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-- Asks for MetroPCS CEO and Chairman Roger Linquist and Board member Kevin Landry to step down NEW YORK, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- P. Schoenfeld Asset Management LP ("PSAM") and its investment advisory clients, which together own shares of MetroPCS Communications, Inc. ("PCS" or the "Company") valued at approximately $100 million at today's prices, sent a letter today to the PCS Board of Directors requesting a focus on the Company's governance structure and policies should...

SAO PAULO, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo - SABESP (BM&FBovespa: SBSP3; NYSE: SBS), informs the Shareholders that the Board of Directors resolved on, pursuant to item XI of article 13, and paragraph 1 of article 28 of the Company's Bylaws, the payment of dividends in the form of interest on own capital related to the period from January to December 2012, to the Shareholders registered as such on March 28, 2013. The dividends...

The Company's Audit Committee and Board of Directors Approved an Update to the Compensation Terms of Mr. Lior Salansky that are Equal to the Amounts Paid to the Company's Outside Directors RA'ANANA, Israel, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MTS - Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. (NASDAQ Capital Market: MTSL), a global provider of MVNE, Mobile Money and TEM services, today announced that it has filed its annual report containing audited consolidated financial statements for the year...

Announces Filing of Preliminary Proxy Materials for Election of Directors at Tessera's 2013 Annual Meeting NEW YORK, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Starboard Value LP (together with its affiliates, "Starboard"), one the largest shareholders of Tessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSRA) ("Tessera" or the "Company") with approximately 7.6% of the outstanding common stock of the Company, announced today that it has delivered an open letter to the shareholders of Tessera, the full...

NETANYA, Israel, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) announced today that the 2013 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") of Cellcom Israel Ltd. (the "Company") will be held on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. (Israel time), at the offices of the Company, 10 Hagavish Street, Netanya, Israel. The record date for the Meeting is Thursday, March 28, 2013. The agenda of the Meeting is as follows: (1) re-election of Ami...

MEXICO CITY, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR) announced that its General Annual Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting will be held on April 25, 2013 and announced the agenda for the meeting. The following is the complete text of the call for the shareholders' meeting: CALL FOR AN ORDINARY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL SURESTE, S.A.B. DE C.V. By resolution of the Board...

HOUSTON, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Landry's, Inc. ("Landry's") announced that it has sent a letter to the Board of Directors of Ark Restaurants Corp. (NASDAQ: ARKR) ("Ark") that calls into question the Ark Board's outright rejection of Landry's proposal to acquire all of Ark's outstanding capital stock for $22.00 per share in cash in a negotiated transaction. Landry's strongly believes that Ark shareholders would experience immediate and far greater benefit from the significant...

CALGARY, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Gibson Energy Inc. ("Gibson" or the "Corporation"), TSX: GEI, announced today that its Board of Directors approved the adoption of a new bylaw of the Corporation (the "New Bylaw") on March 5, 2013.  The New Bylaw requires advance notice to the Corporation in circumstances where nominations of persons for election as a director of the Corporation are made by shareholders other than pursuant to: (i) a requisition of a meeting made pursuant to...

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tyco (NYSE: TYC) announced today that its shareholders approved all proposals presented at the company's Annual General Meeting, including the reelection of all ten nominees to the Board of Directors to additional one year terms. Shareholders approved an annual dividend of $0.64 per share, representing an approximate 7 percent increase over the current $0.60 annual dividend. Payment of the dividend is to be made in four...

AMSTERDAM, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- "VimpelCom Ltd." ("VimpelCom", "Company" or "Group") (NYSE: VIP), a leading global provider of telecommunications services, announces that its Supervisory Board has set the date for the Company's 2013 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Shareholders Meeting") for April 24, 2013. The record date for the Shareholders Meeting has been set for March 22, 2013. The agenda of the Shareholders Meeting is as follows: For shareholders to...