Day: February 27, 2020

ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, Feb. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Red River Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: RRBI) (the “Company”) today announced that on February 27, 2020, its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend in an amount equal to $0.06 per common share.  The cash dividend is payable on March 26, 2020, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 16, 2020.  This dividend marks the Company’s first quarterly dividend, transitioning from its historical practice of paying dividends on an annual basis as it has done since 2018.About Red River Bancshares, Inc.Red River Bancshares, Inc. is the bank holding company for Red River Bank, a Louisiana state-chartered bank established in 1999 that provides a fully integrated suite of banking products and services tailored to the needs of commercial and retail customers....

CHICAGO, Feb. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company” or “First Midwest”), the parent company of First Midwest Bank, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on the Company’s common stock of $0.14 per share. This quarterly cash dividend will be payable on April 7, 2020 to common stockholders of record on March 27, 2020 and will represent the 149th consecutive cash dividend paid by First Midwest since its inception in 1983.About First MidwestFirst Midwest (NASDAQ: FMBI) is a relationship-focused financial institution and one of the largest independent publicly traded bank holding companies based on assets headquartered in Chicago and the Midwest, with approximately $18 billion of assets and an additional $12 billion of assets under management. First Midwest’s principal...

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATESMONTREAL, Feb. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On February 25, 2020, Mr. Martin Legault, Fiducie Famille Martin Legault, and a holding corporation, 8574197 Canada Inc. wholly owned by Mr. Legault, acquired an aggregate of 25,168,000 common shares (the “Common Shares”) in the share capital of Premier Health of America Inc. (formerly known as Physinorth Acquisition Corporation Inc.) (the “Issuer”) pursuant to a Qualifying Transaction (the “Transaction”) between the Issuer and 6150977 Canada Inc. and its subsidiary Excel Health Inc., 8961760 Canada Inc. and 10544485 Canada Inc., a group of privately-held Canadian companies, doing business as Groupe Premier Soin (collectively, the “GPS Entities”), the whole as more fully described in the Issuer’s information...

Millicom to repurchase own sharesLuxembourg, February 27, 2020 – On May 2, 2019, the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (“AGM”) of Millicom resolved to authorize (the “Authorization”) the Board of Directors of Millicom (the “Board”) to adopt a share repurchase plan. Based on the Authorization, the Board has decided to initiate a repurchase program comprising not more than 350,000 shares. In accordance with the resolution at the AGM, the purpose of the share repurchase plan will be to reduce Millicom’s share capital (in value or in the number of shares) or to meet obligations arising from employee share option programs or other allocations of shares to employees of Millicom or of an associate company.The repurchase program will be implemented in accordance with the Authorization, Nasdaq Stockholm’s Rule Book for Issuers, and...

Positive Top-line Results Announced from Head-to-Head Phase 3 PEGASUS Trial of Pegcetacoplan (APL-2) Compared to Eculizumab in Patients with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)Completion of Enrollment in Phase 3 PRINCE Trial in Treatment-Naïve PNH Patients Expected in First Half of 2020Full Enrollment of Two Phase 3 Trials in Geographic Atrophy Expected in First Half of 2020Cash Position of $352.0 Million as of December 31, 2019. Follow-on Offering in January Raised Additional Gross Proceeds of $404.2 Million; $20.0 Million Milestone Payment also Received in January from SFJ PharmaceuticalsWALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: APLS), a global biopharmaceutical company pioneering targeted C3 therapies, today announced its fourth quarter and full year 2019 financial results and...

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it issued its Monthly Volume Summary for January 2020, which provides information on Freddie Mac’s mortgage-related portfolios, securities issuance, risk management, delinquencies, debt activities, and other investments.Freddie Mac makes home possible for millions of families and individuals by providing mortgage capital to lenders. Since our creation by Congress in 1970, we’ve made housing more accessible and affordable for homebuyers and renters in communities nationwide. We are building a better housing finance system for homebuyers, renters, lenders, and taxpayers. Learn more at FreddieMac.com, Twitter @FreddieMac, and Freddie Mac’s blog FreddieMac.com/blog.MEDIA CONTACT: Fred Solomon703-903-3861Frederick_Solomon@freddiemac.comINVESTOR...

Funding to support the continued permitting and feasibility work on the Stibnite Gold Project, IdahoNOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR DISSEMINATION DIRECTLY, OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES.VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Midas Gold Corp. (MAX:TSX / MDRPF:OTCQX, “Midas Gold” or the “Company”) today announced that it has entered into funding agreements for gross proceeds of US$35 million to be used for funding continued work on the Stibnite Gold Project and for general working capital purposes. Midas Gold has signed a binding term sheet with Paulson & Co. Inc., on behalf of the several investment funds and accounts managed by it (“Paulson”), pursuant to which Paulson will purchase Canadian dollar denominated...