Procter & Gamble Com (NYSE:PG) sees its FY13 core EPS at $3.80-$4.00, consensus $3.90. The company also sees FY13 organic sales growth at 2 percent to 4 percent, all-in sales growth 0 percent to 2 percent, and it sees its Q1 core EPS at 91c-97c, consensus 96c. Procter & Gamble sees its Q1 organic sales growth at 0 percent to 2 percent, and its all-in-sales growth is 4 percent to 6 percents. The comments are from slides that are being presented at the Barclays Back-to-School Consumer Conference. The shares closed at $68.24, up $0.95 or 1.41% on the day. They have traded in a 52-week range of $59.07 to $67.95.
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Collective Brands (NYSE:PSS) sees its expected EPS accretion of 25c-40c during 2013 and 50c-70c in 2014. Comments from slides which will be presented at the Goldman Sachs 2012 Global Retailing Conference. The shares closed at $21.69, up $0.01 or 0.05% on the day. They have traded in a 52-week range of $11.38 to $21.695.
Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX) has achieved certification to the ISO 14001:2004 environmental management standard. The certification is based upon an external validation of the company’s environmental performance in regards to design, implementation, and support of hosting solutions within its UK data center and office operations. ISO 14001 certification among cloud data center providers is still relatively rare and Rackspace is still environmentally proactive in the improvement of its operations. Adherence to the voluntary 14000 or 14001 standards shows Rackspace’s attempts to both improve and formally systematise the environmental management efforts of the company. The shares closed at $63.85, up $1.85 or 2.98% on the day. They have traded in a 52-week range of $30.34 to $62.43.
Surmodics (NASDAQ:SRDX) announced the preliminary results of its modified Dutch auction tender offer for as much as $55 million in value of its common stock, which expired on Wednesday, September 5 at 5:00 p.m. ET. With the terms and conditions of the tender offer, SurModics predicts that it will acquire 2,894,736 shares of its common stock at a price of $19.00 per share, for an aggregate cost of about $55 million, not including fees and expenses regarding the tender offer. These shares reflect about 16.5 percent of SurModics’ currently outstanding common stock. Based on the preliminary count by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the Depositary for the tender offer, about 2.96 million shares of SurModics’ common stock were properly tendered and not properly withdrawn at or below the purchase price of $19.00 per share. The shares closed at $19.68, up $0.94 or 5.02% on the day. They have traded in a 52-week range of $8.73 to $18.93.
Teleflex Inc. (NYSE:TFX) was awarded a three-year innovative technology agreement with Novation for its ARROW VPS Vascular Positioning System. This agreement includes the VPS console, stylets, and pre-loaded stylets and is to begin Sept. 1, 2012 through Aug. 31, 2015. The shares closed at $68.27, up $1.4 or 2.09% on the day. They have traded in a 52-week range of $50.50 to $67.39.
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