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Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Announces Its Net Asset Value and Asset Coverage Ratios as of September 30, 2026

HOUSTON, Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: KYN) today provided a summary unaudited statement of assets and liabilities and announced its net asset value and asset coverage ratios under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) as of September 30, 2026.

As of September 30, 2026, the Company’s net assets were $2.6 billion, and its net asset value per share was $15.42. As of September 30, 2026, the Company’s asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to senior securities representing indebtedness was 589% and the Company’s asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to total leverage (debt and preferred stock) was 471%.

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

SEPTEMBER 30, 2026   // (UNAUDITED)
 
    (in millions)
Investments   $ 3,694.3  
Cash and cash equivalents     8.7  
Receivable for securities sold     13.0  
Accrued income     1.9  
Other assets     0.5  
Total assets     3,718.4  
     
Credit facility     112.0  
Notes     450.0  
Unamortized notes issuance costs     (3.1 )
Preferred stock     141.6  
Unamortized preferred stock issuance costs     (0.7 )
Total leverage     699.8  
     
Other liabilities     9.7  
Current tax liability, net     14.3  
Deferred tax liability, net     386.5  
Total liabilities     410.5  
     
Net assets   $ 2,608.1  
 

The Company had 169,126,038 common shares outstanding as of September 30, 2026.

Long-term investments consisted of Midstream Energy Companies (98%), Power Infrastructure Companies (1%) and Other (1%).

The Company’s ten largest holdings by issuer at September 30, 2026 were:

      Amount


(in millions)

 % Long-Term

Investments
1. Energy Transfer LP (Midstream Energy Company)   $406.1   11.0 %
2. Cheniere Energy, Inc. (Midstream Energy Company)     385.7   10.4 %
3. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Midstream Energy Company)     362.4   9.8 %
4. The Williams Companies, Inc. (Midstream Energy Company)     356.3   9.6 %
5. MPLX LP (Midstream Energy Company)     262.9   7.1 %
6. Targa Resources Corp. (Midstream Energy Company)     247.8   6.7 %
7. ONEOK, Inc. (Midstream Energy Company)     241.2   6.5 %
8. Kinder Morgan, Inc. (Midstream Energy Company)     194.9   5.3 %
9. TC Energy Corporation (Midstream Energy Company)     150.5   4.1 %
10. Western Midstream Partners, LP (Midstream Energy Company)     144.1   3.9 %
 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change without notice. The mention of specific securities is not a recommendation or solicitation for any person to buy, sell or hold any particular security. You can obtain a complete listing of holdings by viewing the Company’s most recent quarterly or annual report.

Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (NYSE: KYN) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, whose common stock trades on the NYSE. The Company’s investment objective is to provide a high after-tax total return with an emphasis on making cash distributions to stockholders. KYN intends to achieve this objective by investing at least 80% of its total assets in securities of Energy Infrastructure Companies. See Glossary of Key Terms in the Company’s most recent quarterly or annual report for a description of these investment categories and the meaning of capitalized terms.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy, nor shall there be any sale of any securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer or sale is not permitted. Nothing contained in this press release is intended to recommend any investment policy or investment strategy or consider any investor’s specific objectives or circumstances. Before investing, please consult with your investment, tax, or legal adviser regarding your individual circumstances.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: This communication contains statements reflecting assumptions, expectations, projections, intentions, or beliefs about future events. These and other statements not relating strictly to historical or current facts constitute forward-looking statements as defined under the U.S. federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements involve a variety of risks and uncertainties. Risks include, but are not limited to, changes in economic and political conditions; regulatory and legal changes; energy industry risk; leverage risk; valuation risk; interest rate risk; tax risk; and other risks discussed in detail in the Company’s filings with the SEC, available at 

www.kaynefunds.com

 or 

www.sec.gov

. Actual results or events could differ materially from these statements or our present expectations or projections. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Kayne Anderson undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements made herein. There is no assurance that the Company’s investment objectives will be attained.

Contact investor relations at 877-657-3863 or [email protected].



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Small Caps Test Their 200-Day Line as Yields Grind Higher and Earnings Season Stirs

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — USA Newsroom News Commentary – This has been a week of slow leaks rather than blowouts for U.S. stocks. As of midday Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq Composite and the Russell 2000 were all lower for the week, with small caps taking the hardest hit as the 10-year Treasury yield climbed 6 basis points on the week to 5.24%, according to the latest edition of The Roadmap from Stock Preachers. At the same time, a fresh batch of company results is starting to show which businesses are protecting their margins in a tougher cost environment. Active companies with developments this week include: McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE: MKC), Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), WTW (Nasdaq: WTW), RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDHL), and Recon Technology, Ltd (Nasdaq: RCON).

By the midday numbers, the Dow sat at 50,850.02, down 1.89% for the week but still up 5.8% on the year. The S&P 500 was at 7,648.36, off 1.23% this week with an 11.73% year-to-date gain intact, while the Nasdaq Composite held at 26,821.12, down 0.91% for the week and up 15.4% for the year. The Russell 2000 was the laggard at 2,800.92, down 1.29% since last Friday, and its 14-day RSI of 30.9 was the lowest of the four, a sign that small caps have absorbed the brunt of the selling.

