Category: Finance

  • MIL-OSI: Infineon to Present at the dbVIC – Deutsche Bank ADR Virtual Investor Conference May 15th

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    MUNICH, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY), based in Munich and a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT, today announced that Daniel Gyoery, Senior Director Investor Relations will present at the dbVIC – Deutsche Bank American Depositary Receipt (ADR) Virtual Investor Conference on May 15, 2025. This virtual investor conference is aimed exclusively at introducing global companies with ADR programs to investors.

    DATE: May 15th
    TIME: 9:00 EDT / 15:00 CET
    LINK: REGISTER HERE

    This will be a live, interactive online event where investors are invited to ask the company questions in real-time. If attendees are not able to join the event live on the day of the conference, an archived webcast will also be made available after the event.

    It is recommended that online investors pre-register and run the online system check to expedite participation and receive event updates.  

    Participation is free of charge.

    Recent Company Highlights

    • Infineon is the #1 global leader in automotive semiconductors, power semiconductors, and microcontrollers
    • Microcontroller: Infineon’s microcontrollers serve as the brains of smarter, safer cars and secure IoT devices. Over the past decade, the company has consistently outgrown the market and achieved the global #1 position.
    • Powering AI – from grid to core: the exponential data growth driven by digitalization and AI is increasing the energy demand of data centers. Infineon offers solutions, extending from the grid to the core to maximize the efficiency, power density and reliability of AI infrastructure.
    • Shaping mobility & Humanoid robots: ever-smarter, more integrated cars and humanoid robots need fast, secure controllers as well as high-speed networking. Infineon’s microcontroller leadership and the acquisition of Marvell Technology’s automotive ethernet business combine two world-class solutions, forming a unique system solution meeting the needs of these emerging technologies.
    • Focus on high growth and margin retention combined with consistent shareholder returns. Fiscal year 2025 guidance already includes a haircut for potential tariff headwinds.

    About Infineon
    Infineon Technologies AG is a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT. Infineon drives decarbonization and digitalization with its products and solutions. The Company had around 58,060 employees worldwide (end of September 2024) and generated revenue of about €15 billion in the 2024 fiscal year (ending 30 September). Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX) and in the USA on the OTCQX International over-the-counter market (ticker symbol: IFNNY).

    About Virtual Investor Conferences®
    Virtual Investor Conferences (VIC) is the leading proprietary investor conference series that provides an interactive forum for publicly traded companies to seamlessly present directly to investors.

    Providing a real-time investor engagement solution, VIC is specifically designed to offer companies more efficient investor access.  Replicating the components of an on-site investor conference, VIC offers companies enhanced capabilities to connect with investors, schedule targeted one-on-one meetings and enhance their presentations with dynamic video content. Accelerating the next level of investor engagement, Virtual Investor Conferences delivers leading investor communications to a global network of retail and institutional investors.

    CONTACTS:

    Infineon Technologies AG
    Daniel Györy
    Senior Director Investor Relations
    Office: +49 89 234 35078
    Daniel.Gyoery@infineon.com 

    Virtual Investor Conferences
    John M. Viglotti
    SVP Corporate Services, Investor Access
    OTC Markets Group
    (212) 220-2221
    johnv@otcmarkets.com 

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  • MIL-OSI: 100x Leverage, No KYC, $50 Welcome Bonus, and Double Deposit Bonus — Trade Crypto Futures on BexBack

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SINGAPORE, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With Bitcoin breaking past the $100,000 milestone and Ethereum surging over 20% in just 24 hours, many analysts agree that a new crypto bull market has officially begun. In this environment, smart investors are turning to high-leverage futures trading to amplify their gains with minimal capital.
    Recognizing this shift, BexBack is doubling down on its trader-first approach by offering powerful promotional incentives: a 100% deposit bonus, a $50 welcome bonus for new users, and up to 100x leverage on over 50 major cryptocurrencies. These tools are designed to help traders capture the full potential of the bull cycle with precision and flexibility.

    What Is 100x Leverage and How Does It Work?

    Simply put, 100x leverage allows you to open larger trading positions with less capital. For example:

    Suppose the Bitcoin price is $60,000 that day, and you open a long contract with 1 BTC. After using 100x leverage, the transaction amount is equivalent to 100 BTC.

    One day later, if the price rises to $63,000, your profit will be (63,000 – 60,000) * 100 BTC / 60,000 = 5 BTC, a yield of up to 500%.

    With BexBack’s deposit bonus

    BexBack offers a 100% deposit bonus. If the initial investment is 2 BTC, the profit will increase to 10 BTC, and the return on investment will double to 1000%.

    Note: Although leveraged trading can magnify profits, you also need to be wary of liquidation risks.

    How Does the 100% Deposit Bonus Work?
    The deposit bonus from BexBack cannot be directly withdrawn but can be used to open larger positions and increase potential profits. Additionally, during significant market fluctuations, the bonus can serve as extra margin, effectively reducing the risk of liquidation.

    About BexBack?

    BexBack is a leading cryptocurrency derivatives platform that offers 100x leverage on BTC, ETH, ADA, SOL, XRP,and 50+ others futures contracts. It is headquartered in Singapore with offices in Hong Kong, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Argentina. It holds a US MSB (Money Services Business) license and is trusted by more than 500,000 traders worldwide. Accepts users from the United States, Canada, and Europe. There are no deposit fees, and traders can get the most thoughtful service, including 24/7 customer support.

    Why recommend BexBack?

    No KYC Required: Start trading immediately without complex identity verification.

    100% Deposit Bonus: Double your funds, double your profits.

    High-Leverage Trading: Offers up to 100x leverage, maximizing investors’ capital efficiency.

    Demo Account: Comes with 10 BTC and 1M USDT in virtual funds, ideal for beginners to practice risk-free trading.

    Comprehensive Trading Options: Feature-rich trading available via Web and mobile applications.

    Convenient Operation: No slippage, no spread, and fast, precise trade execution.

    Global User Support: Enjoy 24/7 customer service, no matter where you are.

    Lucrative Affiliate Rewards: Earn up to 50% commission, perfect for promoters.

    Take Action Now—Don’t Miss Another Opportunity!

    If you missed the previous crypto bull run, this could be your chance. With BexBack’s 100x leverage and 100% deposit bonus and $50 bonus for new users (available after making a deposit of at least 100 USDT or 0.001 BTC and completing one trade within one week of registration), giving you the edge to become a winner in the new bull run.

    Sign up on BexBack now, claim your exclusive bonus and start accumulating more BTC today!

    Website: www.bexback.com

    Contact: business@bexback.com

    Contact:
    Amanda
    business@bexback.com

    Disclaimer: This content is provided by BexBack. The statements, views, and opinions expressed in this content are solely those of the content provider and do not necessarily reflect the views of this media platform or its publisher. We do not endorse, verify, or guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any information presented. We do not guarantee any claims, statements, or promises made in this article. This content is for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial, investment, or trading advice.Investing in crypto and mining-related opportunities involves significant risks, including the potential loss of capital. It is possible to lose all your capital. These products may not be suitable for everyone, and you should ensure that you understand the risks involved. Seek independent advice if necessary. Speculate only with funds that you can afford to lose. Readers are strongly encouraged to conduct their own research and consult with a qualified financial advisor before making any investment decisions. However, due to the inherently speculative nature of the blockchain sector—including cryptocurrency, NFTs, and mining—complete accuracy cannot always be guaranteed.
    Neither the media platform nor the publisher shall be held responsible for any fraudulent activities, misrepresentations, or financial losses arising from the content of this press release. In the event of any legal claims or charges against this article, we accept no liability or responsibility. Globenewswire does not endorse any content on this page.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: News 05/9/2025 Blackburn, TNECD Commissioner McWhorter Highlight Economic Investment in Tennessee Under President Trump on ‘Unmuted with Marsha’

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn)
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released a new episode of ‘Unmuted with Marsha’ highlighting the 30 projects with approximately 3,700 new jobs and $1.2 billion in economic investment Tennessee has landed since November 2024. 
    Senator Blackburn spoke with Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) Commissioner Stuart McWhorter about the exciting economic developments in the state, including the recruitment of new international direct flights, investment in rural Tennessee communities, and closing the digital divide by expanding access to broadband.

    Click here to download this episode of ‘Unmuted with Marsha.’ 
    “We’ve heard so much about President Trump’s first 100 days, and a lot of talk about the success that different states are having in attracting investment and attracting jobs and seeing that jobs growth take place. I was at the White House last week with the President as he was announcing some of these projects that have taken place,” said Senator Blackburn.
    “It’s been a busy several months for sure, and the good news is the pipeline is continuing to be very robust. Since President Trump was elected, and certainly now that he’s in office, and really making a lot of things happen quickly, we’re seeing activity in our state pick up. A lot of companies globally are looking to reshore and establish a stronger presence – not only in the United States – but certainly in the State of Tennessee,” saidStuart McWhorter.
    RELATED
    VIDEO: Blackburn Celebrates Economic Investments in Tennessee Secured by President Trump

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  • MIL-OSI: HTX DeepThink: Liquidity Window Confirmed — Bitcoin Hits $100K Again, What’s Next?

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SINGAPORE, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HTX DeepThink is a flagship market insights column created by HTX, dedicated to exploring global macro trends, key economic indicators, and major developments across the crypto industry. In a world where volatility is the norm, HTX DeepThink aims to help readers “Find Order in Chaos.”

    Last week, Chloe (@ChloeTalk1) from HTX Research accurately predicted that a liquidity window could emerge in early May, driving capital back into crypto markets. On May 8, Bitcoin surged past $100,000 for the first time in three months—confirming her forecast. How long can this momentum last, and what are the implications of the latest U.S.-UK tariff deal? In this bonus update, Chloe provides fresh analysis of the evolving landscape.

    UK–U.S. Tariff Agreement Signals Reduced Risk and Policy Support

    On May 8, the United Kingdom and the United States reached a breakthrough trade agreement. The UK agreed to open its agricultural market for U.S. products in exchange for a reduction in U.S. tariffs on British automobile exports. Tariffs on British steel and aluminum exports to the U.S. were reduced to zero, while a 10% “reciprocal tariff” remains in place on U.S. imports.

    Although the UK already runs a trade deficit with the U.S. and the economic impact of the deal may be modest, it signals a willingness by the U.S. government to re-engage diplomatically and release policy tailwinds.

    U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnick further indicated that the next major trade agreement could involve a large Asian economy, suggesting that the U.S. administration is preparing to offer structural trade incentives on a broader geopolitical scale.

