On Friday, AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS)’s shares declined -3.45% to $4.76.
On April 15, AK Steel Holding Corporation (AKS) said that David C. Horn, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, and Secretary has elected to retire from the company effective May 31, 2015.
James L. Wainscott, Chairman, President and CEO of AK Steel commented, “As a valued member of our executive administration team for more than a decade, Dave has offered outstanding leadership and guidance to the company. Dave is an exceptional attorney and businessman who, over the years, has assisted immensely in the development and execution of our company’s strategy and succession plans. AK Steel has greatly benefitted from his many talents in leading in the company’s legal, environmental, labor relations, human resources, communications, and public and governmental relations functions. In addition, Dave has done a marvelous job in service to our Board of Directors. On behalf of AK Steel’s Board of Directors, Executive Officers and all of us at the company, we thank Dave for his dedicated service to AK Steel and wish him the very best in his retirement.”
AK Steel said that, following his retirement, Mr. Horn’s responsibilities will be assumed by the following executive officers who will report directly to Mr. Wainscott:
- Joseph C. Alter, Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer will continue in his current role with responsibility for all legal matters at the company, not including labor and litigation. He will also continue to serve as counsel to the CEO and Board of Directors, have responsibility for environmental affairs, and serve as the company’s Chief Compliance Officer. He will add responsibility as Corporate Secretary.
- Renee S. Filiatraut, Vice President, Litigation, Labor and External Affairs will continue in her current role with responsibility for managing the company’s litigation, in addition to labor, corporate communications, public relations and government affairs activities, oversight of the AK Steel Foundation, and oversight of the company’s suspended insurance businesses.
- Stephanie S. Bisselberg, Vice President, Human Resources, will continue in her current role with responsibility for human resources and employee benefits.
AK Steel Holding Corporation, through its partner, AK Steel Corporation, produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel, and tubular products in the United States and internationally. It produces flat-rolled value-added carbon steels, counting coated, cold-rolled, and hot-rolled carbon steel products; and specialty stainless and electrical steels in sheet and strip forms.
Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE)’s shares dropped -3.44% to $30.01, during the last trading session on Friday.
On April 13, Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton recently named Sanford Panitch as President of International Film & Television. Panitch comes to SPE after serving as president of Fox International Productions, a division of 20th Century Fox.
“Sanford is a talented and planned senior executive with an exceptional career working with a wide range of international productions and talent,” said Lynton. “There is tremendous growth potential in the international and local language markets, and we are thrilled to have someone with Sanford’s experience join our team.”
As President of International Film & Television, Panitch will report directly to Lynton. He will oversee global film and television co-productions in addition to local language film and television productions. In international television, he will coordinate with Andrea Wong, President of International Production, Sony Pictures Television, who will continue with all her responsibilities supervising international television production.
Panitch joins SPE following a successful tenure at Fox. As the founding president of Fox International Productions, he oversaw all local production activities in 12 territories around the globe in Latin America, Europe, India and China. Fox International Productions is considered the most successful international film production division in the industry grossing more than $900M in global box office since its inception six years ago. Before establishing the division, Panitch served as President of Filmed Entertainment at New Regency and Executive Vice President of Production at 20th Century Fox.
Sony Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electronic equipment, instruments, and devices for consumer, professional, and industrial markets worldwide. It offers LCD televisions; home audio, Blu-ray disc players and recorders, and memory-based audio devices; compact digital, home-use video, and interchangeable single-lens cameras; and personal computers. The company also develops, produces, markets, and distributes PlayStation4, PlayStation3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 2 hardware and related software.
At the end of Friday’s trade, Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM)‘s shares dipped -3.44% to $10.67.
On April 09, Iridium Communications Inc. will host a conference call on Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to talk about the Company’s first-quarter 2015 financial results. In advance of the call on April 30, 2015, Iridium will issue its first-quarter 2015 earnings press release, which will be accessible at http://www.iridium.com.
Iridium Communications Inc. provides mobile voice and data communications services through satellite to businesses, the U.S. and foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, and consumers worldwide. It offers postpaid mobile voice and data satellite communications services; prepaid mobile voice satellite communications services; broadband data services; and machine-to-machine services for sending and receiving data from fixed and mobile assets in remote locations to a central monitoring station.
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