NEW YORK, May 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mr. Leonard Schutzman, Chairman and Chief Executive of Arbitrade, a leading coin/cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the appointment of three new independent directors to Arbitrade's board together with two key executive appointments. Mr. Brent M. Longnecker will serve as Chairman of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Longnecker has more than ...

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediXall Group Inc., (OTCQB: MDXL), a technology and innovation-driven organization structured to bring effective change to the U.S. Healthcare Industry, today announced the appointment of Dr. Christopher Metzler as a non-executive director...

EVANSVILLE, Ind., May 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Old National Bancorp (NASDAQ: ONB ) announced the election of Ryan C. Kitchell, 44, and Thomas E. Salmon, 54, to its Corporate Board of Directors. Ryan Kitchell serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Indiana University Health where he previously served as Chief Financial Officer since 2012...

HOUSTON, April 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Whitestone REIT (NYSE: WSR) (“Whitestone” or the “Company”) announced today that its Board of Trustees and management team has sent a letter to shareholders in connection with Whitestone’s upcoming 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 17, 2018...

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX: WEF ) (“Western” or the “Company”) announced today that Mr. Barrie Shineton will not be standing for re-election as a director at Western’s Annual and Special Meeting on May 3, 2018, and that Ms. Suzanne Blanchet has been proposed as a nominee for election to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). “On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Mr. Shineton for his ...

Dean Mary C. Boyce has accepted an appointment to the Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR ) Board of Directors...

TREVOSE, Pa., StoneMor Partners L.P. (NYSE: STON ) (“StoneMor” or the “Partnership”), a leading owner and operator of cemeteries and funeral homes, today announced that Allen Freedman and Howard Carver are retiring from the Board of Directors of its General Partner, StoneMor Partners GP LLC, effective April 2, 2018, and that Patricia D. Wellenbach and Stephen J. Negrotti have been appointed to succeed them. StoneMor also announced that Ms. Wellenbach and Mr. Negrotti are expected ...

 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Activist retirees at Verizon (NYSE: VZ ) are seeking to hold corporate leaders more accountable with two proxy proposals on this year’s ballot: one to claw back earnings from executives whose conduct harms shareholders and another prohibiting above-market earnings for senior executives on certain retirement and deferred income accounts. Proposals by the 134,000-member Association of BellTel Retirees, ( www.BellTelRetirees.Org ) have forced the telecom giant to ...

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Westport Fuel Systems Inc. (" Westport Fuel Systems ") (TSX: WPRT ) (Nasdaq: WPRT ) today announced Michele Buchignani has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors, effective March 16, 2018...

PETALUMA, Calif., March 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX ), today announced the addition of veteran investor J. Daniel Plants to the company's Board of Directors. Mr. Plants brings a wealth of experience as a successful investor, director and advisor to many public companies...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., March 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. (NYSE: AHH ) today announced that its Board of Directors unanimously approved and adopted the following corporate governance enhancements: Majority Voting Standard in Uncontested Director Elections – In an uncontested election, each director nominee is now required to receive a majority of the votes cast in order to be elected to the Board. For contested elections, directors will continue to be elected by a plurality of the votes cast. Stockholder Right to ...

Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID) ("Avid" or the "Company"), a leading global media technology provider for the creation, distribution and monetization of media assets for global media organizations, enterprise users and individual creative professionals, today announced that it would add a new independent director, Daniel B. Silvers, Managing Member of Matthews Lane Capital Partners LLC, to the Company’s Board of Directors. The Board is expected to elect Mr. Silvers at its next regularly scheduled meeting on March 8 ...

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- D-BOX Technologies Inc. (TSX: DBO ), the world leader in immersive entertainment experiences, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jean-René Halde as Chairman of the Board of Directors...

PRA Group Announces Changes to Board of Directors. PRA Group (Nasdaq: PRAA ), a global leader in acquiring and collecting nonperforming loans, announced today that Marjorie (Marge) Connelly was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors effective January 1, 2018. Connelly was previously a member of the PRA Group Board and has almost 30 years of experience in financial services.

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- iFresh Inc. (NASDAQ: IFMK ) (“iFresh” or the “Company”), a leading Asian American grocery supermarket chain and online grocer, announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Adam (Xin) He as a new director, effective immediately. Mr...

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Self Storage, Inc. (NASDAQ: SELF ), a real estate investment trust that owns and operates self storage facilities, announced today that Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), a leading independent proxy advisory firm, has supported the company’s following proposals to: elect William C. Zachary as Class I director (Proposal 1); approve the company's 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (Proposal 2); approve the amendment and restatement of the company's ...

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Neuralstem, Inc. (Nasdaq: CUR ), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for nervous system diseases, today announced that Zhang Zhuo and Cristina Csimma, PharmD, MHP, have been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective September 18, 2017...

Calian Group Ltd. (TSX: CGY ) is pleased to announce the appointment of Young Park to Calian’s Board of Directors effective September 1, 2017. Ms. Park is an accomplished C-level executive who provides a unique combination of extensive business and technology transformations, corporate governance, and risk management experience...

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Novan, Inc. (“the Company” or “Novan”) (NASDAQ: NOVN ) today announced that Paula Brown Stafford has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately...

LIVERMORE, Calif., July 31, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ: MGRC ) (the “Company”), a diversified business to business rental company, today announced the retirement of Director Robert Hood from the Board of Directors...

July 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Total pay for outside directors at the nation’s largest corporations increased by a modest 2% in 2016, driven by increases in both cash and stock compensation, according to a new analysis by Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW ), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company. The study also found of all pay elements in a ...

PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. (OTCQB:PMCB), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing targeted therapies for cancer and diabetes using its signature live-cell encapsulation technology, Cell-in-a-Box ® , today announced the appointment of Dr. Michael M. Abecassis to its Board of Directors...

IDEX: Grant and exercise of incentive subscription rights; shares as board remuneration May 15, 2017 02:00 ET | Source: Idex ASA Grant of incentive subscription rights The board of directors of IDEX ASA resolved on 12 May 2017 to issue 1,375,000 subscription rights to new employees and individual contractors in the company. The grant was made under the 2017 incentive subscription rights plan as resolved at the annual general meeting on 12 May 2017.

Riverview Bancorp Announces Director Retirement and Appointment of New Director April 28, 2017 17:29 ET | Source: Riverview Bancorp, Inc. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Riverview Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVSB ) (the “Company”), and its wholly owned subsidiary, Riverview Community Bank (the “Bank”), today announced the retirement of Michael D. Allen as a director of the Company and the Bank.