NZX (NZE:NZX) appointed Deputy Chief Financial Officer Amy Trotman as acting CFO, effective immediately, according to a Wednesday filing with the New Zealand bourse.
Trotman's appointment comes after Chief Financial and Corporate Officer Graham Law assumed the role of acting chief executive on May 1, the filing added.
Suncorp Group (ASX:SUN) launched an offering of Australian dollar-denominated wholesale Tier 2 subordinated notes due 2037, expected to be priced on Wednesday, according to a same-day filing with the Australian bourse.The company expects to use the proceeds to fund Tier 2 capital within the Suncorp group and for general funding purposes, per the filing.The notes will be offered to institutional and wholesale investors at a minimum subscription amount of AU$500,000, with no right for holders to seek early redemption.
Aristocrat Leisure (ASX:ALL) reported Wednesday fiscal first-half adjusted earnings of AU$1.29 per share, up from AU$1.163 a year earlier.Analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of AU$1.29.Revenue for the six months ended March 31 was AU$3.03 billion, unchanged from a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected AU$3.08 billion.The board declared an interim dividend of AU$0.50 per share, up from AU$0.44 a year earlier, payable July 1 to shareholders on record as of May 26. It also approved an increase of AU$1 billion in the company's share buyback program and an extension through May 12, 2027.
Arafura Rare Earths (ASX:ARU) unit Arafura Nolans Project signed a binding offtake term sheet with Traxys North America to supply 500 tonnes per annum of NdPr oxide, according to a Wednesday filing with the Australian bourse.The agreement is separate from a previous deal with Traxys Europe, and its pricing will be based on an independent global seaborne index, per the filing.It has a five-year term, with an option to extend by two years, and also includes an annual contract volume of 7.5 tonnes of DyTb oxide.The supply will support the onshoring of domestic manufacturing across automotive, defense, and advanced technologies sectors in the US, the company said.