U.S. HOT STOCK FUTURES: HOT STOCKS TO WATCH

09/13/2012| 07:06am US/Eastern

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Among the companies with shares expected to actively trade in Thursday's session are K12 Inc. (>> K12 Inc.), Spartech Corp. (>> Spartech Corporation) and Pall Corp. (>> Pall Corporation).

K12 swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter profit as the online education provider continued to benefit from high demand for online classes. Shares climbed 12% to $23.95 after hours as analysts had expected the company to post a loss and as revenue beat Wall Street estimates.

Spartech's fiscal third-quarter earnings fell 39% as the company posted weaker revenue in its packaging technologies and color and specialty compounding businesses. Shares fell 7.1% to $5.10 after hours as results missed analyst expectations.

Pall's fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 11% as the maker of filtration and purification products reported heavy restructuring charges, masking a modest improvement in sales. Shares jumped 7.9% to $62.75 after hours on the better-than-expected results.

Chesapeake Lodging Trust (>> Chesapeake Lodging Trust) is offering 5.5 million shares as the real-estate investment trust looks to raise funds to repay debt and for general corporate purposes. The company had 32.1 million shares outstanding as of Aug. 1. Shares slipped 2.9% to $18.44 after hours.

DSW Inc. (>> DSW Inc.) declared a special dividend of $2 a share, as the footwear retailer looks to boost shareholder returns. Shares were up 2.2% to $65.50 after hours.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (>> Genesee & Wyoming Inc.) unveiled an offering of 3.5 million shares of its Class A common stock, which includes 233,996 shares being offered by the company's chairman and two million tangible equity units. The company had 40.7 million Class A shares outstanding as of July 31. Shares slid 4% to $65.20 after hours.

InContact Inc. (>> Incontact Inc) intends to offer common stock, but didn't say how many shares it would sell. The company, which provides voice and call management services, had about 44.5 million shares outstanding as of July 24. Shares were down 2.5% to $5.05 after hours.

Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. (>> Pluristem Therapeutics Inc.) said it plans to offer an unspecified number of shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock. The Israel-based drug developer had about 47.5 million shares outstanding as of Sept. 1. Shares declined 8.8% to $4.14 after hours.

 
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DST Systems Inc. (>> DST Systems, Inc.) said Chief Executive Thomas McDonnell is retiring at the end of the year and named Stephen Hooley, currently the information-technology company's president and chief operating officer, as his successor.

HollyFrontier Corp. (>> HollyFrontier Corp) will pay shareholders an additional special dividend of 50 cents a share for the third quarter, in the refiner's latest move to reward its investors.

Nexxus Lighting Inc. (>> Nexxus Lighting, Inc.) unveiled a $6 million investment from Aston Capital LLC and said the private-equity firm's Chairman and Chief Executive Robert LaPenta will become Nexxus's new chairman.

Nordion Inc. (NDZ, NDN.T) is shaking up its management team as the medical-technology company said it is realigning its operations into two distinct business units.

Pervasive Software Inc.'s (>> Pervasive Software Inc.) board has instructed its financial adviser to solicit and discuss potential acquisition offers, including an unsolicited bid of $154 million made last month by Actian Corp.

RailAmerica Inc. (>> RailAmerica, Inc.) said carload traffic increased 2.9% in August from a year earlier, driven in part by shipments of crude oil and refined petroleum.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Wednesday approved a Sanofi SA (SNY, SAN.FR) pill to treat multiple sclerosis, making it the second oral therapy that will be available on the U.S. market.

Two Harbors Investment Corp. (>> Two Harbors Investment Corp) cut its quarterly dividend by 10%, but the real-estate investment trust said it continues to believe the housing and mortgage sectors offer attractive investment opportunities.

Write to Nathalie Tadena at nathalie.tadena@dowjones.com

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