ALEXANDRIA, Va. , June 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- King & Union , the provider of Avalon, a threat analytics platform built with collaboration at its core, today announced that Suzanne Spaulding is joining its board of advisors...
PRNewswire/ - Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. ("APUC" or the "Company") (TSX: AQN ) (NYSE: AQN ) today announced that at the Company's annual meeting of shareholders held on June 7, 2018 , all of the nominees listed in its management information circular dated May 1, 2018 (the "Circular") were elected as directors of APUC to hold office until the end of the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her successor is duly elected or appointed...
PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The recent decline of women leading powerhouse companies, now at 4.8%, drops the U.S. below the percentage of women CEOs of Europe's leading companies for the first time...
/PRNewswire/ -- Arca Capital, one of the largest shareholders of AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., plans to work with Carl Icahn and other minority shareholders in opposing the proposed privatization transaction. A recent disclosure from Carl Icahn has revealed that he owns in excess of eighteen million shares of the ...
OKLAHOMA CITY , May 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SandRidge Energy, Inc. ("SandRidge" or the "Company") (NYSE: SD ) today announced that it has sent a letter to shareholders regarding the Company's 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 19, 2018...
PRNewswire/ -- Destination Maternity Corporation (NASDAQ: DEST), the world's leading maternity apparel retailer, today issued the following statement in response to a May 10, 2018 report from Institutional Stockholder Services ("ISS") relating to the election of directors to Destination's Board of Directors at the Company's May 23rd, 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders...
/PRNewswire/ -- Osprey Capital, LLC, one of the largest private family offices in the world with more than $2 billion in diversified assets, today announced that it will acquire BoardProspects.com...
LAS VEGAS , May 6, Elaine P. Wynn, co-founder and the largest shareholder of Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN ) ("Wynn Resorts," "Wynn," the "Company"), today announced that, in a report issued on May 5, 2018 , Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS"), one of the world's leading independent proxy advisor firms, has recommended that Wynn shareholders "WITHHOLD" votes from legacy director nominee John J. Hagenbuch at the Company's annual meeting on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 , in Las Vegas, Nevada . ISS also recommended that shareholders vote "AGAINST" approval of Wynn Resorts' say-on-pay proposal. Commenting on the ISS report, Ms. Wynn said, "I am ...
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lannett Company, Inc. (NYSE: LCI) today announced that effective July 1, 2018 current director, Patrick LePore, will become chairman of the board of directors, succeeding Jeffrey Farber, who will remain a member of the board. The company also said that John C. Chapman has been appointed to the board, effective July 1, 2018, succeeding James Maher, who will step down upon completion of the audit of the fiscal 2018 financial statements...
WARROAD, Minn. , April The Marvin Companies announces the election of a new member to its board of directors, Sally Smith . As former president and chief executive officer of Minneapolis -based Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc., Sally Smith recently led one of the nation's largest casual dining restaurant chains, which includes more than 1,260 company-operated and franchised restaurants...
/PRNewswire/ -- Dave Habiger today was named the new President and CEO of J.D. Power, the global leader in consumer data & analytics, effective immediately...
/PRNewswire/ -- ClearSign Combustion Corporation (Nasdaq: CLIR) ("ClearSign" or the "Company"), an emerging leader in industrial combustion technologies that reduce emissions and improve efficiency, announces the appointment of Susanne Meline to the company's board of directors...
NEW YORK Starboard Value LP (together with its affiliates, "Starboard"), the largest shareholder of Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. ("Mellanox" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: MLNX), with an ownership interest of approximately 10.6% of the Company's outstanding shares, today announced that it has delivered an open letter to the shareholders of Mellanox...
ARLINGTON, Va. , March 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Endgame , the leader in endpoint protection against targeted attacks, today announced that Shelley Leibowitz is joining the Endgame Board of Directors...
March 1, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At pill distributor AmerisourceBergen's (NYSE: ABC) shareholder meeting Thursday, the board of directors and top executives will face surging investor demand for precedent-setting reforms aimed at holding the company accountable for its ...
OAKLAND, Calif. , March 1, Today's release of The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs: Are Fund Managers Asleep at the Wheel? from shareholder advocacy group As You Sow revealed that the largest fund managers displayed a strong reluctance to vote against exorbitant executive compensation packages...
ST. LOUIS , Feb. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC ) announced today that Jessica L. Blume , CPA, was elected to the Company's Board of Directors. Ms. Blume was appointed to both the Audit Committee and the Technology Committee. Previously, Ms. Blume held the position of vice chairman for Deloitte, where she was a partner until retirement in 2015. At Deloitte, Ms. Blume worked in a broad range of industries to transform business through the implementation of technology...
AUSTIN, Texas , Jan. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Citizens, Inc. (NYSE: CIA ) today announced its intention to pursue Board diversity. It further announced that Steve Shelton , age 62, independent director and member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, notified the Company of his intention not to stand for re-election as a director at the completion of his current one-year term, which will expire at the Company's 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders...
NEW YORK , Jan. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Engine Capital LP (together with its affiliates, "Engine"), a shareholder of Navigant Consulting, Inc. ("NCI" or the "Company") (NYSE: NCI), with ownership of approximately 4.4% of the outstanding shares of the Company, today announced that it has delivered a letter to Navigant's Board of Directors...
HONOLULU Central Pacific Financial Corp. (NYSE: CPF), (the "Company"), parent company of Central Pacific Bank ("CPB", the "Bank"), today announced the appointment of Christopher T. Lutes as director of the boards of CPF and CPB. The appointment is effective March 1, 2018 , and will increase the number of directors on both boards from eleven (11) to twelve (12)...
/PRNewswire/ -- FARO® (NASDAQ: FARO) , the world's most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for factory metrology, construction BIM-CIM, product design, public safety forensics and 3D machine vision, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Jeffrey A. Graves , Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of MTS Systems Corporation, and Yuval Wasserman , President and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., to the FARO Board of Directors, effective as of December 11 , 2017 ...
Worldwide Offices S&W'S Board of Directors Nominates Consuelo Madere for Election Madere is a 30-year veteran executive with Monsanto and is currently on the Board of Directors of PotashCorp. News provided by 08:31 ET Share this article SACRAMENTO, Calif. , Dec. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq: SANW), an innovative global agricultural company focused on alfalfa, sorghum, sunflower and stevia, today announced the nomination of 30-year Monsanto executive and current member of the Board of Directors of PotashCorp, Consuelo E. Madere , for election to its Board of Directors at its fiscal 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders ...
Worldwide Offices Women Comprise 12% of Public Company Boards, Globally European publicly-held corporations lead the world with 18% female corporate board members, while all U.S. public companies and all companies, globally, average 12%. Large U.S. public companies have an average of 21% female board members...
U.S. Boardrooms are Changing, 2017 Spencer Stuart U.S. Board Index Finds Number of new independent directors up 15% from the previous year News provided by 10:39 ET Share this article NEW YORK , Nov. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P 500 boards appointed 397 new independent directors in the 2017 proxy year, the highest number since 2004, and for the first time, just over half (50.1%) of the new directors were women and/or minorities (compared with 42% in 2016), according to a new study by Spencer Stuart, one of the world's leading executive search and leadership ...