Month: July 2020

WUXI, China, July 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Skillful Craftsman Education Technology Ltd. (“the Company”) (NASDAQ: EDTK), an education technology company providing interactive online learning services, today announced the closing of its initial public offering of 3,000,000 ordinary shares at US$5.00 per share.Skillful Craftsman’s ordinary shares began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on July 23, 2020 under the ticker symbol “EDTK.”The Benchmark Company acted as Lead Book Running Manager and Axiom Capital Management, Inc acted as Co-Book Running Manager for this offering.Copies of the final prospectus relating to this offering may be accessed through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at: www.sec.gov, or by contacting: The Benchmark Company, Attention: Prospectus Department, 150 E. 58th Street, 17th floor, New...

TORONTO, July 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited  (“BlackRock Canada”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), today announced the final July 2020 cash distributions for the iShares Premium Money Market ETF. Unitholders of record on July 28, 2020 will receive cash distributions payable on July 31, 2020.Details regarding the final “per unit” distribution amounts are as follows:Further information on the iShares ETFs can be found at http://www.blackrock.com/ca.

Companies advance nucleoside-modified messenger RNA (modRNA) candidate BNT162b2, which encodes an optimized SARS-CoV-2 full-length spike glycoprotein, at a 30 µg dose level in a 2 dose regimen into Phase 2/3 StudyCandidate and dose level selection informed by preclinical and clinical data obtained in Phase 1/2 studies conducted in the U.S. (C4591001) and Germany (BNT162-01) The Phase 2/3 study protocol follows all the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance on clinical trial design for COVID-19 vaccine studies.Phase 2/3 study of up to 30,000 participants aged 18 – 85 years started in U.S. and expected to include approximately 120 sites globally  Trial regions to include areas with significant expected SARS-CoV-2 transmission to assess whether investigational vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, is effective in preventing COVID-19Assuming...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. (OTC:BCRHF) (the “Company”), a Bermuda holding company, today reported its financial position for the second quarter of 2020. The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, previously offered collateralized reinsurance in the property catastrophe market and invested in various insurance-linked securities.  The Company is currently winding down its operations.Net assets in liquidation declined $6.1 million in the current quarter largely driven by the special distribution to shareholders of $6.5 million ($0.74 per share) that was declared on June 30, 2020 and will be paid on July 30, 2020.  Favorably impacting net assets in liquidation during the second quarter was a $0.2 million decrease in losses related to prior year periods...

CALGARY, Alberta, July 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marksmen Energy Inc. (TSXV: MAH) (OTCQB: MKSEF) (“Marksmen” or the “Company”) announces that it has completed the second closing of its previously announced non-brokered private placement of units (the “Units”) of Marksmen (the “Offering”). The Company issued 3,150,000 Units at a price of $0.05 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $157,500, bringing the aggregate total raised to date under the Offering to $321,000. Each Unit is comprised of one (1) common share (“Common Share”) and one (1) share purchase warrant (“Warrant”) of Marksmen. Each whole Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share at a price of $0.075 per share expiring two (2) years from the date of issuance.Marksmen paid no cash commissions pursuant to the second closing of the Offering.Marksmen...

LAFAYETTE, La., July 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Viemed Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company” or “Viemed”) (TSX:VMD.TO and NASDAQ:VMD), a home medical equipment supplier that provides post-acute respiratory care services in the United States, announced today that it will host its Quarterly Conference Call on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. EST.Conference Call DetailsFinancial professionals are invited to call in to register in advance to ask questions. To pre-register as a qualified caller, please e-mail investorinfo@viemed.com by 12:00 p.m. EST Tuesday, August 4, 2020.ABOUT VIEMED HEALTHCARE, INC.Viemed is a provider of in-home medical equipment and post-acute respiratory healthcare services in the United States.  Viemed’s service offerings are focused on effective in-home treatment with clinical practitioners providing therapy...

CALGARY, Alberta, July 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. (“DIRTT”) (TSX: DRT, NASDAQ: DRTT), an interior construction company that uses technology for client-driven design and manufacturing, is pleased to announce its plans to participate in the following investment conferences.Jefferies Virtual Industrials ConferenceWednesday, August 5th, 20209th Annual Needham Virtual Industrial Technologies 1×1 ConferenceMonday, August 10th, 2020RBC Global Industrials Virtual ConferenceTuesday, September 15th, 2020D.A. Davidson 19th Annual Diversified Industrials and Services Virtual ConferenceTuesday, September 22nd, 2020DIRTT plans to meet one-on-one with institutional investors at the conferences, which are all being held virtually. DIRTT’s current investor presentation is available in the investors section...

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, July 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today reported financial results for the second quarter 2020, ended June 28, 2020.“NXP delivered second quarter revenue of $1.82 billion, an 18 percent decline from the year ago period, and modestly better than the mid-point of our guidance,” said Kurt Sievers, NXP President and Chief Executive Officer. “Our Automotive end market was significantly impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global macro-economic environment, though we did experience better than anticipated sequential trends in our other end markets. We are encouraged by the early positive trends we experienced in China and sales out of our distribution channel improved sequentially. We expect improved sales trends through the second half of...

CHICAGO, July 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tribune Publishing (NASDAQ:TPCO) today announced it will report its financial results for the second quarter on Wednesday, August 5, 2020.The Company will host a conference call to discuss its business and financial results at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time (4:30 p.m. Central time). The conference call may be accessed via Tribune Publishing’s Investor Relations website at investor.tribpub.com or by dialing 844.494.0195 (508.637.5599 for international callers) and entering conference ID 4886174. A replay of the webcast will also be available for one year on the Tribune Publishing website. To access the replay via telephone, dial 855.859.2056 (404.537.3406 for international callers), and enter conference ID 4886174.About Tribune PublishingTribune Publishing (NASDAQ: TPCO) is a media company rooted...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., July 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE:BRO) (the “Company”) today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2020.Revenues for the second quarter of 2020 under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) were $598.8 million, increasing $23.6 million, or 4.1%, compared to the second quarter of the prior year, with commissions and fees increasing by 4.4% and Organic Revenue(1) increasing by 0.5%. Net income was $96.8 million, increasing $4.2 million, or 4.5%, and diluted net income per share increased to $0.34, or 3.0% as compared to the second quarter of the prior year. Diluted Net Income Per Share – Adjusted(2) increased to $0.34, or 6.3%, compared to the second quarter of the prior year.Revenues for the six months ended...