Although already the firms paid manager, in 1874 Morris wished to take sole control of the now profitable firm, but, unsurprisingly, had to buy out other shareholders.

Although the 4 out of 7 test was exploited in the 1980s by businesses seeking to in effect pay for insurance on employees / shareholders, e. g., on a deductible basis, the introduction of the US $ 50, 000 cap / insured in 1986 in turn led to the creation of broad-based leveraged COLI transactions, i. e., those in which the employer would purchase life insurance on hundreds or thousands of ( usually low-level ) employees, that would produce tax savings on interest deductions in excess of the actual cost to the employer of engaging in the transaction.

Although shareholders typically are the only ones with votes in the company's general meeting to elect the board of directors, the Companies Act 2006 section 168 defines only " members " as those with participation rights.

Although there were more legal maneuvers that attempted to stop the deal, it was approved by shareholders in November 1986.

Although he controls the voting power among Magna's shareholders, Stronach owns only 4 % of Magna's equity.

Although they have some common shareholders, including the key members of the Hattori family ( posterity of Kintarō Hattori ), the three companies in the Seiko Group are not affiliated.

Although these notes were not accepted by Government, they were widely accepted and recognised by the public and the mercantile community, even though these notes were not guaranteed by the shareholders of the Banks.

Although similarly named, the annual report on Form 10-K is distinct from the often glossy " annual report to shareholders ," which a company must send to its shareholders when it holds an annual meeting to elect directors ( though some companies combine the annual report and the 10-K into one document ).

Although the indirect or multi-tiered holding system has increased settlement speed, thus reducing the risk that the counter-party in the relevant transaction will fail before the transaction is settled, it effectively cuts off the issuer of shares from the shareholders.

Although Coopers made a " counter offer " of a share buy-back ( with attractive tax benefits ) to those shareholders who may be wishing to sell, the college chose not to sell any of its holding.

Although separated from his wife, Kingsley fears that Crystal-rich, pretty, spoiled and reckless-may have gotten herself into a scandal that could jeopardize his own position with the shareholders of the company he runs.

Although the company had some independent shareholders, it was closely associated with the South Eastern Railway ( SER ).

Although the American company had been purchased by the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, the Ottawa & New York Railway continued to exist as a company and owner of their rail line, but the majority shareholders were New York Central interests.

Although initially victorious at the Battle of Pea Ridge ( Elkhorn Tavern ) in March, Pike's unit was defeated later in a counterattack, after falling into disarray.

Although he eventually became a supporter of the claims of Lambert, he initially gave his support to Arnulf.

Although initially disappointed that the main French fleet was not at Alexandria, Nelson knew from the presence of the transports that they must be nearby.

Although initially excluded and even though they did not directly participate in the engagement, Troubridge and his men were given equal shares in the awards after Nelson personally interceded for the crew of the stranded Culloden.

Although he initially declined the part of Dr. David Banner in The Incredible Hulk because of its comic book origins, on reading Kenneth Johnson's script for the pilot episode, he was persuaded to change his mind ( and agreed to remain involved with the series for as long as Johnson was to be involved ).

Although the Nationalists had an advantage in numbers of men and weapons, initially controlled a much larger territory and population than their adversaries, and enjoyed considerable international support, they were exhausted by the long war with Japan and the attendant internal responsibilities.

Although many Caribbean islands were initially populated by Amerindian groups such as the Arawaks, Tainos, and Caribs, no evidence of this has been found in the Cayman Islands.

Although many were initially wary of the concept, it was because people were able to witness the procedure's consistently positive results, within their own community of ordinary citizens, that it became widely utilized and supported.

Although it initially received widespread support from the diving community, the FINA requirement that international competitors had to be registered with their National Governing Body was a major factor in the abandonment of this ambition a few years later.

Although deriving much of its semantics from Scheme and other Lisps — some implementations were in fact initially built within existing Lisp systems — Dylan has an ALGOL-like syntax rather than a Scheme-like prefix syntax.

Although Caitlin initially continued her relationship with John, she and Thomas began a correspondence and in the second half of 1936 were courting.

Although they were initially regarded as mere curiosities, by the 18th and 19th centuries kites were being used as vehicles for scientific research.

Although the architecture created frustrating obstacles, the design that was initially a predicament ultimately became beneficial to the marketing of the theatre.

Although his work was not initially taken seriously by British critics of the Sight and Sound circle, he was venerated by French critics associated with Cahiers du cinéma, who intellectualized his work in a way Hawks himself was moderately amused by, and he was also admired by more independent British writers such as Robin Wood.

Although he initially recommended against settlement of the region the report sparked a debate.

