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Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corp. will hold a special meeting of shareholders on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. The purpose of the meeting is to consider approval of two special resolutions. The first special resolution is to approve and authorize the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Nucryst, substantially on the terms provided for in the asset purchase agreement dated Nov. 10, 2009, among Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corp., Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Inc., Smith & Nephew Inc. and Smith & Nephew (Overseas) L  

PRINCETON, NJ , Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals Corp. announced today that a Special Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Monday, December 21, 2009 . The purpose of the Meeting is to consider approval of two special resolutions. The first special resolution is to approve and authorize the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of NUCRYST, substantially on the terms provided for in the asset purchase agreement dated November 10, 2009 among the NUCRYST Pharmaceutical  

Trelawney Mining and Exploration Inc. has appointed James Fairbairn to the company's board of directors. Mr. Fairbairn is a self-employed chartered accountant, consulting for public companies since 1990, and a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors. He is a current officer or director of a number of TSX Venture Exchange-listed companies.  

Former Vivendi CEO Jean-Marie Messier told a U.S. jury he "never, never, never" committed fraud as he took the stand on Friday in a civil trial pitting international shareholders against the French conglomerate and former top executives. Messier, the first defense witness in the securities fraud trial that opened six weeks ago, compared the strategy he was trying to implement for Vivendi ( VIV.PA ) between 2000 and 2002 with that of the iPhone. He said in Manhattan federal court that Vivendi was essen

Some of my management decisions turned wrong, but fraud? Never, never, never   -Jean Marie Messier

 

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/20/09 -- Yankee Hat Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: KHT) ("Yankee Hat" or the "Company"), announces that it has set its annual general meeting at Suite 1500 - 1055 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, on Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. (Vancouver time). The shareholders of the Company will be asked to approve, among other things, the ability for the directors to consolidate its common shares (the "Common Shares") on the basis of up to  

Roxmark Mines Ltd. and Ontex Resources Ltd. have entered into an amalgamation agreement in connection with their previously announced proposed merger. The two companies have also each called a special meeting of shareholders to be held on December 18, 2009 to consider the proposed merger (and, in the case of Ontex, other related matters). A joint management information circular will be mailed to Roxmark and Ontex shareholders of record as at November 16, 2009 and available under each of their profiles o  

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has settled civil fraud claims against five former SafeNet employees, including a chief executive officer who resigned in 2006 amid a stock option scandal. Former CEO Anthony A. Caputo and Chief Financial Officer Kenneth Mueller were charged via civil complaint with backdating stock options to inflate their value between 2000 and 2006. They were also accused of manipulating earnings reports with the help of former accountants Clinton Greenman, John Wilroy and  

Agilysys, Inc. AGYS , a leading provider of innovative IT solutions, announced today it will hold a special meeting of shareholders on January 5, 2010 for the purpose of considering and voting on whether to authorize MAK Capital, its largest shareholder, to increase its ownership above 20% but not to exceed one-third , of the company's outstanding shares. The Acquiring Person Statement indicates that MAK Capital does not intend, either alone or in concert with any other person, to exercise control of th  

By now, you should have received the proxy statement of USA Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") for our December 15, 2009 Annual Meeting (the "Annual Meeting"), along with a WHITE proxy card or voting instruction card. In addition, you may already have been contacted by Bradley Tirpak, a dissident shareholder, regarding our Annual Meeting, or may soon receive, proxy materials and a blue proxy card from Mr. Tirpak and Craig Thomas (the SAVE committee) (the "Dissidents"). Mr. Tirpak, who owns only 10,000 sha