Tesla's board is still failing to monitor Elon Musk's tweets. Musk tweeted a false production target for Tesla this week, then took hours to correct himself. Even after he did, he left the misleading tweet online. The incident could get the company and Musk in trouble again with the SEC, which specifically ordered Tesla to oversee his investor communications on Twitter and elsewhere...
GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Catherine Lesjak to the GE Board, effective March 1, 2019. Ms. Lesjak is the former chief financial officer of HP, where she held a wide range of prominent leadership roles over the course a 32-year career with the company...
Fiat Chrysler Automobile NV’s late Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne received a total of US$54 million in cash compensation, perks and shares in 2018, the year of his sudden death. About US$42 million of Marchionne’s haul came from 2.8 million shares granted under a long-term award that was linked to performance metrics spanning several years. He also was paid a US$5.2 million bonus for 2017, and US$2.3 million in salary. He didn’t receive a bonus for last year...
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Twitter co-founder and former chief executive Ev Williams is stepping down from the company's board of directors , according to a company filing with ...
(Reuters) - Kimmeridge Energy Management Company on Friday announced a stake in PDC Energy Inc and called on the Denver-based oil and gas producer to cut costs and return more cash to shareholders. In response, PDC Energy said it continued to focus on capital discipline and executing its operational and financial goals, and would update shareholders on its plans when it releases its 2018 earnings on Feb. 28...
Fir Tree Capital Management LP ("Fir Tree"), manager of certain funds that together have economic exposure to approximately 7.2% of the common stock of Halcón Resources Corporation ("Halcón" or "the Company") (NYSE: HK ), today issued the following statement regarding the Company’s February 21 st announcement of management and board changes, including the departure of Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director Floyd C. Wilson, and commitment to reduce G&A costs: “We are encouraged that Halcón is following our recommendations by enacting changes at the senior management and board level and significantly reducing G&A – with ...
Starboard stated that it expects that five of the Company's nine current ... and the Board and its Nominating/ Corporate Governance Committee will ...
A friend who serves on a number of consequential public company boards came to my office not long ago to ask my opinion on something that had become a contentious issue across his boards. The question: What is the proper role of a board with respect to company strategy?
For years women have sought greater representation on corporate boards. And most boards say they want more diversity. So why did women hold only 16.6% of Fortune 500 board seats in 2012? And why, for the past six years, has that percentage been relatively flat, increasing by just two points, according to data from the research firm Catalyst?
I sit on a board as a nonexecutive director and often feel uncomfortable about the amount of time available to raise questions and debate issues. In addition, I recently worked with a different board on how to add more value to the business. In this role I found myself counseling one of the directors to ask fewer questions and make fewer comments.
Newell Brands Inc. NWL -0.92% Chief Executive Michael Polk is under pressure from the board of directors to prove his turnaround is working following several disappointing quarters of sales at the household-goods conglomerate, according to people familiar with the matter...
Recent shareholder suits show there is a heightened scrutiny of routine proxy disclosures in order to challenge non-employee director compensation. Plaintiffs’ attorneys are focusing on non-employee director compensation and compensation plans, particularly in comparison to peer companies – a trend that was expected following the late-2017 Delaware Supreme Court decision in In re Investors Bancorp, Inc. Stockholder Litigation. Two cases asserting allegations...
Ms. Hancock has contributed greatly to the Company's success for three decades, especially through her focus on Colgate's corporate governance ...
Condiments company Just Inc. has rustled up some interesting corporate sagas. Kaitlyn Flannagan for Observer When you think about it, there’s an intriguing duality to naming your company Just Inc. Sure, the moniker implies simplicity and virtue—a belief that only fundamental ingredients are needed in products and in commerce—but there’s also an evasiveness to it...
IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) today announced the appointment of Carol J. Burt to its board of directors, effective today. A principal of private investment firm Burt-Hilliard Investments for more than a decade, Burt is a former executive officer of WellPoint, Inc. (now Anthem, Inc.), lastly as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance and Development, and previously served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of American Medical Response...
(Bloomberg) -- Large asset managers oppose executive compensation plans at a higher rate than ever before, and European firms tend to reject CEO pay more often than their U.S. peers. Allianz Global Investors last year voted against about 75 percent of compensation packages awarded to executive teams of S&P 500 firms, and Dutch pension fund PGGM opposed 98 percent of the time, according to a report issued Thursday by As You Sow, a shareholder advocacy group...
One of the things that founders have the most angst about is whom they should have on their board and at what stage of the business. This is smart ...
Former Renault and Nissan head Carlos Ghosn and his wife invited friends to a $260,000 Carnival party in Brazil last year and charged it to his employers, documents seen by AFP show, a move Ghosn's lawyer defended as a routine corporate function for a multinational CEO. News of the party is the latest evidence of Ghosn's ...
He is also an adjunct professor at NYU Stern School of Business and Columbia Law School, where he teaches courses on Corporate Governance...
LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays hit back at its activist shareholder critic by reporting rising annual income at its investment bank but sounded a note of caution with a 150 million pound provision against possible losses due to Brexit. Barclays shares rose 3.5 percent on Thursday as investors looked past an annual profit of £3.5 billion that came in below expectations, focusing instead on progress in its investment bank where profit increased 15 percent...