In accordance with the Remuneration Policy of Festi hf., a share option plan is in effect based on Article 10 of the Income Tax Act No. 90/2003, as approved at the Company’s Annual General Meeting held on 6 March 2024. The share option plan is valid for a period of three years, i.e. until May 2027, and applies to all permanent employees of the Festi Group. The objective of the plan is to align the interests of employees with the performance and long-term goals of the Company and its shareholders. Implementation of the share option plan was previously disclosed in announcements dated 24 April and 5 May 2024 and 19 May 2025. Pursuant to Article 2.3 of the share option plan, employees who commence employment with Festi or its subsidiaries after the adoption of the plan are entitled to enter into a share option agreement, such entitlement...

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Viridian Metals (CSE: VRDN) (“Viridian” or the “Company”) will commence a minimum 50-hole drill program in early June at its Kraken Copper-Nickel Project in Labrador, aimed at defining the scope of copper-nickel sulphide mineralization traced over approximately 5 kilometres along the Main Zone. Previous drilling intersected mineralization at roughly 1-kilometre spacing, outlining the scale of the Main Zone discovery. The Company’s 2024 and 2025 drilling campaigns established continuity of mineralization at the sub-kilometre scale within the northern portion of the system through tighter-spaced drilling. The 2026 campaign will connect these broader-scale and tighter-spaced drilling results into a continuously drill-defined mineralized footprint along the Main Zone. The program will...

XI’AN, China, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Smart Powerr Corp. (NASDAQ:CREG) (the “Company”), today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with certain investors for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of approximately $2 million of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”) at a purchase price of $0.45 per share in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”). The aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of this offering are expected to be approximately $2 million. The transaction is expected to close on or about May 20, 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Univest Securities, LLC is acting as the sole placement agent. The registered direct offering is being made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-281639) previously...

New public operating platform consolidates creator onboarding, partner engagement, governance, public disclosures, and product direction as Digitalage advances toward production validationDigitalage has launched its next-generation verified media infrastructure platform, bringing together live content capture, provenance, rights protection, creator onboarding, partner pathways, and public company updates through one public-facing product surface.TEMECULA, Calif., May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hop-on, Inc. (OTCID: HPNN) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Digitalage, Inc., has launched Digitalage.com as the Company’s public operating platform for verified media infrastructure. The site consolidates creator onboarding pathways, partner engagement frameworks, governance policies, public disclosures,...

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Apex Critical Metals Corp. (CSE: APXC) (OTCQX: APXCF) (FWB: KL9) (“Apex” or the “Company”), a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on the identification and development of critical and strategic metals, announces that, further to its news release dated May 18, 2026, it has entered into an amended agreement with Canaccord Genuity Corp. to act as lead agent and sole bookrunner along with a syndicate of agents to be formed (the “Agents”) in connection with a “best efforts” private placement now upsized to up to 7,895,000 units of the Company (each, a “Unit”, and, collectively, the “Units”) at a price of C$1.90 per Unit (the “Offering Price”) for aggregate gross proceeds of up to...

Information concerning the total number of voting rights and shares, provided pursuant to article L. 233-8 II of the Code de commerce (the French Commercial Code) and article 223-16 of the Règlement général de l’Autorité des Marchés Financiers (Regulation of the French stock market authority) Sanofia French société anonyme with a registered share capital of €2,424,365,088Registered office : 46, avenue de la Grande Armée – 75017 Paris – FranceRegistered at the Paris Commercial and Companies Registry under number 395 030 844Date   Total number of issued shares   Number of real voting rights(excluding treasury shares) Theoretical number of voting rights (including treasury shares)*April 30, 2026   1,212,212,936   1,329,027,146   1,346,241,660* Pursuant to Article 223-11 of the Règlement général de l’Autorité des Marchés...

19 May 2026 Disclosure of trading in own shares under a share buyback program Period: From 11 to 15 May 2026 Issuer’s registered name: Ipsos Issuer’s Identification code: 9695002OY2X35E9X8W87 Financial instrument reference: Ordinary shares – ISIN code FR0000073298 Reporting of transactions in aggregated form (per day and per trading venue)Issuer name Isère Code Transaction date ISIN Code Daily total volume (in number of shares) Daily weighted average price of shares acquired Platform      ISIN code (ISO 6166)     MIC code (ISO 10383)IPSOS 9695002OY2X35E9X8W87 11-May-26 FR0000073298 6 250 37,2555 XPARIPSOS 9695002OY2X35E9X8W87 11-May-26 FR0000073298 6 600 37,1962 DXEIPSOS 9695002OY2X35E9X8W87 12-May-26 FR0000073298 6 600 36,3757 XPARIPSOS 9695002OY2X35E9X8W87 12-May-26 FR0000073298 6 500 36,2881 DXEIPSOS 9695002OY2X35E9X8W87 13-May-26 FR0000073298 8...

PRESS RELEASE Courbevoie, France – May 19, 2026 Combined Shareholders’ Meeting of May 19, 2026:All submitted resolutions were adopted The Combined Shareholders’ Meeting of Bureau Veritas (the “Company”), chaired by Mr. Laurent Mignon, Chairman of the Board of directors, was held today at the Company’s head office. All resolutions submitted to the Shareholders’ Meeting were adopted, including:The approval of the statutory and consolidated financial statements for the financial year ending on December 31, 2025, and the approval of a dividend distribution of €0.92 per share to be paid in cash on May 28, 2026 (ex-date on May 26, 2026) on positions closed on May 27, 2026; The approval of a related-party agreement concerning the conclusion of an amendment to the letter of agreement dated April 4, 2024 between Lac I (managed by...

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Synaptics® Incorporated (Nasdaq: SYNA) and Google Research will spotlight Edge AI use cases on the recently announced Synaptics Coralboard™ at Google I/O 2026. The Coralboard is designed to help developers move faster from prototyping to real-world Edge AI product development. Powered by the Synaptics Astra™ SL2610 product line with the Synaptics Torq™ NPU and Coral NPU technology from Google Research, the development board offers an open, feature-rich and standards-based platform for bringing multimodal on-device AI experiences to life. Designed for always-on, power-efficient Edge AI, this version of the Coralboard combines a compact developer-ready design with a rich set of interfaces supporting rapid prototyping. Powered by the 2GHz Synaptics Astra SL2619...

Cincinnati, Ohio, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force to complete the preliminary design review (PDR) for its new GE426 engine in support of the Air Force’s medium thrust class Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) effort. The GE426 is a next-generation propulsion system purpose-built for the medium-thrust-class ACP mission, delivering the performance, affordability and manufacturability required for uncrewed, autonomous combat aircraft. This award builds on GE Aerospace’s previously demonstrated capability to rapidly design, manufacture and test small engines in support of the Air Force’s opportunities. In August 2025, GE Aerospace successfully completed the concept design review of the GE426, validating the engine’s architecture and advancing its design. Under...