Year: 2019

MONTREAL, 11 déc. 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Groupe Premier Soin (la «Société» ou «GPS») a le plaisir d’annoncer que sa filiale Excel Santé Inc. («Excel») a été sélectionnée par Services aux Autochtones Canada («SAC») pour l’émission d’une offre à commandes dans les régions de l’Alberta, du Manitoba, de l’Ontario et du Québec pour du personnel infirmier.SAC finance ou fournit des services de soins primaires accessibles tous les jours, 24 heures sur 24, dans plus de 79 établissements de santé qui desservent une clientèle composée de 111 000 membres des Premières Nations dans des communautés éloignées, isolées et semi-isolées où l’accès aux services provinciaux est limité ou inexistant. Services aux Autochtones Canada a sélectionné Excel Santé Inc. afin de fournir temporairement des services de soins infirmiers dans les régions...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Dec. 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ:WHLR) (“Wheeler” or the “Company”), a fully-integrated, self-managed commercial real estate investment company focused on owning and operating income-producing retail properties with a primary focus on grocery-anchored centers, today announced that Glass Lewis, a prominent proxy advisory firm, has issued its recommendation for shareholders to vote FOR THE COMPANY’S NOMINEES on its WHITE proxy card.Glass Lewis has identified WHLR’s ongoing efforts to return shareholder value through the execution of its plan and the continued refreshment of its Board versus Stilwell’s lack of any substantive ideas or additive candidates and Stilwell’s lack of transparency regarding his associations and business practices.Excerpts from the report...

READING, Pa., Dec. 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EnerSys (NYSE: ENS) (“EnerSys” or the “Company”) today announced the closing of its previously announced private offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 4.375% senior notes due 2027 (the “Notes”); The Notes were issued at an issue price of 100% of the principal amount.The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a guarantor under the Company’s existing senior secured credit facilities (the “Existing Credit Facility”) and 5.00% Senior Notes due 2023.EnerSys intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay a portion of the outstanding borrowings under the revolving portion of the Company’s Existing Credit Facility (without a reduction in commitment).The Notes...

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Black Hills Corp. (NYSE: BKH) today announced that its Wyoming natural gas utility, Black Hills Wyoming Gas, LLC, doing business as Black Hills Energy, received approval from the Wyoming Public Service Commission of a settlement agreement allowing the company to consolidate its base rates and tariffs and for a general rate increase.  This approval is the final step in Black Hills’ utility jurisdiction consolidation process for Wyoming. Previously, Black Hills received approval and legally consolidated its four natural gas utilities in the state. This settlement agreement allows Black Hills Energy to establish statewide customer rates and consolidate general tariffs, gas cost adjustments, and certain riders and adjustment clauses.“This settlement approval is an important step toward...

TORONTO, 11 déc. 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Minière Osisko inc. (TSX : OSK, « Osisko » ou la « Société ») a le plaisir d’annoncer de nouveaux résultats issus de son programme d’exploration en cours sur le projet aurifère du Lac Windfall, entièrement détenu par la Société et situé dans la ceinture de roches vertes de l’Abitibi, dans le canton d’Urban, Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, Québec. Les résultats du traitement de 5 716 tonnes extraites dans la zone Lynx (l’« échantillon en vrac ») ont surpassé les attentes, livrant une teneur moyenne de 17,8 g/t Au. La teneur moyenne de l’échantillon en vrac est 89 % plus élevée que la teneur de 9,40 g/t Au prédite par le bloc modèle des ressources établi en fonction des résultats du forage intercalaire dans le secteur 311 de la zone Lynx. L’extraction minière de l’échantillon en vrac a permis de...

Nogales, Arizona, Dec. 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. (NYSE American: APT), a leading manufacturer of products designed to protect people, products and environments, including disposable protective apparel and building products, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a $2.0 million expansion of the Company’s existing share repurchase program. With this authorized expansion, the Company now has approximately $2.2 million available to repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.2 million of which remains from the previous expansion announced in December 2018.Management anticipates repurchasing shares through open market purchases or through privately-negotiated transactions and intends to retire all shares purchased through the share repurchase program.  Open market purchases may be executed...

RED BANK, N.J., Dec. 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:OCFC) (“OceanFirst”), the holding company of OceanFirst Bank N.A., announced today that all regulatory approvals and all requisite shareholder approvals have been obtained in connection with OceanFirst’s pending merger transactions with each of Two River Bancorp (“Two River”) and Country Bank Holding Company, Inc. (“CYHC”).Two River TransactionOn December 5, 2019, Two River received the requisite shareholder approval for the merger of Two River and OceanFirst that was announced on August 9, 2019 (the “Two River Transaction”). As previously announced, the required regulatory approvals for the Two River Transaction have been obtained. OceanFirst and Two River expect the Two River Transaction to close effective on or about January 1, 2020.CYHC TransactionOn...

Charlotte, N.C., Dec. 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKTS) (“Akoustis” or the “Company”), an integrated device manufacturer of patented bulk acoustic wave (“BAW”) high-band radio frequency (“RF”) filters for mobile and other wireless applications, announced today that it intends to offer and sell shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. Akoustis expects to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase additional shares of common stock sold in the offering solely to cover over-allotments.  The offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when such offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of such offering.Akoustis intends to use the net proceeds from the proposed offering to fund operations and the...

GREAT NECK, N.Y., Dec. 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — One Liberty Properties, Inc. (NYSE: OLP) an acquirer, owner and manager of a geographically diversified portfolio of net leased properties, today announced that it sold an 87,500 square foot assisted living facility in Round Rock, Texas, for a sales price of $16.6 million, of which $13.2 million was used to repay the mortgage debt associated with the property.The Company anticipates that during the three months ending December 31, 2019, it will recognize an approximate $435,000 gain from this sale, without giving effect to a $625,000 mortgage swap termination fee.  Net of the fee and excluding the effect of a 2018 write-off related to this property, the sale will result in a net loss of approximately $190,000. The Company will also recognize, in the quarter ending December 31, 2019,...