BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Body Of Shareholders

  • the stockholders of a company treated as a single stockholder in dealing with the company

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Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. Announces Highlights of 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
EXTON, Pa. -- Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISSC) announced key outcomes of today?s 2009 Annual Shareholders Meeting. At today?s meeting, shareholders re-elected current...
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Research articles 2009-03-12
Assured Guaranty Ltd. Announces Results of Shareholders’ Vote; Approval Also Received from New York State Insurance Department for the Acquisition of Financial Security Assurance Holdings, Ltd.
HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Assured Guaranty Ltd. (?Assured? or ?the Company?) (NYSE:AGO) announced that the Company?s shareholders have approved both proposals submitted for approval at...
Tags: Assured Guaranty Ltd.
Research articles 2009-03-16
Orthofix International Sends Letter to Shareholders Expressing Concerns About Ramius
BOSTON -- Orthofix International N.V. (NASDAQ: OFIX) the Company announced today it sent a letter to its shareholders, which is included below, expressing concerns...
Tags: Ramius Capital Group LLC
Research articles 2009-03-17
Mark VII, Inc. announces results of annual regular shareholders meeting
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 23, 1996--Mark VII, Inc. (Nasdaq NMS:MVII) announced today that on Wednesday, May 22, 1996, its shareholders approved a proposal to change the state of incorporation of the Company from Missouri to Delaware.As a result of the reincorporation, the Company will be subject to a better known and...
Tags: board, Business Wire, Company, incorporation, Memphis, Missouri
Research articles 1996-05-23
A sterner test: one of the weaknesses of the current body of research on how firms use EVA, the performance measurement system developed by Stern Stewart & Co, is that much of the practical evidence has come from Stern Stewart itself. Josie McLaren re
The increasingly popular philosophy of benefit-sharing is that the explicit recognition of secondary stakeholders such as employees, suppliers and customers maximises value to the primary stakeholders--ie, the shareholders. Economic value added EVA The increasingly popular philosophy of benefit-sharing is that the explicit recognition of secondary...
Tags: Economic Value Added, performance, Stern Stewart & Co.
Research articles 2003-07-01
A sterner test: one of the weaknesses of the current body of research on how firms use EVA, the performance measurement system developed by Stern Stewart & Co, is that much of the practical evidence has come from Stern Stewart itself. Josie McLaren re
The increasingly popular philosophy of benefit-sharing is that the explicit recognition of secondary stakeholders such as employees, suppliers and customers maximises value to the primary stakeholders--ie, the shareholders. Economic value added EVA is one measurement system that's consistent with this belief. Managers can set a goal of EVA maximisation in...
Tags: FINANCE, performance, Stern Stewart & Co.
Research articles 2003-07-01
Resignation of 'Directors B and C' for IFCO Systems
MUNICH -- The IFCO Systems N.V. extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, scheduled for August 18, 2005, shall decide upon the amendment of the articles of association, which shall abolish the one-tier management structure comprising a Board of Directors and establish a two-tier management structure comprising an executive Board of Managing...
Tags: IFCO Systems N.V.
Research articles 2005-08-02
Resignation of 'Directors B and C' for IFCO Systems.
MUNICH, GERMANY, Aug 2, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- The IFCO Systems N.V. (FWB:IFE1.F) extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, scheduled for August 18, 2005, shall decide upon the amendment of the articles of association, which shall abolish the one-tier management structure comprising...
Tags: IFCO Systems N.V.
Research articles 2005-08-02
Financial Strategies in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A): The Case of Regulated Firms
In this paper, a general model of strategic behavior of (regulated and non-regulated) firms in Mergers and Acquisitions M&A is presented. For non-regulated firms, the model indicates that targeted firms issue new debt strategically. In this paper, the firm's capital structure is chosen so that it maximizes the (ex-ante) market...
Tags: Financial, M&A, Firm, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance
White papers 2003-05-01
Body language. (Body Shop founders may sell it as share price increases, Daimler-Benz to divest rail sector, Dow-Corning loses implant case, RJR Reynolds to divest food operations, Novell to sell Wordperfect)(Brief Article)
Strained relations between the founders of Body Shop and its shareholders may soon end. A decade after floating the British company, known as much for its humanitarian and environmental sympathies as for cosmetics, Anita and Gordon Roddick are reportedStrained relations between the founders of Body Shop and...