    Bitcoin’s Market Structure Shifts From Speculative Trading to Institutional Capital Allocation

    Concurrently with these easing policy conditions, Bitcoin’s capital flow dynamics have undergone a fundamental shift. Over the past three weeks, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have recorded substantial net inflows totaling $5.3 billion——the highest quarterly inflow since their launch.

    Notably, this increase has been driven by institutional participants, including the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, the Swiss National Bank (via MicroStrategy equity purchases), and increased allocations by BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF. This signals a structural transition in Bitcoin’s pricing logic—moving from short-term, volatility-driven speculation towards long-term capital allocation. BTC is evolving beyond a high-risk asset; it is gradually forming an independent capital ecosystem, increasingly viewed by institutional investors as a “supra-sovereign asset”—somewhere between gold and U.S. Treasuries.

    Bitcoin Volatility Remains Contained; Market Awaits Macroeconomic Catalysts

    Despite BTC’s recent rally to $100,000, the market has not yet exhibited signs of speculative exuberance. Implied volatility (IV) in Bitcoin options remains stable in the 50%–55% range, far below the extreme levels of 80%+ typically seen at the peak of past bull markets. CME Bitcoin futures open interest currently stands at $14.8 billion, well below the $20 billion peak observed during the 2020 U.S. presidential election period, indicating that leverage is still manageable. Meanwhile, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has repeatedly failed to break above 4.60%, now hovering around 4.40%, which remains a neutral-to-supportive zone for risk assets.

    Overall, as long as yields do not climb back above 4.8% and ETF inflows remain steady, Bitcoin is likely to consolidate in the $105,000–$115,000 range while awaiting the next breakout trigger.

    Hidden Risk: Breakdown in China–U.S. and EU–U.S. Trade Talks Could Reignite Tariff Battles

    Nevertheless, investors should remain vigilant about geopolitical risk. While U.S. negotiations with China and the EU are ongoing, significant unresolved tensions persist—particularly over tariffs, export controls, and industrial subsidies.

    President Trump has explicitly stated he has no intention of lowering the current 145% tariff on Chinese goods as a prerequisite for restarting trade negotiations. Meanwhile, EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič warned that if discussions with the U.S. fail, the EU is prepared to launch retaliatory tariffs, potentially targeting up to €100 billion worth of American goods.

    A breakdown in these negotiations could lead to the re-imposition of aggressive tariffs, reigniting global trade friction. This would likely dampen investor sentiment and place renewed pressure on risk assets, including Bitcoin. As such, the hidden risk of renewed tariff wars remains a key macro variable that should be incorporated into all forward-looking risk assessments.

    *The above content is not investment advice and does not constitute any offer or solicitation to offer or recommendation of any investment product.

    About HTX Research

    HTX Research is the dedicated research arm of HTX Group, responsible for conducting in-depth analyses, producing comprehensive reports, and delivering expert evaluations across a broad spectrum of topics, including cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, and emerging market trends.

    Connect with HTX Research Team: research@htx-inc.com

    Contact:
    Ruder Finn Asia
    glo-media@htx-inc.com

    Disclaimer: This is a paid post and is provided by HTX. The statements, views, and opinions expressed in this content are solely those of the content provider and do not necessarily reflect the views of this media platform or its publisher. We do not endorse, verify, or guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any information presented. We do not guarantee any claims, statements, or promises made in this article. This content is for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial, investment, or trading advice.Investing in crypto and mining-related opportunities involves significant risks, including the potential loss of capital. It is possible to lose all your capital. These products may not be suitable for everyone, and you should ensure that you understand the risks involved. Seek independent advice if necessary. Speculate only with funds that you can afford to lose. Readers are strongly encouraged to conduct their own research and consult with a qualified financial advisor before making any investment decisions. However, due to the inherently speculative nature of the blockchain sector—including cryptocurrency, NFTs, and mining—complete accuracy cannot always be guaranteed.
    Neither the media platform nor the publisher shall be held responsible for any fraudulent activities, misrepresentations, or financial losses arising from the content of this press release. In the event of any legal claims or charges against this article, we accept no liability or responsibility. Globenewswire does not endorse any content on this page.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Texas Man Indicted For Sex Trafficking

    Source: United States Department of Justice (Human Trafficking)

    Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the  unsealing of an indictment charging Jazzmen La Vone Gaskins (38, Texas) with sex trafficking and transportation of an individual to engage in prostitution. If convicted on all counts, Gaskins faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. 

    According to the indictment, between July 2023 and March 2024, Gaskins knowingly trafficked Victim 1 knowing and in reckless disregard of the fact that means of force, threats of force, fraud and coercion would be used to cause the victim to engage in a commercial sex act. The indictment also alleges that on December 22, 2023, Gaskins knowingly transported Victim 2 from Texas to Florida with the intent that Victim 2 engage in prostitution and sexual activity.

    An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.

    This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Courtney Derry.

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  • MIL-OSI United Nations: Major port explosions signal need for urgent action to strengthen safety and security in managing hazardous chemicals worldwide

    Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

    The massive explosion and fires that rocked the Shahid Rajaei port near Bandar Abbas, Iran, on 26 April 2025 took the lives of at least 57 people and injured over 1,200, according to media reports. The port’s activities and surrounding community were severely impacted and the hazardous smoke could have severe health and environmental effects. The government has stated that negligence and non-compliance with safety measures regarding the storage and handling of hazardous chemicals were the causes.  

    To prevent and mitigate the effects of future incidents, Member States worldwide are invited to engage in UNECE’s current interagency work to support governments  to strengthen safety and security measures across sectors for the  management of hazardous chemicals.  

    Major port explosions in Lebanon (Beirut port in 2020) and China (Tianjin port in 2015), as well as blasts in Equatorial Guinea (Bata barracks in 2021) and USA (West Fertilizer Explosion in 2013), have had lasting impacts. These resulted from inadequate storage and handling of hazardous chemicals and in some cases prompted governments to strengthen their inspections of chemical facilities, review inventories, follow-up on non-compliance and suspected irregularities and raise public awareness. As governments review and improve safety measures, risks need to be carefully assessed against the background of the ongoing global energy transition, aiming to mitigate climate change, while also adapting to its increasing impacts. Certain hazardous substances and technologies affiliated with the energy transition have potential to cause accidents if not properly managed. In a changing climate, increasingly severe and frequent natural hazards can trigger accidents and exacerbate their effects.  

    International instruments and standards support governments to manage risks of hazardous chemicals to prevent, prepare for and respond to industrial accidents. At UNECE, the Industrial Accidents Convention provides principles and guidance to manage technological disaster risk, aiming to enhance industrial safety nationally and across borders, in a  transboundary context. At UN level, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) and UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods lay out measures to safely store, handle and transport hazardous chemicals.  

    ILO, IMO, UNDRR, UNEP, UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit, UNITAR, WHO, OECD, the European Commission and European Investment Bank also support risk management from different angles, with their respective legal and policy instruments and guidance.  

    UNECE has also initiated a partnership with these organizations to follow-up on the 2020 Beirut port explosion and implement a three-year global project, supported by the European Union and the European Investment Bank. The initiative aims to promote and improve knowledge of international instruments that apply along the lifecycle of chemicals for preventing and mitigating accidents, strengthen capacities for related policies and governance and increase knowledge of authorities on preparedness and response.  

    A new video that introduces the risks of managing hazardous chemicals and tools available to manage them; a forthcoming information repository and report with more information on international instruments and national good practices; and a global seminar on this topic within the framework of the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Industrial Accidents Convention at the end of 2026.  

    International cooperation and coordination, including across sectors, are key to enhancing knowledge and developing tools to avoid future incidents involving hazardous chemicals and to protect people, the environment and economies from them. 

    MIL OSI United Nations News

  • MIL-OSI: Extension of subsidiary Management Board Member’s terms of office

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    On May 8, 2025, the Supervisory Board of AS Elenger Grupp, a subsidiary of Aktsiaselts Infortar, approved the extension of Management Board Member Raul Kotov’s terms of office for an additional three years, until April 30, 2028. 

    Infortar operates in seven countries, the company’s main fields of activity are maritime transport, energy and real estate. Infortar owns a 68.47% stake in Tallink Grupp, a 100% stake in Elenger Grupp and a versatile and modern real estate portfolio of approx. 141,000 m2. In addition to the three main areas of activity, Infortar also operates in construction and mineral resources, agriculture, printing, and other areas. A total of 110 companies belong to the Infortar group: 101 subsidiaries, 4 affiliated companies and 5 subsidiaries of affiliated companies. Excluding affiliates, Infortar employs 6,296 people.

    Additional information:

    Kadri Laanvee
    Investor Relations Manager
    Phone: +372 5156662
    e-mail: kadri.laanvee@infortar.ee 
    www.infortar.ee/en/investor

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Ministry Confirms International Joint Bookrunners for Upcoming Íslandsbanki Share Offering

    Source: Government of Iceland

    Yesterday, Alþingi approved amendments to the Act on the Disposition of the State’s Holding in Íslandsbanki hf. The offering is scheduled to take place during the first half of the year through a fully-marketed offering, with individuals given priority access. The legislative framework, established last year for the sale of the state’s remaining shares, ensures that due consideration is given to objectivity, efficiency, equality, and transparency. Particular emphasis is placed on ensuring that the entire process earns and maintains public trust.

    On 30 April, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs solicited expressions of interest from parties to assist with the share sale, with the application deadline on 2 May. The project attracted strong interest, particularly from international parties.

    Following this process, the Ministry has decided to enter into agreements with four international firms to manage the sale of shares in the upcoming offering as joint bookrunners. The domestic firms that will take part in the offering will be announced shortly. The appointed international firms are Arctic Securities AS, JP Morgan SE, UBS Europe SE, and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (in cooperation with ODDO BHF SCA.) As previously announced Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, and Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG and Kvika banki hf. have been mandated to act as joint global co-ordinators and joint bookrunners to plan and oversee the offering, as well as manage the order books.

    All selected parties are licensed to place offerings of financial instruments without underwriting, in accordance with Icelandic financial market legislation. They will operate under the terms of the offering structure and will receive a sales commission amounting to 0.75% of the value of the shares they place.

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Hertfordshire waste boss to pay £79,000 gained from illegal sites

    Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

    Press release

    Hertfordshire waste boss to pay £79,000 gained from illegal sites

    Quarry director let waste mountains pile up way beyond legal amount. Enough waste at one site to nearly fill the Royal Albert Hall 3 times

    Codicote Quarry, near Stevenage, was one of three locations at the centre of this illegal waste operation

    A former teacher who filled 2 quarries in Hertfordshire with illegal waste has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds following an investigation into proceeds of crime.

