Sentences with phrase «voting power on»

Nevertheless, our response was to offer a compromise proposal: modify the poison pill to allow anyone to acquire as much stock as they like, however, neutralize the voting power on all shares of Avigen stock above a specified threshold.

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The gaming company said on Wednesday that it would move to a single class structure, reducing the voting power of chairman and co-founder Mark Pincus.

«What has changed is that while there used to be a modicum of congressional bargaining across major policy developments, the party in power now tries to pass legislation on straight party - line votes,» says Mr. Jillson.

But his fragile grip on power will be tested again in the coming weeks when the Senate, where he has only a wafer - thin majority, votes on financing Italy's military presence in Afghanistan, a mission opposed by some leftist senators.

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.

Being seen to be tough on crime was an assured vote winner in the past, but recent setbacks to the government's stop and search powers have shifted the debate.

The power behind Fink's threat to enforce his views hinges, in part, on the standard of one share, one vote — that shareholders» voting power is based on the number of shares they own in a given company rather than the votes of entrenched founders or early investors.

Given a vote of creditworthiness, Foster immediately took to the road, converting many of Chromalloy's on - the - fence orders into dollars and creating additional borrowing power to continue to expand.

While fundamentally the consolidation of power could cut Turkey's structural growth potential, cyclically the destructive focus on short - term votes to win the referendum should give way to a more pragmatic focus on returning to growth,» the bank said.

By 335 votes to 244, the House of Lords backed an amendment to the government's key Brexit bill to give Parliament decision - making power on the outcome of negotiations with the EU — including the power to call off the divorce.

According to the New York Times, Khosrowshahi brought a proposal, co-authored by Goldman Sachs, to board members on Thursday that would, among other things, rein in Kalanick's voting power.

In this one lunch alone, we covered electric cars, climate change, artificial intelligence, the Fermi Paradox, consciousness, reusable rockets, colonizing Mars, creating an atmosphere on Mars, voting on Mars, genetic programming, his kids, population decline, physics vs. engineering, Edison vs. Tesla, solar power, a carbon tax, the definition of a company, warping spacetime and how this isn't actually something you can do, nanobots in your bloodstream and how this isn't actually something you can do, Galileo, Shakespeare, the American forefathers, Henry Ford, Isaac Newton, satellites, and ice ages.

The probability of solving a block is proportional to computing power, so the Bitcoin network essentially operates on a principle of one computing cycle, one vote.

I have consistently voted for the NDP all my life and will continue to do so, but it seems clear to me that, ultimately, Harper has ensured that he and the Conservative Party will retain a stranglehold on power for a very long time indeed.

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.

The term of an incentive stock option may not exceed ten years, except that with respect to any participant who owns more than 10 % of the voting power of all classes of our outstanding stock, the term must not exceed five years and the exercise price must equal at least 110 % of the fair market value on the grant date subject to the provisions of our 2015 Plan.

And how do you expect the Greens to become a viable party if you do not vote for them?What do you see the Liberal party doing now they have power, backing down on the pipeline, backing down on medical marihuana, backing down on the promise of getting rid of «first past the post» voting, etc.No party is ready till we vote for them!

Dogwood's Strategy Director Will Horter reflects on this historic day It looks like British Columbians may finally get a government ready to fight for what's right in B.C. Today, Christy Clark announced her intention to bring back the B.C. legislature as soon as possible in June, face a confidence vote and hand over power to -LSB-...]

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.

The term of an incentive stock option may not exceed 10 years, except that with respect to any participant who owns more than 10 % of the voting power of all classes of our outstanding stock, the term must not exceed 5 years and the exercise price must equal at least 110 % of the fair market value on the grant date.

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There is an exception in which you are not a «beneficial owner» of shares over which you have voting power «if such voting power arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 14 (a) of the Exchange Act by means of a solicitation statement filed on Schedule 14A.»

of if this bitcoins can be the only accepted currency to buy access to corporate private clubs, travel tikets and so on... for example to buy vote power only in exchange of bitcoins...

The term of an incentive stock option may not exceed ten years, except that with respect to any participant who owns more than 10 % of the voting power of all classes of our outstanding stock, the term must not exceed five years and the exercise price must equal at least 110 % of the fair market value on the grant date.

