Month: August 2020

TORONTO, Aug. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD)(TSX:ABX) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend for the second quarter of 2020 of US $0.08 per share, a 14% increase on the previous quarter’s dividend, payable on September 15, 2020, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 31, 2020.1Senior executive vice-president and chief financial officer Graham Shuttleworth said that Barrick’s quarterly dividend has more than doubled since the announcement of the Barrick-Randgold merger in September 2018, reflecting Barrick’s continued strong financial performance.“The Board believes that the dividend increase is sustainable and is reflective of the ongoing robust performance of our operations and continued improvement in the strength of our balance sheet, with total...

GOFORE PLC COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT, INSIDE INFORMATION 10 AUGUST 2020 AT 13.10Qentinel Finland becomes a part of Gofore Gofore Plc has today agreed to acquire Qentinel Finland Oy, a specialist in software testing automation. The debt-free purchase price is EUR 8.9 million. Gofore estimates that the acquisition’s net sales impact on the group’s financial statements will be approximately EUR 4 million in 2020. The deal is estimated to be completed on 1 September 2020.  As a result of the acquisition, Gofore will become one of the most important providers of professional services in digital quality assurance in Finland.  Qentinel Finland is an professional IT services provider specialized in software quality assurance and testing automation with approximately 100 employees. In 2019, Qentinel Finland’s net sales were EUR 12.0 million and operating...

GOFORE OYJ YHTIÖTIEDOTE, SISÄPIIRITIETO 10.8.2020 KLO 13.10 Qentinel Finland liittyy osaksi GoforeaGofore Oyj on tänään sopinut ostavansa ohjelmistotestausautomaatioon erikoistuneen Qentinel Finland Oy:n. Velaton kauppahinta on 8,9 miljoonaa euroa. Gofore arvioi kaupan liikevaihtovaikutuksen konsernin tilinpäätökseen olevan noin 4 miljoonaa euroa vuonna 2020. Arvion mukaan kauppa saadaan päätökseen 1.9.2020. Yritysoston myötä Goforesta tulee yksi merkittävimmistä digitaalisen laadunvarmistuksen asiantuntijapalveluiden toimittajista Suomessa. Qentinel Finland on ohjelmistojen laadunvarmistuksen ja testausautomaation asiantuntijayritys, joka työllistää noin 100 asiantuntijaa. Qentinel Finlandin liikevaihto oli 12,0 miljoonaa euroa ja liikevoitto (EBIT) 1,7 miljoonaa euroa vuonna 2019. Yhtiöllä on asiakaskunnassaan useita suuria yrityksiä...

SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Baozun Inc. (Nasdaq: BZUN) (“Baozun” or the “Company”), the leading brand e-commerce service partner that helps brands execute their e-commerce strategies in China, today announced that it will release its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020, on Friday, August 21, 2020, before the open of U.S. markets.The Company will host a conference call to discuss the earnings at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, August 21, 2020 (7:00 p.m. Beijing time on the same day).Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, operator assisted conference calls are not available at the moment. All participants wishing to attend the call must preregister online before they can receive the dial-in numbers. Preregistration may require a few minutes to complete. The...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Affinor Growers Ltd. (“Affinor Growers”) (CSE:AFI, OTC:RSSFF, Frankfurt:1AF) is pleased to announce a private placement of 16,666,666 million Units (the “Units”) at $0.03 per Unit, a financing of $500,000.The Units consist of one common share and one common share purchase warrant giving the warrant holder the right to buy another common share for two years at $0.06 per common share. In the event that the Company’s common shares trade at a price on the Canadian Securities Exchange (or such other exchange on which the common shares may be traded at such time) of greater than $0.20 per share for a period of 20 consecutive trading days, the issuer may accelerate the expiry date of the warrants by giving notice to the holders thereof by way of a news release, and in such case,...

CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Painted Pony Energy Ltd. (“Painted Pony” or the “Corporation“) (TSX: PONY) announces that it has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) with Canadian Natural Resources Limited (the “Purchaser”) (TSX, NYSE: CNQ) pursuant to which the Purchaser has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Painted Pony (“Painted Pony Shares”) for cash consideration of $0.69 per Painted Pony Share (the “Purchase Price”). The Purchase Price represents approximately a 30% premium over the twenty-day volume weighted average trading price of the Painted Pony Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”). The proposed transaction (the “Transaction”) is to be completed by way of a plan of arrangement under the Business...

BEIJING, Aug. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — China Index Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: CIH), (“CIH” or the “Company”), a leading real estate information and analytics service platform provider in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020.Total revenues were RMB150.2 million, an increase of 12.1% from RMB134.0 million in the corresponding period of 2019.Operating income was RMB68.4 million, an increase of 12.5% from RMB60.8 million in the corresponding period of 2019.Net income was RMB62.3 million, an increase of 21.1% from RMB51.4 million in the corresponding period of 2019.First Half 2020 HighlightsTotal revenues were RMB283.0 million, an increase of 11.8% from RMB253.1 million in the corresponding period of 2019.Operating income was RMB137.9 million, an increase of 11.1% from RMB124.1...

As mentioned in Announcement no. 02/2020 Coloplast is initiating a share buyback programme totalling up to DKK 500 million.The programme will commence on 24 February 2020 and is expected to end by 24 August 2020.The share buyback programme is carried out in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and Council of 16 April 2014 (MAR) and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052, also referred to as the Safe Harbour Regulations with the purpose of meeting obligations arising from share options programmes or other allocation of shares to employees or to complete a share capital decrease as set out in Articles 5(2)(a) and 5(2)(c) in MAR.The following transactions have been executed during the period 3 – 7 August 2020:Henceforth, Coloplast owns 3,315,617 treasury B shares of DKK 1 equal to 1.54%...

Som meddelt i Selskabsmeddelelse nr. 02/2020 har Coloplast iværksat et tilbagekøbsprogram på i alt 500 millioner kroner. Programmet begyndte den 24. februar 2020 og forventes afsluttet den 24. august 2020.Aktietilbagekøbsprogrammet struktureres i henhold til bestemmelserne i artikel 5 i EU-Parlamentet og Rådets forordning nr. 596/2014 af 16. april 2014 (MAR) og forordning 2016/1052, også kaldet ”Safe Harbour” reglerne, med det formål at opfylde forpligtelser i henhold til aktieoptionsprogrammer eller andre aktieallokeringer til medarbejdere eller at gennemføre en kapitalnedsættelse i henhold til artikel 5(2)(a) og artikel 5(2)(c) i MAR.I perioden 3. – 7. august 2020 er der foretaget følgende køb:Coloplast ejer herefter 3.315.617 egne B-aktier à DKK 1 svarende til 1,54 % af selskabets samlede aktiekapital.Separat oversigt med transaktionsdata...