Day: March 29, 2022

Caligan Partners to Vote “FOR” Casdin and Viking Transaction and All Other Fluidigm Proposals at the Special Meeting to be Reconvened on April 1, 2022 Fluidigm Board to Appoint Frank Witney, a Director Candidate Recommended by Caligan, if Casdin and Viking Transaction Closes Company Urges ALL Stockholders to Vote “FOR” the Proposals at the Special Meeting SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fluidigm Corporation (Nasdaq:FLDM) today announced that it has entered into a support agreement with Caligan Partners LP (“Caligan”), Fluidigm’s current largest holder of common stock, under which Caligan has agreed to vote “FOR” all Fluidigm proposals related to the proposed strategic capital infusion transaction with Casdin Capital, LLC (“Casdin”) and Viking Global Investors LP (“Viking”) at Fluidigm’s...

Dallas, Texas, March 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Puration, Inc. (OTC Pink: PURA) management today highlighted the potential benefits to the company in the event marijuana was legalized federally. The House is expected to vote this week on legalization: House poised to pass bill legalizing marijuana Under its new Farmersville Hemp Brand, PURA is working to introduce hemp as a multi-industry disruptor that can be a base of a better product or service, contributing notably to the 2050 sustainability objectives. PURA recently announced a strategy targeted at disrupting the $600 billion global lumber market and the $200 billion steel rebar market. PURA management emphasizes that investment and financing for companies in the cannabis sector, hemp or marijuana, is complicated by the current federal prohibition of cannabis.  Legalization...

ATHENS, Greece, March 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), (the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, today announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has taken delivery of the m/v Florida, a 2022 Japanese new-building Capesize dry bulk vessel that the Company entered into an agreement to purchase in December 2021. As previously announced, the Company, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, simultaneously entered into a sale and leaseback agreement with an unaffiliated Japanese third party for the m/v Florida. As part of the agreement, the Company will bareboat charter-in the vessel for a period of ten years at US$13,500 per day. The charter commenced earlier today. Currently, the m/v Florida is time chartered...

Dallas, Texas, March 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — North American Cannabis Holdings, Inc. (OTC Pink: USMJ) today published a shareholder update with details on the company’s plans for adding $20 million in sales on top of the company’s growing sales from its expanding ecommerce business.  The update from CEO Steven Rash is included in its entirety below: Dear Shareholders: USMJ’s launch into 2022 following the business refresh organized at the end of last year has gone better than we could have imagined.  Our relaunch of the EVERx CBD Sports Nutrition Beverage acquired from Puration, Inc. (OTC Pink: PURA) has us taking measure of our original sales forecasts as we now see an even bigger opportunity, and New York’s new adult use marijuana law is a welcome and potentially game changing surprise. Adult Use Marijuana Business Development In...