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Complete Incompetence at the Board Level Results in Fire Sale of Treasured MediPharm Asset, the Hope Facility, to a Competitor

NEW YORK, June 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Halper Sadeh LLC, an investor rights law firm, is investigating whether the sale of Provident Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PVBC) to NB Bancorp, Inc. is fair to Provident shareholders. Under the terms of the proposed transaction, Provident shareholders will receive for each share of Provident common stock, at the holder’s election, either (i) 0.691 shares of NB Bancorp common stock or (ii) $13.00 in cash.

BROOKFIELD, NEWS, June 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield Corporation (“Brookfield”) (NYSE: BN, TSX: BN) today announced that all eight nominees proposed for election to the board of directors by holders of Class A Limited Voting Shares (“Class A Shares”) and all eight nominees proposed for election to the board of directors by the holder of Class B Limited Voting Shares (“Class B Shares”) were elected at the company’s Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held on June 6, 2025 in a virtual meeting format. Detailed results of the vote for the election of directors are set out below.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and SAN DIEGO, June 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ORIC), a clinical stage oncology company focused on developing treatments that address mechanisms of therapeutic resistance, today announced that on June 2, 2025 (the “Grant Date”), ORIC granted a total of 39,100 non-qualified stock options and 6,500 restricted stock units to three new non-executive employees who began their employment with ORIC in May 2025.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opendoor Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: OPEN) (the “Company,” “Opendoor,” “we,” “our” or “us”), a leading e-commerce platform for residential real estate transactions, filed a preliminary proxy statement. The proxy statement was furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by Opendoor’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) for use at the Company’s Special Meeting of Stockholders to be held on Monday, July 28, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 89bio, Inc. (the “Company” or “89bio”) (Nasdaq: ETNB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for the treatment of liver and cardiometabolic diseases, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the grant of non-qualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 61,100 shares of the Company’s common stock to three new employees (the “Inducement Grants”) on June 3, 2025 (the “Grant Date”). The Inducement Grants have been granted pursuant to the Company’s 2023 Inducement Plan (the “Plan”). The Inducement Grants were granted as an inducement material to these individuals entering into employment with 89bio in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

WOBURN, Mass., June 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Replimune Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: REPL), a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of novel oncolytic immunotherapies, today announced the grant of inducement equity awards to newly hired non-executive employees.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., June 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQT), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing meaningful innovations in immuno-dermatology, today reported the grant of an aggregate of 72,000 restricted stock units of Arcutis’ common stock to nine newly hired employees. These awards were approved by the Compensation Committee of Arcutis’ Board of Directors and granted under the Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. 2022 Inducement Plan, with a grant date of June 2, 2025, as an inducement material to the new employees entering into employment with Arcutis, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).