Example sentences of "a shareholder ' " in BNC.
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1 | This is the first visible sign of a shareholders ' revolt against the chairman , Sir Derek Alun-Jones , since the discovery of a £185m fraud which threatens the group 's future . |
2 | A spokesman for Ferranti said Sir Derek had no reason to fear a shareholders ' revolt and there were no indications that there would be one . |
3 | The bank , which also held its annual meeting yesterday , rejected a shareholders ' demand for it to sell its US-based fund management business , National Securities & Research . |
4 | When ‘ King John ’ Houlding , a self-made brewer and prominent local Tory , tried to use his position on the Everton board to jack up the rent paid to him by The club , There was a shareholders ' revolt and Houlding eventually left the club to form Liverpool FC . |
5 | Chevron also introduced new measures — popularly known as shark repellants — to prevent an unwanted takeover , introduced a new rule which would prevent Pennzoil from calling a shareholders ' meeting and asked the courts to approve its actions . |
6 | This is probably what will happen at a shareholders ' meeting on March 13th , thanks to a closing of ranks by Germany 's top industrialists . |
7 | Faced with a shareholders ' meeting in Hanover on March 13th , Mr Urban and his managers are on the defensive . |
8 | On April 16th the Philippine Supreme Court decided that the three Cojuangcos could vote at a shareholders ' meeting on April 19th , although the shares themselves remain sequestered . |
9 | The company will therefore lose its quotation after the measures are approved at a shareholders ' meeting . |
10 | Secondly , Mr Bates has bought 27 p.c. of the property company and demanded a shareholders ' meeting to replace Cabra chairman John Duggan and co-director Andrew MacKay ( currently attempting to remain Tory MP for East Berkshire ) with Chelsea representatives . |
11 | Furthermore , a shareholders ' agreement required a majority of 75% for many important matters which allowed the 20% shareholder ( with its 26% of voting rights ) a veto over most major decisions . |
12 | On 14 November 1979 a shareholders ' agreement was executed by the four executives but , although TBL was named as a party to the agreement , it never executed it . |
13 | There are , in any case , few venture capital transactions in which these issues are not debated at length prior to signing , with the agreed principles then cemented into a shareholders ' agreement . |
14 | These may arise if there are minority shareholders in a company and pre-emption rules apply either under the Articles of Association or under a shareholders ' agreement . |
15 | It is common for a shareholders ' agreement to provide that the sale of the assets and undertaking of the company requires the approval of the shareholders . |
16 | If the authorised share capital is not adequate it will be necessary to convene a shareholders ' meeting to pass an ordinary resolution increasing the authorised capital . |
17 | The shareholders of the holding company entered into a shareholders ' agreement which stated that it had precedence over the Articles of Association , and clause 3 of that agreement provided that " no further share capital shall be created or issued in the company … without the written consent of each of the parties hereto " . |