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Directorship

Used in the context of general equities. Stock status whereby a trader may not maintain positions in the security, due to an investment bank employee serving as a director on the corporation's Board of Directors done to avoid conflicts of interest; signified by a flashing "D" on Quotron. Contrast to restricted.

Directorship

A seat on the board of directors of a company or other organization. A directorship allows one to have a direct say in a company's policies, particularly regarding dividend payments, the hiring and firing of major executives, and so forth. One receives a directorship as the result of a shareholder vote. Generally speaking, directors are nominated on the basis of whom they intend to represent, whether that be management, a particular block of shareholders, or even the company's employees.

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In Selangor, then Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azmin Ali through Menteri Besar Incorporated (MBI) Selangor wielded virtually monopolistic control over businesses and social enterprises through political directorships at key state GLCs.

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She said managers offered a directorship should ensure they were comfortable with the firm's management accounts, business plan and cashflow forecast as well as its bank facilities, direction and officers' liability insurance and health and safety policies.

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In its annual compensation survey, MGMA asked respondents to report total annualized stipend amounts by quality metrics tied to their directorships. Primary Surgical Nonsurgical Nonsurgical care specialists specialists subspecialists Quality metrics $40,300 $51,500 $36,000 $49,832 tied to directorship Quality metrics $28,000 $28,292 $32,400 $29,712 not tied to directorship Source: MGMA, "MGMA Medical Directorship and On-Call Compensation Survey," April 2012 Note: Table made from bar graph.

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It added that "it has not been possible to find a way in which Mr McCreevy can continue with his directorship of NBNK in a manner compatible with his responsibilities as a former commissioner".

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This is higher than the actual percentage figure for female directors as it covers those holding one or more directorship posts.

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There is one more directorship outside of those three and that is for WH Sports, which is my own company."

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