PRESS RELEASE Paris – January 20, 2025 Bureau Veritas to acquire a leading Buildings & Infrastructure business in Italy in line with LEAP I 28 Bureau Veritas, a global leader in Testing, Inspection, and Certification services, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Contec AQS and its two owned subsidiaries Exenet and PMPI. The planned acquisition is aligned with Bureau Veritas’ LEAP | 28 strategy to expand its leadership in the Buildings and Infrastructure market. Bureau Veritas contributes to safer, sustainable, and resilient buildings and infrastructure, delivering comprehensive solutions covering the full life cycle of assets. This acquisition will expand Bureau Veritas’ Buildings and Infrastructure footprint in Italy. Contec AQS, Exenet and PMPI are established Italian brands delivering comprehensive services and...

FORM 8.3 PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORERule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”) 1.        KEY INFORMATION(a)   Full name of discloser: CANACCORD GENUITY WEALTH LIMITED (for Discretionary clients)(b)   Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):        The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named. N/A(c)   Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:        Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree ECKOH PLC(d)   If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: N/A(e)   Date position held/dealing...

FORM 8.3 PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORERule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”) 1.        KEY INFORMATION(a)   Full name of discloser: CANACCORD GENUITY WEALTH LIMITED (for Discretionary clients)(b)   Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):        The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named. N/A(c)   Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:        Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree ALLIANCE PHARMA PLC(d)   If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: N/A(e)   Date position held/dealing...

NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OR FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Jan. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NOVA LEAP HEALTH CORP. (TSXV: NLH) (“Nova Leap” or “the Company”), a growing home health care organization, is pleased to announce that it has completed the strategic acquisition of two affiliated home care services companies with operations in Nova Scotia. Additional information pertaining to the acquisitions is included in the press releases dated October 29, 2024 and January 8, 2025 and the Company’s Management Information Circular dated November 18, 2024 filed on SEDAR+. “We’re pleased to complete the acquisition and add two new territories in Nova Scotia,” said Dana Hatfield, Chair of the Board of Nova Leap. “We are looking forward to working with the existing management...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Uniti Group Inc. (the “Company,” “Uniti,” or “we”) (Nasdaq: UNIT) today announced that Uniti Fiber ABS Issuer LLC and Uniti Fiber TRS Issuer LLC, limited-purpose, bankruptcy remote subsidiaries of Uniti (collectively, the “Issuers”), have priced their offering of $589,000,000 aggregate principal amount of secured fiber network revenue term notes, consisting of $426,000,000 5.9% Series 2025-1, Class A-2 term notes, $65,000,000 6.4% Series 2025-1, Class B term notes and $98,000,000 9.0% Series 2025-1, Class C term notes, each with an anticipated repayment date in April 2030 (collectively, the “Notes”). Collectively, the Notes have a weighted average yield of approximately 6.5%. The Notes will be secured by certain fiber network assets and related customer contracts in the State...

Blackbox is actively pursuing other strategic merger options to enhance stockholder value DALLAS, Jan. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Blackboxstocks Inc. (NASDAQ: BLBX), (“Blackbox” or the “Company”), a financial technology and social media hybrid platform offering real-time proprietary analytics for stock and options traders, announced today that on January 13, 2025 the Company and Evtec Aluminium Limited (“Evtec”) mutually agreed to terminate the Share Exchange Agreement executed on December 12, 2023 and amended on July 1, 2024 which would have resulted in Evtec becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The Company will also withdraw its registration statement on form S-4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the proposed share exchange. Gust Kepler, Chief Executive Officer of Blackbox, commented,...

Represents Core Specialty’s 18th specialty business unit and a component of the Fronted Programs subsegment London Aviation Underwriters (LAU) to operate as a separately managed Division of Core Specialty, retaining the LAU brand and management team Jeff Sutton appointed as President of the new Aviation & Aerospace Division LAU produced $44mm of GAAP gross premiums written in 2024CINCINNATI, Jan. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Core Specialty” or the “Company”) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of London Aviation Underwriters, Inc. (“LAU”) which was previously announced on January 6, 2025. The completed transaction represents Core Specialty’s 18th specialty business unit, adding to the Fronted Programs subsegment. As part of the transaction,...

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TORONTO, Jan. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bigstack Opportunities I Inc. (“Bigstack”) (TSXV: STAK.P) is pleased to provide an update with respect to its proposed qualifying transaction with Reeflex Coil Solutions Inc. (“Reeflex”), as previously disclosed in its press release dated November 4, 2024, pursuant to which Bigstack and Reeflex intend to complete a business combination which will constitute a reverse take-over of Bigstack (the “Business Combination”) and will include Reeflex’s acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding securities of Coil Solutions Inc. (“Coil”) (the “Acquisition” and together with the Business Combination, the “Transaction”). Bigstack, Reeflex and Coil continue to cooperate pursuant to the previously...

HMAX is Hitachi Rail’s digital asset management platformHMAX is Hitachi Rail’s digital asset management platformHitachi Rail agrees to acquire cutting-edge digital rail monitoring business Omnicom from international infrastructure group, Balfour Beatty Strategic acquisition of Omnicom complements the recent launch of Hitachi Rail’s HMAX digital asset management suite, which optimizes railway operations and maintenance Omnicom’s digital monitoring and data analytics supports customers processing trillions of bytes of images per day, optimizing their trackside maintenance.LONDON, Jan. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hitachi Rail has agreed to acquire the cutting-edge digital rail monitoring business Omnicom from Balfour Beatty. The acquisition marks a key strategic pillar for Hitachi Rail’s new digital asset management business,...

180 Degree Capital’s track record of investing in public markets and its deep network of relationships are expected to help fuel expansion of Mount Logan’s bespoke private credit solutions into publicly traded companies Strong pro forma balance sheet post transaction that will support investment into what the parties believe is a highly actionable pipeline of organic and inorganic growth opportunities across both asset management and insurance solutions businesses Ted Goldthorpe will be CEO of the combined company, which will operate as Mount Logan Capital Inc. The combined business is expected to pay quarterly dividends, subject to board approval Support secured from approximately 23% of Mount Logan and 20% of 180 Degree Capital shareholders through voting agreements with additional indicative support from certain other shareholders Mount...