Day: December 18, 2025

DENVER, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ArrowMark Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: BANX) (“ArrowMark” or the “Fund”) today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with investors to purchase 673,249 of its shares of common stock, in a registered direct offering. The purchase price for one share of common stock was $22.28. The Net Asset Value at the time of the transaction was $22.20. The registered direct offering is accretive to current shareholders. The proceeds from the registered direct offering are expected to be $14,999,987.72, exclusive of legal and administrative expenses associated with the transaction. ArrowMark anticipates that the net proceeds will be invested in accordance with its investment strategy. The securities described above are being offered pursuant to a “shelf” registration statement (File...

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES VANCOUVER, British Columbia and WILMINGTON, Mass., Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd. (“Liberty” or the “Company”) (TSXV: SCAN, OTCQB: LDDFF, FRANKFURT: LD2), a leading technology provider of AI-based next generation detection solutions for concealed weapons and threats, is pleased to announce that it is amending the terms of its non-brokered private placement (the “Offering”) previously announced on December 2, 2025 and December 12, 2025. The amended Offering will be for a minimum of 6,818,182 units (“Units”) and up to a maximum of 13,636,364 Units at a price of $0.22 per Unit for minimum gross proceeds of approximately $1,500,000 up to maximum gross proceeds of approximately $3,000,000. Each Unit will consist of one common...

Tokyo, Japan and Cambridge, UK, 19 December 2025 – Nxera Pharma Co. Ltd (“Nxera” or “the Company; TSE 4565) today announces that Boehringer Ingelheim has informed the Company of its decision not to exercise its exclusive option to license Nxera’s GPR52 agonist program for schizophrenia, including the Phase 2 ready lead compound NXE0048149 (“NXE’149”). No further information was provided by Boehringer Ingelheim. All rights to the GPR52 portfolio will revert in full to Nxera Pharma together with all data and intellectual property generated under the collaboration in accordance with the terms of the Collaboration and License Option Agreement. NXE’149 and other GPR52 agonists within the portfolio were designed by Nxera using its world-leading NxWave™ structure-based drug design platform to improve patient outcomes by simultaneously...

NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — We are advised by AMC Robotics Corporation that journalists and other readers should disregard the news releases, “AMC Robotics Establishes Supplier Framework to Enable Robotics Deployment in Japan” and “Update – AMC Robotics Establishes Supplier Framework to Enable Robotics Deployment in Japan” issued December 17, 2025, over GlobeNewswire. 

Malaysian award expands national flood forecasting footprint World Bank-funded Indonesia program advances Global insurers increasingly rely on Intermap’s elevation data to enhance flood risk and catastrophe modeling DENVER, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Intermap Technologies (TSX: IMP; OTCQB: ITMSF) (“Intermap” or the “Company”), a global leader in 3D geospatial products and intelligence solutions, today announced an update on Indonesia, Malaysia, insurance and guidance. IndonesiaThe World Bank-funded Indonesian Integrated Land Administration and Spatial Planning Project (ILASPP) has extended the decision date for the next phase in the tendering by two weeks to allow for further review and coordination. The extension reflects the decision committee’s mandate for a thorough selection process. “National geospatial data infrastructure...

COCONUT CREEK, Fla., Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: WLFC) (“WLFC”), the leading lessor of commercial aircraft engines and a global provider of aviation services, today announced the closing of an investment partnership that will invest up to $600 million to fund WLFC’s growing credit strategy. This inaugural partnership with Liberty Mutual Investments (“LMI”), the investment firm for Liberty Mutual Group, is supported by a warehouse debt facility provided by Bank of America N.A. and will invest in loan and loan-like engine financings, a business WLFC pioneered with its first revolving credit lease in 2021. “We are excited to partner with an incredibly reputable firm like LMI to continue building our credit strategy and accelerate growth of our asset management business,” said Brian R....

(All amounts are in US$) PEA Highlights:High-grade updated resource: Underpinned by G2’s updated Mineral Resource Estimate, including 1.6 Moz Au at 3.24 g/t Au (Indicated) and 1.9 Moz Au at 3.31 g/t Au (Inferred), incorporating six months of new drilling. Long life, significant production and industry-leading margins: 14-year LOM underground and open pit operation with average annual gold production of 281,000 ounces at AISC¹ of $1,137/oz Au from years 2 through 11. Attractive capital profile: Initial capital expenditures of $664 million (including 20% contingency) and sustaining capital expenditures¹ of $366 million over the LOM. Robust economics and fast payback: After-tax NPV5% of $2.6 billion, IRR of 39% and payback of 2.6 years at $3,000/oz Au (Base Case); After-tax NPV5% of $4.2 billion, IRR of 54% and payback of 2.0 years at $4,000/oz...

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alberta Power (2000) Ltd., a subsidiary of TransAlta Corporation (TransAlta or the Company) (TSX: TA) (NYSE: TAC), provided notice to the Alberta Electric System Operator on December 18, 2025, that Sheerness Unit 1 will be temporarily mothballed effective April 1, 2026, for a period of up to two years. TransAlta maintains the flexibility to return the mothballed unit to service when market fundamentals or contracting opportunities are secured. The unit will remain available and fully operational through the winter season and Sheerness Unit 2 will remain fully in service. “We have made the prudent financial decision to temporarily mothball Sheerness Unit 1 while reserving it for future economic opportunities. There is significant value at our Alberta thermal sites and we remain...

TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited (“BlackRock Canada”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) (NYSE: BLK) is announcing that effective on December 18, 2025, the annual management fees of the following iShares exchange-traded funds (“iShares Funds”) will change as follows:Name Ticker Former Management Fee(1) New Management Fee(1)iShares Core Balanced ETF Portfolio XBAL 0.18% 0.17%iShares Core Conservative Balanced ETF Portfolio XCNS 0.18% 0.17%iShares Core Equity ETF Portfolio XEQT 0.18% 0.17%iShares Core Growth ETF Portfolio XGRO 0.18% 0.17%iShares Core Income Balanced ETF Portfolio XINC 0.18% 0.17%       (1) As an annualized percentage of the iShares Fund’s daily net asset value. If applicable, BlackRock Canada or an affiliate...