The levels now in play are close at hand. The Russell 2000 is testing its 200-day simple moving average at 2,780.01, the S&P 500 is parked just below its 50-day SMA at 7,650.99, and the Dow is holding above its 200-day SMA near 50,260.45. Volatility has firmed as well: the VIX was at 16.95 and the Nasdaq-100 volatility gauge, the VXN, was at 23.13, up 2.26 points for the week, suggesting traders are paying up for protection in tech and growth names. The full support and resistance ladders for all four major indices are laid out in The Roadmap.

CONTINUED… Read this and more, including the week’s leaders and laggards and the levels to watch into next week, at Stock Preachers:
https://stockpreachers.com/articles/a-choppy-week-leaves-the-tape-looking-for-footing/

In other company developments and happenings in the market this week:

McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE: MKC) reported third quarter results and reaffirmed its fiscal 2026 outlook. The company said net sales increased 17.4%, with organic sales growth of 1.9%, and that gross profit margin expanded by 190 basis points versus the prior year. Earnings per share was $0.36 compared with $0.84 a year earlier, while adjusted earnings per share was $0.86 compared with $0.85.

McCormick also said it remains on track with integration planning for the proposed Unilever Foods combination. “Third quarter results demonstrate the resilience and differentiated performance of our flavor-focused business model in a dynamic operating environment,” said Brendan M. Foley, Chairman, President, and CEO. “We delivered strong sales growth, including organic growth across our global flavor portfolio, while expanding our profit margins.” Read the release.

Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) reported first quarter fiscal 2027 results, with net sales down 1.4% to $2.6 billion and organic net sales down 1.1%. Adjusted earnings per share rose 5.1% to $0.41, and the company reaffirmed its fiscal 2027 guidance, including an adjusted operating margin between 10.0% and 10.5% and adjusted EPS between $1.40 and $1.50. Conagra said it gained dollar share in categories including frozen vegetables, pudding and chili.

“We delivered a solid start to fiscal 2027 with top line results largely in line with expectations and profit ahead of expectations amid a challenging operating environment,” said John Brase, president and chief executive officer of Conagra Brands. Read the release.

WTW (Nasdaq: WTW) said its Willis business released the fall 2026 edition of its Insurance Marketplace Realities report, which found that large and complex commercial property rates fell an average of 14.5 percent in the second quarter of 2026, compared with 8.4 percent a year earlier. Shared and layered programs saw average declines of 23.41 percent, and the report said the market has moved toward pricing last seen in 2019.

“Property buyers have room to negotiate this cycle. Casualty and specialty buyers need to plan for a market that is still correcting for verdict severity and emerging technology risk,” said Jackie Bolig, Head of Placement and Broking Solutions for North America at Willis. Read the release.

RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDHL) reported first half 2026 results and outlined a portfolio reset around two FDA-approved gastrointestinal brands. The company said it made a $12 million upfront payment to Ferring Pharmaceuticals for commercialization rights to Rebyota and Clenpiq, fully funded by the $18 million it received upfront for its Talicia divestment. RedHill said the two products generated approximately $37.5 million in 2025 net sales under Ferring.

“We have executed on two major transactions that unlock significant value and fuel our capacity for growth,” said Dror Ben-Asher, RedHill’s Chief Executive Officer. Read the release.

Recon Technology, Ltd (Nasdaq: RCON) reported fiscal 2026 results, with total revenue up 65.8% to RMB109.9 million ($16.2 million) and gross margin rising to 33.2% from 23.0%. The company said its net loss narrowed to RMB31.6 million ($4.7 million) from RMB43.7 million a year earlier, with overseas oilfield projects the primary growth driver.

Recon also marked the start of operations at its waste plastic chemical recycling plant in Weifang, Shandong Province, which it said is designed to process 40,000 tons of low-value waste plastics per year. “Fiscal 2026 marked a significant turning point for Recon,” said Shenping Yin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Read the release.

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Agibank Concludes Third FIDC Issuance, Totaling R$ 2.1 Billion

Agibank Concludes Third FIDC Issuance, Totaling R$ 2.1 Billion

The transaction supports Agi’s funding diversification strategy and expands credit origination capacity

SÃO PAULO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Agibank (the “Bank”), a bank that operates a hybrid platform combining the efficiency and scalability of digital with the proximity and service of a physical presence, announces the closing of the issuance of Class A shares (quotas) of the Fundo de Investimentos em Direitos Creditórios Agibank III Responsabilidade Limitada (“FIDC Agibank III”), totaling R$ 2.1 billion. Agibank is a subsidiary of Agi Inc. (NYSE: AGBK) (“Agi”).