    Liam Winters presided over the illegal disposal of assorted rubbish at Codicote Quarry, near Stevenage.

    An investigation by the Environment Agency found approximately 200,000 cubic metres of household, commercial and industrial waste, as well as electrical items, car parts, furniture, food packaging, wood and metal. It could have filled the Royal Albert Hall nearly 3 times over.

    An Environment Agency investigator inspects waste hidden in a futile attempt to avoid it being found

    Winters, of Warwickshire, also ignored the Environment Agency’s instructions to stop filling Anstey Quarry, at Buntingford, near Royston, with banned waste such as plastic, wood, metal and packaging, all broken into tiny pieces.

    The waste piled up at Anstey Quarry scaled the height of 5 double-decker buses

    He was given 17 months in prison in October 2023 for dumping the illegal waste at the 2 sites and a nearby shooting ground.

    The piles of waste at Anstey reached 20 metres into the sky, the height of 5 double-decker buses. 

    The Anstey Quarry Company Ltd, of which Winters was a director, leased the quarry, with a permit from the Environment Agency to treat and dispose of up to 10,000 cubic metres of clean soil waste a year.

    Investigators estimated as much as 250,000 cubic metres of harmful biodegradable materials was buried there.

    Soil was used at all 3 sites to cover some of the waste in an attempt to avoid detection.

    Judge Caroline Wigin, sitting at Luton crown court on 8 May, ordered Winters, to pay £78,835. This followed an proceeds of crime investigation by the Environment Agency’s national economic crime unit.

    The money will be split between His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service and the Environment Agency. Winters faces 2 more years in prison if he doesn’t pay within 3 months. The 48-year-old, of High Street, Hillmorton, Rugby, also has to pay a victim surcharge of £120.

    Barry Russell, environment manager for the Environment Agency in Hertfordshire, said:

    “We are determined that waste operators who break the law don’t benefit from their crimes

    “It was clear every time we visited the sites, there was no substantial change to the illegal way they were being run.

    “Operations like Anstey and Codicote are damaging in many ways, including the potential or actual harm caused to the environment by inappropriate and illegal storage of waste materials, and the financial impact on businesses who follow the rules, pay their way and protect the environment.

    “Despite warnings from the Environment Agency to stop, Winters and the other men carried on bringing in more illegal waste.”

    The Environment Agency served an enforcement notice, ordering the business to stop taking in material at Anstey that could do damage to the ground if left in landfill.

    Codicote Quarry had a permit to treat and store a small amount of soil waste, but not hold it in huge quantities. The quarry went far beyond what was authorised by the Environment Agency.   

    Nicholas Bramwell, now 45, of Shepherds Close, Royston, was fined £1,450 and told to pay £8,000 in costs and a £120 victim surcharge after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to burying large quantities of potentially harmful waste at Anstey Quarry and a shooting ground at Nuthampstead.

    The Environment Agency found more plastic, wood and metal in sizable quantities at the firing range, where it was used to build a 10-metre high embankment.

    Both men admitted to 5 counts of breaching regulation 38 (2) of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 in relation to Anstey Quarry and Nuthampstead shooting ground.

    Winters faced four more charges under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 and the Environmental Protection Act 1990 in relation to Codicote Quarry.

    Judge Wigin said no costs would be awarded against Winters because he had served a custodial prison sentence.

    Winters’ brother, Mark Winters, 50, of Bangor Erris, in County Mayo, received 12 months in prison in 2023, suspended for 2 years, and told to carry out 200 hours unpaid work over the waste at Codicote.

    The brothers were also banned from being company directors for 8 years.

    Luton crown court will sit on 9 July to decide on proceeds of crime payments and costs against Mark Winters and to sentence Codicote Quarry Ltd, of which the brothers were also directors.

    There is no suggestion the owners of the 3 locations played any part in the criminal activity.

    Contact us:

    Journalists only: 0800 141 2743 or communications_se@environment-agency.gov.uk.

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    Published 9 May 2025

    MIL OSI United Kingdom

  • MIL-OSI: Vocodia Expands Business Plan to Include Crypto Asset Acquisition Powered by Predictive AI

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    BOCA RATON, Fla., May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vocodia Holdings Corp. (OTCQB: VHAI), a leader in AI-driven voice automation and digital intelligence, announced today an update to its business plan to include the acquisition of crypto assets as part of its strategic growth initiatives.

    This move is supported by Vocodia’s proprietary Predictive AI technology, co-developed with its strategic partners, designed to identify and act on optimal digital asset opportunities. The company is currently in advanced negotiations with investment banks for an initial investment to support the first phase of this new initiative.

    “Our Predictive AI gives us a unique edge in the digital asset space,” said Brian Podolak, CEO of Vocodia. “We believe integrating crypto into our business model aligns with our long-term vision for value creation and innovation.”

    Further details will be announced as the investment and execution strategy are finalized.

    About Vocodia
    Vocodia Holdings Corp. (OTCQB: VHAI) is an AI technology company focused on building and deploying human-like voice automation agents for sales, service, and support across multiple industries.

    For media or investor inquiries, please contact:
    Investor Relations
    ir@vocodia.com

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  • MIL-OSI: Standard Lithium Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2025 Results

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Standard Lithium Ltd. (“Standard Lithium” or the “Company”) (TSXV:SLI) (NYSE American:SLI), a leading near-commercial lithium company, today announced its financial and operating results for the three month fiscal period ended March 31, 2025.

    “2025 will be a pivotal year for us, marked by several key milestones that will shape the future of Standard Lithium, our joint venture, and impact the industry as a whole,” said David Park, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Standard Lithium. “We started with a strong first quarter by finalizing our $225 million grant from the US Department of Energy, advancing our subsurface understanding through extensive reservoir testing, completing the derisking of our DLE technology with a final pilot field test at South West Arkansas, and continuing to expand our leasehold footprint in East Texas. Together with our South West Arkansas project’s recent designation as a priority transparency critical mineral project by the Trump administration and the approval of our first brine production unit, these achievements reinforce our conviction that our projects in the Smackover will deliver significant value to our shareholders, the communities that we work in, and will help secure critical mineral production in the United States. While much remains to be done ahead of a final investment decision at SWA, as well as further advancing East Texas, we are energized by the momentum we have built and we are focused on our next project development milestones.”

    Highlights Subsequent to the Three Month Fiscal Period Ended March 31, 2025

    All amounts are in US dollars unless otherwise indicated.

    • Smackover Lithium’s South West Arkansas Project receives special designation. Smackover Lithium announced that its South West Arkansas (“SWA”) Project had been selected as one of the first critical mineral production projects to be advanced under Executive Order 14241 – Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production, announced by the U.S. Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council at the recommendation of the National Energy Dominance Council.
    • Approval of brine production unit for Phase I of the SWA Project. On April 24, Smackover Lithium announced the brine production unit, formally named the Reynolds Unit, for Phase I of it’s SWA Project was unanimously approved by the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission with no objections or opposition in a hearing that was open to all stakeholders from the community. Approval of the unit was a necessary statutory requirement as Smackover Lithium seeks to establish a royalty rate for the unit by the end of the second quarter.
    • Submission of royalty application to the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission for the SWA Project. On May 6, Smackover Lithium announced that SWA Lithium LLC had submitted a royalty application to the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission to establish a lithium royalty for the Reynolds Unit for Phase I of its SWA Project.

    Highlights From Three Month Fiscal Period Ended March 31, 2025

    • Finalized $225 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) for the South West Arkansas Project. The grant will support construction of Phase 1 of the SWA Project. The SWA Project is expected to be one of the world’s first commercial-scale Direct Lithium Extraction (“DLE”) facilities.
    • Undertook extensive field and reservoir testing program at the SWA Project.  Completed drilling of new well and multiple well re-entries into the Smackover Formation to conduct detailed reservoir testing and brine sampling work to further support front end engineering design and definitive feasibility studies.
    • Completed final test of field-pilot plant at the SWA Project.  In partnership with Koch Technology Solutions, successfully operated a field-pilot plant at the SWA Project as the final DLE derisking step prior to commercialization. Lithium recovery far exceeded design criteria, with over 99% recovery from brine sourced from the project’s International Paper Company well.
    • Launch of Smackover Lithium. On January 29, 2025, at a community townhall in Stamps, AR, the Company and Equinor announced Smackover Lithium as the new name for their joint venture developing DLE projects in Southwest Arkansas and East Texas.
    • Continued strategic additions to board of directors. The Company announced on March 19, 2025 the appointment of Karen G. Narwold, as an independent member of its board of directors.
    • Provided corporate update demonstrating continuous advancement and derisking of corporate objectives. Announcement made on March 26, 2025 provided highlights on certain developmental project milestones for the Smackover Lithium joint venture as well as updates on the Company’s progress at its demonstration plant and on the Lanxess Projects.
    • Cash and working capital of $31.6 million and $31.3 million, respectively, as of March 31, 2025.
    • The Company has no term or revolving debt obligations as of March 31, 2025.

    Consolidated Financial Statements

    This news release should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and MD&A for the three month fiscal period ended March 31, 2025, which are available on the Company’s issuer profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.

    Three-Month Fiscal Period Ended March 31, 2025 Call and Webcast

    The Company will hold a conference call and webcast to discuss its three-month fiscal period ended March 31, 2025 on Friday, May 16th at 3:30 p.m. ET. Access to the call is available via webcast or direct dial.

    Conference Call and Webcast Details
    Standard Lithium Fiscal Q1 2025 Earnings Call and Webcast
    May 16, 2025 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada)

    Participant Information:
    Conference ID: 6017900

    USA / International Toll +1 (646) 307-1963
    USA – Toll-Free (800) 715-9871
    Canada – Toronto (647) 932-3411
    Canada – Toll-Free (800) 715-9871

    Attendee Webcast Link:
    https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/929712112

    About Standard Lithium Ltd.

    Standard Lithium is a leading near-commercial lithium development company focused on the sustainable development of a portfolio of large, high-grade lithium-brine properties in the United States. The Company prioritizes projects characterized by the highest quality resources, robust infrastructure, skilled labor, and streamlined permitting. Standard Lithium aims to achieve sustainable, commercial-scale lithium production via the application of a scalable and fully integrated DLE and purification process. The Company’s flagship projects are located in the Smackover Formation, a world-class lithium brine asset, focused in Arkansas and Texas. In partnership with global energy leader Equinor, Standard Lithium is advancing the South West Arkansas project, a greenfield project located in southern Arkansas, and actively exploring promising lithium brine prospects in East Texas. Standard Lithium also holds an interest in certain mineral leases in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California.

