Month: May 2023

TORONTO, May 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sulliden Mining Capital Inc. (TSX: SMC) (“Sulliden” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Grant Sboros as a member of the board of directors of the Company effective immediately. Mr. Sboros’ appointment will succeed Wen Ye’s resignation from the Company’s board of directors. Grant Sboros is the Chief Executive Officer of Euro Sun Mining Inc. He previously worked as the Chief Financial Officer of Katanga Mining Limited from 2017 to 2019. From 2013 to 2017 he was DCFO of Mopani Copper Mines PLC. From 2007 until 2013 Grant was Head of Auditing as a Deloitte partner in Mozambique. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds an Honors degree in Accounting Science from the University of South Africa. Mr. Sboros has extensive mining experience in Africa in both operations and finance.  Management...

SECAUCUS, N.J., May 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freshpet, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRPT) (“Freshpet” or the “Company”) today issued the following statement in response to JANA Partners LLC’s (“JANA”) May 24, 2023 press release. Over the past nine months since JANA publicly disclosed its potential director nominees, the Company has engaged with JANA extensively to understand their perspectives and address their concerns. The Freshpet Board welcomes constructive ideas, from any source, that will drive shareholder value. Unfortunately, JANA has made clear to us that their sole purpose is to force a sale of the Company without consideration of all potential paths to value creation. Despite the difference of perspectives, the Board has attempted to reach a constructive resolution with JANA but its offers were rejected. We remain hopeful to avoid...

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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALGS), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapeutics to address unmet medical needs in liver and viral diseases, today announced that Lawrence M. Blatt, Ph.D., MBA, Chairman and CEO of Aligos, will present at the Jefferies Healthcare Conference on Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. ET. Jefferies Healthcare Conference Information:Date: Thursday, June 8, 2023Time: 8:00 to 8:25 a.m. Eastern TimePresenter: Lawrence Blatt, Ph.D., MBA, CEO of AligosWebcast: https://wsw.com/webcast/jeff281/algs/1840410A replay of the session will be available following the conference for 90-days through the Aligos investor section of the website https://investor.aligos.com/. The Aligos management team will...

This news release constitutes a “designated news release” for purposes of the Company’s prospectus supplement dated August 16, 2021, to its short form base shelf prospectus dated August 12, 2021. TORONTO, Ontario and BROSSARD, Québec, May 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitfarms Ltd. (“Bitfarms” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BITF//TSX: BITF), a global vertically integrated Bitcoin mining company, today announces the results of its annual general and special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”), held virtually on May 24, 2023. A total of 72,262,470 common shares, representing 30.08% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company were represented at the Meeting. Based on the proxies received and the votes cast at the Meeting, six directors (the “Directors”) were elected for the ensuing year. The following is a tabulation...

New generative AI platform brings faster and meaningful business outcomes, is security and privacy compliant is cloud native and integrates seamlessly with business workflows The platform combines EXL’s AI capabilities and deep industry knowledge to help clients improve productivity, unlock new insights, deliver growth and create hyper-personalized customer experiences EXL to launch center of excellence to build an expert generative AI team of more than 1,500 specialists EXL to host virtual event to demonstrate its generative AI solution set and discuss real-world use cases for enterprises, with a leading AI services analyst NEW YORK, May 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EXL [NASDAQ: EXLS], a leading data analytics and digital operations and solutions company, announced the launch of its generative AI platform, a portfolio of solutions...

TORONTO, May 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX: WDO) (the “Company”) announces the results of the Company’s 2023 Annual General Meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) held today. A replay of the Meeting is available on the Company’s website. A total of 85,770,837 common shares were represented at the Meeting, representing 58.14% of the total issued and outstanding common shares of the Company. All matters presented for shareholder approval at the Meeting were approved, as follows:  a) Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as auditors of the Company for the ensuing year and authorizing the directors to fix their remuneration;       b) Election of the directors of the Company for the ensuing year; and       c) Approval of an advisory non-binding resolution accepting the approach to executive compensation...

London, May 24, 2023 CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) announces that it has commenced the fourth $50 million tranche (the “Fourth Tranche”) of its $300 million share buyback program previously announced on July 29, 2022 (the “Program”). The Company completed transactions May 15, 2023 through May 17, 2023, reported in aggregate, based on automatic orders placed with the Company’s broker (who has made its trading decisions as to the timing of the purchases independently of the Company and on the basis of instructions given before the commencement of the Company’s closed period under the applicable regulations) as set forth in the table below.Date Number of common shares purchased Average priceper shareexcluding fees Considerationexcluding fees Consideration (*)excluding fees    (€) (€) ($)May 15, 2023 191,000 12.8875 2,461,512.50 2,677,141.00May...