The issuance, carried out in two series, features a 132-month maturity and an interest rate equal to the CDI rate + 1.05% per annum. The fund, structured as a Brazilian limited liability closed-end investment fund, is backed by credit rights originating from INSS (Brazilian National Social Security Institute) payroll-deductible loans. The structure is administered by Oliveira Trust DTVM, with management by Oliveira Trust Servicer S.A. and co-management by Agibank Asset Management LTDA. The offering was conducted for public distribution under the automatic registration procedure and private placement in Brazil.

“The completion of this issuance confirms our ability to access different funding sources efficiently and on a recurring basis. The consistency in executing these operations enhances our financial flexibility and strengthens our expansion in a segment where we possess deep expertise, payroll-deductible loans,” highlights Marcello Dubeux, Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer at Agi.

The transaction, aimed at professional investors, reflects the market’s confidence in the quality of the company’s assets and the resilience of its business model. The FIDC Agibank III quotas were assigned an ‘AAA.br’ rating by Moody’s Local.

“This transaction is a fundamental strategic step in our liability management. Ensuring diversified, long-term funding sources is essential to guarantee predictability and sustainable growth capacity, while maintaining our non-negotiable focus on credit origination with discipline and profitability,” states Glauber Correa, CEO of Agibank.

About Agi

Agi stands for a banking experience that welcomes and empowers all Brazilians through a business model that is unique in Brazil. Designed to serve a customer base that represents the majority of the Brazilian population, our model addresses needs that remain outside the priorities of traditional large banks and purely digital banks. We fill a gap in the market by serving, with quality and dignity, customers who are often overlooked.

Our hybrid model combines the best of both worlds: a fully digital bank that is light, fast, and easy to use, complemented by physical branches that offer a welcoming, agile, and accessible in-person experience for all Brazilians. We develop tailored solutions and provide a simple, inclusive customer journey for non-digital-native clients, creating a meaningful competitive advantage. This approach enables us to attract more customers, build long-lasting relationships, and strengthen our growth trajectory.

No Offer

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date they were first issued and were based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections as well as the beliefs and assumptions of management. Words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “should,” “believe,” “hope,” “target,” “project,” “goals,” “estimate,” “potential,” “predict,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “could,” “intend,” variations of these terms or the negative of these terms and similar expressions are intended to identify these statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors or circumstances that are beyond Agi Inc’s control. Agi Inc’s actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements due to several factors, including but not limited to: competition, regulatory or tax developments, changes in its business, industry, or local or global economic and other developments.

Press & Investor Contact

Media: [email protected]

Investors: investors.agiinc.com

KEYWORDS: Latin America South America Brazil

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: Banking Professional Services Finance

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Phillips Edison & Company Reaffirms Full Year 2026 Earnings Guidance; Increases Full Year 2026 Gross Acquisitions Guidance; Provides Investment Update

CINCINNATI, Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: PECO) (“PECO”), one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of high-quality, grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping centers, today provided an update on full year 2026 investment activity, reaffirmed 2026 earnings guidance and updated 2026 acquisitions guidance.

2026 Investment Activity and Guidance Highlights:

  • Year to date through September 30, 2026, acquired $459.7 million in assets at PECO’s total prorated share and sold $174.0 million in assets
  • Increased full year 2026 gross acquisitions guidance reflects a range of $600 million to $700 million
  • Increased full year 2026 disposition expectations reflect a range of $200 million to $250 million
  • Provided expectations for net contributions to joint ventures in a range of $200 million to $250 million
  • The reaffirmed midpoint of full year 2026 Nareit FFO per diluted share guidance represents 6.3% year-over-year growth  
  • The reaffirmed midpoint of full year 2026 Core FFO per diluted share guidance represents 6.2% year-over-year growth
  • The reaffirmed midpoint of full year 2026 same-center NOI guidance represents 3.7% year-over-year growth

Jeff Edison, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PECO stated: “Our recently announced expanded joint venture with Northwestern Mutual reflects our commitment to match-funding on a larger scale, which allows PECO to maintain an investment in high-quality, stabilized assets while generating proceeds to acquire grocery-anchored centers and Everyday Retail™ centers with strong long-term growth profiles. In addition, we’re pleased to reaffirm our guidance for full year 2026 Core FFO per share growth, which reflects 6.2% year-over-year growth at the midpoint. We’re able to do this while maintaining balance sheet strength and a disciplined approach to investing that have always defined PECO.”

2026 Guidance

PECO updated its full year 2026 earnings guidance, as summarized in the table below, which is based upon the Company’s current view of existing market conditions and assumptions for the year ending December 31, 2026.

(in thousands, except per share
amounts)		  
Updated

Full Year

2026 Guidance and
Expectations 		 
Previous

Full Year

2026 Guidance and
Expectations
Net income per share – diluted   $0.95 – $0.97   $0.95 – $0.97
Nareit FFO per share – diluted   $2.67 – $2.72   $2.67 – $2.72
Core FFO per share – diluted   $2.73 – $2.79   $2.73 – $2.79
Same-Center NOI growth   3.40% – 4.00%   3.40% – 4.00%
Portfolio Activity:        
Acquisitions, gross(1)   $600,000 – $700,000   $500,000 – $600,000
Dispositions   $200,000 – $250,000   $100,000 – $200,000
Contributions to joint ventures, net   $200,000 – $250,000   N/A

(1)   Includes the prorated portion owned through the Company’s unconsolidated joint ventures.

