Sentences with phrase «significant voting power»

The SEC filing specified that «if Mr. Spiegel's or Mr. Murphy's employment with us is terminated, they will continue to have the ability to exercise the same significant voting power and potentially control the outcome of all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval.»

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If, for example, our existing shareholders retain a significant portion of their holdings of Class B common stock for an extended period of time, they could, in the future, continue to control a majority of the combined voting power of our outstanding capital stock.

Evangelical churches that frequently support conservative candidates are finally admitting something the rest of us have known for some time: Their young adult members are abandoning church in significant numbers and taking their voting power with them.

A bill requires 76 votes to pass, but the chamber's rules grant significant power to its speaker, Carl Heastie, to determine what comes to the floor.

The Conservatives will have a significant majority whoever leads them and the opposition vote will splinter — to the SNP in Scotland and in the rest of the country a smattering to Labour, a rump to UKIP and loose change to a Liberal Democrat party that left power regretting it so much that it fled without a credible position to challenge from.

A special election in Westchester County is attracting an unusual amount of attention because the vote to fill a vacant state Senate seat holds significant sway over the power dynamic in Albany.

Now, with Smith arriving on the scene with a significant new devolution agenda, Scottish politics may gradually revert from being dominated by the grievances of the 45 % who voted yes to independence, to the quieter aspirations of the 75 % or more who tend to back increased powers for Holyrood.

This gives union general secretaries the power to write large cheques and defend having significant representation on the party's governing National Executive Committee, the votes at party conference, the choice of party leader as well as local selections.

The Senate's vote moves the bill, which rolls back a significant amount of federal power over K - 12 education, to the president's desk.

Effective today, if any person or group acquires 15 percent or more of the voting power of the Company's outstanding common stock without the approval of the Board of Directors, there would be a triggering event causing significant dilution in the voting power of such person or group.

[xii] The path to a liberalised power market is long — another round of voting is held in 2018 before a legal framework for a deregulated electricity market is implemented by 1 July 2023 — but this vote is hugely significant in demonstrating the desire of consumers in this region for a fair marketplace that enables the same access to renewables as well as incumbent fossil fuels.

On Monday, the powers - that - be at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (the group that is tasked with keeping the Internet «secure, stable and interoperable» and that develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers) voted in favor of a significant change in the Internet's Domain Name System.