Blockchain specialist OIO (SGX:KUX) issued and allotted more than 1 million shares to its executive chairman, Yusaku Mishima, as part of its performance share plan, according to a Tuesday filing with the Singapore Exchange.
The shares were issued following the satisfaction of the time-based service condition by Mishima.
The new shares are expected to be listed and quoted on June 4, the filing added.
Taiwan's financial regulator has approved the replacement of Chang Hwa Commercial Bank (TPE:2801) chief internal auditor, effective Wednesday, according to a Tuesday Taiwan Exchange filing.Shares gained about 2% in Wednesday's late morming trade.Shu-Ming Lin, currently senior vice president and head of the Credit Management Division, will succeed Yu-Chin Fan as chief auditor.
EPack Prefab Technologies (NSE:EPACKPEB, BOM:544540) has secured a purchase order worth 1.65 billion Indian rupees from an undisclosed client for pre-engineered building works, according to a filing to the Indian stock exchanges on Tuesday.The contract covers the design, fabrication, manufacturing, and supply of cells and modules, including their erection.The project is expected to be completed in four months.
BHP Group (ASX:BHP) is working with the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation on a pilot project to evaluate how biofuels from multiple feedstocks can be blended and utilized through existing used cooking oil bunkering infrastructure, the company said Wednesday.As part of the project, the partners blended biofuels from used cooking oil and waste animal fats, and introduced the lower-emissions marine fuel into a BHP-chartered bulk carrier.Biofuels for global shipping depend heavily on used cooking oil, but the feedstock's availability is nearing its projected limits. Biofuel from waste animal fats, meanwhile, offers a "promising option to expand the supply of lower-emissions marine fuels," BHP said.The results of the pilot project will help address challenges linked to fuel quality, handling, traceability, and onboard vessel performance, the company added.BHP shares gained 2% in recent Wednesday trade.