The Company does not provide a reconciliation for same-center NOI estimates on a forward-looking basis because it is unable to provide a meaningful or reasonably accurate calculation or estimation of certain reconciling items which could be significant to the Company’s results without unreasonable effort.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the range of the Company’s 2026 estimated net income to estimated Nareit FFO and Core FFO:

(Unaudited) Low End   High End
Net income per share attributable to stockholders – diluted $         0.95     $         0.97  
Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets           1.87               1.89  
Gain on disposal of property, net           (0.19 )             (0.19 )
Adjustments related to unconsolidated joint ventures           0.04               0.05  
Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders and OP unit holders
per share – diluted		 $         2.67     $         2.72  
Depreciation and amortization of corporate assets           0.01               0.01  
Loss on extinguishment or modification of debt and other, net           0.01               0.01  
Transaction costs and other           0.04               0.05  
Core FFO attributable to stockholders and OP unit holders
per share – diluted		 $         2.73     $         2.79  


The above statements are forward-looking and actual results could differ materially depending on market conditions and the factors set forth under “Forward-Looking Statements” below.

The Company plans to provide an update on additional full year 2026 guidance components in conjunction with its Third Quarter 2026 earnings results on Monday, October 26, 2026.

About Phillips Edison & Company

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (“PECO”) is one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of high-quality, grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping centers. Founded in 1991, PECO has generated strong results through its vertically-integrated operating platform and national footprint of well-occupied shopping centers. PECO’s centers feature a mix of national and regional retailers providing necessity-based goods and services in fundamentally strong markets throughout the United States. PECO’s top grocery anchors include Kroger, Publix, Albertsons and Ahold Delhaize. As of June 30, 2026, PECO managed 330 shopping centers, including 302 wholly-owned centers comprising 33.9 million square feet across 31 states and 28 shopping centers owned in three institutional joint ventures. PECO is focused on creating great grocery-anchored shopping experiences and improving communities, one neighborhood shopping center at a time.

PECO uses, and intends to continue to use, its Investors website, which can be found at https://investors.phillipsedison.com, as a means of disclosing material nonpublic information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (the “Company”) intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and includes this statement for purposes of complying with the safe harbor provisions. Such forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the Company’s use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue,” “seek,” “objective,” “goal,” “strategy,” “plan,” “focus,” “priority,” “should,” “could,” “potential,” “possible,” “look forward,” “optimistic,” “commit,” or other similar words. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Such statements include, but are not limited to: (a) statements about the Company’s plans, strategies, initiatives, and prospects; (b) statements about the Company’s underwritten incremental yields; and (c) statements about the Company’s future results of operations, capital expenditures, and liquidity. Such statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated, including, without limitation: (i) changes in national, regional, or local economic climates; (ii) local market conditions, including an oversupply of space in, or a reduction in demand for, properties similar to those in the Company’s portfolio; (iii) vacancies, changes in market rental rates, and the need to periodically repair, renovate, and re-let space; (iv) competition from other available shopping centers and the attractiveness of properties in the Company’s portfolio to its tenants; (v) the financial stability of the Company’s tenants, including, without limitation, their ability to pay rent; (vi) the Company’s ability to pay down, refinance, restructure, or extend its indebtedness as it becomes due; (vii) increases in the Company’s borrowing costs as a result of changes in interest rates and other factors; (viii) potential liability for environmental matters; (ix) damage to the Company’s properties from catastrophic weather and other natural events, and the physical effects of climate change; (x) the Company’s ability and willingness to maintain its qualification as a REIT in light of economic, market, legal, tax, and other considerations; (xi) changes in tax, real estate, environmental, and zoning laws; (xii) information technology security breaches; (xiii) the Company’s corporate responsibility initiatives; (xiv) loss of key executives; (xv) the concentration of the Company’s portfolio in a limited number of industries, geographies, or investments; (xvi) the economic, political, and social impact of, and uncertainty relating to, pandemics or other health crises; (xvii) the Company’s ability to re-lease its properties on the same or better terms, or at all, in the event of non-renewal or in the event the Company exercises its right to replace an existing tenant; (xviii) the loss or bankruptcy of the Company’s tenants; (xix) to the extent the Company is seeking to dispose of properties, the Company’s ability to do so at attractive prices or at all; and (xx) the impact of heightened geopolitical instability, international conflicts, tariffs and global trade disruptions on the Company, its tenants, and consumers, including the impact on inflation, supply chains, and consumer sentiment. Additional important factors that could cause actual results to differ are described in the filings made from time to time by the Company with the SEC and include the risk factors and other risks and uncertainties described in the Company’s 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 10, 2026, as updated from time to time in the Company’s periodic and/or current reports filed with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Therefore, such statements are not intended to be a guarantee of the Company’s performance in future periods. Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Investors:

Kimberly Green, Head of Investor Relations, (513) 692-3399, [email protected]



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WD-40 Company Schedules Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2026 Earnings Conference Call

WD-40 Company Schedules Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2026 Earnings Conference Call

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
WD-40 Company (NASDAQ:WDFC) has scheduled its fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2026 earnings conference call for Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. PDT. On this call, management will discuss financial results, business developments and other matters affecting the Company. Other forward-looking or material information may also be discussed.

