Day: April 6, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO, April 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FibroGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: FGEN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed the Company late today it has tentatively scheduled a Cardiovascular and Renal Drug Advisory Committee (CRDAC) on July 15, 2021 to review the New Drug Application (NDA) for roxadustat for the treatment of anemia of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in both dialysis-dependent and non-dialysis-dependent patients. The NDA submission was supported by positive results from a global Phase 3 program encompassing more than 8,000 patients. Roxadustat is approved and launched in China and Japan for the treatment of anemia of CKD in patients on dialysis and not on dialysis. About Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory CommitteeThe Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee (CRDAC) reviews...

Outlines strategy to be “the PPACt enablement company” Plans to grow revenue by over 55 percent and non-GAAP EPS by more than 100 percent by fiscal 2024 Commits to return 80 to 100 percent of free cash flow to shareholdersSANTA CLARA, Calif., April 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At its 2021 Investor Meeting held today, Applied Materials unveiled plans to grow the company’s revenue, earnings and free cash flow by enabling customers to accelerate improvements in chip power, performance, area, cost and time to market (PPACt). Applied also announced plans to generate 70 percent of future services and parts revenue through subscription-like long-term agreements. Applied outlined five major inflections that are fueling secular growth and the need for innovation as the company drives its longer-term strategy. At a macro level, the digital...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LGI Homes, Inc. (NASDAQ: LGIH) today announced it closed 1,147 homes in March 2021, up from 795 homes closed in March 2020, representing year-over-year growth of 44.3%. In addition, the Company announced record breaking quarterly home closings of 2,561 during the first quarter of 2021 compared to 1,835 home closings in the first quarter of 2020, a 39.6% increase year-over-year. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had 110 active selling communities. The Company plans to release financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021 before the market opens on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. The Company will hold a conference call at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time the same day to discuss the results. A link to the live audio webcast will be provided through the Investors page of the Company’s...

EMERYVILLE, Calif., April 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XOMA Corporation (Nasdaq: XOMA) (“XOMA” or the “Company”) today announced the pricing of its underwritten registered public offering of 1,400,000 depositary shares at an initial public offering price of $25.00 per depositary share, raising gross proceeds of $35.0 million before deducting underwriting discounts and other estimated offering expenses.  Each depositary share represents a 1/1000th fractional interest in a share of the Company’s 8.375% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.  Dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock underlying the depositary shares will be paid when declared by the Board at a fixed rate of 8.375% with liquidation preference equivalent to $25.00 per depositary share. In connection with the offering, the Company has granted the underwriters a...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Uniti Group Inc. (the “Company,” “Uniti,” or “we”) (Nasdaq: UNIT) today announced that its subsidiaries, Uniti Group LP, Uniti Group Finance 2019 Inc. and CSL Capital, LLC (together, the “Issuers”), have priced their offering of $570 million aggregate principal amount of 4.75% senior secured notes due 2028 (the “new notes”). The new notes will be issued at an issue price of 100.00%. The new notes will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company and on a senior secured basis by each of its subsidiaries (other than the Issuers) that guarantees indebtedness under the Company’s senior secured credit facilities and the Company’s existing secured notes (except initially those subsidiaries that require regulatory approval prior to guaranteeing the new notes). The new notes...

PERTH, Western Australia, April 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Perseus Mining Limited (“Perseus” or the “Company”) (TSX & ASX: PRU) releases recent results from its exploration programmes in Côte d’Ivoire. The programmes and better intercepts are described below. Full results including details and figures as well as the JORC tables are included in the Company’s market release dated April 7, 2021 which is available for download from www.perseusmining.com, www.asx.com.au and www.sedar.com. HIGHLIGHTS Recent results from Perseus’s exploration programmes in Côte d’Ivoire, demonstrate potential for organic growth of gold inventories across its multi-mine asset portfolio, as follows:Encouraging results at Govisou, 3km from Perseus’s Yaouré Gold Mine, with wide intercepts of shallow gold mineralisation including:YRC1574: 93m @ 2.74...

Montreal Quebec, April 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Montreal, Quebec April 6, 2021 – SRG Mining Inc. (TSXV: SRG) (“SRG” or the “Company”) announced today that further to its press release dated January 26, 2021 announcing a private placement in the form of a convertible debt financing for USD$7.5M (approximately CAD$9.53M) (the “Financing”) with Sprott Private Resource Lending II (Collector), LP (“Sprott”), and the announcement of March 26, 2021 announcing the closing of the first tranche of the Financing for USD$800,000 which matured on April 2, 2021 (the “First Tranche”), the Company would like to provide a general update to the market. Considering the Company’s current working capital needs, market conditions and SRG’s bid on the assets of North American Lithium Inc. (“NAL”), Sprott has agreed to refinance the First Tranche...

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, April 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SEB Administrative Services Inc. (“SEB Admin”), a subsidiary of Smart Employee Benefits Inc. (“SEB”, TSXV:SEB), is pleased to announce it has signed a “White Label TPA” joint venture (“JV”) agreement with Gesticonnect, a leading Third-Party Administrator (“TPA”) operating in Quebec focused on emerging market companies. The JV brings a strong partnership to SEB and expands our “White Label TPA” offering in the Quebec market. Pursuant to the JV, SEB will deploy and support our FlexPlus™ suite of benefit processing solutions and services to Gesticonnect clients. The FlexPlus™ Value PropositionSEB’s FlexPlus™ suite of products and services are leading edge and proven in the enterprise market. The same leading-edge functionality, available to some of Canada’s most sophisticated...

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, 06 avr. 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SEB Administrative Services Inc. (« SEB Admin »), une filiale de Smart Employee Benefits Inc. (« SEB », TSXV:SEB), est heureuse d’annoncer qu’elle a signé une entente de coentreprise (« JV ») de “White Label TPA” avec Gesticonnect, un important administrateur tiers (« TPA ») opérant au Québec axé sur les entreprises du marché émergent. La JV apporte un important partenariat à SEB et élargit notre offre de « White Label TPA » sur le marché québécois. Dans le cadre de la JV, SEB déploiera et appuiera la suite FlexPlusMD de solutions et de services d’administration pour les clients de Gesticonnect. La proposition de valeur FlexPlusMDFlexPlusMD de SEB offre une gamme de produits et services unique à la fine pointe du progrès et qui a fait ses preuves sur le...

Icelandair Group’s traffic data continue to reflect the status of the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions in Icelandair’s markets, like in previous months. The total number of Icelandair’s passengers on international flights in March was around 7,800 decreasing by 94% from March 2020. The number of passengers to Iceland was around 4,300 and from Iceland around 3,300. The load factor was 27.7% compared to 61.9% in March 2020. It should be noted that in recent months, Icelandair has used Boeing 767 aircraft on several routes instead of Boeing 757 aircraft, in order to increase cargo capacity, which in turn negatively impacts the load factor. The total capacity was 89% less than in March last year. On-time performance was 85% in March compared to 93% the year before. The number of passengers on domestic flights was around 16,000 in...