Additionally, there are concerns about the governance of the tokens, as detailed in the ICO white paper, and the voting power of the TON Foundation set up to manage the reserve tokens kept by Telegram.MIT professor Christian Catalini previously told CoinDesk that the company should clarify details of its plans, adding that: «Investors should evaluate the capacity of any team to execute on their plan and vision, as well as the protections they have if things go wrong.»

Last week, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee voted to make public a GOP - drafted memo that contained allegations the FBI abused its power to spy on the Trump campaign.

The British government's recent setbacks are also weighing on the pound, a typical tailwind for shares in dollar earnings British companies, after Britain's upper house voted to give parliament powers to block or delay a final deal on departure from the European Union.

This power, in place until at least 2018 under Congressional authorization, allows the President to send trade deals through Congress without amendment while leaving the House of Representatives and Senate the authority to simply vote up or down on the finished result.

Chief executive of the Yes campaign, Blair Jenkins, said: «People know that a «Yes» vote is Scotland's one opportunity to achieve job - creating powers, protect our NHS from the damaging impact of Westminster cuts and privatisation, and ensure that never again do we get Tory governments imposed on Scotland that we have roundly rejected.»

Didion's point is that this tendency has flattened discussion since 9/11, and has created a government in which Democrats, with few exceptions, either have remained silent or have supported whatever the president wants with respect to foreign policy — the congressional vote on war powers in regard to Iraq being the, prime example.

The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, which propelled President Mohamed Mursi to power in a June election, said an unofficial tally showed 64 percent of voters backed the charter after two rounds of voting that ended with a final ballot on Saturday.

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

The leader of the SNP group on Inverclyde Council has dismissed the offer of new powers for the Scottish Parliament if the «no» vote carries at the independence referendum.

The «power of words» jumped up a few places on the chart and peaked as the fourth most - popular topic (behind voting, marriage, and forgiveness) following the release of the Access Hollywood clip portraying Trump's crude remarks on women last month.

She spoke after Labour, Tory and Green MSPs on Holyrood's Social Security Committee united in June to vote through a series of amendments to the Scottish Government's Child Poverty Bill - including one by Green MSP Alison Johnstone requiring ministers to set out whether they will use new welfare powers to increase child benefit.

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.

When those who have won the day on this issue (and by «the day» I mean every denominational vote on the issue since 1972) and are gaining more and more power in the denomination offer the possibility of a just separation, why do those who claim to be on the side of the oppressed want to maintain the oppressive status quo?

Finally, the writer [apparently] operates on the mistaken view that if we can only get at least 51 percent of the voting populace to be swayed sufficiently by our coalesced, power structure, emotional appeals, and biblical truth (used only where it will work), then we can pass laws outlawing abortion.

Actually, on election day, instead of voting, I am going to invoke the power of prayer and spend the day praying as I know that this will get more people out to the polls to vote for Mitt Romney.

We are not willing to vote for much ecological self - constraint; indeed, the administration we Americans have placed in power seems hellbent on a free - enterprise assault on nature.

We have sacrificed the truth of the gospel on the altar of political influence, and have traded the power of sacrificial service in the name of Jesus Christ for the power of being the moral majority and voting in the candidates whom we think will champion our political cause.

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The NCAA's Power 5 conferences voted on Friday to ban off - campus practices during spring and summer breaks.

You would need power programs to vote against their short - term self - interest, which never happens in any vote on anything.

You would then need power programs to vote against their short - term self - interest, which never happens in any vote on anything.

As Las Vegas does not allow odds on any election or award that is voted upon, ironically it is Irish sportsbook Paddy Power widely considered to the premier source for election odds, not just in the -LSB-...]

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As Las Vegas does not allow odds on any election or award that is voted upon, ironically it is Irish sportsbook Paddy Power widely considered to the premier source for election odds, not just in the US, but around the world.

A committee of the Chicago Park District board voted Monday to decentralize the parks system into 17 parts and to give managers of those divisions power to make many decisions on park programs, purchasing and maintenance that are now made at the district level.

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.