A live webcast of this event will be available on the Company’s investor relations website at http://investor.wd40company.com. The webcast will be archived and available on the website for a one-year period following the conference call.

The Company’s quarterly earnings press release will cross the wire after market close on October 21, 2026. Please visit the Company’s investor relations website to view the press release and other supporting materials.

About WD-40 Company

WD-40 Company is a global marketing organization dedicated to creating positive lasting memories by developing and selling products that solve problems in workshops, factories, and homes around the world. The Company owns a wide range of well-known brands that include maintenance products and homecare and cleaning products: WD-40® Multi-Use Product, WD-40 Specialist®, 3-IN-ONE®, GT85®, 2000 Flushes®, no vac®, Spot Shot®, Lava®, Solvol®, X-14®, and Carpet Fresh®.

Headquartered in San Diego, California, USA, WD-40 Company recorded net sales of $620.0 million in fiscal year 2025 and its products are currently available in more than 176 countries and territories worldwide. WD-40 Company is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “WDFC”. For additional information about WD-40 Company please visit http://www.wd40Company.com.

Media and Investor Contact:

Wendy Kelley

[email protected]

+1-619-275-9304

KEYWORDS: United States North America California

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: Marketing Retail Home Goods Communications

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Business First Bancshares, Inc. Schedules Q3 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call for Oct. 26

BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), the parent company of b1BANK, announced that it will release its financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2026, before market open on Mon., Oct. 26, 2026. Executive management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results the same day (Mon., Oct. 26, 2026) at 9:00 a.m. CDT.

Participants may join the call by dialing 1-800-715-9871 (toll-free, North America only) and entering Conference ID 8846141, or by requesting the Business First Bancshares conference call.

A live webcast of the call will be available at: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/uhshyz4m

The earnings release and a corresponding slide presentation will be accessible on the b1BANK website at www.b1BANK.com/shareholder-info.

About Business First Bancshares, Inc.

As of June 30, 2026, Business First Bancshares, Inc., (Nasdaq: BFST) through its banking subsidiary b1BANK, has $8.9 billion in assets, $5.6 billion in assets under management through b1BANK’s affiliate Smith Shellnut Wilson, LLC (SSW) (not including $1.0 billion of b1BANK assets managed by SSW) and operates Banking Centers and Loan Production Offices in markets across Louisiana and Texas providing commercial and personal banking products and services. b1BANK is a 2024 Mastercard “Innovation Award” winner and multiyear winner of American Banker’s “Best Banks to Work For.” Visit b1BANK.com for more information.

Investor Relations Contact:  
Gregory Robertson
337.721.2701
[email protected]		 Matt Sealy
225.388.6116
[email protected]
   
Media Contact:

Misty Albrecht
b1BANK
225.286.7879
[email protected]		  



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JAKKS Pacific, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Call

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK) will announce its third quarter 2026 financial results on Thursday, October 22, 2026, after the close of the stock market.
The Company invites analysts, investors and media to listen to a teleconference scheduled for 5:00 p.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. PT on October 22, 2026, to discuss the results, and potentially future plans and prospects. A live webcast of the call will be available on the “Investor Relations” page of the Company’s website at www.jakks.com/investors. To access the call by phone, please go to this link (3Q26 Registration link), and you will be provided with dial-in details. To avoid delays, we encourage participants to dial into the conference call ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. A replay of the webcast will also be available for a limited time at (www.jakks.com/investors).

About JAKKS Pacific, Inc.:

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of toys and consumer products sold throughout the world, with its headquarters in Santa Monica, California. JAKKS Pacific’s popular proprietary brands include Disguise®, Fly Wheels®, Charming™, Moose Mountain®, Maui®, ReDo® Skateboard Co., Sky Ball® and Xtreme Power Dozer® as well as a wide range of entertainment-inspired products featuring premier licensed properties. Through their products and charitable donations, JAKKS is helping to make a positive impact on the lives of children. Visit us at www.jakks.com and follow us on Instagram (@jakkspacific.toys), X (@jakkstoys), YouTube (@JAKKSPacific), Facebook (@jakkspacific.toys) and LinkedIn (JAKKS Pacific). 

©2026 JAKKS Pacific, Inc. All rights reserved

JAKKS Pacific, Inc.
Investor Relations
Lucas Natalini
(424) 268-9567
[email protected]



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Palantir and Armada Partner to Accelerate Sovereign AI Infrastructure

Palantir and Armada Partner to Accelerate Sovereign AI Infrastructure

Partnership combines Armada’s Galleon modular data centers, the Armada Platform, and the Sovereign AI Grid with Palantir’s Sovereign AI Operating System, giving enterprises and governments a path to run and adapt open-weight models on infrastructure they fully control.

