NEW YORK, May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Bank of New York Mellon, a global leader in asset management and securities servicing, has been selected by Palm Hills Developments S.A.E. (”Palm Hills”) as depositary bank for its global depositary receipt (GDR) program. Each Palm Hills GDR represents five ordinary shares and trades on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol “PHDC.” The ordinary shares trade locally on the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange under the symbol “PHDC.CA.” The Palm Hills GDRs and shares have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the U.S. absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.Palm Hills is a leading real estate developer in the Egyptian market, primarily developing high-end residential real estate and resort projects. “As Palm Hills focused on expanding its name recognition in the global markets, we chose The Bank of New York Mellon for its recognized depositary expertise,” said Mohamed Fahmy, chief financial officer of Palm Hills. “We are confident in the bank’s ability to help us maximize our program’s visibility and performance.”"As the leading depositary bank in Egypt, supporting more Egyptian companies than all other depositaries combined, we have the expertise to meet the needs of Egyptian issuers,” said Michael Cole-Fontayn, executive vice president and head of The Bank of New York Mellon’s Depositary Receipt Division. “We welcome Palm Hills as a new client and look forward to helping the company increase its international profile.”The Bank of New York Mellon has been conducting business in the Middle East and Africa for nearly 100 years. The Company has representative offices in Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Cairo, Istanbul and Johannesburg, and works with a wide range of banks, governments and other financial institutions throughout the region.The Bank of New York Mellon’s Depositary Receipt business is conducted through The Bank of New York subsidiary, which acts as depositary for more than 1,300 American and global depositary receipt programs, acting in partnership with leading companies from 63 countries. With an unrivalled commitment to helping securities issuers succeed in the world’s rapidly evolving financial markets, the Company delivers the industry’s most comprehensive suite of integrated depositary receipt, corporate trust and stock transfer services. Additional information is available at http://www.adrbnymellon.com.The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK) is a global financial services company focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets, operating in 34 countries and serving more than 100 markets. The company is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high net-worth individuals, providing superior asset management and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, clearing services and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team. It has more than $23 trillion in assets under custody and administration, more than $1.1 trillion in assets under management and services $12 trillion in outstanding debt. Additional information is available at bnymellon.com.This release is for informational purposes only. The Bank of New York Mellon provides no advice nor recommendation or endorsement with respect to any company or securities. Nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities. Depositary Receipts: Not FDIC, State or Federal Agency Insured; May Lose Value; No Bank, State or Federal Agency Guarantee.

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — For one scary moment Sunday, the Detroit Pistons thought they had lost a key player to a serious injury.
Instead, Tayshaun Prince bounced up looking better than ever, scoring 15 points in the final 17 minutes to help the Pistons clinch their seventh straight playoff berth with a 116-109 win over the Chicago Bulls.
“I couldn’t feel my hand, and I knew that wasn’t good,” said Prince, who was injured on a third-quarter foul by Larry Hughes. “I thought I was going to have to shoot my free throws one-handed, but I got enough feeling back to make the shots, and then I hit a 3, so I figured I would keep going.”
When Prince crumpled to the ground, writhing in pain and grabbing at his right elbow, his teammates thought the worst.
“Tayshaun plays through everything — he’s a soldier,” said Chauncey Billups, who immediately began waving to the bench for the medical staff. “When I saw him on the floor like that, I knew something was bad wrong, so I wanted the trainers to get out there.”
Prince was down for several minutes before getting up, still shaking his hand. He hit both free throws, added a 3-pointer on Detroit’s next possession and played the rest of the game.
“When he went down like that, I thought he had fractured a finger or something, but when I got out there and said his hand was numb, I figured it was just his funny bone,” Pistons coach Flip Saunders said. “He was great after that, and I was afraid to take him out of the game, because I thought his arm might tighten up.”
Billups matched a season high with 34 points, while Richard Hamilton added 23 for Detroit, which ended a five-game losing streak against Chicago and prevented the Bulls from sweeping the season series for the first time since 1995-96.

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The Golden Hills Sanitation Company, operator of the Wastewater Treatment Facility servicing the Golden Hills area of Tehachapi will offer an amnesty period to any illegal connectors to the sewer system servicing Golden Hills.
Clint Hilderbrand, newly elected Corporate Director of the Golden Hills Sanitation Company, Inc., and President of Four Seasons Builders and Development Corporation based in Glendale, Calif., the controlling shareholder in the facility, announced this week that there is indication that several property owners over the years have connected to the sewer system without acquiring the proper permission, and are not paying monthly service fees.
Failing to properly acquire a service connection constitutes illegal trespass and grand theft, and is a crime.
The facility will be offering a limited amnesty period for those property owners who have illegally tied into the sewer mainline who come forward and make application for their service connection.
Additionally, those property owners with multiple units on the same parcel must have purchased a separate service connection and establish a service account for each unit.
The sanitation company will begin video documentation of all the main lines later this month, with the completion planned in April. This visual data, which is being documented as required for future facility expansion, will then be compared to septic permits on file with the county to confirm the illegal connections. Those property owners who have illegal service connections who come forward by April 15 can make application for their service at the rates offered at the time they connected.
Property owners with illegal connections who do not come forward during this amnesty period will face both criminal and civil penalties.
Requests for an amnesty application must be made in writing to the Golden Hills Sanitation Company , PO Box 1468, Tehachapi, Ca. 93581
Each legitimate owner of a connection must have a “sewer connection” contract and “estoppels agreement” from the sanitation company notarized and recorded with the Kern County Office of Records.

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