Tags: body language, Corning Inc., food, Novell Inc., The Dow Chemical Co.
Research articles 1995-11-04
L'Oreal wins 95 pct of Body Shop shares; offer now unconditional
LONDON AFP — L'Oreal, the world's leading cosmetics company, has announced that it now owned 95-percent of Body Shop International, the British firm renowned for its ethical hair and skin products. Meanwhile, the European Union's competition watchdog on Thursday cleared L'Oreal's takeover of Body Shop. In a statement...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, L'Oreal, London Stock Exchange Plc.
Research articles 2006-06-01
Shareholders alert for Insmed Incorporated.
M2 PRESSWIRE-2 March 2007-Biotech News: Shareholders alert for Insmed IncorporatedC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02032007 Shareholders alert for Insmed Incorporated (NASDAQ:INSM) Never accuse Insmed of being insensitive about insulin. The biotechnology company develops drugs to treat metabolic and endocrine ...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, investor, SEC, shareholder
Research articles 2007-03-02
Shareholders alert for United Retail Group Inc.
M2 PRESSWIRE-21 May 2007-Small Cap News: Shareholders alert for United Retail Group IncC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21052007 Shareholders alert for United Retail Group Inc (NASDAQ:URGI) United Retail Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty retailer of...
Tags: United Retail Group Inc.
Research articles 2007-05-21
Corporate Governance Guidelines-FIRST DATA
The Board of Directors, which is elected by the shareholders, is the ultimate decision-making body of First Data, except with respect to matters reserved to the shareholders. The primary function of the Board of Directors is therefore oversight - defining and enforcing standards of accountability that enable executive management to...
Tags: Shareholder, Board, First Data Corp., Director, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance
White papers 2003-01-01
Shareholders alert for Biopure Corp.
M2 PRESSWIRE-3 May 2007-Biotech News: Shareholders alert for Biopure CorpC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03052007 Shareholders alert for Biopure Corp (NASDAQ:BPUR) Biopure Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of pharmaceuticals, called oxygen therapeutics, that are intravenously administered...
Tags: Biopure Corp., FINANCE, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., oxygen, shareholder
Research articles 2007-05-03
Ramius Sends Letter to Orthofix Shareholders
Responds to Orthofix?s Misleading Statements and Latest Attempt to Distract Shareholders From Their Record of Failure and Massive Destruction of Shareholder Value ...
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Research articles 2009-03-09
EDO Corporation Corporate Governance Guidelines
The corporate governance guidelines of EDO Corporation include the role and composition of the Board of Directors. Except for those matters reserved for decision by the Company's shareholders, the Board of Directors is the ultimate decision-making body of the Company. A majority of the Board members must be Independent Directors....
Tags: Board, Director, EDO, Company, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law
White papers 2003-01-01
Government Should Regulate Executive Pay
Harvard economist and law professor Lucian Bebchuk weighs in with an op-ed supporting executive compensation controls now under consideration by Congress. This question is too important to be left up to companies themselves, he writes in the Financial Times. "Regulation of pay in financial institutions is...
Tags: Shareholder, Government, Vertical Industries, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sean Silverthorne
Blog posts 2009-08-04
ASX makes a fist of self-regulation.
Oct 21, 2002 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) There are some concerns about the dual roles of the Australian Stock Exchange ASX. It is both the stock market regulator and a money-spinning listed entity. To cope with the criticism, the ASX set up ...
Tags: Australian Stock Exchange Ltd.
Research articles 2002-10-22
Daimler-Benz acquires U.S. bus body builder Thomas Built Buses
In a further step to increase its market position in the Nafta commercial vehicle market, the transportation group DaimlerBenz has an agreement to acquire Thomas Built Buses, the High Point, N.C.-based manufacturer of school bus bodies from Berkshire Partners of Boston, Massachusetts, Thomas family members and management shareholders. Thomas...
Tags: Thomas Built Buses Inc.
Research articles 1999-01-01
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