MIAMI & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) and Armada today announced a partnership to deliver sovereign AI on infrastructure manufactured in the United States and allied nations, with Palantir naming Armada its Inaugural Certified Modular Data Center Partner. The joint offering combines Palantir’s Sovereign AI Operating System with Armada’s infrastructure layer: modular data centers, the Armada Platform that keeps every deployment under the customer’s control, and the Sovereign AI Grid that connects deployments into a resilient distributed system. Enterprises and governments gain the ability to run open-weight models on compute, data, and physical infrastructure they own and control outright, deployed in months rather than years.

Demand for sovereign AI has accelerated as organizations look to reduce their dependence on hosted models and hardware supply chains outside their control. Palantir’s enterprise and government customers have increasingly asked for infrastructure that keeps model weights, data, and physical systems inside their own security boundary, rather than renting capacity from providers outside their jurisdiction—and for new AI capacity that can come online in months, at sites where power is already available, rather than waiting years for new construction. The partnership extends the Palantir Sovereign AI Operating System Reference Architecture—jointly developed with NVIDIA— to host compute infrastructure customers physically own: open models, adapted on the customer’s own data, running under the customers’ control.

Under the agreement, Palantir will validate and integrate its Sovereign AI Operating System—built on AIP, Ontology, Foundry and Apollo—on Armada’s Galleon modular data centers, with the Armada Platform and Sovereign AI Grid providing control and resilience across every deployment. The joint offering builds on the Palantir Sovereign AI OS Reference Architecture with NVIDIA, extending it to a ruggedized, modular data center. Customers gain the ability to deploy open-weight models, continually adapt them on their own proprietary data, and serve them to Palantir’s platforms entirely within infrastructure that never leaves their control, with the modular data centers manufactured in the U.S. and allied nations.

The Armada Platform, the company’s software layer, distills the latest open-source models, including NVIDIA Nemotron, for fine-tuning and inference on infrastructure the customer owns and controls, without reliance on any external cloud, including any operated by Armada, and can operate fully air-gapped where the mission requires it. It provides continuous, real-time monitoring of each deployment’s power, cooling, and compute. The Sovereign AI Grid connects these deployments into a distributed system, so critical AI workloads never depend on a single site. Together with Galleon hardware and Palantir’s Sovereign AI Operating System, the result is a single integrated stack that customers own end to end.

“Sovereignty is not something you rent. It is owning the weights, the data, and the hardware those models run on—and knowing where that hardware was built,” said Alex Karp, co-founder and CEO of Palantir. “Our ontology gives institutions control over their data, their models, and the inputs they use to fine-tune models. Armada gives them control over the infrastructure those models operate from, manufactured in the United States and allied nations and delivered in months.”

“Palantir makes the software governments and enterprises trust with their most consequential decisions. Armada brings the infrastructure layer beneath it: hardware manufactured in the United States and with trusted allies, a platform that keeps every deployment under the customer’s control without reliance on any external cloud, and the Sovereign AI Grid that connects deployments into a system resilient by design,” said Dan Wright, Co-founder and CEO of Armada. “Together we make sovereign AI faster to deploy, more sovereign, and more resilient—on-grid, off-grid, or fully air-gapped, in months instead of years.”

About Palantir

Foundational software of tomorrow. Delivered today. Additional information is available at www.palantir.com.

About Armada

Armada is the hyperscaler for the edge, delivering modular AI infrastructure from first deployment to AI factory with speed, scale, and sovereignty. For more information, visit https://www.armada.ai./

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release and the conference/presentations to which it relates contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements may relate to, but are not limited to, Palantir’s expectations regarding our product development, distribution, contracts, and pricing, expected benefits of and applications for our software platforms, business strategy and plans (including strategy and plans relating to our Artificial Intelligence Platform (“AIP”), sales and marketing efforts, partnerships, and customers), investments in our business, market trends and market size, expectations regarding any current or potential customers, partnerships, or other business relationships or initiatives, opportunities (including growth opportunities), and positioning, as well as assumptions relating to the foregoing. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time those statements are made and are or were based on current expectations as well as the beliefs and assumptions of management as of that time with respect to future events. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors or circumstances that are beyond our control. These risks and uncertainties include our ability to meet the unique needs of our customer(s), the failure of our platforms to satisfy our customer or perform as desired, the frequency or severity of any software and implementation errors, our platforms’ reliability, and the timing of the development and release of, and updates to, our products. Additional information regarding these and other risks and uncertainties is included in the filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Except as required by law, we do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise.