Although parties were centered around the individual leaders, often bearing their names, two broad political tendencies existed: the liberals, led first by Charilaos Trikoupis and later by Eleftherios Venizelos, and the conservatives, led initially by Theodoros Deligiannis and later by Thrasivoulos Zaimis.

Although no severe actions were initially taken to repress the Separatists, the group began to consider emigration to France or the United States.

Although Rapp did not entirely bar sex initially, it gradually became a custom and there were few births in later years.

Although some Itanium-based workstations were initially introduced by companies such as SGI, they are no longer available.

Although alteration or transformation of jazz by new influences has often been initially criticized as a “ debasement ,” Andrew Gilbert argues that jazz has the “ ability to absorb and transform influences ” from diverse musical styles.

Although he was initially successful in starving out Britain, Portugal refused to capitulate, leading to the Peninsular War throughout Spain.

Although initially skeptical of Christianity, he was eventually converted.

Although initially intending to study theoretical physics, he also attended courses on mathematics and philosophy.

Although eros is initially felt for a person, with contemplation it becomes an appreciation of the beauty within that person, or even becomes appreciation of beauty itself.

Although the Senate had initially agreed to Tarquin's request for a return of his family's effects, the decision was reconsidered and revoked after the discovery of the conspiracy, and the royal property was given over to be plundered by the Roman populace.

Although it was dark as usual I could see that the hall had only recently contained a great many people.

Although there were only four fluids tested, it was apparent that there were two distinct types.

Although biopsies have shown structural changes in some of the reported cases of steroid-induced weakness, this case provides the only example known to us in which necropsy afforded the opportunity for extensive study of multiple muscle groups.

Although she weighed only 108 pounds when she visited him, Carroll permitted her to go on a 10-day fast in which she took nothing but water.

Although the training is only for one month, it is intensive and thorough.

Although the primary mathematical properties of the middle number at the center of the Lo Shu, and the interrelation of all the other numbers to it, might seem enough to account for the deep fascination which the Lo Shu held for the Old Chinese philosophers, this was actually only a beginning of wonders.

Although it was only three o'clock, he stopped in at the Golden Calf.

Although Lincoln won only a plurality of the popular vote, his victory in the electoral college was decisive: Lincoln had 180 and his opponents added together had only 123.

Although the name actually applies to a group of snakes, it is often used to refer only to one species in particular, the common or green anaconda, Eunectes murinus, which is one of the largest snakes in the world.

Although the entrance to the chamber warns against disturbing him, Shrewsbury opens Alhazred's sarcophagus anyway, finding that only rags, bones, and dust remain of Alhazred.

Although only one of his four children survived to adulthood, Antoninus came to be ancestor to generations of prominent Roman statesmen and socialites, including at least one empress consort.

Although at least three pads were planned, only two, designated A and B, were completed in October 1965.

Although amaranth was cultivated on a large scale in ancient Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru, nowadays it is only cultivated on a small scale there, along with India, China, Nepal, and other tropical countries ; thus, there is potential for further cultivation in those countries, as well as in the U. S. In a 1977 article in Science, amaranth was described as " the crop of the future.

Although the Visigoths plundered Rome, they treated its inhabitants humanely and burned only a few buildings.

Although many other chemists have repeated this advice, IUPAC and most chemistry texts still favour the usage of allotrope and allotropy for elements only.

Although Ares received occasional sacrifice from armies going to war, the god had a formal temple and cult at only a few sites.

Although used for similar purposes, transparent colors and image masks do not permit the smooth blending of the superimposed image pixels with those of the background ( only whole image pixels or whole background pixels allowed ).

Although cheap and effective in enabling use of some software that only used official ROM entry points for text output, this solution proved very slow because the Electron had to be placed into an 80-byte-pitch display to be able to get anywhere near to reproducing mode 7 and the CPU spent a lot of time drawing approximations of mode 7 characters and graphics that in a hardware solution would be achieved without any CPU processing.

Although this produced a mode 7 that barely impacted upon CPU performance and gave the same visual quality as the BBC Micro, it remained compatible only with software that used the ROM routines for outputting text and graphics and still used 10 kB of memory for the display.

Although programs can alter the position of the screen in memory, the non-linear format of the display means that vertical scrolling can only be done in blocks of 8 pixels without further work.

Although there have been periodic initiatives to revive their use, airships have seen only niche application since that time.

Although most audio file formats support only one type of audio data ( created with an audio coder ), a multimedia container format ( as Matroska or AVI ) may support multiple types of audio and video data.

Although the absolute numerical values of astronomical and historical years only differ by one before year 1, this difference is critical when calculating astronomical events like eclipses or planetary conjunctions to determine when historical events which mention them occurred.

Although it has only 6. 14 percent of Alaska's land area, it is larger than the state of Maine, and almost as large as the state of Indiana.