Month: April 2020

Dividend DeclarationAlliance Trust PLC announces the declaration of a first interim dividend for the year ending 31 December 2020 of 3.595 pence per share payable on 30 June 2020 to shareholders on the register on 5 June 2020, the ex-dividend date is 4 June 2020. This represents a 3% increase on last year’s first interim dividend.Gregor Stewart, Chairman of the Trust, said: “In our Annual Report, published in March, we highlighted the fact that we have now increased our dividend for 53 years in a row. The Board recognises the importance of rising dividends to our shareholders, particularly at difficult times like these when so many companies are cutting or cancelling their dividends to protect their balance sheets. We are pleased that our progressive dividend policy has been overwhelmingly endorsed by shareholders at our Annual General...

Alliance Trust PLCAnnual General MeetingAlliance Trust PLC announces the results of voting on the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting, held earlier today in Dundee. Due to the restrictions on travel and attendance at meetings the Annual General Meeting was not open to shareholders other than those required to form the quorum and all votes were on a poll.As previously announced, Resolution 12 was withdrawn and was not voted on.A summary of the votes cast in respect of the resolutions is set out below. Each of the resolutions was passed with the required majority.The number of shares in issue as at the date of the meeting was 329,065,733NOTESIn accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of resolutions 13, 14, 15 and 16, which were special resolutions, passed by the Company at its Annual General Meeting will be submitted...

GARDEN CITY, N.Y., April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NasdaqGS: LCUT), a leading global designer, developer and marketer of a broad range of branded consumer products used in the home, today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved the rescheduling of the May quarterly dividend originally payable on May 15, 2020 to shareholders of record as of May 1, 2020. Accordingly, shareholders of record as of November 16, 2020 will be eligible to receive $0.0425 per share on December 16, 2020.On April 2, 2020, the Company announced the postponement of the May quarterly dividend to provide additional flexibility until there is greater clarity on the potential impact to Lifetime’s business resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.About Lifetime Brands, Inc.Lifetime Brands is a leading global designer, developer...

PHOENIX, April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mobivity Holdings Corp. (OTCQB: MFON) a global provider of personalized customer engagement solutions that drive customer frequency and spend, today announced the results of SONIC® Drive-In’s pilot campaign using Google’s RCS Business Messaging. Using Mobivity’s Mobile Messaging, the SONIC pilot broadcasted interactive and engaging messaging through RCS about its restaurant app, targeting customers across more than 3,500 locations.  The record-setting results with RCS did not leverage offers, discounts or other incentives and:Resulted in five times as many app downloads versus previous MMS mobile messaging;Demonstrated a three times higher app registration rate versus typical downloads from MMS recipients; andShowed a 50 percent purchase rate from people who registered on the app.“Our initial...

MINNEAPOLIS, April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northern Technologies International Corporation (NASDAQ: NTIC), a leading developer of corrosion inhibiting products and services, as well as bio-based and biodegradable polymer resin compounds, today announced the temporary suspension of its quarterly cash dividend pending clarity on the COVID-19 crisis. G. Patrick Lynch, President and Chief Executive Officer of NTIC, stated: “The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a material impact on the global economy. With many of our global customers currently running at a fraction of their regular capacity or locked down altogether, we anticipate sales for our third quarter to be down significantly.  Given this uncertainty, NTIC’s Board of Directors decided to temporarily suspend our quarterly cash dividend.  We will consider the reinstatement...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Menlo Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: MNLO) (“Menlo” or the “Company”), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing proprietary therapies to address unmet needs in dermatology, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (“Foamix”), has entered into a licensing agreement with specialty pharmaceutical company Cutia Therapeutics (HK) Limited, an affiliate of Cutia Therapeutics (“Cutia”) for AMZEEQ™ (minocycline) topical foam, 4% as well as its other topical minocycline product candidates, once approved, on an exclusive basis in Greater China.Under the terms of the agreement, Cutia will have an exclusive license to obtain regulatory approval of and commercialize AMZEEQ™ and, if approved in the U.S., FMX103 and FCD105 in...

New York, April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Specialist insurer Beazley is introducing a new product recall insurance policy for private enterprises in the United States, with a planned launch in the second quarter of 2020. The company has appointed a new underwriting team specifically to support the offering.The team is based in Farmington, Connecticut, and includes:Florian Beerli – product leadAngela Ives – underwriterJae Pak – underwriterAlex Marti – underwriterBeazley Product Recall will be available to US-domiciled companies and cover a range of risks from the small to large, with a primary focus on risks with up to $100 million in revenue.Florian Beerli, Beazley’s head of product recall, said: “The exposures related to product recalls are an ongoing and increasing occurrence regardless of size and industries. They pose a significant...

Content will fuel GPIF’s efforts to strengthen index selection and analysisTOKYO and NORWALK, Conn., April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS), a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading services, today announced that it will provide financial, non-financial, and benchmark data to the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) of Japan. This content will support GPIF’s stated goal of improving the sophistication of its passive investment management through increased analysis of and engagement with index providers.FactSet will deliver over 20 content sets as part of GPIF’s introduction of its new Index Posting System. The Index Posting System will enhance GPIF’s overall fund management by efficiently collecting a range of information to facilitate more...