Sentences with phrase «of common stocks»

«During the latter stage of the bull market culminating in 1929, the public acquired a completely different attitude towards the investment merits of common stocks... Why did the investing public turn its attention from dividends, from asset values, and from average earnings to transfer it almost exclusively to the earnings trend, i.e. to the changes in earnings expected in the future?

For whatever reason, most investors aren't wired to think of common stocks like they do office buildings or high - quality furniture, which they understand has utility for more than one lifetime.

Maintain a diversified portfolio of common stocks in some form as long as business conditions are favorable; corporations are able to maintain and increase their earnings; and employment rates are high.

Even as you approach retirement, it still pays to maintain a significant portion of common stocks in your portfolio.

The index consists of common stocks listed on well - developed exchanges across the globe.

It is not unusual for me to hear from retired readers who lament the fact that they didn't maintain a significant portion of their assets in some form of common stocks.

Another trend uncovered by the report is the creation of two different classes of common stock.

HOUSTON, April 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLCM) a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing cellular immunotherapies for cancers and orphan inherited blood disorders, today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 9,200,000 shares of its common stock, including 1,200,000 shares sold pursuant to the underwriters» full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares, at a public offering price of $ 7.50 per share.

«Finally, due to the recent tax reform, we raised Ryder's quarterly cash dividend to $ 0.52 per share of common stock, an increase of 13 % from the amount Ryder had been paying quarterly since July of 2017.»

«Berkshire does not have any present intention to acquire additional shares of common stock of Wells Fargo,» said the filing.

The Stock Repurchase Program does not obligate us to acquire any particular amount of common stock, and the Stock Repurchase Program may be suspended or discontinued at any time at our discretion.

From the inception of our Stock Repurchase Program through April 27, 2018, we repurchased approximately 23.7 million shares of our common stock at an aggregate market value of approximately $ 1.5 billion.

«However, Berkshire routinely assesses market conditions and may decide to purchase additional shares of common stock of Wells Fargo based on its evaluation of the investment opportunity presented by such purchases.»

Shareholders approved the sale, which paid them $ 13.65 in cash for each share of common stock, a 37 % premium over the recent average closing price.

McDermott has served the energy industry since 1923, and shares of its common stock are listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

The firm's plan also includes an up to $ 11.5 billion of common stock repurchases, compared to $ 8.3 billion in share repurchases in the four quarters ended in the first quarter of 2017.

It's a bit like Mark Zuckerberg funding the early days of Facebook by offering you credit for free likes instead of common stock.

FOSTER CITY, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that the company's Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $ 0.57 per share of common stock for the second quarter of 2018.

The preferred stock was sold at roughly the same price of its common stock.

The firm's investigation seeks to determine, among other things, whether the Company's Board of Directors failed to satisfy their duties to shareholders, including whether the Board adequately pursued alternatives to the acquisition and whether the Board obtained the best price possible for the Company's shares of common stock.

The company repurchased 1.6 million shares of common stock for $ 24.3 million during the first quarter under the company's $ 300 million share buyback program.

On Thursday, the company announced it is raising $ 100 million through the sale of common stock, which it will use to repurchase shares from one of its founders and to provide liquidity for early employees.

Under the agreement, Dicerna said it will pay Alnylam $ 2 million up - front plus 983,208 shares of its common stock.

HOUSTON, April 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLCM), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing cellular immunotherapies for cancers and orphan inherited blood disorders, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 8,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $ 7.50 per share.

HOUSTON, April 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLCM), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing cellular immunotherapies for cancers and orphan inherited blood disorders, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of 7,000,000 shares of its common stock.

On April 25th, 2018, Globalstar announced that it has signed a merger agreement with Thermo Acquisitions, Inc., pursuant to which the following assets will be combined with the former: metro fiber provider FiberLight, LLC; 15.5 million shares of common stock of CenturyLink, Inc.; $ 100 million of cash and minority investments in complementary businesses and assets of $ 25 million in exchange for Globalstar's common stock valued at approximately $ 1.65 billion, subject to adjustments.

Bellicum expects to grant the underwriters of the offering a 30 - day option to purchase up to an additional 1,050,000 shares of its common stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions.

Pursuant to the offering, Centene granted the underwriters an option to purchase from the Company up to an additional $ 260 million in shares of common stock.

During the first quarter, the Company repurchased 56.4 million shares of common stock at a total cost of $ 10.8 billion.

PITTSBURGH & CHICAGO --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Board of Directors of The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ: KHC) today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $ 0.625 per share of common stock payable on June 15, 2018, to stockholders of record as of May 18, 2018.

Intercept Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of Upsized $ 250 Million Public Offering and Concurrent Private Placement of Common Stock

He took his flagship Trump Plaza Casino public, offering 10 million shares of common stock at an estimated price of $ 14 per share.

Early last year, Martin competed in Jet's «Insiders» referral program, ultimately spending about $ 18,000 to cinch himself the top prize of 100,000 shares of common stock.

Heinz shareholders will receive $ 72.50 in cash for each share of common stock they own.

These anti-takeover provisions could substantially impede the ability of public stockholders to benefit from a change in control or to change our management and Board of Directors and, as a result, may adversely affect the market price of our common stock and your ability to realize any potential change of control premium.

Pursuant to rules of the Ontario Securities Commission, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers and the Universal Market Integrity Rules for Canadian Marketplaces, the underwriters may not, throughout the period of distribution, bid for or purchase shares of our common stock except in accordance with certain permitted transactions, including market stabilization and passive market making activities.

As a result of these and other factors, the price of our common stock may decline, possibly materially.

The market price of our common stock may fluctuate or decline significantly in the future.

The number of shares of our common stock to be issued in connection with our corporate reorganization and upon exchange of the exchangeable shares of Lulu Canadian Holding, Inc. depends in part on the initial offering price and the date of our corporate reorganization.

Accordingly, if an active trading market for our common stock does not develop or is not sustained, the liquidity of our common stock, your ability to sell your shares of common stock when desired and the prices that you may obtain for your shares of common stock will be adversely affected.

Upon liquidation, holders of such debt securities and preferred shares, if issued, and lenders with respect to other borrowings would receive a distribution of our available assets prior to the holders of our common stock.

Following completion of this offering, the Principal Stockholders will control more than 50 % of the combined voting power of our common stock, so under current listing standards, we would qualify as a «controlled company» and accordingly, will be exempt from requirements to have a majority of independent directors, a fully independent nominating and corporate governance committee and a fully independent compensation committee.

If a market does not develop or is not sustained, it may be difficult for you to sell your shares of common stock at an attractive price or at all.

Even if an active trading market develops, the market price of our common stock may be highly volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations.

The initial public offering price of our common stock has been determined by negotiation between us and the representatives of the underwriters based on a number of factors and may not be indicative of prices that will prevail in the open market following completion of this offering.

However, the creditors still get the short end of the financial stick: the face value of the common stock to be received will almost certainly be less than the face value of the original debt.

Some of the factors that could negatively affect our share price or result in fluctuations in the price or trading volume of our common stock include:

Among the factors to be considered in determining the initial public offering price of the shares of common stock, in addition to prevailing market conditions, will be our company's historical performance, estimates of the business potential and earnings prospects of our company, an assessment of our company's management and the consideration of the above factors in relation to market valuation of companies in related businesses.

If you purchase shares of our common stock in this offering, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution of $ in the net tangible book value per share, assuming an initial public offering price of $ per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus).

Preferred shares, if issued, could have a preference with respect to liquidating distributions or a preference with respect to dividend payments that could limit our ability to pay dividends to the holders of our common stock.