Month: April 2023

Icelandair and Airbus have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase of 13 Airbus A321XLR aircraft with purchase rights for additional 12 aircraft. The aircraft deliveries will start in 2029.   Icelandair, however, plans to start operating Airbus aircraft in 2025 and is currently in advanced stage of negotiations in relation to four leased Airbus A321LR for that purpose. Further additions can be expected in the years thereafter. With the acquisition of the Airbus aircraft, Icelandair will complete the replacement of the Boeing 757. The agreed purchase price of the 13 aircraft is confidential. The financing of the aircraft is yet to be determined but the Company will explore financing options closer to the delivery dates. The A321XLR and A321LR aircraft are part of the Airbus A320neo Family of narrow-body aircraft that provide...

BURNABY, British Columbia, April 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — INTERFOR CORPORATION (“Interfor” or the “Company”) (TSX: IFP) provided an update on its ongoing director succession process. The Company has updated its diversity target for its board of directors (“Board”) and commits that at least 30% of its Board members will be women by its next annual general meeting of shareholders (“AGM”) in 2024. The sole reason the Company could not revert to at least 30% women representation on its Board at the upcoming May 2023 AGM, was the unexpected unavailability of Ms. Hull for re-election, for personal reasons. For more information regarding the Company’s ongoing director succession process, which includes consideration of a broad range of diversity principles, ensuring continuity and sufficient staffing of the Board and its committees,...

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DUET Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: DUET, DUETW, DUETU) (“DUET”), a special purpose acquisition company focused on disruptive high-growth, middle market technology companies, announced today that its previously announced business combination agreement and plan of merger with Anteco Systems, S.L and certain other parties has been terminated by DUET by written notice to the other parties thereto. As a result, DUET will seek an alternative business combination. About DUET Acquisition Corp. DUET Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company, which was formed to acquire one or more businesses and assets, via a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, and reorganization. DUET was formed to effect a business combination with middle market “enabling technology”...

SANTIAGO, Chile, April 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ITAÚ CORPBANCA (NYSE: ITCB; SSE: ITAUCORP) announced today that it will release its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023, before the market opens in Santiago and in New York on Friday, April 28, 2023. On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at 11:00 A.M. Santiago time (11:00 A.M. ET), the Company’s management team will host a conference call to discuss the financial results. The call will be hosted by Gabriel Moura, Itaú Corpbanca’s Chief Executive Officer; Rodrigo Couto, Itaú Corpbanca’s Chief Financial Officer and Liliana Gonzalez Londono, Head of Corporate Strategy & Financial Planning. Conference Call Details: Online registration: https://conferencingportals.com/event/OCZyVRsO Phone registration: +1 (800) 770-2030 or +1 (647) 362-9199 International Dial-ins: https://events.q4irportal.com/custom/access/2324/ Upon...

GREELEY, Colo., April 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation (NASDAQ: PPC) announced today that it will release its first quarter of 2023 financial results after the U.S. market closes on Wednesday, April 26. The Company’s executives will review the results on a conference call and webcast on Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. MT (9:00 a.m. ET). Prepared remarks regarding the company’s financial and operational results will be followed by a question and answer period with Pilgrim’s executive management team. Investors and analysts may pre-register for the webcast to receive a unique PIN to gain immediate access to the call and bypass the live operator. Pre-registration may be completed at any time, including up to and after the call has begun, by accessing the company’s investor website at https://ir.pilgrims.com...

TORONTO, April 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Banxa Holdings Inc. (TSXV: BNXA) (OTCQX: BNXAF) (FSE: AC00) (“Banxa” or the “Company”), the leading on-and-off ramp solution for Web3, announces today that the auditor of the financial statements for fiscal year 2022 has commenced Completion Procedures. The Company anticipates final sign off and lodgement of the financial statements next week. CONTACTS Media:WachsmanEthan Lylebanxa@wachsman.com ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Per: “DOMENIC CAROSA” https://twitter.com/DomCarosaDomenic Carosa = Chairman (1-888-218-6863) Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release Forward-looking Information and Statements This...