Rather, considerable attention should be given to their independence from the controlling shareholder.

In many other countries, however, listed companies commonly have a controlling shareholder that dominates the firm s decision making.

When a company has a controlling shareholder, however, control contests are not possible, and the arrangements governing such contests are thus irrelevant.

Consider a public corporation whose CEO or controlling shareholder supports a political movement to the country s right or left and wishes to support it with corporate funds.

These arrangements are, indeed, important for investors in widely held firms. When a company has a controlling shareholder, however, control contests are not possible, and the arrangements governing such contests are thus irrelevant.

In widely held firms, the concern is about opportunism by managers, who exercise de facto control in controlled firms, the concern is about opportunism by the controlling shareholder at the expense of minority shareholders.

The Shareholder Spring Continues

Ownership and shareholder rights

Hangup detected on controlling terminal or death of controlling process

Controlling Chinese Television

Controlling China s Currency

Finally, when assessing controlled companies, the independence of directors should not be judged largely by looking at the extent to which they are independent of the company on whose board they serve. Rather, considerable attention should be given to their independence from the controlling shareholder.

They are controlling transmission.

Shareholder value was dismissed as a fad and a fraud.

The average holding duration for each shareholder is three years.

Creditors of a corporation cannot recover debts from a shareholder.

Shareholder activists can also claim other (at least partial) victories at Yahoo!, where a shareholder activist forced the newly appointed CEO to resign for falsifying his educational credentials.

Getting Practical in Controlling Malaria

The mere existence of shareholder power to adopt such resolutions could well increase insiders incentives to target the corporation s political spending in ways that are consistent with shareholder interests.

This frontend requires a controlling tty.

But controlling supply is not enough.

Controlling the proliferation of light weapons.

The shipper is the controlling party unless it designates another party to be the controlling party and so notifies the carrier.

Yet without shareholder pressure, all the signs are that the problem will persist.

We cannot rely on shareholder democracy as our only system of corporate control.

Its major shareholder is the government of Finland, with 55.8 of the shares.

The controlling party is the party interested in the goods and it may be required that the controlling party protects its interests.

The OECD Principles outline a general consensus as to the nature of shareholder meetings and the requirement to make shareholder participation as simple and effective as possible and ensure the equitable treatment of all shareholders.

Since the 1980 s, shareholder value has increasingly become the focus of corporate governance.

I'm controlling myself not to lose my head.

Controlling the land, he also controls the vote.

Controlling malaria and emerging diseases, including STD AIDS.

Article 56 decides who is the controlling party and provides for the transfer of the right of control from one controlling party to another.

The shareholder activism around Apple highlights the importance and controversy of the short term problem.

There is no magic bullet for controlling XDR TB.

Controlling the sources of radiation is subject to legislation.

Controlling illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons

It was further suggested that the definition of controlling party and of how to designate another entity as a controlling party required further reflection, and it was generally felt that the carrier should be notified of any change in the controlling party.

They can take on more risk running a more highly leveraged business with less shareholder capital.

Total shareholder return (TSR) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) often seem completely divorced from each other.

In 2000, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development became a shareholder by investing 5.4 million.

Any information disclosed to one shareholder should also be equally available to all shareholders (FEE, 2003a).

However, despite an increasing awareness throughout the world that shareholder requirements must be met in order to attract and retain long term, low cost capital, the emphasis on shareholder value maximization has not precluded a growing emphasis on other corporate objectives.

They benefited from limiting competition and controlling access to finance.

You are laying down in a flexible torpedo, sailing at high speed, controlling the shape of the hull with your legs and controlling the sail with your arms.