Sentences with phrase «voting power held»

However, if parity of voting power held between the unions, the PLP, and party members, Benn would have won.

Not exact matches

Microcap fund manager Acorn Capital has increased its stake in listed Perth - based financial planning firm Plan B Group Holdings to control almost 10 per cent of the voting power.

The reason for Snap owners» hyper - strong control As Snap prepares for an IPO, investors wonder why founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy will hold virtually total voting power.

Moon estimated that in 16 states with a total of 278 votes in the Electoral College, «the Negro, in a close election, may hold the balance of power.»

Kalanick's large holdings of Class B shares, which awarded him 10 - to - 1 voting power, will transform so each shareholder has one vote per share, The New York Times reported.

Because the founders currently hold majority - voting rights, the plan does not require that shareholders give their consent to the dilution of their future voting power.

Because some of the investors hold a type of stock that endows them with an outsize number of votes, they have about 40 percent of Uber's voting power.

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.

Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Drew Houston will hold 22 percent of the shares outstanding after the offering, or 24 percent of the voting power, according to the filing.

Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn has shared voting power and shared dispositive power with regard to such Shares.

q Proxy Solicited by the Board of Directors for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders — April 26, 2016 Virginia M. Rometty, Martin J. Schroeter, Michelle M. Browdy and Christina M. Montgomery, or any of them with the power of substitution, are hereby appointed Proxies of the undersigned to vote all common stock of International Business Machines Corporation owned on the record date by the + undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, One International Drive, Hutchinson Island, Savannah, Georgia 31402, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Because of the ten - to - one voting ratio between our Class B and Class A common stock, the holders of our Class B common stock collectively will hold more than a majority of the combined voting power of our common stock upon the completion of our initial public offering, and therefore such holders will be able to control all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval.

Mr. Gracias is a shareholder and director of Valor Management Corp., and may be deemed to have shared voting and investment power with respect to the shares held of record by VEM II.

European Union and Asian governments are frustrated that the U.S. Congress has held up a reform of voting rights in the International Monetary Fund that would give China and other emerging powers more say in global economic governance.

Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn has shared voting power and shared dispositive power with regard to such Shares.

VEM II is advised directly and / or indirectly by Valor Management Corp., which may be deemed to have shared voting and investment power with respect to the shares held of record by VEM II.

John Doerr, Ted Schlein, Brook Byers, Bing Gordon, and Mary Meeker are managing members of KPCB DGF Associates, LLC, the managing member of the DGF Funds, and share voting and dispositive power over the shares held for the account of the DGF Funds.

John Doerr, Ted Schlein, Brook Byers, and Bing Gordon are managing members of KPCB sFund Associates, LLC, the managing member of sFund and, therefore, share voting and dispositive power over the shares held by sFund.

Alice L. Walton, Jim C. Walton and S. Robson Walton share voting and dispositive power with respect to all Shares held by Walton Enterprises, LLC, individually as managing members of Walton Enterprises, LLC, and in their capacities as co-trustees of the John T. Walton Estate Trust, which is also a managing member of Walton Enterprises, LLC.

The Italian family is moving its holding company, Exor, to the Netherlands and attaching new shares that will reward long - term holders like themselves with 10 times newbies» voting power.

Kalanick holds approximately 10 % of Uber's stock, including roughly 16 % of its voting power and 35 % of its Class B common stock.

The SSE Holdings LLC Agreement may be amended with the consent of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding LLC Interests; provided that if the managing member holds greater than 33 % of the LLC Interests, then it may be amended with the consent of the managing member together with holders of at least 50 % of the outstanding LLC Interests, excluding LLC Interests held by the managing member.

Provided, however, that an incentive stock option held by a participant who owns more than 10 % of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock, or of certain of our parent or subsidiary corporations, may not have a term in excess of five years and must have an exercise price of at least 110 % of the fair market value of our common stock on the grant date.

As we watch the videos of families crying in Florida we can not comprehend how those voted into power — who hold positions where they are able to create change — continually choose unrestricted gun rights over children's lives.

Under these rules, a company of which more than 50 % of the voting power is held by an individual, a group or another company is a «controlled company» and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements of the, including (1) the requirement that a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors, (2) the requirement that we have a nominating and corporate governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities and (3) the requirement that we have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities.

Dual - class shares refer to the ownership structure of a company, where one class of shares holds some sort of voting power over the other.

