NW Natural (NWN) announced that NW Natural Gas Storage has entered into an agreement to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary Gill Ranch Storage to SENSA Holdings, an investment partnership led by eCorp Storage. Gill Ranch Storage owns a 75% undivided interest in the Gill Ranch facility, located outside of Fresno, California, amounting to approximately 15 Bcf of underground natural gas storage capacity. The remaining interest in the facility is owned by Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG). The transaction follows a comprehensive review process that concluded Gill Ranch was no longer core to the company's strategy. NW Natural Gas Storage will continue to provide management services to the Gill Ranch facility for up to 18 months after the transaction closes under a transition services agreement. All Gill Ranch facility personnel are expected to remain in their current capacity. The sale is subject to certain closing conditions, including approval by the California Public Utility Commission, a right of first refusal that can be exercised by PG&E until August 4, 2018, and other usual and customary closing conditions. The sale is expected to be final in 2019.

In a regulatory filing, O'Reilly Automotive director Lawrence P. O'Reilly disclosed the sale of 19,250 common shares of the company at a price of $284.18 per share.

South Jersey Industries announced that New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approval has been granted to complete the acquisition of New Jersey-based Elizabethtown Gas from Pivotal Utilities Inc., a subsidiary of Southern Company Gas. The company previously announced on June 1 that it had received the needed state regulatory approvals in Maryland that would allow for the acquisition of Elkton Gas from Pivotal Utilities, Inc. as well. Both transactions are anticipated to close on July 1, 2018.

AquaVenture announced that it entered into an agreement with Abengoa Water Nungua, S.L.U. to extend the long-stop date to September 30, on its pending acquisition of a majority interest in a desalination plant in Accra, Ghana. The long-stop date was previously June 30. Doug Brown, chairman and CEO of AquaVenture, commented, "We are pleased with the significant progress made with this transaction, particularly in light of the number of stakeholders involved, as well as the significant conditions precedent. This extension signifies the continued commitment of all participants to push this deal across the finish line. We look forward to becoming a long-term partner to the Government of Ghana for water treatment and services."

Trovagene announced that William Welch has resigned from his positions as CEO and Director for personal reasons, effective immediately. While the company conducts a search for a new CEO, the company's Chairman, Dr. Thomas Adams, has been appointed interim CEO. Dr. Adams has been the company's Chairman of the Board since April 2009.

AECOM-Baker JV, Bryan International LLC, and Oxford Construction will compete for each order of the $148,500,000 firm-fixed-price Foreign Military Sales (Israel) contract for general construction services. Bids were solicited via the Internet with 12 received.

Lockheed Martin is awarded $175,308,058 for modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive-firm, firm-fixed-price contract. This modification provides for the development, testing, and activation of 13 different F-35 component repair capabilities in support of the F-35 Lightning depot implementation plan for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy and non-Department of Defense participants.

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $1,124,545,002 fixed-price-incentive-firm contract for F-16 production. This contract provides for the production of 16 F-16 V Block 70 aircraft. Work will be performed in Greenville, South Carolina; and Fort Worth, Texas. The work is expected to be complete by Sept. 30, 2023.

Pfenex announced it is set to join the small-cap Russell 2000 Index at the conclusion of the Russell U.S. Indexes annual reconstitution, effective after the U.S. market opens on June 25th, according to the final list of additions posted on June 22nd. Eef Schimmelpennink, the Chief Executive Officer of Pfenex, stated, "We are very pleased to be included in the Russell 2000 Index. This is an important milestone for the Company and represents an opportunity to further increase our visibility within the investment community."

Point72 Asset Management reports 5.2% passive stake in PagSeguro Digital

Perceptive Advisors reports 17.3% stake in MeiraGTx

On June 22, 21st Century Fox America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Twenty-First Century Fox, entered into a letter agreement with John Nallen, Senior Executive Vice President and CFO of the company, effective immediately. The Letter Agreement, among other things, amends Nallen's employment agreement dated as of July 1, 2013, and as amended as of July 1, 2015, to extend the term of employment through June 30, 2021. All other substantive terms of Nallen's Employment Agreement, including Nallen's compensation, remain unchanged.