davidson received vocal criticism after pointing out that the SNP's proposals were not always accepted — as was the case with his support for the «yes» campaign in the defeated alternative vote referendum.

Mr. Speaker, with the successful launch of the FREE SHS, Government has received proposals from the public, several of which encourage the establishment of a fund to receive voluntary contributions to support education.

He has received support for that proposal from various editorial boards, including the New York Times, and good government groups.

I expect to be at the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award ceremony seeing three Democratic Connecticut state senators receive plaudits for breaking ranks with their party on Sept. 15 to support the Republican budget proposal passed by the legislature.

The latest Siena survey results show that not only have Cuomo's approval ratings risen once again, but many of the policy proposals he put forth in the State of the State address are receiving widespread support.

Senate co-leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) has said all the non-abortion proposals would receive broad support.

The proposal has additionally received a wave of support coming from diversity groups and alumni.

Within the Greens / GPUSA, the proposal received little support.

Cuomo has said he supports the concept but has not taken position on the bill itself, a proposal that would let immigrants who are in the country illegally receive money for college from the state Tuition Assistance Program.

His proposal (HB 3653) received bi-partisan support; unanimously clearing the PreK - 12 Appropriations Subcommittee, and picking up a half dozen co-sponsors, ranging from Republicans Jason Fischer and Bill Hager to Democrats Joseph Geller, Jared Moskowitz, Emily Slosberg and Richard Stark.

A reader forwarded this mailer touting the governor's MRT plan he received over the weekend that's part of a campaign in support of the spending cuts / reform proposals that's being paid for by two health care industry big fish that stand to benefit: SEIU 1199 and the Greater New York Hospital Association.

Commenting on the proposals, Chris Pond, chief executive officer of the charity One Parent Families, said: «We hope that the government's forthcoming white paper on child support will introduce a far more generous change by enabling single parents on income support to keep all of any child maintenance they receive from the CSA or its successor.»

Eliminating discretionary lump sum appropriations, through which the state spends billions of dollars with little, if any, justification for how projects were selected to receive funding or explanation of how the funding will be used, is another proposal the comptroller is supporting.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., today voiced strong support for a proposal by Senator Charles Schumer to have county governments in New York State receive direct funding from the federal government as part of additional Medicaid funding for New York that will... Read more

Another council member who received a call from Alvarez, but asked to remain unnamed, said he was surprised to hear from the labor leader and in fact assumed he was calling to ask him to support de Blasio's horse proposal.

«Deputy Leader and cabinet member for resources Julian German outlined the revised four - year Budget proposals to deliver a balanced budget that will see vulnerable adults and children receive more support, significant investment in a capital programme to generate future growth and jobs, building more homes to meet local demand and continued maintenance of roads and public transport services.

Also at 11 a.m., Republican Nassau County executive candidate Jack Martins joins Rep. Peter King and law enforcement association representatives to receive their support and release proposal for wiping out MS - 13, 89 E. Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, Long Island.

«The mayor seems to be lost in his own fantasy world of education, the one where reality doesn't apply,» declared UFT President Michael Mulgrew in response to the mayor's State of the City speech on Jan. 12, in which, among other proposals, he threatened to fire half the staffs in 33 schools receiving federal School Improvement Grant support.

«With the successful launch of the free SHS programme, government received proposals from the public, several of which encourage the establishment of a fund to receive voluntary contributions to support education.

Several Bronx community boards have already rejected these proposals, and while the negative comments far outweighed the positive ones at Thursday night's hearing, the changes did receive some support.

Ballot Proposal No. 1 to hold a New York Constitutional Convention has received more attention than the other two ballot proposals, drawing support and opposition from a wide variety of public officials and special - interest groups.

In POWER2010's Deliberative Poll last month these two proposals received resounding support from a gathered microcosm of the population, given sufficient time and information to understand the proposals they debated; meanwhile, support for Brown's Alternative Vote actually fell over the two days from 43 % to 36 %!

De Blasio's plan has received support from SEIU 32BJ, a union representing service workers, because his proposal would strengthen existing requirements that doormen and maintenance staff be paid a prevailing wage.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., today voiced strong support for a proposal by Senator Charles Schumer to have county governments in New York State receive direct funding from the federal government as part of additional Medicaid funding for New York that will be included in the upcoming federal stimulus package.

That proposal, which would draw hundreds of thousands of dollars from the county's savings account, received unanimous, bipartisan support from the Legislature this afternoon.