Day: May 4, 2022

TORONTO, May 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD)(TSX:ABX) today announced the declaration of a dividend in respect of performance for the first quarter of 2022 that incorporates an enhancement to the base dividend as a result of achieving Level III under the Company’s Performance Dividend Policy. Barrick’s Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.20 per share for the first quarter of 2022 that will be paid on June 15, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 27, 2022.1 This dividend comprises a base quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share and a performance dividend enhancement of an additional $0.10 per share. The $0.10 per share enhancement to the base quarterly dividend was achieved as a result of Barrick reporting net cash on its Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2022...

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, May 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Smart Employee Benefits Inc. (“SEB” or the “Company”) (TSXV: SEB) (OTCQB: SEBFF), an Insurtech provider of cloud based, end-to-end IT and Benefit Processing solutions for the life and group benefits marketplace and government, is pleased to announce that the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) is scheduled to be held virtually on May 31, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. (Toronto time) and that it has filed its Meeting materials in connection thereto. The record date has been set as April 25, 2022 to determine the shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Meeting. Further details concerning the virtual Meeting are included in the management information circular dated April 27, 2022 (the “Circular”) that has been filed under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com...

Bango pioneering e-distribution of leading entertainment and productivity apps CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, May 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bango (AIM: BGO, OTCQX: BGOPF), the global platform for data-driven commerce, announces an agreement with McAfee Corp., a global leader in online protection. Under the agreement, McAfee has selected Bango e-distribution technology to expand its global user base through partnerships with service providers, who will bundle and resell McAfee subscriptions, helping protect more consumers around the globe. Service providers who will benefit from this agreement include telcos, banks, health care providers, insurance companies and retailers. Bango technology improves the time-to-market through partnerships and promotions of McAfee products, removing the complexity of launching across multiple diverse...

Companies expand partnership to help meet customers’ data sovereignty and interoperability needs, and align with Gaia-X principles Paris, France and Palo Alto, Calif. USA – May 4, 2022 – Atos and VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced an extension of the companies’ strategic partnership by working to deliver an integrated set of capabilities to help speed up the development of “Data Spaces”. Data Spaces are platforms that allow for a greater exchange, collaboration, and monetisation of data between organisations or industries, independently of the underlying infrastructure, whilst enabling data sovereignty and interoperability. With the VMware and Atos collaboration effort on Data Space development, the companies plan to deliver an integrated set of capabilities that help enable data and industry applications to be used and shared more...

Awilco Drilling PLC (the Company) announces that its fully owned subsidiary Awilco Drilling Offshore (UK) Limited has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the sale of the WilPhoenix rig to Well-Safe Solutions Ltd. The agreed purchase price is USD 15.5 million. Expected time of delivery of the rig is on or around 1 June 2022. WilPhoenix is one of Awilco Drilling’s two Enhanced Pacesetter semi-submersibles and is equipped for drilling in water depths up to 1,200 ft. WilHunter, Awilco Drilling’s other semi-submersible, is in the process of being sold for recycling. Aberdeen, 4 May 2022 For further information please contact: Eric Jacobs, Interim CEOPhone: +44 1224 737900 Cathrine Haavind, Investor RelationsPhone: +47 93 42 84 64Email: ch@awilcodrilling.com This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section...

Prosafe has been awarded a contract by Petróleo Brasileiro SA (‘Petrobras’) for the provision of the Safe Notos semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil. The contract linked to the award has a firm period commitment of four (4) years and the commencement is in Q3/Q4 2022 following on from the expiry of her current mutually extended three-year contract that commenced in Q4 2016. The total value of the contract is approximately USD 110 million. The Safe Notos is a technologically advanced and efficient Dynamically Positioned (DP3) semi-submersible safety and maintenance support vessel, capable of operating in harsh environments. The Safe Notos can accommodate up to 500 persons, has extensive recreation facilities and a large capacity open deck area and telescopic gangway. When operating the vessel, Prosafe...

Company Announcement        No. 29/2022         Copenhagen, 4 May 2022 Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S – Reduction of share capital On 31 March 2022, the annual general meeting of Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (the “Company”) resolved to adopt a proposal by the Board of Directors to reduce the Company’s share capital by nominally DKK 4,500,000 from nominally DKK 97,500,000 to nominally DKK 93,000,000 by cancelling some of the Company’s treasury shares. Today the Board of Directors has resolved to complete the capital reduction, and the reduction of the share capital has been registered with the Danish Business Authority. Following the capital reduction, the Company’s share capital amounts to nominally DKK 93,000,000 divided into 93,000,000 shares of DKK 1 each. The total number of voting rights is 93,000,000. The updated...