The Conservative Party holds power but it is not a majority government and therefore always susceptible to losing a vote.

Benchmark said in their filing that Kalanick holds only 10 percent of the company's preferred stock, but has 16 percent of Uber's voting power.

In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.

Canadian dairy giant Saputo, which has made an unconditional $ 515 million takeover bid for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter, said it now holds 3.73 per cent of voting power in Australia's oldest dairy maker.

But DUP MPs have notoriously poor attendance records and at least one senior Lib Dem MP believes the party could hold the «balance of power» for votes on areas of mutual interest, such as housebuilding.

The expenses issue will see an increase in the anti-politics vote and a close result could lead to the Lib Dems holding the balance of power.

The Scottish Parliament should be given the power to call a referendum at anytime by super-majority: a referendum would be held if (say) two - thirds of MSPs eligible to vote supported it.

Four parties are likely to clear the 5 per cent hurdle to gain a portion of the 225 party - list seats: United Russia, the centrist «party of power,» which currently holds 238 seats in the Duma; the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), a leftist opposition party (92 seats); the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 seats).

It is therefore vital that a truly meaningful vote should be held within the time frame of the article 50 negotiations and not be left to verbal assurances — not least because there is no guarantee who will be leading the Conservative party by next autumn, nor indeed where the balance of power might be in any future government or hung parliament.

While the «Brexiteers» now hold power, they must convince their Conservative colleagues in Parliament to vote for the Brexit agreement that May will present for a «take it or leave it» vote following international negotiations.

Turkey's don't vote fr Christmas so why would Labour MPs vote for a system which would wipe out many of them and permanently force them into a coalition if they want to hold power?

County Leaders will be prevented from unilaterally controlling the party via proxy voting and will not be able to stack the Executive Committee with human proxies to preserve their hold on power.

The by - election consolidated Nick Clegg's hold on power, sparked new rumours of leadership bids against David Cameron, saw a surge in support for Ukip and raised questions about Ed Miliband's ability to win votes in the south - east.

Article I, section 4, clause 1 of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make or alter regulations about the «Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives», but it's unclear whether that includes determining who can vote.

The shareholders holding the most shares has much more decision power — the votes of the board count more than others.

«A strong WFP vote also builds the kind of independent, progressive political power we need to hold those same politicians to their promises after Election Day.»

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said last year that he would advocate bringing the marriage bill back to the floor if the GOP returned to power in the chamber, but also said he would leave the final decision about whether a vote should be held to his conference.

«For decades the legislative leaders of both parties have had far too much power to thwart the will of the people and their elected representatives by holding bills in committee thereby preventing an up or down vote by the legislature.

If Liz Kendall convinces me likewise, then I would hold my nose and vote for her... like many Labour people i will always prefer a Labour government, even a centrist or right wing one, to a Tory one... having lived through 18 years of nonstop Tory rule in the 80s and 90s, I don't want them to have another 15 to 20 years in unbroken power.

They had been expected to give Obiano a run for his votes, because the APC currently holds power at the centre, while the PDP had held power at the centre and in Anambra.

I have no doubt that the Conservative Party will make major gains in votes and seats in the next 10 years that will build to their return to power ultimately, but they are a long way off actually winning a majority and it has to be said that a Hung Parliament now looks more improbable than at any time since 2001, demographic factors are working against the Conservative Party as well - Labour seats mostly are held with far lower turnouts which is partly why Labour can get fewer votes than the Conservatives and end up with an overall majority and far more seats than the Conservative Party.

In a supplementary question to 326 members in Liberal Democrat - held seats / councils we asked; «Do you agree that «a vote for the Liberal Democrats could produce a hung parliament and keep Labour in power» is the best line of attack in Lib / Con marginals?»

The I.D.C. announced they were forming a ruling coalition with the Senate's Republican conference in December of 2012, an arrangement that gave I.D.C. members more power and financial resources, and gave the G.O.P. the votes needed to retain control of the chamber, which they've held for most of the past 50 years, despite Democrats» overwhelming registration advantage statewide.

Every member of the Executive Committee may attend any meeting and vote thereat in person or by written proxy given to another member of the Executive Committee, and any member of the Executive Committee holding a written proxy from not more than one other member shall have full power to act for and in stead of said member (including the power to designate in writing another holder of the proxy, unless the proxy provides otherwise), with the same effect as if said member were personally present.