Year: 2021

OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: WERN), a premier transportation and logistics provider, is pleased to announce the following actions approved by its Board of Directors (the “Board”) on November 9, 2021. Quarterly Dividends The Board declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 (twelve cents) per common share payable to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 3, 2022. This dividend will be paid on January 18, 2022. Werner Enterprises has paid a quarterly cash dividend to its stockholders every quarter since July 1987. Stock Repurchase Program The Board approved a new stock repurchase program under which Werner is authorized to repurchase up to 6 million shares of its common stock. Upon approval of the new program, the Board withdrew the previous stock repurchase...

ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — StealthGas Inc. (Nasdaq: GASS) (the “Company”),  a ship-owning company primarily serving the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sector of the international shipping industry, today announced that the record date for the spin-off distribution of common shares and 8.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares (“Series A Preferred Shares”) of Imperial Petroleum Inc., the newly formed subsidiary that will act as the holding company for its four tanker vessels, is November 23, 2021. StealthGas stockholders will receive one Imperial Petroleum common share and one Imperial Petroleum Series A Preferred Share for every eight shares and forty-eight shares, respectively, of StealthGas common stock owned at the close of business on November 23, 2021 (the “Record Date”). The distribution...