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      On 27 January 2021, the board of directors of AMS Holdco 2 Limited ("SWM Bidco"), an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. ("SWM"), and the board of directors of Scapa Group plc ("Scapa"), announced (the "Offer Announcement") their agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer by SWM Bidco for the acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Scapa (the "Offer"). The Offer is to be implemented by means of a scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act.    Capitalised terms used and not defined her...

DeSantis says Marion seniors to receive 6,500 extra COVID-19 vaccines Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Ocala on Friday and said that Marion County has been given 6,500 extra doses of the COVID-19 vaccine this week so that local health officials can get more shots into the arms of residents ages 65 and older. So far, 80% of the estimated 60,000 doses that Marion has received from the state have gone to seniors. But Marion still has one of lowest percentages of seniors (about 44%) who have been vaccinated when compared with other Florida counties. The lower percentage is because Marion has a higher-t...

COVID-19: Marion County's seven-day positivity rate declines to 6% Marion County continues to see positive trends when it comes to COVID-19 cases. The biggest news is that the seven-day positivity rate dropped to 6% on Thursday, down from 7.7% a week ago. Marion County added 60 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths on Thursday. Marion now has recorded 27,879 COVID-19 cases and 827 deaths since the pandemic began last March. The health department received 1,320 negative test results on Wednesday. Out of all the tests received on Wednesday, 4.35% were positive. Current hospitalizations were ...

Health officials say that 41% of Marion County residents ages 65 and older have now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and that they hope to vaccinate another 12,000 more people this week. Mark Lander, the administrator of the Florida Department of Health in Marion County, said Tuesday that local health officials had vaccinated more than 40,000 of those initial 50,000 seniors who registered with the health department in eight days, beginning in late December. The county stopped taking registrations in early January and shifted people to a state registration site. "I was ...

Communications was supposed to be a key ingredient of Florida's vaccine rollout. Until it wasn't. A three-month vacancy in top communications personnel only deepened the continued lack of transparency that has plagued the state's response to the pandemic since the beginning, say lawmakers and government watchdog groups who receive hundreds of calls from Floridians each day searching for answers. “These are crucial positions. That, combined with concerns these offices are slow-walking public records requests and requests for information in general, is absolutely concerning,” said Ben Wil...