    Standard Lithium trades on both the TSX Venture Exchange and the NYSE American under the symbol “SLI”. Please visit the Company’s website at www.standardlithium.com.

    Investor and Media Inquiries

    Chris Lang
    Standard Lithium Ltd.
    +1 604 409 8154
    investors@standardlithium.com

    Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This news release may contain certain “Forward-Looking Statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws. When used in this news release, the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “target, “plan”, “forecast”, “may”, “schedule” and other similar words or expressions identify forward-looking statements or information. These forward-looking statements or information may relate to intended development timelines, future prices of commodities, accuracy of mineral or resource exploration activity, reserves or resources, regulatory or government requirements or approvals, the reliability of third party information, continued access to mineral properties or infrastructure, fluctuations in the market for lithium and its derivatives, changes in exploration costs and government regulation in Canada and the United States, and other factors or information. Such statements represent the Company’s current views with respect to future events and are necessarily based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by the Company, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political and social risks, contingencies and uncertainties. Many factors, both known and unknown, could cause results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements that are or may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements or information to reflect changes in assumptions or changes in circumstances or any other events affecting such statements and information other than as required by applicable laws, rules and regulations.

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  • MIL-OSI: Baltic Horizon will hold an Investor Conference Webinar to introduce the results for Q1 2025

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Baltic Horizon Fund invites unitholders, investors, analysts and other stakeholders to join its investor conference webinar, scheduled on 15 May 2025 at 13:00 PM (CET) or 14:00 PM (EET).

    The webinar will be hosted by Tarmo Karotam, the Fund Manager of Baltic Horizon Fund. Q&A session will follow after the presentation. Due to limited webinar time, we encourage participants to send their questions no later than one day before the webinar to tarmo.karotam@nh-cap.com.

    To join the webinar, please register via the following link: https://nasdaq.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lUzvGaYZRoCEAqJ761GHZg

    You will be provided with the webinar link and instructions how to join successfully. When joining the webinar for the first time, you will be asked to download the plug-in which will take only few seconds. In case plug-in can’t be downloaded, a web browser which enables attending the webinar, opens automatically. The registration is open until 15 May at 12:00 PM (CET)/ 13:00 PM (EET).

    Registered participants will receive a reminder e-mail one hour prior to the webinar. The webinar will be recorded and available online for everyone at the company’s website on www.baltichorizon.com and on Nasdaq Baltic youtube.com account.

    For additional information, please contact:

    Tarmo Karotam
    Baltic Horizon Fund manager
    E-mail tarmo.karotam@nh-cap.com
    www.baltichorizon.com

    The Fund is a registered contractual public closed-end real estate fund that is managed by Alternative Investment Fund Manager license holder Northern Horizon Capital AS. 

    Distribution: GlobeNewswire, Nasdaq Tallinn, Nasdaq Stockholm, www.baltichorizon.com

    To receive Nasdaq announcements and news from Baltic Horizon Fund about its projects, plans and more, register on www.baltichorizon.com. You can also follow Baltic Horizon Fund on www.baltichorizon.com and on LinkedIn, FacebookX and YouTube.

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  • MIL-OSI Economics: RBI imposes monetary penalty on Jana Small Finance Bank Limited

    Source: Reserve Bank of India

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated May 07, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 crore (Rupees One Crore only) on Jana Small Finance Bank Limited (the bank) for contravention of provision of Section 12B(5) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Section 46(4)(i) of the BR Act.

    The bank had raised paid-up share capital through issue / allotment of Compulsory Convertible Preference Shares (CCPS) to certain persons. This was examined vis-à-vis the requirement under Section 12B(5) of the BR Act and a notice was issued to the bank advising it to show cause as to why penalty should not be imposed on it for its failure to comply with the statutory provision.

    After considering the bank’s reply to the notice, additional submissions made by it and oral submissions made during the personal hearing, RBI found that the following charge against the bank was sustained, warranting imposition of monetary penalty:

    The bank issued / allotted CCPS to certain persons, which taken along with equity share capital held by them, made such persons to hold more than permitted percentage of the paid-up share capital of the bank. It was not ensured that such persons have obtained previous approval of RBI as required under Section 12B(1) of the BR Act.

    This action is based on deficiencies in statutory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers. Further, imposition of monetary penalty is without prejudice to any other action that may be initiated by RBI against the bank.

    (Puneet Pancholy)  
    Chief General Manager

    Press Release: 2025-2026/302

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  • MIL-OSI: BDO Unibank, Inc. to Present at the dbVIC – Deutsche Bank ADR Virtual Investor Conference May 15th

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    MANILA, Philippines, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BDO Unibank, Inc. (BDO, BDOUY) based in the Philippines, and focused on providing financial products and services, today announced that BDO Unibank, Inc. Executive Vice President, Luis S. Reyes will present at the dbVIC – Deutsche Bank American Depositary Receipt (ADR) Virtual Investor Conference on May 15. This virtual investor conference is aimed exclusively at introducing global companies with ADR programs to investors.

    DATE: May 15th
    TIME: 2:00 PM ET
    LINK: REGISTER HERE

    This will be a live, interactive online event where investors are invited to ask the company questions in real-time. If attendees are not able to join the event live on the day of the conference, an archived webcast will also be made available after the event.

    It is recommended that online investors pre-register and run the online system check to expedite participation and receive event updates.  

    Participation is free of charge.

    About BDO Unibank, Inc.

    BDO is a full-service universal bank in the Philippines, providing a complete array of industry-leading products and services including Lending (corporate and consumer), Deposit-taking, Foreign Exchange, Brokering, Trust and Investments, Credit Cards, Retail Cash Cards, Corporate Cash Management and Remittances. Through its local subsidiaries, the Bank offers Investment Banking, Private Banking, Leasing and Finance, Thrift Banking and Microfinance, Life Insurance, Property and Casualty Insurance Brokerage, and Online and Traditional Stock Brokerage services.

    BDO’s institutional strengths and value-added products and services hold the key to its successful business relationships with customers. On the front line, its branches remain at the forefront of setting high standards as a sales and service-oriented, customer-focused force. The Bank has the largest distribution network with over 1,800 operating branches and more than 5,800 teller machines nationwide. BDO has 16 international offices (including full-service branches in Hong Kong and Singapore) spread across Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East.

    The Bank also offers digital banking solutions to make banking easier, faster, and more secure for its clients.

    Through selective acquisitions and organic growth, BDO has positioned itself for increased balance sheet strength and continuing expansion into new markets. As of December 31, 2024, BDO is the country’s largest bank in terms of total resources, customer loans, deposits, assets under management and capital, as well as branch and teller machine network nationwide.

    BDO is a member of the SM Group, one of the country’s largest and most successful conglomerates with businesses spanning retail, mall operations, property development (residential, commercial, hotels and resorts), and financial services. Although part of a conglomerate, BDO’s day-to-day operations are handled by a team of professional managers and bank officers. Further, the Bank has one of the industry’s strongest Board of Directors, composed of professionals with extensive experience in various fields that include banking and finance, accounting, law, and business.

    For more information, please visit www.bdo.com.ph.

    About Virtual Investor Conferences®
    Virtual Investor Conferences (VIC) is the leading proprietary investor conference series that provides an interactive forum for publicly traded companies to seamlessly present directly to investors.

    Providing a real-time investor engagement solution, VIC is specifically designed to offer companies more efficient investor access. Replicating the components of an on-site investor conference, VIC offers companies enhanced capabilities to connect with investors, schedule targeted one-on-one meetings and enhance their presentations with dynamic video content. Accelerating the next level of investor engagement, Virtual Investor Conferences delivers leading investor communications to a global network of retail and institutional investors.

    CONTACTS:
    BDO Unibank, Inc.
    Investor Relations (IR) Team
    (632) 8840 7000
    irandcorplan@bdo.com.ph

    Katherine T. Tan
    Senior Assistant Vice President
    (63 2) 8840-7000 ext 37609
    tan.katherine@bdo.com.ph

    Virtual Investor Conferences
    John M. Viglotti
    SVP Corporate Services, Investor Access
    OTC Markets Group
    (212) 220-2221
    johnv@otcmarkets.com 

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  • MIL-OSI: Inuvo Posts Record Q1 2025 Revenue of $26.7M, up 57% Year-Over-Year

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Inuvo, Inc. (NYSE American: INUV), a leading provider of artificial intelligence AdTech solutions, today provided a business update and announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.

    First Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights:

    • Revenue was a record $26.7 million; a 57% increase compared to $17.0 million in Q1. 2024; highest revenue in the Company’s history.
    • Gross profit increased 41% to $21.1 million, compared to $14.9 million in Q1 2024.
    • Net loss per share was $0.01 compared to $0.02 in the prior year.  
    • Adjusted EBITDA loss was $22 thousand, compared to a loss of $1.0 million for Q1 2024.

    First Quarter 2025 Operational Highlights:

    • The company launched the enhanced IntentKey Self-Serve Platform, an advanced AI agent for audience discovery and targeting.
    • The company added 20 new IntentKey clients and now has 15 self-service clients. 
    • The company introduced IntentKey zip code-level audience insights and targeting.
    • The company materially grew both Platform and the Agencies & Brands product lines. 

    Richard Howe, CEO of Inuvo, stated, “I’m thrilled to announce another record quarter, our second consecutive, with 57% year-over-year growth driven by both product lines. As Q1 is typically our weakest quarter, this strong performance sets a positive tone for the year ahead.” Mr. Howe added, “Our Platform product is benefiting from technology and service enhancements initiated in late 2023, while Agencies & Brands are thriving with enhanced capabilities that enable marketers to quickly identify and target virtually any audience they can conceive, in minutes.”

    Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended March 31,2025

    Net revenue for the first quarter of 2025 totaled $26.7 million, compared to $17.0 million for the same period last year. The increase in revenue for the three-month period ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in the prior year came from a 61% increase within Platforms and a 31% increase within Agencies & Brands.

    Cost of revenue for the first quarter of 2025 totaled $5.6 million, compared to $2.1 million for the same period last year. The increase in the cost of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period last year, was related to higher Platform revenue and the introduction of a new product.

    Gross profit for the three months ended March 31, 2025, totaled $21.1 million as compared to $14.9 million for the same period last year. Gross profit margin for the three months ended March 31, 2025, was 79% as compared to 87.7% for the same period last year. The lower gross margin was due to changes in product mix.

    Operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025, totaled $22.9 million compared to $17 million for the same period last year. Operating expenses are composed of marketing costs, compensation and general & administrative expenses. For the three-months ended March 31, 2025, all three categories of operating expense increased year-over-year.

