After Hours Summary: AGU -4.5% following earnings/guidance
After Hours Gainers:
Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to news: ESPR +29.4% (announced positive top-line Phase 2b results for ETC-1002, an investigational therapy for patients with hypercholesterolemia), RLD +19.2% (Starboard raises stake to 9.9% and delivered a letter to the Board proposing to acquire the company for $12 per share), DRL +5.0% (provided an update on status of its capital plan: co maintains readily available liquidity sources of ~$1 bln), LEU +4.2% (Co elected Mikel Williams as its chairman; current president and CEO John Welch will step down on October 17, 2014, and the board has begun the process of selecting the next CEO), DTV +1.3% (Co and NFL extended and expanded DIRECTV's exclusive rights to carry NFL SUNDAY TICKET), ARG +1.3% (to increase argon prices by up to 15%, effective November 1 or as contracts permit)
After Hours Losers:
Companies trading lower in after hours in reaction to earnings: AGU -4.4%
Companies trading lower in after hours in reaction to news: WILN -12.3% (co provided a litigation update: a judge issued a ruling today that grants Apple's motion for summary judgment), NLNK -9.5% (announced appointment of Jack Henneman as Chief Financial Officer following departure of Gordon H. Link, Jr.), DGLY -3.8% (filed for ~1.19 mln share common stock offering by selling shareholders), RDUS -1.7% (announced proposed public offering of common stock, size not disclosed), PPG -1.7% (announced a U.S. District Court affirmed confirmation of the current Pittsburgh Corning plan of reorganization), RVNC -1.5% (announced expected delay in results from Phase 3 study of RT001 for the treatment of lateral canthal (crow's feet) lines), MRD -1.5% (filed for ~27.8 mln share common stock offering by selling shareholders)