Jubilant Pharmova (NSE:JUBLPHARMA, BOM:530019) Chief Financial Officer Arun Kumar Sharma stepped down Friday, with Ashish Mukkirwar to take on the role from the next day.
The pharmaceutical company said in a filing with the Indian bourses that the outgoing CFO moved to a new role as adviser to the chairmen.
Voting to ratify the pay deal agreement to avert an 18-day strike at Samsung Electronics (KRX:005930) started Friday, Reuters reported the same day.Samsung Electronics Labor Union was quoted as saying that 32,882 of 57,290 eligible union members have voted, while other unions such as National Samsung Electronics Union and Samsung Electronics Co. Union have voiced plans to oppose the deal.The report noted that the deal, which includes major bonuses for Samsung's memory chip workers, will need to be approved by a simple majority of eligible union members to take effect.Samsung, the shares of which fell over 2% at market close, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from.(Market Chatter news is derived from conversations with market professionals globally. This information is believed to be from reliable sources but may include rumor and speculation. Accuracy is not guaranteed.)
Pico Far East (HKG:0752) granted a little over 7.1 million share options to various directors and employees under a 2022 incentive scheme, according to a Friday filing with the Hong Kong bourse.The options are exercisable into the same number of shares in the firm at HK$2.316 apiece.Of the total, nearly 5.7 million options were granted to three executive directors, with the remaining 1.5 million offered to other employees.The firm now has 91.2 million shares available for future grant under the scheme.
BGT Group (SHE:300774) appointed Zhang Xiaomei as chief financial officer and Liu Fengshou as deputy general manager.Zhang Xiaomei served as financial controller of Zhongkui Group until April, according to a Friday filing with the Shenzhen bourse. Liu serves as general manager of BGT Group's Sixth Division.Former CFO Zhang Teng remains as director.Shares of the water treatment services provider closed 14% higher Friday.