Palantir

Lisa Gordon

[email protected]

Armada

Justin O’Kelly

[email protected]

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INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: Software Networks Other Manufacturing Hardware Artificial Intelligence Data Management Technology Manufacturing

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Phillips Edison & Company Announces $377.5 Million Expansion of Joint Venture with Northwestern Mutual

Expansion Recognizes the Strength of PECO’s Operating Platform while Generating Capital for PECO to Acquire Properties with Strong Growth Profiles

CINCINNATI , Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: PECO) (“PECO”), one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of high-quality, grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping centers, today announced an amended and restated joint venture partnership with Northwestern Mutual, one of the largest commercial real estate mortgage and equity investors in the U.S., which extends the term of the venture, Grocery Retail Partners I LLC (“GRP I”), by 10 years to 2036.

The expanded joint venture will acquire 13 high-quality, grocery-anchored shopping centers currently owned and operated by PECO across eight states. The portfolio is valued at approximately $377.5 million. Northwestern Mutual and PECO will retain approximately 86% and 14% interest in the joint venture, respectively. PECO will continue to provide leasing, asset management and property management services for the joint venture, in addition to earning recurring fees related to these services. The expansion creates incremental investment capacity for PECO to fund future acquisitions, development and redevelopment opportunities.

Jeff Edison, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PECO, stated: “Expanding our partnership with Northwestern Mutual, one of the country’s largest and most experienced commercial real estate investors, demonstrates continued institutional demand for high-quality, grocery-anchored shopping centers.”

The 13 assets are located in suburban neighborhoods and are merchandised with a strong line-up of necessity-based goods and services, including dominant grocers, restaurants and medical retail, as well as health, wellness and personal service uses.

Edison added, “In addition to the durable fee revenue generated, this expanded joint venture advances PECO’s capital allocation strategy by monetizing value from high-quality, stabilized assets and redeploying that capital into grocery-anchored and Everyday Retail™ opportunities with strong growth potential. PECO’s joint venture partnerships play a key role in our long-term growth and commitment to delivering stakeholder value. We’re able to do this while maintaining balance sheet strength and a disciplined approach to investing that have always defined PECO.”

The expansion will occur in stages with this initial stage seeding approximately half of the assets into the venture. Additional transfers under the existing agreement are expected to be completed by early 2027, and the timing and composition of future closings may change.

Following the completion of the expanded joint venture, PECO’s unconsolidated joint venture portfolio is expected to include more than 40 shopping centers across 17 states and will be valued at approximately $1.2 billion of assets under management.

About Northwestern Mutual

Northwestern Mutual has been helping people and businesses achieve financial security for more than 165 years. Through a comprehensive planning approach, Northwestern Mutual combines the expertise of its financial professionals with a personalized digital experience and industry-leading products to help its clients plan for what’s most important. With more than $780 billion of total assets1 managed across the company’s institutional portfolio as well as retail investment client portfolios, more than $40 billion in revenues, and $2.5 trillion worth of life insurance protection in force, Northwestern Mutual delivers financial security to more than five million people with life insurance, disability income insurance, long-term care insurance, annuities, and brokerage and advisory services. Northwestern Mutual ranked 109 on the 2026 FORTUNE 500 and was recognized by FORTUNE® as one of the “World’s Most Admired” life insurance companies in 2026.

Learn more at https://www.northwesternmutual.com/.

Northwestern Mutual is the marketing name for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (NM), Milwaukee, WI (life and disability insurance, annuities, and life insurance with long-term care benefits) and its subsidiaries. Subsidiaries include Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (NMIS) (investment brokerage services), broker-dealer, registered investment adviser, member FINRA and SIPC; the Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company® (NMWMC) (investment advisory and services), federal savings bank; and Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company (NLTC) (long-term care insurance). Not all Northwestern Mutual representatives are advisors. Only those representatives with “Advisor” in their title or who otherwise disclose their status as an advisor of NMWMC are credentialed as NMWMC representatives to provide investment advisory services.

1 Includes investments and separate account assets of Northwestern Mutual as well as retail investment assets held or managed for clients.

About Phillips Edison & Company

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (“PECO”) is one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of high-quality, grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping centers. Founded in 1991, PECO has generated strong results through its vertically-integrated operating platform and national footprint of well-occupied shopping centers. PECO’s centers feature a mix of national and regional retailers providing necessity-based goods and services in fundamentally strong markets throughout the United States. PECO’s top grocery anchors include Kroger, Publix, Albertsons and Ahold Delhaize. As of June 30, 2026, PECO managed 330 shopping centers, including 302 wholly-owned centers comprising 33.9 million square feet across 31 states and 28 shopping centers owned in three institutional joint ventures. PECO is focused on creating great grocery-anchored shopping experiences and improving communities, one neighborhood shopping center at a time.

