Day: December 3, 2019

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sharc International Systems Inc.  (CSE: SHRC) (FSE: IWIA) (OTCQB: INTWF) (“SHARC” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company is to deploy a SHARC™ Energy Systems’ Piranha T10 Heating/Cooling system (“Piranha T10 HC”) into ELLA (“ELLA”), a new 45-unit residential development in Vancouver, BC, Canada.Trillium Projects Management Ltd. (“TRILLIUM”) will oversee construction of ELLA on behalf of GN Holdings Limited Partnership (“GN HOLDINGS”).  ELLA is located at the corner of Grant and Nanaimo Streets in Vancouver’s Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood.The Piranha T10 HC will provide all the domestic hot water and heating energy at a 500% efficiency recovered from the wastewater flow from the 45 suites and will provide air conditioning for...

SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ITAÚ CORPBANCA (NYSE: ITCB; SSE: ITAUCORP) announced that it filed today a Material Event Notice with the Chilean Financial Market Commission reporting the completion of its previously announced acquisition of shares of Itaú Corpbanca Colombia from Helm LLC and Kresge Stock Holding Company. As a result of the transactions, Itaú Corpbanca owns approximately 87.10% of the equity of Itaú Corpbanca Colombia. The full Material Event Notice is available on the company’s investor relations website at ir.itau.cl.About Itaú CorpbancaITAÚ CORPBANCA (NYSE: ITCB; SSE: ITAUCORP) is the entity resulting from the merger of Banco Itaú Chile with and into Corpbanca on April 1, 2016. The current ownership structure is: 38.14% owned by Itaú Unibanco, 28.57% owned by the Saieh Family and 33.29% owned...

CHANDLER, Ariz., Dec. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (NASDAQ:MCHP) — Microchip Technology Incorporated, a leading provider of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions, announced today that the Company will present at the Credit Suisse 23rd Annual Technology Conference on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at 8:00 a.m. (Mountain Time).  Presenting for the Company will be Mr. Steve Sanghi, Chief Executive Officer.  A live webcast of the presentation will be made available by Credit Suisse, and can be accessed on the Microchip website at www.microchip.com.  In conjunction with this conference, Microchip will be posting the presentation to its website at www.microchip.com/investors in the Supplemental Financial Information section.Any forward looking statements made during the presentation are qualified in their entirety...

CLAYTON, Mo., Dec. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FutureFuel Corp. (NYSE: FF) (“FutureFuel”), a manufacturer of custom and performance chemicals and biofuels, today announced that it has declared its 2020 quarterly dividend program, declaring normal quarterly dividends of U.S. $0.06 per share, with record dates of March 2, 2020, June 1, 2020, September 1, 2020 and December 1, 2020, and payment dates of March 16, 2020, June 15, 2020, September 15, 2020, and December 15, 2020, respectively.    About FutureFuelFutureFuel is a leading manufacturer of diversified chemical products, specialty chemical products, and biofuel products. In its chemicals business, FutureFuel manufactures specialty chemicals for specific customers (“custom chemicals”) as well as multi-customer specialty chemicals (“performance chemicals”). FutureFuel’s custom...

CHANDLER, Ariz., Dec. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (NASDAQ: MCHP) – Microchip Technology Incorporated, a leading provider of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions, today updated the range of its prior guidance for net sales and GAAP and non-GAAP earnings per share for its fiscal third quarter of 2020 ending December 31, 2019.  Microchip now expects consolidated net sales for the December quarter to be $1.244 billion to $1.298 billion, or down between 3% and 7% sequentially with a mid-point of down 5%. Microchip previously provided guidance on November 5, 2019 for consolidated net sales to be $1.204 billion to $1.311 billion or down between 2% and 10% sequentially, with a midpoint of down 6%.   GAAP earnings (loss) per share is now expected to be between ($0.03) and $0.04 and non-GAAP earnings per share is expected...

NEW YORK, Dec. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Peloton Interactive, Inc. (Nasdaq: PTON) today announced that the Company will be participating in the UBS Global TMT Conference, held at the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel in New York City, on Monday, December 9, 2019, at 8:30 AM ET. Attending for Peloton will be John Foley, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, and Jill Woodworth, Chief Financial Officer.The audio portion of the presentation will be webcast live over the internet and can be accessed at https://investor.onepeloton.com. An online archive will be available for a period of 90 days following the presentation.About PelotonPeloton is the largest interactive fitness platform in the world with a loyal community of over 1.6 million Members. The company pioneered connected, technology-enabled fitness, and the streaming of immersive,...

TORONTO, Dec. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sprott Focus Trust, Inc. (Nasdaq-FUND) (the “Fund” or “FUND”) has declared a quarterly distribution of $0.1163 per share on its Common Stock.  The distribution, optionally payable in additional shares of Common Stock or in cash by specific stockholder election, is to be paid on December 27, 2019 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 13, 2019 (ex-dividend on December 12, 2019).  The price of shares issued for reinvestment will be determined on December 20, 2019.The Fund currently has adopted a Distribution Policy of paying quarterly distributions on its Common Stock.  Distributions are being made at the annual rate of 6% of the rolling average of the prior four calendar quarter-end net asset values (“NAVs”), with the fourth quarter distribution being the greater of...

RENTON, Wash., Dec. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Financial Northwest, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: FFNW), the holding company for First Financial Northwest Bank (the “Bank”), today announced that the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee proposed, and the Board of Directors approved, the appointment of Ralph C. Sabin to the Board of Directors of the Company effective December 1, 2019. Mr. Sabin will serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders. Mr. Sabin is expected to also be appointed to the Board of Directors of the Bank and the Company’s non-financial institution subsidiary, First Financial Diversified Corporation (“FFD”) at their respective meetings to be held later in December.“We are pleased to welcome Mr. Sabin to our Board of Directors,” said Joseph W. Kiley III, President and Chief Executive...

NEW YORK, Dec. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: PFLT) (TASE: PFLT) declares its monthly distribution for December 2019 of $0.095 per share, payable on January 2, 2020 to stockholders of record as of December 19, 2019. The distribution is expected to be paid from taxable net investment income. The final specific tax characteristics of the distribution will be reported to stockholders on Form 1099 after the end of the calendar year and in the Company’s periodic report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.“We are pleased that through our focus on investing in lower risk, first lien senior secured middle market loans we have been able to maintain a steady and stable dividend over a long period of time,” said Arthur Penn, Chairman and...

NEW YORK, Dec. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PennantPark Investment Corporation (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: PNNT) declares its first fiscal quarter 2020 distribution of $0.18 per share, payable on January 2, 2020 to stockholders of record as of December 19, 2019. The distribution is expected to be paid from taxable net investment income. The final specific tax characteristics of the distribution will be reported to stockholders on Form 1099 after the end of the calendar year and in the Company’s periodic report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.“We are pleased that we have been able to deliver an attractive dividend over a long period of time,” said Arthur Penn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.ABOUT PENNANTPARK INVESTMENT CORPORATIONPennantPark Investment Corporation is a business development company...