    Marketing costs increased due to the higher expenses associated with Platform revenue growth. Compensation expense was higher due primarily to a one-time accrual of an employee benefit of $335,000 and to higher incentive accrual. General and administrative expense was $1.1 million higher year-over-year primarily due to a reduction of the allowance for expected credit losses last year.

    Finance expense, net of interest income, for the three months ended March 31, 2025, was $28 thousand compared to $20 thousand in the same quarter last year. Finance expense this year included $77 thousand of interest income from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a delayed employee retention credit.

    Other income was approximately $541 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2025 in comparison with $0 for the same quarter in 2024. In March 2025, the Company received a payment from the IRS totaling $610 thousand in connection with an employee retention credit filed in 2023. Of the total payment, $533 thousand was recognized in other Income.

    Net loss for the first quarter of 2025 was $1.3 million, or $0.01 per basic and diluted share, as compared to net loss of $2.1 million, or $0.02 per basic and diluted share, for the same period last year.

    Adjusted EBITDA [see reconciliation table below] was near break-even at a loss of approximately $22 thousand in the first quarter of 2025 compared to a loss of approximately $1.0 million for the same period last year.

    Liquidity and Capital Resources:

    On March 31, 2025, Inuvo had $2.6 million in cash and cash equivalents, an unused working capital facility of $10.0 million and no debt.

    As of May 2, 2025, Inuvo had 144,253,434 common shares issued and outstanding.

    Conference Call Details: 

    Date: Friday, May 9, 2025
    Time: 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time
    Toll-free Dial-in Number: 1-800-717-1738
    International Dial-in Number: 1- 646-307-1865
    Conference ID: 11109974
    Webcast Link: HERE

    A telephone replay will be available through Friday, May 23, 2025. To access the replay, please dial 1- 844-512-2921 (domestic) or 1- 412-317-6671 (international). At the system prompt, please enter the code 11109974 followed by the # sign. You will then be prompted for your name, company, and phone number. Playback will then automatically begin.

    About Inuvo
    Inuvo®, Inc. (NYSE American: INUV) is a market leader in Artificial Intelligence built for advertising. Its IntentKey® AI solution is a first-of-its-kind proprietary and patented technology capable of identifying and actioning to the reasons why consumers are interested in products, services, or brands, not who those consumers are. To learn more, visit www.inuvo.com.

    Safe Harbor / Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding Inuvo’s quarter-end financial close process and preparation of financial statements for the quarter that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including, without limitation risks detailed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and represent our views only as of the date they are made and should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date. You are urged to carefully review and consider any cautionary statements and other disclosures, including the statements made under the heading “Risk Factors” in Inuvo, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 as filed on February 27, 2025, and our other filings with the SEC.  Additionally, forward looking statements are subject to certain risks, trends, and uncertainties including the continued impact of Covid-19 on Inuvo’s business and operations. Inuvo cannot provide assurances that the assumptions upon which these forward-looking statements are based will prove to have been correct. Should one of these risks materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements, and investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are current only as of this date. Inuvo does not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements made herein or any other forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Inuvo further expressly disclaims any written or oral statements made by a third party regarding the subject matter of this press release. The information which appears on our websites and our social media platforms is not part of this press release.

    Inuvo Company Contact:
    Wally Ruiz
    Chief Financial Officer
    Tel (501) 205-8397
    wallace.ruiz@inuvo.com 

    (Tables follow)

    INUVO, INC.
    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
        Three Months Ended
        March 31   March 31
          2025       2024  
    Net revenue   $ 26,708,032     $ 17,023,777  
    Cost of revenue     5,620,941       2,099,042  
    Gross profit     21,087,091       14,924,735  
    Operating expenses:        
    Marketing costs     17,512,994       13,102,644  
    Compensation     3,599,321       3,224,859  
    General and administrative     1,744,563       688,510  
    Total operating expenses     22,856,878       17,016,013  
    Operating loss     (1,769,787 )     (2,091,278 )
    Interest expense, net     27,929       20,380  
    Other income     (540,571 )      
    Income tax expense     2,676        
    Net loss   $                (1,259,821 )   $                (2,111,658 )
    Other comprehensive income:        
    Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities            
    Comprehensive income (loss)   $                (1,259,821 )   $                (2,111,658 )
                 
    Net loss per share, basic and diluted   ($ 0.01 )   ($ 0.02 )
    Weighted average shares outstanding:        
    Basic     142,719,274       138,789,669  
    Diluted     142,719,274       138,789,669  
                     
    INUVO, INC.  
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS  
               
               
        March 31   December 31  
          2025     2024  
    Assets          
               
    Cash and cash equivalent   $ 2,561,993   $ 2,459,245  
    Accounts receivable, net     12,022,440     12,545,771  
    Prepaid expenses and other current assets     738,995     639,805  
    Total current assets     15,323,428     15,644,821  
               
    Property and equipment, net     1,793,966     1,792,903  
               
    Goodwill     9,853,342     9,853,342  
    Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization     3,777,499     3,897,875  
    Other assets     943,956     1,006,990  
               
    Total assets   $ 31,692,191   $ 32,195,931  
               
    Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity          
               
    Current liabilities          
    Accounts payable   $ 7,257,005   $ 8,422,351  
    Accrued expenses and other current liabilities     10,221,581     9,463,537  
    Total current liabilities     17,478,586     17,885,888  
               
    Long-term liabilities     766,891     835,271  
               
    Total stockholders’ equity     13,446,714     13,474,772  
    Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity   $ 31,692,191   $ 32,195,931  
    RECONCILIATION OF NET LOSS TO ADJUSTED EBITDA
    (unaudited)
             
        Three Months Ended
        March 31   March 31
          2025       2024  
    Net loss   $                              (1,259,821 )   $                              (2,111,658 )
    Interest expense, net     27,929       20,380  
    Income tax expense     2,676        
    Depreciation and amortization                                        568,042                                          673,203  
    EBITDA     (661,174 )     (1,418,075 )
    Stock-based compensation     304,284       396,312  
    Non recurring items:        
    Employee Benefit     335,000        
    Adjusted EBITDA   $                                    (21,890 )   $                              (1,021,763 )
                     

    Reconciliation of Net Loss to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA 

    We present EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental measure of our performance. We defined EBITDA as Net loss plus (i) interest expense, (ii) depreciation, and (iii) amortization. We further define Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA plus (iv) stock-based compensation and (v) certain identified expenses that are not expected to recur or be representative of future ongoing operation of the business. These adjustments are itemized above. You are encouraged to evaluate these adjustments and the reasons we consider them appropriate for supplemental analysis. In evaluating EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, you should be aware that in the future we may incur expenses that are the same or similar to some of the adjustments in the presentation. Our presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items.

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  • MIL-OSI: Skycorp Solar Group Limited Rings Nasdaq Opening Bell, Unveils Strategic Expansion into U.S. Solar Market

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    New York, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Skycorp Solar Group Limited (Nasdaq: PN) (“Skycorp” or “the Company”), a solar PV product provider engaged in the manufacture and sale of solar cables and solar connectors, marked its Nasdaq debut by ringing the Opening Bell, signaling a transformation phase in its mission to accelerate renewable energy adoption worldwide. The achievement also coincides with the Company’s plan to localize operation in the United States as Skycorp gears up to set up local team to drive growth in this high-growth market.

    “We are in a process to set up a subsidiary in the United States to seize growth opportunities offered by this burgeoning market where the installed capacity is expected to double to 375 GW by 2030 (SEIA, 2024),” said Mr. Weiqi Huang, Chief Executive Officer of the Company. “Today in the U.S., nearly 7% of the electricity already comes from solar energy, which is more than seven times that of ten years ago (SEIA, 2024). So Skycorp’s Nasdaq listing provides critical capital to help us localize operations in the country,” said Mr. Huang.

    “Skycorp also looks to form strategic partnerships with U.S. financial institutions to co-develop integrated solar-storage-charging projects and establish local teams to better support commercial and industrial clients and spearhead market research tailored for the U.S. market,” Mr. Huang added.

    Years of Innovation: From Startup to Nasdaq

    Founded in 2011 with the vision of “benefiting all human being with solar,” Skycorp has over the years become a leading provider of solar cables and connectors. The Company’s patented fire-retardant solar cables and ultra-durable waterproof connectors, which follow European International Electrotechnical Commission and TÜV production standards, serve clients across 30+ countries, while boasting a 90% customer retention rate.

    Future-Focused Initiatives

    Skycorp in its prospectus unveiled plans to launch smart junction boxes and intelligent solar charging stations for EVs by late 2025, designed to simplify renewable energy integration for consumers and enterprises.

    “The U.S. market is critical to our global strategy,” Mr. Huang continued, “By localizing innovation, we also aim to make Skycorp synonymous with affordable, American-made solar solutions.”

    About Skycorp Solar Group Limited

    Skycorp Solar Group Limited is a solar photovoltaic (PV) product provider focused on manufacturing and selling solar cables and connectors. Our operations are managed through our subsidiaries, including Ningbo Skycorp Solar Co., Ltd., in China.

    The Company’s mission is to become a green energy solutions provider by utilizing solar power and delivering eco-friendly solar PV products. By leveraging the Company’s expertise in solar technologies and relationships with worldwide clients, it aims to expand offerings of solar PV products and energy solutions for enterprise customers. For more information, please visit: https://ir.skycorp.com/.

    Forward-Looking Statement

    This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. When the Company uses words such as “may, “will, “intend,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,” “estimate” or similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters, it is making forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations discussed in the forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the registration statement filed with the SEC. For these reasons, among others, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional factors are discussed in the Company’s filings with the SEC, which are available for review at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.

    For more information, please contact:

    Skycorp Solar Group Limited
    Cathy
    Investor Relations
    Email: ir@skycorp.com
    Tel: +86 185 0252 9641 (CN)

    WFS Investor Relations Inc.
    Connie Kang
    Partner
    Email: ckang@wealthfsllc.com
    Tel: +86 1381 185 7742 (CN)

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  • MIL-OSI: Sharc Energy Featured in Ottawa’s LeBreton Flats Redevelopment District Energy Project

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SHARC International Systems Inc. (CSE: SHRC) (FSE: IWIA) (OTCQB: INTWF) (“SHARC Energy” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that two SHARC 880 Wastewater Energy Transfer (“WET”) systems will be used to power a district energy system (also referred to as thermal energy network), in the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, serving the LeBreton Flats redevelopment.

    A new era of sustainable energy is dawning in Ottawa with the formation of the LeBreton Community Utility Partnership, a joint venture between Envari Holding Inc. (a subsidiary of Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc.) and Theia Partners. Together with the City of Ottawa, the partners have formalized a landmark agreement to implement an advanced WET system.

