Owners Kiran Mantripragada and Uday Kiran Namballa Anchors Franchise; Active Discussions With Sri Lankan Marquees Dasun Shanaka and Eshan Malinga Ahead of July–August 2026 Tournament Window COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gallant Sports and Media LLC today announced its ownership of the Galle Gallants franchise for Lanka Premier League (“LPL”) Season 6, scheduled for July 10 – August 5, 2026. Galle Gallants will participate in LPL Season 6 — executed via the Innovative Production Group FZ, LLC (“IPG”) platform under urban-gro, Inc. (Nasdaq: UGRO), operating as Flash Sports & Media, Inc. — positioning the franchise within a record-scale Season 6 featuring a 500–600 player registration pool, marquee global talent, and a projected USD 25–30M local economic impact. Gallant is led by Owner...

SAN DIEGO, May 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SOLV Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: MWH) (“SOLV”), a leading provider of infrastructure services to the power industry, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Roberson Waite Electric (“RWE”), a California-based provider of utility substation construction, testing, commissioning, and related infrastructure services. The acquisition broadens SOLV’s service capabilities and supports its expansion into the regulated utility market, aligning the company with long-term investment in grid modernization and resilience. RWE’s specialized technical capabilities, longstanding utility relationships, and experienced workforce also provide operating leverage to SOLV’s existing platform across large-scale solar generation, energy storage, and high voltage infrastructure. Founded in 1975 and...

RESTON, Va., May 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: BWMN), a national engineering services and program management firm, today announced it has acquired Smith & Associates Land Surveying, LLC, a Las Vegas, Nevada-based land surveying firm with more than three decades of experience supporting regional land development and infrastructure projects. Founded in 2018 by Michael G. Smith, Smith & Associates Land Surveying provides a comprehensive range of services, including boundary, topographic, land development, utility and construction surveying for both public and private sector clients. The company has supported projects for major regional and national agencies, including the Nevada Department of Transportation, Las Vegas Valley Water District, Regional Transportation Commission, Clark County...

Immediate 4% Accretion to AFFO per Share in All-Stock, Leverage-Neutral Transaction Complementary High-Quality Industrial Net-Lease Assets Enhance Existing Portfolio No External Capital Required to Complete Leverage-Neutral TransactionNEW YORK and DENVER, May 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global Net Lease, Inc. (NYSE: GNL) (“GNL” or the “Company”) and Modiv Industrial, Inc. (NYSE: MDV) (“Modiv” ) announced today that the two companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which GNL will acquire Modiv in an all-stock transaction valued at an enterprise value of approximately $535 million. The transaction, once completed, will provide GNL with an attractive portfolio of high-quality mission-critical industrial properties across the United States while also providing Modiv stockholders with an immediate 25% expected...

Accelerates Transition to SHOP-Dominant Overall Portfolio and Strengthens Balance Sheet NEW YORK, May 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — National Healthcare Properties, Inc. (Nasdaq: NHP) (“NHP” or the “Company”) announced today that it has entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement to sell a portfolio of 86 outpatient medical facilities (“OMFs”) for approximately $528 million. Inclusive of this transaction and approximately $90 million of pending SHOP acquisitions under definitive purchase and sale agreements, fourth quarter 2025 cash NOI from the SHOP segment would have represented approximately 60% of total portfolio cash NOI. In addition to increasing NHP’s relative exposure to the SHOP segment, the disposition is expected to, subject to closing, result in the defeasance or transfer of approximately $278 million of debt...

Worldline announces the finalisation of the divestmentof Electronic Data Management to SIX Paris La Défense, 4 May 2026 – Worldline [Euronext: WLN], Europe’s leading operator of critical infrastructure and payment services, announces that the sale of its Electronic Data Management activities to SIX has been finalised. This operation marks another step in the Group’s strategic refocus on core European synergistic payment activities, enabling Worldline to simplify operations and optimise resource allocation, in line with its North Star transformation plan. The proceeds will strengthen the Group’s financial profile, enhance strategic flexibility in the medium term, and support redeployment of capital towards core activities. UPCOMING EVENTSJune 11, 2026 : Annual General MeetingJuly 30, 2026 : H1 2026 resultsCONTACTS Investor...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Applied Materials, Inc. today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with ASMPT Limited (HKEX: 0522) to acquire its NEXX business, a leading supplier of large-area advanced packaging deposition equipment for the semiconductor industry. The addition of the NEXX team and products will broaden Applied’s portfolio of panel-level advanced packaging technologies which are designed to enable chipmakers and systems companies to build larger-body AI accelerators for higher energy-efficient performance. Increasing AI workloads demand larger chiplet-based designs that integrate greater numbers of GPUs, high-bandwidth memory (HBM) stacks and input-output (I/O) chips in a single, advanced package. As AI chip packages scale to more complex architectures like 2.5D and 3D chiplet...

OMAHA, Neb., May 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Exodus Movement, Inc. (NYSE American: EXOD) (“Exodus”), a leading self-custodial cryptocurrency platform, today announced that it has acquired the outstanding shares of Baanx US Corp. and certain other assets from W3C Corp. The purchase price for the transaction was $5 million payable upon the transfer of specified assets, with an additional $25 million in deferred consideration payable over four years. JP Richardson, CEO and Co-Founder of Exodus, commented, “In the last 24 hours, the pieces of the Baanx and Monavate acquisition have all come together. Closing the Baanx US deal is the final step. With Baanx US closed, we officially enter the next chapter of Exodus. This deal unlocks self-custodial payments at scale. This is the biggest shift in Exodus history.” About Exodus Founded...

EAGLE, Idaho, May 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Pennant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNTG), the parent company of the Pennant group of affiliated home health, hospice, home care and senior living companies, announced today that effective May 1st 2026, it has assumed operations of three senior living communities across Arizona and Wisconsin, expanding Pennant’s operations by 194 units. The three operations are all subject to triple net leases. In Glendale, Arizona, Pennant has assumed operations of a 100-unit assisted living community formerly known as Amarsi Senior Living, which will now operate as Saguaro Assisted Living. In Neenah, Wisconsin, Pennant has assumed operations of a 45-unit assisted living community known as Emerald Ridge. The community will now operate as Cardinal Lane Senior Living. Additionally, Pennant has assumed operations...

Acquisition of prescription files, patient records, and related operational data at an aggregate purchase price of $300,000 The acquired assets will be transferred to PharmaCorp’s existing PharmaChoice bannered pharmacy in Western CanadaSASKATOON, Saskatchewan, May 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PHARMACORP RX INC. (“PharmaCorp” or the “Corporation”) (TSXV: PCRX), a Canadian pharmacy acquisition and ownership platform for pharmacist-led community pharmacy ownership, is pleased to announce the completion of its acquisition from an arm’s length vendor (the “Vendor”) of the prescription files, patient records and related operational data (collectively, the “Pharmacy Files”) of a pharmacy located in the same community as one of PharmaCorp’s existing PharmaChoice-bannered pharmacies in Western Canada (the “Acquisition”). The purchase...