Sentence examples for dissident slate from inspiring English sources

Mr. Heyman's dissident slate of directors is scheduled to stand for re-election next year.

The dissident slate is headed by Barry Roberts, a union vice president and former bus driver.

For the largest public companies, nomination of a dissident slate would require approval by 1percentt of the shareholders.

Many Yahoo shareholders, frustrated at the company for pushing Microsoft away, would appear receptive to a dissident slate of directors.

Sweeney, former president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), led a dissident slate committed to reversing the federation's declining membership and waning political power.

ValueAct plans to run a dissident slate of three directors for election at the meeting, expected to be in late July or early August.

Naysayers will no doubt predict that the world will end and that stocks will fall if dissident slates of directors muscle their way into the boardrooms.

A KNOCK-DOWN, drag-out proxy fight, featuring dissident slates of directors, mudslinging and other amusements, has been a rarity this season.

Bill Miller, the star portfolio manager at Legg Mason Capital Management, said he has not yet decided whether to support a dissident board slate at Yahoo backed by billionaire investor Carl Icahn.

Mutual funds, however, do not support a dissident's slate of directors when the dissident has been a "frequent" activist targeting many companies in the past, but tend to support those activists whose targeting signals a high commitment in the past (e.g., seeking board representation).

At Ogden, Denton would like to see a split-up of the chronically underperforming New York City conglomerate, and has proposed a slate of dissident board members.