Month: August 2021

VASCEPA found in prespecified and post hoc analyses to reduce first and total primary endpoints by 26% and 35%, respectively, in patients with prior Myocardial Infarction DUBLIN, Ireland and BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Aug. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ:AMRN) today announced that data adding to the growing body of knowledge on VASCEPA®/VAZKEPA (icosapent ethyl) in patients with prior heart attack, known as myocardial infarction (MI), at risk for major adverse cardiovascular events were delivered in a Late Breaking Science Presentation at ESC Congress 2021, organized by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), taking place virtually from August 27 – August 30, 2021. The presentation titled, “Reduction in Ischemic Events, Including Cardiovascular Mortality, with Icosapent Ethyl in Patients with Prior Myocardial...

Monday, August 23, 2021, SAINT HELIER, Jersey – CoinShares International Limited, (“the Company”) (Nasdaq First North Growth Market: CS), Europe’s largest digital asset investment firm, hereby makes public the following information received from persons discharging managerial responsibilities in the Company and/or persons closely related with them. On Friday, August 20, 2021 Mr. Daniel Masters, the Chairman of the Company purchased 62,969 shares via open market purchases.  Name Holdings before transaction, (no. of shares) Transaction, (no. of shares) Holdings after transaction, (no. of shares)Mr. Daniel Masters (Purchase) 15,070,046 62,969 15,133,015  About CoinShares CoinShares is Europe’s largest digital asset investment firm, managing over US$4 billion of assets on...

Downing ONE VCT plcLEI: 213800R88MRC4Y3OIW86Net Asset Values23 August 2021 Downing ONE VCT plc announces that its unaudited Net Asset Value as at 30 June 2021 and 31 July 2021 were 60.6p per share and 61.0p per share respectively. The unaudited investment portfolio and net assets as at 31 July 2021 are summarised as follows:18 largest investments (by value) Valuation£’000 % of net assets by value1 Tracsis plc* 7,475 6.9%2 Downing Care Homes Holdings Limited 5,648 5.2%3 Doneloans Limited 4,595 4.2%4 Anpario plc* 4,206 3.9%5 Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust plc** 3,710 3.4%6 Baron House Developments LLP 3,234 3.0%7 Carbice Corporation 2,816 2.6%8 StorageOS Inc 2,773 2.5%9 E-Fundamentals (Group) Limited 2,760 2.5%10 Harrogate Street LLP 2,113 1.9%11 Pilgrim Trading Limited 2,079 1.9%12 Hummingbird...

HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, China and FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Aug. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HUTCHMED (China) Limited (“HUTCHMED”) (Nasdaq/AIM: HCM; HKEX: 13) today announces that HUTCHMED has been selected as a constituent stock of several indexes administered by Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited (“Hang Seng”), including the Hang Seng Composite Index, in accordance with the latest index series release by Hang Seng, with effect from Monday, September 6, 2021. The Hang Seng Composite Index offers a comprehensive Hong Kong market benchmark that covers about the top 95th percentile of the total market capitalization of companies listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. HUTCHMED has also been selected for six other indexes of Hong Kong-listed stocks, including the Hang Seng Healthcare Index and the Hang Seng Hong...

MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY The most difficult year in the history of the group is over. We were attacked from three fronts: from one side, corona crises, caused a situation of drastic drop in prices and demand for fish products, causing drop in gross margin and sales. Secondly, we entered the crisis with very high leverage due to recent acquisitions and were forced by banks to reduce aggressively our loan portfolio. Third, our now-ex management in Finnish unit did not want and could not react to market changes, whereby we accumulated problems there with long-term effect. Dealing with all three criseses simulteanously increased significantly our loss, as we were forced to take decisions, that would have not happened under normal circumstances. As a result of all this group’s sales decreased by 25% to 58,7 million euros ( 78,7 million euros yoy). As...

OTTAWA, Aug. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Leonovus Inc., (“Leonovus”) (TSXV: LTV) announces the filing of its unaudited Interim Financial Statements and Management Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. Our MD&A contains a comprehensive discussion of Leonovus’ financial position and results of operations and is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Amounts are in Canadian dollars. The Company closed a $3.44 million marketed short form prospectus offering on May 2, 2021. These funds supported hiring additional sales staff and software developers and funding new marketing and product initiatives.   “As noted in previous communications, our sales strategy focuses on the Canadian federal government (“GOC”) as the anchor set of customers. We are three years into this strategy, and the number of...

The board of directors of IDEX Biometrics ASA has resolved to issue in total 365,280 ordinary shares at average price NOK 0.93 per share to employees who have exercised incentive subscription rights. The incentive subscription rights were issued under the company’s 2019 and 2020 incentive subscription rights plans, which plans were approved by the annual general meeting on 9 May 2019 and 12 May 2020 respectively. The employees have paid the subscription amount to the company. Following the issue, the company’s share capital will be NOK 137,789,098.50 divided into 918,593,990 shares each with a nominal value of NOK 0.15. Following the exercise, there are 67,404,982 incentive subscription rights outstanding. For further information contact:Marianne Bøe, Investor RelationsE-mail: marianne.boe@idexbiometrics.comTel: + 47 918 00186 About...

Network operations initiatives include preparedness for potential commercial power outages and flooding. The Verizon Response Team (VRT) stands at the ready 24/7 year-round to support first responders. NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As Hurricane Henri approaches the Northeast coast, Verizon continues to prepare for potential flooding and commercial outages that may accompany the storm – potentially the first storm of this magnitude to make landfall in this area in years. Engineers are topping off generators and trucks with fuel, staging emergency assets outside of the storm’s projected path, readying mobile network assets for rapid deployment, and activating response teams to keep customers and first-responders connected. Especially in the context of natural disasters, having reliable connectivity and a personal communications...