    The formation of the LeBreton Community Utility partnership marks a significant step in realizing a truly sustainable energy model for urban development. Our WET technology, powered by SHARC Energy’s Canadian innovation, will provide reliable, efficient, and environmentally responsible thermal energy to the LeBreton community, starting with DREAM’s Odenak development, stated Scott Demark, Partner at Theia Partners.

    “This is more than just a project; it’s a testament to Ottawa’s dedication to leading the way in sustainable energy solutions. Hydro Ottawa is proud to be at the forefront of this innovation, demonstrating the power of collaboration and forward-thinking technology, including the highly efficient and Canadian-made SHARC Energy WET System, in building a sustainable future for the community we serve. We are especially pleased that this project supports vital affordable housing and aligns with our commitment to ensuring all customers can participate in a smart and equitable energy future,” says Bryce Conrad, President and CEO of Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc.

    This groundbreaking energy project will harness the untapped thermal potential of wastewater to provide 9 Megawatts (MW) of sustainable and efficient building heating and cooling to the LeBreton Flats redevelopment including DREAM’s Odenak development at 665 Albert Street, the inaugural customer for LeBreton Community Utility’s WET system. Odenak is a 600-unit, two-tower project adjacent to the Pimisi light rail transit (LRT) station. It features a mix of market-rate and affordable residential units as well as retail spaces. The WET system utilizes highly efficient heat pumps and operates entirely without fossil fuel, marking a significant step towards a cleaner energy future for the city.

    “HTS is incredibly proud to be involved in this monumental project, which sets a new standard in sustainability. We are honored to contribute to such an innovative solution that not only pushes the boundaries of technology but also fosters a more sustainable future. This project reflects our commitment to advancing environmentally responsible practices and delivering the most advanced HVAC solutions,” said Wael Khalaf, P.Eng. HTS, SHARC Energy’s Ontario representative.

    By utilizing SHARC Energy’s WET system, the LeBreton Community Utility estimates a reduction of approximately 5,066 tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually compared to traditional buildings relying on boilers and chillers. To visualize 5,066 tonnes, it is the equivalent of the electricity used by 3,387 homes for a full year (as calculated by the Natural Resources Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator).

    “Almost 95 per cent of Ottawa’s greenhouse gases emissions are not within the City’s direct control. Instead, they require community action and commitment to achieve our reduction targets. In partnering on this innovative sewage energy project at LeBreton Flats, the City is supporting other local businesses and organizations to help us achieve a clean energy future for all of Ottawa,” said Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, City of Ottawa

    Construction to connect to the City’s sewer infrastructure is slated to begin later this year, following a collaborative design phase between the City of Ottawa and the LeBreton Community Utility partners. SHARC Energy anticipates commencing submittals for the SHARC WET systems in 2025 with equipment build and delivery expected during 2026.

    The LeBreton Community Utility Partnership is also engaged in discussions with the National Capital Commission (NCC) to explore the potential for the WET network to serve additional land parcels at the LeBreton Flats redevelopment, to take advantage of economies of scale. This forward-thinking approach positions the site as a model for sustainable community energy infrastructure in Canada. Moreover, this presents additional opportunities for the implementation of SHARC WET equipment.

    About SHARC Energy

    SHARC International Systems Inc. is a world leader in energy transfer with the wastewater we send down the drain every day. SHARC Energy’s systems exchange thermal energy with wastewater, generating one of the most energy-efficient and economical systems for heating, cooling & hot water production for commercial, residential and industrial buildings along with thermal energy networks, commonly referred to as “District Energy”.

    SHARC Energy is publicly traded in Canada (CSE: SHRC), the United States (OTCQB: INTWF) and Germany (Frankfurt: IWIA) and you can find out more on our SEDAR profile.

    Learn more about SHARC Energy: Website | Investor Page | LinkedIn | YouTube | PIRANHA | SHARC

    About HTS

    HTS is North America’s largest independent distributor of built-to-order, full-service commercial and industrial HVAC solutions. HTS is dedicated to driving shared success by collaborating with all those involved in the design, selection, installation, and maintenance of the ideal HVAC solution for each project.

    ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

    Freid Andriano
    Chairman

    The Canadian Securities Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

    Forward-Looking Statements 

    Certain statements contained in this news release may constitute forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is often, but not always, identified using words such as “anticipate”, “plan”, “estimate”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “intend”, “should”, and similar expressions. Forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking information. SHARC Energy’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in this forward-looking information as a result of regulatory decisions, competitive factors in the industries in which the Company operates, prevailing economic conditions, and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. SHARC Energy believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking information are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking information should not be unduly relied upon. Any forward-looking information contained in this news release represents the Company’s expectations as of the date hereof and is subject to change after such date. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities legislation. 

    A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a8dbc469-7d83-4929-8402-906d4e192f12

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  • MIL-OSI: NextNav Inc. Reports First Quarter 2025 Results and Operational Highlights

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    FCC releases Notice of Inquiry (NOI) with bipartisan 4-0 vote

    NextNav Announces Appointment of Rear Admirals H. Wyman Howard and Lorin Selby to its Board of Directors

    RESTON, Va., May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NextNav Inc. (NASDAQ: NN) a leader in next generation positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) and 3D geolocation, today reported its financial results and operational updates for the quarter ended March 31, 2025.

    “During the quarter we saw continued FCC momentum with a unanimous vote in March to further explore PNT solutions, specifically including NextNav’s,” said NextNav’s CEO, Mariam Sorond. “We remain focused on executing against our goals and addressing an urgent national security need for a terrestrial complement and backup to GPS. We look forward to working with the FCC and the rest of the industry to enable PNT resiliency.”

    Recent Operational Highlights

    • Announced Appointment of Two New Members to Board of Directors: On April 16, 2025, NextNav announced the appointment of Retired Rear Admirals H. Wyman Howard and Lorin Selby to its Board of Directors, effective May 1, 2025.
    • FCC Releases Notice of Inquiry (NOI): On March 27, 2025, the FCC unanimously voted to approve the NOI titled Promoting the Development of PNT Technologies and Solutions to explore how the Commission may foster GPS backups and alternatives, underscoring the FCC’s focus on this issue. On April 28, 2025, NextNav filed comments with the FCC emphasizing the importance of at least one future-proof solution that relies on market forces to deliver a terrestrial, widescale PNT solution that is broadly available to critical infrastructure, public safety, and consumers, and has a clear path to incorporation in end-user devices.

    Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Financial Highlights

    • Revenue: was $1.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to $1.0 million in the prior year period. The increase was driven by an increase in service revenue from technology and services contracts with government and commercial customers.
    • Operating Loss: was $17.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to an operating loss of $16.2 million in the prior year period, primarily driven by higher professional fees and outside consulting expenses, partially offset by reductions in software license costs and payroll-related expenses.
    • Net Loss: was $58.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025, including a loss on change in the fair value of derivative liability of $24.5 million and debt extinguishment loss of $14.4 million, as compared to a net loss of $31.6 million in the prior year period, including a loss on the fair value of the warrants of $13.2 million.
    • Balance Sheet: as of March 31, 2025, the Company had $150.4 million in cash and cash equivalents and $38.0 million in short term investments.  Net long term debt of $213.1 million includes derivative liability of $56.5 million, and is net of unamortized discount of $33.4 million, with a face value of $190.0 million.

    Conference Call Information

    NextNav will host a conference call for analysts and investors at 9:00 am ET on Friday, May 9, 2025.

    Registration for the conference call can be completed by visiting the following website prior to, or on the day of, the conference call: https://registrations.events/direct/Q4I6293672417. After registering, each participant will be provided with call details and a registrant ID. Reminders will also be sent to registered participants via email. Alternatively, the conference call will be available via a live webcast.

    To access the live webcast or a replay, visit the Company’s investor relations website at https://ir.nextnav.com/.

    A replay will be available through March 16, 2025. To receive replay details, please register through the link above. After registering for replay details, each participant will be provided with call details and access codes to listen to the call playback.

    About NextNav Inc.

    NextNav Inc. (Nasdaq: NN) is a leader in next generation positioning, navigation and timing (PNT), enabling a whole new ecosystem of applications and services that rely upon 3D geolocation and PNT technology. Powered by low-band licensed spectrum, NextNav’s positioning and timing technologies deliver accurate, reliable, and resilient 3D PNT solutions for critical infrastructure, GPS resiliency and commercial use cases.

    For more information, please visit https://nextnav.com/ or follow NextNav on Twitter or LinkedIn.

    Source: NN-FIN

    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. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “forecast,” “intend,” “seek,” “target,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “estimate,” “plan,” “outlook,” and “project” and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These statements, which involve risks and uncertainties, relate to analyses and other information that are based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable and may also relate to NextNav’s future prospects, developments and business strategies. In particular, such forward-looking statements include the achievement of certain FCC-related milestones and FCC approvals, the ability to realize the broader spectrum capacity and the advancement of NextNav’s terrestrial 3D PNT services, NextNav’s position to drive growth in its 3D geolocation business and expansion of its next generation terrestrial 3D PNT technologies, the business plans, objectives, expectations and intentions of NextNav, and NextNav’s estimated and future business strategies, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth opportunities, revenue, expenses, and profitability. These statements are based on NextNav’s management’s current expectations and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events.

    Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside NextNav’s control that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors include, but are not limited to, those included in Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of the NextNav’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as well as those otherwise described or updated from time to time in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). You are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made, and NextNav undertakes no commitment to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

    Contact:
    Sloane & Company
    nextnav@sloanepr.com

    NEXTNAV INC.
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
     
        March 31, 2025 (unaudited)     December 31, 2024  
    Assets            
    Current assets:            
    Cash and cash equivalents   $ 150,422     $ 39,330  
    Short term investments     37,986       40,785  
    Accounts receivable     1,645       3,301  
    Other current assets     3,413       2,629  
    Total current assets   $ 193,466     $ 86,045  
    Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $14,725 and $13,716 at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively     16,972       17,974  
    Operating lease right-of-use assets     17,329       17,368  
    Goodwill     17,641       16,966  
    Intangible assets     9,454       9,589  
    Other assets     13,744       13,798  
    Total assets   $ 268,606     $ 161,740  
                     
    Liabilities and stockholders’ equity                
    Current liabilities:                
    Accounts payable   $ 1,131     $ 858  
    Accrued expenses and other current liabilities     7,312       8,536  
    Operating lease current liabilities     2,795       2,462  
    Deferred revenue     310       288  
    Total current liabilities   $ 11,548     $ 12,144  
                     
    Warrants     21,425       28,707  
    Operating lease noncurrent liabilities     14,198       14,352  
    Other long-term liabilities     1,761       1,795  
    Long term debt, net     213,101       54,621  
    Total liabilities   $ 262,033     $ 111,619  
                     
    Stockholders’ equity:                
    Common stock, authorized 500,000,000 shares; 132,413,938 and 131,268,940 shares issued and 132,281,710 and 131,136,712 shares outstanding at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively     14       14  
    Additional paid-in capital     926,280       912,241  
    Accumulated other comprehensive income     1,657       665  
    Accumulated deficit     (920,685 )     (862,106 )
    Common stock in treasury, at cost; 132,228 shares at both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024     (693 )     (693 )
    Total stockholders’ equity   $ 6,573     $ 50,121  
    Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity   $ 268,606     $ 161,740  
     
    NEXTNAV INC.
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
    (UNAUDITED)
    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
     
        Three Months Ended March 31,  
        2025     2024  
    Revenue   $ 1,539     $ 1,046  
    Operating expenses:                
    Cost of goods sold (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)     2,533       2,761  
    Research and development     4,038       4,670  
    Selling, general and administrative     10,520       8,446  
    Depreciation and amortization     1,452       1,319  
    Total operating expenses   $ 18,543     $ 17,196  
    Operating loss   $ (17,004 )   $ (16,150 )
    Other income (expense):                
    Interest expense, net     (2,738 )     (2,168 )
    Debt extinguishment loss     (14,434 )      
    Change in fair value of warrants     6,041       (13,176 )
    Change in fair value of derivative liability     (24,523 )      
    Other loss, net     (5,863 )     (72 )
    Loss before income taxes   $ (58,521 )   $ (31,566 )
    Provision for income taxes     58       44  
    Net loss   $ (58,579 )   $ (31,610 )
    Foreign currency translation adjustment     993       (522 )
    Comprehensive loss   $ (57,586 )   $ (32,132 )
    Net loss     (58,579 )     (31,610 )
    Net loss attributable to common stockholders   $ (58,579 )   $ (31,610 )
    Weighted average of shares outstanding – basic and diluted     131,104       111,061  
    Net loss attributable to common stockholders per share – basic and diluted   $ (0.45 )   $ (0.28 )
     
    NEXTNAV INC.
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
    (UNAUDITED)
    (IN THOUSANDS)
     
        Three Months Ended March 31,  
        2025     2024  
    Operating activities            
    Net loss   $ (58,579 )   $ (31,610 )
    Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:                
    Depreciation and amortization     1,452       1,319  
    Equity-based compensation     4,324       4,244  
    Change in fair value of warrants     (6,041 )     13,176  
    Debt extinguishment loss     13,734        
    Issuance of common warrants     5,766        
    Change in fair value of derivative liability     24,523        
    Realized and unrealized gain on short term investments     (338 )     (50 )
    Equity method investment loss     39       40  
    Asset retirement obligation accretion     26       16  
    Amortization of debt discount     1,739       1,442  
    Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                
    Accounts receivable     1,656       836  
    Other current assets     (749 )     (434 )
    Other assets     16       (107 )
    Accounts payable     273       878  
    Deferred revenue     22       (10 )
    Accrued expenses and other liabilities     (254 )     3,022  
    Operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities     212       253  
    Net cash used in operating activities   $ (12,179 )   $ (6,985 )
                     
    Investing activities                
    Purchases of network assets, property, and equipment     (30 )     (32 )
    Purchase of internal use software     (101 )     (163 )
    Purchase of marketable securities     (31,463 )     (5,918 )
    Sale and maturity of marketable securities     34,600       4,000  
    Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities   $ 3,006     $ (2,113 )
                     
    Financing activities                
    Proceeds from 2028 senior convertible notes     190,000        
    Repayment of 2026 senior secured notes     (70,000 )      
    Payments towards debt issuance cost     (550 )      
    Payments towards debt     (27 )     (28 )
    Proceeds from exercise of common warrants     517        
    Proceeds from exercise of common stock options     232       544  
    Net cash provided by financing activities   $ 120,172     $ 516  
    Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents     93       21  
    Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents     111,092       (8,561 )
    Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period     39,330       81,878  
    Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   $ 150,422     $ 73,317  
                     
    Non-cash investing and financing information                
    Capital expenditure included in Accrued expenses and other current liabilities   $ 22     $ 278  
     

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Another boost for British car industry as £1 billion secured for new Sunderland gigafactory

    Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

    Press release

    Another boost for British car industry as £1 billion secured for new Sunderland gigafactory

    New state-of-the-art gigafactory ignites growth in industrial heartlands, supporting 1,000 jobs and powering up 100,000 electric vehicles a year

    • Chancellor visited Sunderland today following landmark economic deal with the US that saved thousands of auto jobs and slashed tariffs on car exports
    • Latest action in the Government’s Plan for Change to strengthen our industrial heartlands, make Britain a clean energy superpower and put more money in people’s pockets through good jobs

    Working people will benefit from 1,000 jobs at a new state-of-the-art gigafactory in Sunderland in a £1 billion auto deal to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and boost growth.

    This investment is another boost for the British car industry after yesterday’s landmark economic deal with the United States saved thousands of jobs by slashing tariffs on British exports.

    The new AESC gigafactory will manufacture batteries for electric vehicles, powering up to 100,000 EVs each year – a six-fold increase on the country’s current capacity – making the UK globally competitive selling more British EVs at home and abroad and helping to achieve our net zero target.

    In the landmark transaction, the National Wealth Fund and UK Export Finance will provide financial guarantees which unlock £680 million in financing from banks including Standard Chartered, HSBC, SMBC Group, Societe Generale and BBVA. This will cover construction and operation of the new plant. The remaining £320 million has been secured through private financing in addition to new equity provided by AESC.

    In addition to this £1 billion investment, the Government’s Automotive Transformation Fund is also investing £150 million in grant funding.

    This is the Government’s Plan for Change in action, making us more competitive on the world stage, helping Britain on its way to becoming a clean energy superpower through innovation in the automotive sector, and delivering economic growth that puts more money in people’s pockets through high skilled jobs.

    Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, said:

    We are going further and faster to boost our industries’ resilience and encourage their growth as part of our Plan for Change, and this investment follows hot on the heels of yesterday’s landmark economic deal with the US which will save thousands of jobs in the industry.

    This investment in Sunderland will not only further innovation and accelerate our move to more sustainable transport, but it will also deliver much-needed high quality, well-paid jobs to the North East, putting more money in people’s pockets.

    Business and Trade Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, said:

    We’re backing our world-class car industry, and this investment is yet another vote of confidence in the North East’s thriving auto manufacturing hub which will secure a thousand well-paid jobs and boost prosperity across the region.

    Our modern Industrial Strategy will drive this growth even further, powering our high-potential sectors like advanced manufacturing so we can deliver jobs and investment in every corner of the UK and make our Plan for Change a reality.

    The Chancellor visited AESC in Sunderland today (Friday 9 May) where she met staff and local leaders to discuss how the investment will bring jobs and prosperity to the North East, and how the landmark economic deal secured with the US will secure the industry for years to come.

    The deal slashes car export tariffs from 27.5% to 10% and will apply to a quota of 100,000 UK cars – almost the total exported last year.

    This will save some car companies hundreds of millions of pounds, making high skilled jobs in industrial heartlands like Sunderland more secure.

    Shoichi Matsumoto, CEO of Japanese headquartered AESC, said:

    This investment marks a key milestone in AESC’s ongoing efforts to support the UK’s path towards decarbonisation and the expansion of its EV market.

    Through close collaboration with strategic partners, we strive to accelerate this transition while creating high-quality local jobs and building resilient, sustainable supply chain.

    We are honoured to contribute to the development of low-carbon economy with our advanced battery technologies.

    John Flint, National Wealth Fund CEO, said:

    AESC’s gigafactory will not only help to retool our car industry for net zero it will also support jobs, growth, and prosperity in the Northeast.

    This investment further demonstrates the significant role NWF is playing to crowd private capital into the industries and regions where its most needed, boosting government’s growth and clean energy missions.

    UKEF CEO, Tim Reid, said:

    This hugely exciting project is a prime example of how export financing is a powerful tool for unlocking growth opportunities for British exporters and strengthening local economies.

    We’re proud to join forces with partners to back this pioneering gigafactory that will help cement the UK’s prowess as an EV battery-making force for years to come.

    More information

    • The government continues to unlock private investment in UK automotive design, development, and manufacturing as the sector transitions to zero emission technology.
    • To date, the Automotive Transformation Fund and Advanced Propulsion Centre funding programmes have leveraged over £6 billion of investment from the private sector.
    • Last year’s Autumn Budget also confirmed over £2 billion for capital and research and development funding over five years for zero emission vehicle manufacturing and their supply chains – a vote of confidence in the UK’s automotive industry, supporting investment and productivity growth.

    Additional quotes

    Ian Stuart, UK CEO for HSBC who were joint ECA Coordinator & Structuring Bank (alongside SCB) as well as Underwriting Bank and Mandated Lead Arranger, said:

    We’re extremely proud to have played a leading role in this complex and significant deal, including as underwriter, structuring bank and joint ECA co-ordinator.

    Once operational, the gigafactory will unlock a huge increase in the UK’s EV battery production, supporting the electrification of vehicles and the wider green transition. The inward investment involved in the project will also deliver highly-skilled jobs and economic growth to North East England.

    Hideo Kawafune, CEO, Head of EMEA, SMBC Banking International plc said:

    SMBC Group is delighted to participate in the successful financing of this landmark Gigafactory project. As a lending partner we’re proud to work alongside partners such as National Wealth Fund, UK Export Finance and Sinosure, as well as existing client AESC, in order to support projects which power the energy transition.” 

    Saif Malik, CEO, UK and Head, Client Coverage, UK, Standard Chartered said:

    We are proud to support this transformative UK project. The development of AESC’s new gigafactory will deliver significant economic benefits locally while supporting the development of zero-emission technology. This is more than an investment in infrastructure, it’s a commitment to innovation, UK economic growth and sustainability. Supporting the transition to net zero is deeply embedded in how we operate as a Bank, and this project reflects how we bring that to life by supporting clients on their own sustainability journeys.

    Lenaig Trenaux, Societe Generale’s Global Head of Batteries, Mining and Industries, said:

    We are proud to have worked with AESC to deliver the first gigafactory project financing in the UK, which has benefitted from strong support from the National Wealth Fund and UK Export Finance.

    Societe Generale’s deep understanding of the EV value chain, coupled with our experience working with AESC, were instrumental in delivering the project financing.

