Sentences with phrase «uncontested elections of»

Submission to the NYSE re: Request by the U.S. Council of Institutional Investors that NYSE adopt a majority voting listing standard in uncontested elections of directors

Submission to the NASDAQ re: Request by the U.S. Council of Institutional Investors that NASDAQ adopt a majority voting listing standard in uncontested elections of directors

Submission to the NYSE re: Request by the U.S. Council of Institutional Investors that NYSE adopt a majority voting listing standard in uncontested elections of directors

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The Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines require any director in an uncontested election who fails to receive over 50 % of the votes cast «for» his or her election to tender his or her resignation to the board within five days of the election.

L. (Sept. 1, 2014), http://us.practicallaw.com/4-578-4485 [http://perma.cc/8XRK-A4YL](«It appears that ISS negative vote recommendations based on the perceived lack of board responsiveness to shareholder concerns (as evidenced by the failure to implement a successful shareholder proposal) was the leading factor associated with directors who failed to receive a majority of votes cast in an uncontested election in 2014.»)

In connection with a shareholder proposal made at the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders, the Company informed its shareholders that the Board had adopted a policy providing for majority voting for the election of directors in uncontested elections and that the Company would take steps to implement majority voting in its Articles and bylaws.

The election was uncontested and unanimous, resulting in the firsttruly national slate in the 76 years of USLTA history.

Firstly, encourage the creation of a very serious review into what went wrong for the party at the last election so that mistakes in the message and machine can be dealt with; secondly, encourage the party to create a policy platform ruthlessly focused on generating popularity across the country to raise the party's standing in the polls; and thirdly, secure enough political support that they can ideally walk into Downing Street uncontested.

He warned that the party faces «existential» threats and suggested it had failed because while it increased its number of MPs it had lost votes at the last election despite an «empty, voiceless, vacant and uncontested» space at the centre of politics.

The incidents have cost the DA: During his uncontested election for a third term in November, 10 percent of voters were so fed up with him that they went to the trouble of writing in someone whose name wasn't Cy Vance.

A nonpartisan redistricting commission's remap of district lines mixed with an aging delegation and a rush of ambition is resulting in an unusually competitive election cycle in a state largely uncontested at the presidential or Senate levels.

As we have explained elsewhere, the degree of competition in the system for the election of committee chairs and members is limited by a number of factors that inhibit the potentially transformative effect of the 2010 reforms — including the absence of frontbenchers from candidacy and electorate, the fact that candidates from opposing parties can not compete against one another, and the large number of uncontested chairs.

In 2015, Borelli won his South Shore City Council seat in an uncontested special election to replace Vincent Ignizio, who vacated his seat to become CEO of Catholic Charities of Staten Island.

Recent election cycles have seen more than 40 percent of state legislative seats left uncontested.

In a sweeping and uncontested vote the membership endorsed Tony Hoffmann's accomplishments on behalf of the Village Independent Democrats throughout the rough and tumble 2013 election year.

On the other hand, the direct election of the Chief Whip (though the post was uncontested this time) did not appear to be restricted to opposition — an improvement which is to be withdrawn.

I'll bring a choice of candidates on the ballot for a seat that has been uncontested four of the last five elections — it's time for a change.

The five honorees were Judge Nichelle Johnson Muhammad, the first Muslim appointed to the Mount Vernon City Court, who went on to win the Democratic Primary and ran uncontested in the General Election on Tuesday, selected by Councilwoman Roberta Apuzzo, Nesta Felix of NewFlex Youth Programs, Inc. selected by Councilman J. Yuhanna Edwards, Chanese Coleman of Coleman & Coleman selected by Councilman André Wallace, Jamie Pessin selected by Councilwoman Lisa Copeland and Black Westchester Magazine's Editor - In - Chief AJ Woodson selected by Council President Marcus Griffith.

Commenting on the number of uncontested seats in the Local Government elections, a spokesperson for the Welsh Liberal Democrats said;

Further down the ballot, however, there will be much more limited choice for many given the number of uncontested general election races for state legislative seats.

There are another slate of uncontested races: in total, 32 candidates from across the city — or 35 % of city representation in the Legislature — will run uncontested in the general election.

Taylor Wessing has re-elected Tim Eyles as UK managing partner in an uncontested election, with the vote of confidence coming as the firm posted a double digit increase in UK revenues in 2011 - 12.

Layton, who has led the practice since 2008, will start his new term at the beginning of November, following an uncontested election among the firm's corporate partners.