Sentences with phrase «where shareholder interests»

Investors can protect themselves from falling victim to excesses in executive compensation by ensuring the companies in which they invest have sound practices where shareholder interests are maintained.

Not exact matches

ASIC executive director policy and markets regulation Malcolm Rodgers said the commission examined related party documents because it was vital shareholders had full and accurate information before they approved transactions where directors might have a conflict of interest from a commercial perspective.

It's interesting to consider what this type of calculation would show about other shareholder proposals, especially this year where two proposals pertained to areas where Alphabet is facing public pressure.

For traditionally service - oriented industries where consumers confer trust — banking, education, medicine — it's hard to imagine anything short of banner ads that say «we are looking out for our shareholders» interests, not yours» being enough to properly notify the public of a shift to a sales culture.

In an effort to align manager's interests with shareholders, CEO compensation has shifted over time from cash salary and bonus to a mix with stock and options with vesting schedules where stock and options are now 55.6 % of the compensation1, with Earnings per Share (EPS) as one of the targets for vesting stock or options.

It means we have to end the situation where the chief executive wants to make decisions which will benefit his company in five years, when some of his shareholders are only interested in results in the next two months.

When in doubt, acquire quality assets; regardless of what governments are doing, where interest rates or going, what's happening to commodity prices, the bottom line is that strong businesses will continue to reward shareholders who have the fortitude and reserves to be able to buy when there's blood in the streets.

Berky is one of the few companies where they have the interests of the outside passive minority shareholder at heart.

The Fund's Chief Compliance Officer, or a Compliance Manager designated by the Chief Compliance Officer, may also grant exceptions to permit additional disclosure of Fund portfolio holdings information at differing times and with different lag times (the period from the date of the information to the date the information is made available), if any, in instances where the Fund has legitimate business purposes for doing so, it is in the best interests of shareholders, and the recipients are subject to a duty of confidentiality, including a duty not to trade on the nonpublic information and are required to execute an agreement to that effect.

More interesting however, has been the proxy fight at MFC Industries where Peter Kellogg, now a 30 % shareholder, is trying to have his representatives elected to the Board and Michael Smith is attempting to hold onto control, claiming Kellogg is hijacking the company without paying a «control premium».

This may be a source of related party transactions where the pricing may not be in the interest of all shareholders

It's not very difficult to picture a scenario where the interests of the company, the society & minority shareholders potentially begin to diverge...

This is important because prior counsel would have been aligned with prior management (usually) and owners (more particularly) which creates a de facto and ongoing conflict in interest, both in terms of defending the status quo and management carried over, and also in managing any ongoing warranty and related issues, where the sellers are carried over management, or are significant personal shareholders in the new operation.

Kate's shareholder dispute experience also encompasses actions in respect of oral agreements, in particular where the beneficial interest and legal title to shares are held separately.

Indeed Mr Dacre's own employer used this approach in the recent case, Lord Browne of Madingley v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2007] All ER (D) 12 (May), where it argued that there was a public interest in disclosing the details of the homosexual relationship of a former BP chief executive because BP shareholders and the public had a right to know that BP resources and staff had been used for his former partner's benefit.

In Pulse Data the ASC declined to exercise its public interest jurisdiction to cease trade a shareholder rights plan, primarily because a large majority of the shareholders of the issuer had voted to adopt the plan at a time where the take - over bid was pending with full disclosure of the implications of the shareholder rights plan.

And where the wrongful actions have harmed a shareholder's interests, the shareholder may bring a direct suit to seek personal relief.

However it is grossly inappropriate in the context of a corporation where the board of directors is elected not to serve the interests of the shareholders who elected them, but to act in the best interests of the corporation.