Month: April 2020

SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — American River Bankshares (NASDAQ-GS: AMRB) today reported net income of $1.4 million, or $0.24 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2020 compared to $1.1 million, or $0.20 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2019.“While it is important to share our quarterly results with our shareholders, it is important to remember that the current global pandemic is impacting us all,” said David E. Ritchie, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are carefully balancing our decisions to benefit our shareholders while protecting the health and wellbeing of our employees and financial viability of our clients, which would include providing access to the benefits under the CARES Act.”Financial HighlightsNet loans decreased $5.8 million (1.5%) and core deposits increased $1.2...

Los Angeles, CA, April 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Draganfly Inc. (CSE: DFLY) (OTCQB: DFLYF) (FSE: 3U8) (“Draganfly” or the “Company”), an award-winning, industry-leading manufacturer within the commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (“UAV”), Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (“RPAS”), and unmanned vehicle sector (“UVS”), today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed Captain Larry Vincent (USN, Ret.), as an advisory member to the Board.Captain Vincent currently serves as Executive Officer, Defence Counterintelligence and Security Agency within the Office of Undersecretary for Intelligence and Security of the United States.Previously, Captain Vincent was in charge of Russian Engagements for the Chief of Naval Operations of the United States and served as the Operations Center Director for all Naval and Marine...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FIREWEED ZINC LTD. (“Fireweed” or the “Company”) (TSXV: FWZ) announces the appointment of Mr. Peter Hemstead, CPA, CMA to the Board of Directors and accepts the resignation of Mr. Richard Hajdukiewicz from the Board.Mr. Hemstead has over 20 years of finance experience and has a proven track record of providing strong financial leadership. He has extensive experience in financial management, corporate finance, project finance, treasury, commercial banking, marketing/sales, financial risk management, insurance, and tax planning. Mr. Hemstead is a Chartered Professional Accountant with an Honours Economics degree from the University of Western Ontario. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Bluestone Resources Inc. where he is a key executive in financing and moving...

SALT LAKE CITY, April 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ClearOne (NASDAQ: CLRO), a global provider of audio and visual communication solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a strategic new patent relating to power transmission for Power over Ethernet (PoE) systems by the US Patent and Trademark Office.  Awarded on April 14, 2020, the patent describes a simple method for providing power to multiple devices in a “daisy-chain” series connection using PoE. Use of the new method can eliminate the 100-meter Ethernet distance constraint for power and data transmission.ClearOne’s innovative technology disclosed in this patent brings powerful benefits for at least two important applications. First, it is extremely useful for devices such as audio products including microphones and speakers, security and conferencing cameras, remote...

SAN DIEGO, April 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (the “Company”, NASDAQ: ARCT), a leading clinical-stage messenger RNA medicines company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of therapeutics for rare diseases and vaccines, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 4,117,650 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $17.00 per share. The gross proceeds of the offering to the Company are expected to be approximately $70 million, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses. In addition, the Company granted the underwriters a thirty-day option to purchase up to an additional 617,647 shares of common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.The closing...

Silmäasema Oyj Applies for Delisting of Its Shares from Nasdaq HelsinkiSilmäasema OyjStock Exchange Release – Inside information16 April 2020 at 4:05 p.m. EETCoronaria Oy (“Coronaria”) owns more than nine tenths (9/10) of all the shares and votes in Silmäasema and has initiated redemption proceedings in accordance with Chapter 18 of the Finnish Companies Act in order to redeem the remaining Silmäasema shares held by the minority shareholders.Provided that the Arbitral Tribunal appointed for the redemption proceedings confirms that Coronaria’s redemption right is clear, Coronaria is entitled to gain title to all Silmäasema’s shares against the placing of security approved by the Arbitral Tribunal for the payment of the redemption price.Today, Silmäasema will submit a delisting application to Nasdaq Helsinki. In the application Silmäasema...

Silmäasema Oyj hakee osakkeidensa poistamista Nasdaq Helsingin pörssilistaltaSilmäasema Oyj                   Pörssitiedote – sisäpiiritieto                        16.4.2020 klo 16.05 Coronaria Oy (”Coronaria”) omistaa yli yhdeksän kymmenesosaa (9/10) kaikista Silmäaseman osakkeista ja äänistä ja on käynnistänyt osakeyhtiölain 18 luvun mukaisen lunastusmenettelyn lunastaakseen loput vähemmistöosakkeenomistajien hallussa olevat Silmäaseman osakkeet.Edellyttäen, että lunastusmenettelyä varten nimetty välimiesoikeus vahvistaa Coronarian lunastusoikeuden olevan selvä, Coronarialla on oikeus saada omistukseensa kaikki Silmäaseman osakkeet asettamalla lunastushinnan maksamisesta välimiesoikeuden hyväksymä vakuus.Silmäasema tulee tänään jättämään Nasdaq Helsingille pörssilistalta poistamista koskevan hakemuksen. Hakemuksessa pyydetään,...

ATLANTA, April 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As organizations seek to boost digital customer engagement and automate as much of their business operations as possible, the convergence of RPA and IVA has arrived and Jacada is leading the charge.Everest Group’s latest research acknowledges Jacada’s strength in providing end-to-end customer service automation solutions with its Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA) technology and its ability to seamlessly transition across channels as a key advantage to the customer experience.“We have positioned Jacada as a Major Contender in our PEAK Matrix® for IVA software products in 2020,” said Skand Bhargava, Practice Director, Everest Group. “Jacada’s intelligent self-service solution combines AI, NLU, and RPA technologies to provide automated conversational services. Its advanced dialog...

JASPER, Ind., April 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kimball International, Inc. (NASDAQ: KBAL) will announce its third quarter fiscal year 2020 financial results on Tuesday, May 05, 2020, after the close of the market.  The Company will host a conference call on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. ET to review its financial performance.The telephone number to access the conference call is 844-602-5643 or internationally at 574-990-3014.  The passcode to access the call is “Kimball.” The live webcast of the conference call can be accessed at www.ir.kimballinternational.com.For those unable to participate in the live webcast, the call will be archived at www.ir.kimballinternational.com.About Kimball International, Inc.For 70 years, Kimball International has created design driven furnishings that have helped our customers...

JERSEY CITY, N.J., April 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bel Fuse Inc. (“Bel,” or, “the Company”) (Nasdaq:BELFA and Nasdaq:BELFB), a leading supplier of products that power, protect and connect electronic circuits, today announced that the Company will release preliminary financial results for the first quarter of 2020 prior to the commencement of trading on Friday, May 1, 2020. A conference call has been scheduled for 11:00 a.m. ET that morning to discuss the preliminary results.To participate in the conference call, investors should dial 888-394-8218, or 323-794-2590 if dialing internationally. The presentation will additionally be broadcast live over the Internet and will be available at https://ir.belfuse.com/events-and-presentations. The webcast will be available via replay for a period of 20 days at this same Internet address....