Sentence examples for urging board from inspiring English sources

In recent years, supporters of staggered boards have been on the losing side at an overwhelming majority of votes on shareholder proposals urging board declassification.

H. Carl McCall, the New York State Comptroller, made the assertion in a letter urging board members to reconsider the severance package.

Barely a year ago, cash was a dangerous thing to accumulate: activist investors stalked companies, urging boards to return it to investors, to pay special dividends or to buy back shares.

I'm particularly encouraged that over a third of respondents are considering methods of joint working or merger – a potential solution the Commission has been urging boards to consider since the downturn began".

The Sanitation Department has urged board members and their constituents to call in complaints.

The email urges board members to raise the issue of Google's dominance of search engines with politicians, regulators and the media.

Some shareholders, including AstraZeneca's largest investor, BlackRock asset management, have been urging the board to restart talks as soon as possible.

For example, Scott says, community leaders recently took out full-page ads in the San Antonio papers urging the board to "do the right thing".

Ingersoll-Rand announced the passage of a shareholder proposal urging the board of directors to adopt a policy providing for an advisory shareholder vote on executive compensation.

In May, after the board signaled in a statement that it would enforce Article 12, several Pasteur scientists sent letters expressing their support for Bréchot and urging the board to raise the age limit.

At his urging the board unanimously vetoed the production.