Shareholder rights as Liberty could raise voting stake
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LONDON (CBS.MW) - Shares of News Corp. dropped over 4 percent in Australia overnight Monday after the owner of Fox News and other media properties adopted a poison pill shareholder rights plan that seeks to block takeovers.
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The Walt Disney Co. said on Friday  it made two changes to its corporate bylaws, including a  measure allowing the board of directors to adopt a stockholder  rights plan by a majority vote.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. Ltd. moved on Monday to prevent a hostile bid from US cable company Liberty Media Corp., launching a plan to issue stock options that would dilute the stake of any predator.
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Liberty Media Chairman John Malone left industry watchers intrigued Thursday after striking a complicated deal that could boost his voting stake in News Corp.
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If you want to keep the right to influence your companies, let the SEC know.
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Shareholders of the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext, one of Europe's largest financial markets, are to vote today and tomorrow on a $14 billion merger proposal to create the first transatlantic stock exchange.
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Every year, public companies put a number of questions before their stockholders for a vote. Investors weigh in on whether to reelect company directors, reappoint auditors, and approve or kill plans to give big stock option packages to senior executives.
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Liberty Media says a share-swap transaction that would nearly double its voting power in News Corp is a &quot;friendly&quot; move.
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Last week, the chairman of Liberty Media, John C. Malone, said he might increase Liberty's voting interest in the News Corporation, setting off an angry chess game between the two companies' chairmen.
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Members of the Kensington-based Lafayette Federal Credit Union have until Saturday to vote on whether to turn the tax-exempt, depositor-owned institution into a for-profit, stockholder-owned bank. As advocates on both sides try to rally the 16,000 members to vote, others are conducting a parallel...
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Under News Corp.&#39;s plan, one right will be distributed for each voting share and non-voting stock, but will only become exercisable if a person or group obtains ownership of 15 percent or
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News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday said he can live with Liberty Media Corp. being a large shareholder of the media conglomerate if Liberty Chairman John Malone
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Liberty Media Corp.&#39;s $1.5 billion plan to raise its stake in Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. is likely to be friendly rather than a sign of a hostile takeover, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors said.
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Distributing a lavish dividend may not best serve shareholders.
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SAN ANTONIO -- The Securities and Exchange Commission advised telecommunications giant AT&amp;T Inc. that shareholders should be allowed to vote next month on whether they want to examine executive compensation annually.
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While increased competition looms, shareholder update looks to the past.
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The New York state pension fund and three other public pension systems, trying to boost the independence of Disney&#39;s board, filed a proposal to give shareholders the right to nominate some of its directors.