Month: April 2020

TORONTO, April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wayland Group Corp. (CSE:WAYL) (“Wayland” or the “Company”) today announced the closing of its previously announced transaction with Ring International Holding AG (“Ring”) pursuant to which Wayland sold all of the issued and outstanding shares of Wayland’s subsidiary, Maricann Inc. and certain other assets to an affiliate of Ring for a purchase price of up to CAD $12,400,000 (the “Transaction”).Wayland also announced the receipt of an order of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) granted on April 17, 2020 pursuant to which PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., in its capacity as court-appointed monitor under Wayland’s proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, has been authorized to, among other things, take any and all actions and steps in the name of and on...

 Assemblée Générale 2020 de ValeoParis, 23 avril 2020 – Dans le contexte de l’épidémie de coronavirus (Covid-19) et de lutte contre sa propagation, et conformément aux dispositions de l’Ordonnance n°2020-321 du 25 mars 2020 portant notamment adaptation des règles de réunion et de délibération des assemblées et organes dirigeants des personnes morales en raison de l’épidémie de Covid-19, Valeo informe ses actionnaires que son Assemblée générale mixte (ordinaire et extraordinaire) se tiendra à « huis clos », hors la présence physique des actionnaires, le 25 juin 2020 à 14h au siège social de la Société. Les principales modalités de participation et de vote à cette Assemblée seront précisées dans l’avis de réunion qui sera publié Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires (BALO) ainsi que sur le site Internet www.valeo.com.Lors de...

DALLAS, April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dorchester Minerals, L.P. (NASDAQ:DMLP) announced today the Partnership’s first quarter 2020 cash distribution.  The distribution of $0.477891 per common unit represents activity for the three-month period ended March 31, 2020 and is payable on May 14, 2020 to common unitholders of record as of May 4, 2020.Cash receipts attributable to the Partnership’s Royalty Properties during the first quarter totaled approximately $12.1 million. Approximately 87% of these receipts reflect oil sales during December 2019 through February 2020 and gas sales during November 2019 through January 2020, and approximately 13% from prior sales periods. Cash receipts attributable to the Partnership’s Net Profits Interests during the first quarter totaled approximately $7.0 million. Approximately 75% of these receipts...

TORONTO, April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TELUS proudly announced today that it has been recognized as first in Network Quality Performance in Eastern Canada and tied for first in Ontario according to the 2020 J.D. Power Canada Wireless Network Quality Study. This achievement marks six consecutive years that TELUS has won a J.D. Power Award for its network quality across one or more of the regions evaluated, reinforcing the strength of the TELUS network across the country.“This multi-year recognition from J.D. Power is a testament to the critical investments TELUS has made in our network infrastructure and wireless technology. With more people working, learning and spending time at home, it has never been more important for Canadians to have access to world-leading networks that keep them connected to the economic, educational...

DUBUQUE, Iowa, April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTLF), announced that its board of directors approved its regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share on the company’s common stock payable on May 29, 2020, to stockholders of record at the close of business on May 15, 2020.  As of March 31, 2020, there were 36,807,217 common shares outstanding listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol HTLF.About Heartland Financial USA, Inc.Heartland is a diversified financial services company with assets of approximately $13.2 billion. The Company provides banking, mortgage, private client, investment, treasury management, card services, and insurance to individuals and businesses. Heartland currently has 114 banking locations serving 83 communities in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin,...

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Caladrius Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLBS) (“Caladrius” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of cellular therapies designed to reverse, not manage, cardiovascular disease, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with several institutional and accredited investors for the issuance and sale of an aggregate of 2,162,166 shares of its common stock, at a purchase price of $2.3125 per share, in a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. Caladrius has also agreed to issue to the investors unregistered warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,081,083 shares of common stock. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about April 27, 2020, subject to the satisfaction...

MADISON, Wis., April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The University of Leeds, home to one of the world’s largest automated video learning programs with Mediasite, is seeing a rapid growth of personal capture by faculty and students to facilitate 100 percent online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Academic video is a top strategic initiative for the United Kingdom institution – one of the world’s top 100 according to QS World University Rankings. Its latest evolution of Mediasite provides an unprecedented digital learning experience for its 38,000 students. Faculty and students are using My Mediasite to create, share and watch video lectures from their personal devices while they teach and study from home. “Mediasite is mission-critical at University of Leeds, especially right now as we navigate a new world of 100 percent virtual...

KINGSTON, Ontario, April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Focus Graphite Inc. (“Focus” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: FMS; OTCQX: FCSMF; FSE: FKC), an advanced exploration company focused on the production of graphite concentrate, today announced that the Company has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Investissement Québec to sell the Company’s 50% interest in the Kwyjibo rare earth elements Project to Investissement Québec for the sum of C$7,237,696.The project, totalling 116 map-designated claims (CDC) and covering 6,283.5 ha, is located a few kilometres north of Manitou Lake, approximately 125 km northeast of Sept-Îles, in the Côte-Nord administrative district of Québec. The Kwyjibo claim block is also located 25 km east of the Québec North Shore and Labrador (QNSL) rail line and is accessible by air from float plane and...

KINGSTON, Ontario, 23 avr. 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Focus Graphite Inc. (« Focus ») (TSX-V: FMS; OTCQX: FCSMF; FSE: FKC) est heureuse d’annoncer la signature d’une Lettre d’Intention avec Investissement Québec visant l’achat de la participation de Focus dans la coentreprise du projet d’éléments des terres rares Kwyjibo en contrepartie d’un paiement au comptant de 7 237 696 $. Le projet Kwyjibo est détenu en coentreprise par Focus (50 %) et SOQUEM Inc. (50 %). SOQUEM est l’opérateur du projet.La propriété Kwyjibo est constituée d’un bloc de 116 cellules désignées sur carte (CDC) contiguës d’une superficie de 6 283,5 ha. Elle est située sur la Côte-Nord du Québec, 25 km à l’est du chemin de fer Québec North Shore and Labrador (QNS&L), 2,5 km au nord du Lac Manitou, et 125 km au nord-est de la ville portuaire de Sept-Îles. La propriété...

Consolidated Revenue: €57.1 mConsolidated Growth: +13.1%Organic Growth at constant perimeter: +10.3%Profitability (EBITDA margin): 11.9%ANALYSIS10.3% organic growth for the first quarter of 2020 on a like-for-like basis. It is divided up as follows:– Software : – 8.4%– Services : + 12.8%The Software division shows a drop, mainly due to the postponement of licence revenue that was budgeted in the first quarter.The Services division is suffering from the effects of the Coronavirus crisis, mainly due to:– a drop in productivity linked to the new working organisation,– the cessation of the projects related to events management with the European Union.2020 OUTLOOKWithout the Coronavirus crisis, Sword Group planned organic growth of 12% associated with an EBITDA margin of 13% +.The Group envisages two time periods...