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DIVERSIFIED ENERGY COMPANY PLC ("Diversified", or the "Company") DIVERSIFIED ENERGY COMPANY PLC (LSE:DEC, NYSE:DEC) announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme announced on 20 March 2025, the Company has purchased 11,296 Ordinary Shares of 20 Pence each in the capital of the Company (the "Shares") in the market at a volume-weighted average price of $14.3495 per Share through Mizuho Securities USA LLC (MSUSA). The Shares acquired will, in due course, be cancelled.

On 14 May 2025, the annual general meeting in Equinor ASA (OSE: EQNR, NYSE: EQNR) decided that the company's share capital shall be reduced by NOK 589,934,295 from NOK 6,981,953,075 to NOK 6,392,018,780, through cancellation and redemption of a total of 235,973,718 shares.

Due to EY non-compliance with audit partner rotation rules, Shell to update 2023 and 2024 Form 20-Fs; financial statements remain unchanged London, July 2, 2025 – Ernst & Young LLP ("EY") has advised Shell plc that, for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2024, EY was not in compliance with the SEC auditor independence rules. As a result, Shell plc will today file an amendment to its filed Form 20-Fs for those years with new US audit opinions issued by EY.

ST HELIER, Jersey, July 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc ("Caledonia" or "the Company") (NYSE AMERICAN: CMCL; AIM: CMCL; VFEX: CMCL) announces that it received notification on June 30, 2025 from BlackRock, Inc. that on June 27, 2025 it had crossed a threshold for notification of a relevant change (as defined by the AIM Rules for Companies).

Vancouver, Canada, July 2 , 2025 – TheNewswire - Electrum Discovery Corp. (" Electrum " and/or the " Company ") (TSX-V:ELY | FRA:R8N | OTC:ELDCF) is pleased to announce the results of 3D inversion modelling of ground magnetic data and to outline upcoming fieldwork plans at its Timok East Project ( " Timok East " and/or the " Project " ) in eastern Serbia.

HOBOKEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NiCE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced that Staysure, the UK's leading travel insurance provider, is accelerating its mission to become Europe's largest travel insurer by transforming its customer service operations with NiCE's AI-driven platform, CXone Mpower. This deployment reinforces Staysure's commitment to delivering seamless, personalized, and trustworthy digital travel insurance experiences. CXone Mpower was chosen through a competitive tender process for it.

Q1 results and the Corebridge VA deal both reinforce our positive outlook on Aegon. Today's newly announced share buyback further strengthens Aegon's supportive capital allocation priorities. With an unchanged 2025 outlook and a FCF yield of 8%, Aegon remains a buy.

Compounders like ServiceNow offer dependable, long-term growth through consistent revenue expansion and reinvestment at high rates of return. NOW excels as a B2B software provider and has steadily grown revenues over the past decade. As operating margins expand, we expect dilution to reverse, setting up investors for long-term appreciation tailwinds.

I downgrade Invesco Mortgage Capital to Hold, due to concerns about management's capital allocation and lack of shareholder value creation. Dividend cuts and common share dilution occurred, despite stable book value and rising distributable EPS, raising questions about management's strategy. While external factors like potential Fed rate cuts could benefit IVR, the high yield ironically poses a risk as well.

There are "more tailwinds than headwinds" in the Middle East, says Ben Powell, BlackRock's chief investment strategist for the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.