Day: December 30, 2021

Agreement provides valuable carbon-free energy to Northwest electric customers SPOKANE, Wash. and WENATCHEE, Wash., Dec. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avista and Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD) have finalized a contract for renewable hydropower from the PUD’s two hydro projects on the Columbia River. The 20-year contract increases Avista’s carbon-free resources toward its 2030 renewable energy goals, as well as contributes flexible capacity to identified needs in Washington and Idaho. The acquisition successfully closes out Avista’s 2020 Renewable Request for Proposals. The competitively priced contract provides Avista with 5% of the output from the PUD’s Rock Island and Rocky Reach hydropower projects from 2026 through 2030; it increases to 10% of the output from these projects in 2031-2045. “We see great value in this...

MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released a white paper examining the availability of affordable housing for renters in High Opportunity Areas, which provide residents with access to quality education, employment, health care and transportation. The research examines local land-use rules and access to high opportunity areas as defined by state Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) programs using three different markets as case studies: Chicago, IL Columbus, OH and Fairfax County, VA. The research, which is part of Freddie Mac’s Duty to Serve plan, is intended to aid the consideration of methods to increase access to high opportunity areas for low-income renters. “Only about 11% of the very limited rental housing stock in high opportunity areas is affordable to low-income renters,” said...

The Company to Participate in the 24th Annual ICR Conference IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (“Kura Sushi” or the “Company”), (NASDAQ: KRUS), a technology-enabled Japanese restaurant concept, today announced that it will host a conference call to discuss fiscal first quarter 2022 financial results on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. ET. A press release with fiscal first quarter 2022 financial results will be issued that same day after the market closes. Hosting the conference call and webcast will be Hajime “Jimmy” Uba, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Steven Benrubi, Chief Financial Officer. Interested parties may listen to the conference call via telephone by dialing 201-689-8471. A telephone replay will be available shortly after the call has concluded and can be accessed...

RIMOUSKI, Quebec, Dec. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Puma Exploration Inc. (TSXV: PUMA, OTC: PUXPF), (the “Company” or “Puma”) is pleased to announce that, further to the closing of its brokered C$5M private placement announced on December 17, 2021, it has closed a non-brokered private placement (“the Offering”) of hard dollar units (the “Units”) for total gross proceeds of C$922,200. As part of the Offering, the Company issued 2,305,500 Units at the price of C$0.40 per Unit, with each Unit comprising one common share and one-half common share purchase warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at C$0.65 per share until December 30, 2023. Two (2) Insiders of the Company acquired a total of 70,500 Units in the Offering (the “Insider Participation”),...

The sale by Skeljungur of all the shares in P/F Magn to Sp/f Orkufelagid was closed today with the payment of the purchase price. The Enterprise Value (EV) in the trade amounted in total to 12.2 billion ISK (615 million DKK, using the DKK/ISK exchange rate of 19.84). The purchase price of the shares came to 10 billion ISK (503.6 million DKK) and, as announced earlier, Skeljungur will re-invest 2.8 billion ISK (141.1 million DKK), giving the company control over a 48.3% share in Sp/f Orkufelagid following the transaction. Pursuant to the above, Skeljungur’s equity and net income will increase by 5.9 billion ISK from the company’s interim financial statement of 30 September 2021. Skeljungur hf, was advised by the corporate finance team of Kvika bank hf. in the transaction. Sp/f Orkufélagid was advised by the corporate finance team of Arion...

NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OR THROUGH U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Dec. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 1844 RESOURCES Inc. (TSX-V:EFF) (the “Company” or “1844”) is pleased to announce, further to its news release of December 14, 2021, that it has closed its non-brokered private placement (the “Private Placement”) of 2,260,000 units (the “Units”) at a price of $0.065 per Unit for gross proceeds of $146,900. Each Unit is comprised of one common share in the capital of the Company (each, a “Share”) and one-half of one non-transferable share purchase warrant (each, a “Warrant”). Each whole Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one additional Share in the capital of the Company (each, a “Warrant Share”) for a period of 18 months from the closing date at an exercise price of $0.075 per Warrant Share. Certain...

Suominen Corporation ANNOUNCEMENT 30.12.2021          Suominen Corporation: SHARE REPURCHASE 30.12.2021     In the Helsinki Stock Exchange         Trade date 30.12.2021  Bourse trade Buy  Share SUY1V  Amount 5,250 SharesAverage price/ share 5.1538 EURTotal cost 27,057.45 EUR          Suominen Corporation now holds a total of 965 984 sharesincluding the shares repurchased on 30.12.2021          On behalf of Suominen Corporation       Nordea Bank Oyj         Janne Sarvikivi Sami Huttunen       For additional information, please contact:  Toni Tamminen, CFO, Suominen Corporation  tel. +358 (0)10 214 3051         www.suominen.fi    AttachmentSuominen 30.12 trades

NEW YORK and LONDON, Dec. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Akari Therapeutics, Plc (Nasdaq: AKTX) (“Akari” or the “Company”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative therapeutics to treat orphan autoimmune and inflammatory diseases where the complement and/or leukotriene systems are implicated, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with institutional investors and accredited investors, led by existing investors of the Company, including Dr. Ray Prudo, the Company’s Chairman, to receive gross proceeds of approximately $6.0 million. In connection with the offering, the Company will issue approximately 4,310,839 registered American Depository Shares (ADSs) of Akari at a purchase price of $1.40 per ADS in a registered direct offering. Additionally, for each ADS purchased by investors, the investors will...