PECO uses, and intends to continue to use, its Investors website, which can be found at https://investors.phillipsedison.com, as a means of disclosing material nonpublic information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the Company’s use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue,” “seek,” “objective,” “goal,” “strategy,” “plan,” “focus,” “priority,” “should,” “could,” “potential,” “possible,” “look forward,” “optimistic,” “commit,” or other similar words. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Such statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated, including the risk factors and other risks and uncertainties described in the Company’s 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 10, 2026, as updated from time to time in the Company’s periodic and/or current reports filed with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Investors:

Kimberly Green, Head of Investor Relations
(513) 692-3399, [email protected]



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ChronoScale Announces Agreements Bringing Total Company Contracted Run-Rate Revenue to $1 Billion and Sale of Ekso Bionics Business Unit

  • Expanded agreement with an existing AI infrastructure customer and new customer agreement increases contracted deployment pipeline and is expected to drive Company annualized revenue run rate to $1 billion by calendar Q3 2027
  • ChronoScale completes previously disclosed sale of Ekso Bionics business unit

MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ChronoScale Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: CHRN) (“ChronoScale” or the “Company”), an accelerated compute platform purpose-built to support demanding artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, today announced a significant expansion of an existing customer agreement and a separate agreement with a new customer, that increases the scale of its contracted AI infrastructure deployments and further strengthens the Company’s contracted revenues.

New Infrastructure Agreements

ChronoScale has signed a contract extension with an existing AI infrastructure customer and an agreement with a new AI infrastructure customer. These two agreements extend the Company’s contracted deployment pipeline and expand its overall capacity.

Together with ChronoScale’s existing customer contracts and current deployment schedule, these two agreements provide for annualized run-rate revenue of $1 billion by calendar Q3 2027.1

These customer commitments represent another step in ChronoScale’s strategy to develop long-term relationships with AI infrastructure customers and scale capacity alongside their growing compute requirements.

Achievement and timing of this contracted revenue remain subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the successful and timely deployment and commissioning of planned infrastructure capacity, availability of power and equipment, and the Company’s ability to access capital on acceptable terms, among other factors.

“We view the expansion of this existing customer relationship and the onboarding of the new customer as an important validation of both the demand we are seeing and our ability to grow alongside our customers,” said Cenly Chen, Chief Executive Officer of ChronoScale. “With these agreements, together with our existing contracts and current deployment schedule, we now have agreements in place that provide for $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate during calendar 2027. Our focus is on disciplined execution and delivering the infrastructure our customers need at scale.”

Ekso Bionics Business Unit Sale

ChronoScale also announced the completion of the sale of its Ekso Bionics business unit, which the Company believes will allow it to focus its operations, management resources and capital allocation on its core accelerated compute and AI infrastructure business.

The divestiture follows the formation of ChronoScale through the strategic combination of Applied Digital’s cloud business and EKSO Bionics Holdings, Inc. ChronoScale now operates as an independent public company focused on scalable GPU-based infrastructure optimized for AI training, inference and high-performance computing.

Cenly Chen added: “We intend the sale of the Ekso Bionics business to allow us to further sharpen our focus and concentrate our resources on what we see as the significant opportunity ahead in AI infrastructure.”

ChronoScale is building its platform to address growing enterprise and AI-native demand for dedicated computing environments capable of supporting increasingly demanding AI workloads. The Company’s strategy centers on delivering scalable accelerated computing capacity with the performance, consistency and operational execution required for large-scale deployments.

About ChronoScale

ChronoScale (Nasdaq: CHRN) is an accelerated compute platform purpose-built to support demanding artificial intelligence workloads. Focused on large-scale deployments, the platform delivers dedicated compute environments optimized for performance, consistency, and long-term operational execution, with the ability to scale capacity alongside accelerating AI demand.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this Press Release about future expectations, plans, and prospects, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Such forward-looking statements include but are not limited to: (i) statements regarding the Company, its plans and objectives and anticipated future economic performance; (ii) statements about the cloud compute industry; (iii) statements regarding the Company’s ability to expand capacity and meet accelerating demand; (iv) statements regarding the Company’s ability to execute on planned infrastructure deployments and commissioning schedules; (v) statements regarding the performance of customers, suppliers, utilities and other counterparties;; and (vi) statements of assumptions underlying other statements and statements about the Company or its business. You are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations of future events and thus are inherently subject to uncertainty. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the Company’s expectations. These risks, uncertainties, and other factors include: the ability to raise capital to fund the acquisition and deployment of GPUs, other equipment and other capital expenditures; the timely achievement of the deployment schedule in its customer agreements; customer concentration and the ability to renew or expand customer relationships; achievement of our target annualized run-rate revenue and revenue expectations in connection with our customer contracts; limitations on the Company’s ability to attract and retain key personnel, including executive officers and Board members of the Company; the success of the Company’s risk management activities, including any failure by the Company to implement and maintain effective internal controls; cash flow and access to capital; conditions in the debt and equity capital markets; slower than anticipated growth in the cloud compute industry; uncertainties related to market conditions, and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 19, 2026, and the risks described in other filings that the Company may make from time to time with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except to the extent required by applicable law.

Investor Relations & Media Contacts

Matt Glover or Ralf Esper
Gateway Group, Inc.
(949) 574-3860
[email protected]

1 Annualized revenue run-rate is an operating metric and a non-GAAP measure, calculated by multiplying revenue recognized under contracts in a quarterly period by four. The revenue recognized under these contracts is based on current assumptions and not a forecast of revenue for any specific reporting period.