Sentences with phrase «shareholders voting»

Climate change remained a prominent theme throughout the five - hour meeting, culminating with shareholders voting nearly 99 percent in favour of a resolution that will force Shell to consider the possibility of a 2 °C world in its forecasting.

Second, shareholders voting by proxy will be given the relatively unusual opportunity to vote on director candidates individually thanks to an early request for cumulative voting submitted well before the deadline of 48 hours prior to the meeting.

Common stock is securities that give shareholders voting rights and equity (asset) ownership in the company.

Under the text that they adopted, the «ex-ante» vote would only be required to take place at least every four years rather than annually, with shareholders voting on a special board report setting out the principles and criteria of determination, distribution and allocation of pay components.

Shareholders voting by proxy will have an unprecedented opportunity to support avowedly independent nominees proposed by an institutional investor in a contested election.

Doing this we found a high correlation between the companies on our final list and those that received the highest level of opposition from shareholders voting on these pay packages at the annual meetings.

SINGAPORE, April 19 - Bowing to criticism from the Singapore Exchange and other investors, embattled Noble Group is removing a provision in its $ 3.4 billion debt restructuring proposal that penalised shareholders voting against the plan.

SINGAPORE, April 19 - Embattled Noble Group said it will drop a provision in its $ 3.4 billion debt restructuring proposal that placed restrictions on shareholders voting against the plan after criticism from the Singapore Exchange.

Late last week, nearing the Friday 10 a.m. shareholder vote that was supposed to determine Dell's future — a vote Michael Dell was widely predicted to lose — the founder swooped in with minutes to go and put a new, more lucrative offer on the table.

Programmed Maintenance Services» $ 424 million takeover of its larger competitor Skilled Group is a step closer to fruition, after Skilled shareholders voted in favour of the scheme of arrangement today.

Almost two thirds of ExxonMobil shareholders voted in favour of a motion asking the company to report on the impacts of climate change.

While a majority of Goldman Sachs (gs) shareholders voted in favor of executive pay plans on Friday at the bank's annual meeting in its Jersey City offices, around 34 % did not.

Under the proposed demerger, which is subject to regulatory approval and a shareholder vote in the first half of 2015, he said there would be benefits for both companies and all shareholders.

On the agenda are proposals by new Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi to change requirements for board seats and to overhaul the shareholder voting structure.

Over the past week, two advisory firms recommended TMX Group shareholders vote in favour of the proposed merger with the London Stock Exchange on June 30, and reject the rival takeover offer from the Maple Group.

Proxy advisors Institutional Shareholders Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, both recommended shareholders vote the recent pay increase down.

He doesn't like the fact that CEO Brian Moynihan has already taken the chairman post, despite a 2009 shareholder vote to separate the roles.

The outcome of a shareholder vote scheduled for Thursday on the offer is too close to call.

At WPP Plc, a third of shareholders voted against CEO Martin Sorrell's 70 million - pound pay package in June 2016.

The day before shareholders voted 99.8 % in favour of the merger, Canadian Business sat down for an exclusive interview with the power brokers behind Bay Street's most recent high - profile partnership to discuss the deal, investment banking, the economy and life on the Street.

Qualcomm's second dismissal of Broadcom's approach puts the focus on a March 6 shareholder vote on whether to replace the smartphone - chipmaker's board with Broadcom's own nominees.

On Monday Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) released a report recommending shareholders vote against 10 of Mylan's 11 current board members, including CEO Heather Bresch.

CNBC's Deirdre Bosa reports on expectations from today's shareholder vote on Amazon's bid for Whole Foods.

As with many all - stock mergers, T - Mobile and Sprint have decided there is no need to give their minority shareholders a vote on the deal, the sources said.

Just hours after Wednesday's shareholders vote, the Federal Trade Commission said it will allow the Amazon - Whole Foods deal to proceed.

«We are very pleased that Glass Lewis is recommending EMC shareholders vote «FOR» the proposed merger with Dell,» EMC CEO Joe Tucci said in a statement.

Most of the time, shareholders vote against a company's pay package when the firm is performing poorly.

But when shareholders vote down a pay package, companies will often sit down with major shareholders — which in Cheniere's case includes Soroban Capital Partners and PointState Capital — and consult with them on how to change their pay practices.

The shareholder vote — part of an annual meeting — wraps up an arduous sale process that was stymied by the revelations of two massive data breaches.

As The Information notes, Kalanick and two people close to him control a majority of shareholder votes, an approach that has become frequently used in tech startups.

Last month, Dimon prevailed at the bank's annual meeting when only 32 percent of shareholders voted in favor of a proposal — backed by activist groups after the «London Whale» trading losses — to strip him of the chairmanship.

The shareholder vote had been scheduled for last week but the special committee postponed it appeared as though Dell's offer didn't have enough support among shareholders.

The activist fund has since then built up a 9 percent stake and is asking for changes at the board at a shareholders vote on April 24.

In another letter this week, Icahn voiced his disapproval of the rescheduled shareholder vote.

Perth - based director Andrew Chapman has survived a leadership reshuffle at tech company 1 - Page after shareholders voted to keep him on the board but remove co-founder Joanna Riley as a director.

Musk has been hyping the solar roof ahead of its shareholder vote for a SolarCity merger that's scheduled for November 17, calling it a «fundamental part of achieving differentiated product strategy.»

EMC is expected to hold a shareholder vote on the Dell deal in May, allowing for the transaction to be completed sometime between July and October.

Exxon has recommended that shareholders vote against all of the shareholder proposals this year.

Elliott wants to keep Genish, appointed by Vivendi, but he told Britain's Sunday Telegraph that his position would be untenable if Elliott and its allies secured a majority of board seats at a shareholder vote on Friday.

The results sent a positive tone as Tesla readies for a shareholder vote over its planned acquisition of SolarCity on Nov. 17.

In an unprecedented move Wednesday, Exxon Mobil shareholders voted in favor of a non-binding proposal that they say will force the company to truly back the Paris climate agreement.

Dell put off shareholder vote on its founder's $ 24.4 billion buyout offer, after failing to get enough support to seal the deal.

Sixty - two percent of shareholders voted in favor of the proposal — a stunning defeat for the company formerly helmed by Trump's Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

With the shareholder vote coming up next week on Broadcom's slate of directors at resistant takeover target Qualcomm, both sides are highlighting signs of momentum.

A July 18 shareholder vote on Dell's take - private plan will follow.

Shareholders voted in favor of Tesla buying SolarCity in a deal worth about $ 2 billion on Nov. 17.

Clearwire's board last week recommended that its shareholders vote against Sprint's $ 3.40 per share offer at a special meeting scheduled for June 24 and instead urged them to accept Dish's tender offer to buy Clearwire shares for $ 4.40 each.

A shareholder vote on Michael Dell's proposal to take the tech company private could be delayed if the deal is seen as being voted down, according to sources.

In Italy, Telecom Italia chief Amos Genish said that his position in the firm would be «untenable» if activist fund Elliott gets the majority of the board seats during a shareholder vote Friday, Reuters reported.

Fifty - two percent of shareholders voted against Disney's compensation plan for Iger and other executive