News Corporation today announced it has secured additional shares in Sky Deutschland AG*, increasing its total stake in the German pay-television platform to 39.96 percent from 30.5 percent.
Neenah Paper, Inc. (NYSE:NP) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share on the company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on September 2, 2009 to stockholders of record as of close of business on August 14, 2009.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE:OI) today announced that Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Owens-Illinois, Inc., has commenced a registered exchange offer to exchange $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 7-3/8% Senior Notes due 2016 which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Exchange Notes”) for any and all of the outstanding $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 7-3/8% Senior Notes due 2016 which have not been registered under the Securities Act (the “Private Notes”).
The Institute for Graphics and Imaging (IGI)an education and training organization funded by and dedicated to the printing and graphic arts industryhas announced a two-day training course on offset press fingerprinting.
International Paper (NYSE: IP) has commenced cash tender offers to purchase a portion of its outstanding bonds as described below.
International Paper Company (NYSE:IP) today announced that it has priced $1.0 billion of 7.500% senior unsecured notes due 2021. The public offering price of the notes is 99.920%. The offering was made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement.
Apple today announced that Dr. Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, is resigning from Apple’s Board of Directors, a position he has held since August 2006.