    This is another demonstration of SG’s commitment to the green mobility and another step towards the energy transition.

    Beatriz Roa, Global Sectoral Head of Industrials at BBVA, states:

    BBVA is proudly supporting AESC in this landmark project in the UK. This gigafactory will help foster the transition to electric vehicles while supporting the buildup of an entire ecosystem around battery manufacturing in Sunderland. These are key objectives in BBVA’s efforts to support the transition to a more sustainable economy and to the auto and energy industries in particular.

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  • MIL-OSI: Research Capital Corporation Welcomes Jean-Paul Bachellerie to Its Executive Team

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Research Capital Corporation (“RCC”), one of Canada’s largest independent, fully integrated, employee-owned investment dealers, is pleased to announce that Jean-Paul (“J-P”) Bachellerie has joined the firm as a Director and Member of RCC’s Executive Committee. In his initial role as Executive Vice President, he will be responsible for the management and further growth of RCC’s western business operations.

    Mr. Bachellerie, CPA, was previously CEO and Chair of PI Financial Corp., where he was employed in various roles over the past 29 years, having responsibility for all aspects of that firm’s operations. Over the past 35 years, he has had extensive securities industry experience and served on numerous industry committees and councils, including having served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) from 2013 to 2022. Since 2014, he has also sat on the combined Board of the Canadian Depository for Securities (CDS) and Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC).

    “I am very pleased and excited to be working with J-P. I have known him for many years and am confident that his knowledge and experience in our industry will be a great asset to our firm. His sense of fairness and balance in dealing with others will also be a great fit with the culture of our employee-owned company,” said Geoffrey Whitlam, President of RCC.

    About Research Capital Corporation

    Research Capital Corporation is one of Canada’s largest and oldest independent, fully integrated, employee-owned investment dealers, offering private client and equity capital markets services. Founded in 1921, RCC is a member of all Canadian stock exchanges and serves its clients from several major cities across Canada.

    For more information, please contact:

    Geoffrey Whitlam, President
    Phone: 416-864-7641
    Email: gwhitlam@researchcapital.com

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  • MIL-OSI: illumin Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    First Quarter Revenue of $29.1 Million up 17% YoY
    Exchange Service Revenue up 148% YoY

    (All monetary figures are expressed in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated)

    TORONTO, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — illumin Holdings Inc. (TSX: ILLM and OTCQB: ILLMF) (“illumin” or the “Company”), the advertising technology platform that enables you to win your next customer, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.

    First Quarter 2025 Highlights

    • First quarter 2025 revenue rose 17% year-over-year to $29.1 million, driven by higher Exchange service revenue, partially offset by lower Managed service revenue.
    • Self-service revenue was $8.4 million, up slightly compared with the year ago period and represented 29% of total revenue.
    • The Company on-boarded 18 net new Self-service clients during the quarter, reflecting sales initiatives targeting higher-spend clients and positioning the Company for continued long-term Self service revenue growth.
    • Managed service revenue was $8.7 million compared to $11.8 million in the prior year, primarily reflecting more cautious marketing spend related to geo-political and macro-economic uncertainty.
    • Exchange service revenue increased by 148% from the prior year to $12.0 million, resulting from increased demand from new customers, an enhanced supplier network, and platform improvements.
    • Gross margin was 45% compared to 47% for the same period in 2024, reflecting the change in mix to service lines with lower margins, such as Exchange service.
    • Net revenue, or gross profit (revenue less media-related costs), was $13.1 million, up 13% compared with $11.6 million in the prior year period.
    • Adjusted EBITDA loss was $0.4 million, compared to $0.0 million in the prior year period, primarily attributable to higher operating costs due to higher sales, sales support functions, and marketing costs, partly offset by higher revenue.
    • Net loss was $(1.9) million, compared to $(1.1) million in Q1 2024. The increase in the net loss was primarily a result of higher operating costs due to increased sales and marketing costs and a lower net foreign exchange gain compared to the prior year period, partially offset by higher revenue.
    • On December 23, 2024, the Company commenced a new normal course issuer bid (“2024 NCIB”) for its common shares that will remain open until December 22, 2025, or such earlier time as the 2024 NCIB is completed or terminated at the option of the Company. Under the 2024 NCIB, the Company may purchase for cancellation up to 3,914,167 common shares, representing approximately 10% of the Company’s public float as of December 10, 2024. Daily purchases are limited to 12,518 common shares. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the company purchased nil common shares pursuant to the 2024 NCIB.

    Simon Cairns, illumin’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Our first quarter revenue rose 17% even after a slower start to the period than we anticipated. We responded by adjusting our marketing tests week to week and made several advances in our selling process and sales team, which enabled us to exit the quarter with solid growth, led by a 148% rise in our Exchange service revenue and supported by solid performance in Self-service.”

    “In Exchange service, we continue to create and capture both new and recurring demand at surprising levels, as a result of product and selling investments that have given us some differentiation in a very crowded market. As for Self-service, we successfully added 18 new customers in the quarter, which is in line with our key goal of adding targeted, higher-spend clients in this growth area. Self-service revenue, while up slightly year-over-year, exhibited several solid underlying trends, such as increased customer adoption, spend performance and conversion.”

    “We continue to employ the more customer-centric portfolio platform approach that we launched in the second half of 2024, where customers can pick and choose how they want to be supported. Our efforts to market and sell more effectively continue to yield initial positive results, assisted by our ability to offer our clients a broad range of solutions that fit their needs. We continue to invest in our Self-service platform and Exchange service offering, while balancing this with a focus on maintaining liquidity and cost management across our organization.”

    “We remain focused on our plan – being aggressive in generating better marketing and sales performance, removing friction from our selling processes and furthering our product stickiness as a Self-first platform supported by complimentary Managed and Exchange services,” concluded Mr. Cairns.

    Elliot Muchnik, illumin’s Chief Financial Officer, commented, “For what is typically a seasonally slower quarter, our strong year-over-year increase in total revenue reflects exceptional growth in Exchange service due to our initiatives to drive increased demand in this area. Adjusted EBITDA declined slightly despite higher revenues as we continued to make strategic investments in sales and marketing to bolster our long-term growth. As we look ahead, operational discipline continues to be a priority as we aim to grow our Adjusted EBITDA while preserving our substantial net cash position.”

    The following table presents a reconciliation of Net loss to Adjusted EBITDA for the periods ended:

          Three months ended
          March 31, March 31,
            2025     2024  
    Net loss for the period     $ (1,854 ) $ (1,138 )
    Adjustments:        
    Finance income, net       (337 )   (506 )
    Foreign exchange gain       (311 )   (1,386 )
    Depreciation and amortization       1,382     1,365  
    Income tax expense (benefit)       (63 )   378  
    Share-based compensation       737     699  
    Severance expenses       34     90  
    Nasdaq-related costs1           423  
    Other non-recurring expenses       1     89  
    Total adjustments       1,443     1,152  
    Adjusted EBITDA     $ (411 ) $ 14  

    (1) Nasdaq-related costs are listing fees and directors’ and officers’ insurance specific to the Company’s Nasdaq listing and have been reclassed below Adjusted EBITDA as they are not recurring.

    Conference Call Details:

    Date: Friday, May 9, 2025
    Time: 8:30AM Eastern Time

    To register for the conference call webcast and presentation, please visit:

    https://events.illumin.com/q1-2025-earnings-call

    Please connect 15 minutes prior to the conference call to ensure time for any software download that may be needed to hear the webcast.

    A recording of the conference call webcast will be available after the call by visiting the Company’s website at https://illumin.com/investor-information/.

    Non-IFRS Measures

    This press release makes reference to certain non-IFRS Accounting Standard measures (“non-IFRS measures”). These measures are not recognized measures under IFRS Accounting Standards (“IFRS”), do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS, and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Rather, these measures are provided as additional information to complement those IFRS measures by providing further understanding of our results of operations from management’s perspective. Accordingly, these measures should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for analysis of our financial information reported under IFRS. We use non-IFRS measures including “revenue less media-related costs”, “Gross margin”, and “Adjusted EBITDA” (as well as other measures discussed elsewhere in this press release).

    The term “Gross margin” refers to the amount that “revenue less media-related costs” represents as a percentage of total revenue for a given period. Gross margin is used for internal management purposes as an indicator of the performance of the Company’s solution in balancing the goals of delivering excellent results to advertisers while meeting the Company’s margin objectives and, accordingly, the Company believes it is useful supplemental information.

    “Adjusted EBITDA” refers to net income (loss) after adjusting for finance costs (income), impairment loss, fair value gain, income taxes, foreign exchange loss (gain), depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation, acquisition and related integration costs, severance expenses and adjustments to the carrying value of investment tax credits receivable. The Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA is useful supplemental information as it provides an indication of the results generated by the Company’s main business activities before taking into consideration how those activities are financed and taxed and prior to taking into consideration depreciation of property and equipment and certain other items listed above. It is a key measure used by the Company’s management and board of directors to understand and evaluate the Company’s operating performance, to prepare annual budgets and to help develop operating plans.

    These non-IFRS measures are used to provide investors with supplemental measures of our operating performance and thus highlight trends in our business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on IFRS measures. We believe that securities analysts, investors, and other interested parties frequently use non-IFRS measures in the evaluation of issuers, and that these non-IFRS measures are relevant to their analysis of the Company.

    About illumin:

    illumin is evolving the digital advertising landscape by empowering marketers to achieve transformative results through its customer-centric approach. Featuring a unified canvas built around the open web, illumin lets brands and agencies seamlessly plan, build, and execute campaigns across the entire marketing funnel—connecting programmatic channels, email, and social media within a single platform. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, illumin serves clients across North America, Latin America, and Europe. For more information, visit illumin.com.

    Disclaimer with regard to forward looking statements

    Certain statements included herein constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management at this time, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, the Company does not intend, and undertakes no obligation, to update any forward-looking statements to reflect, in particular, new information or future events.

    For further information, please contact:

    Steve Hosein
    Investor Relations
    illumin Holdings Inc.
    416-218-9888 ext. 5313
    investors@illumin.com
      David Hanover
    Investor Relations – U.S.
    KCSA Strategic Communications
    212-896-1220
    dhanover@kcsa.com


    Please note that the following financial information is an extract from the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 (the “Financial Statements”) provided for readers’ convenience and should be viewed in conjunction with the Notes to the Financial Statements, which are an integral part of the statements. The full Financial Statements and MD&A for the period may be found by accessing SEDAR+ at 
    www.sedarplus.com.

    illumin Holdings Inc.
    Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
    (Expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars)
    For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

        March 31,
    2025
      December 31,
    2024
    Assets        
             
    Current assets        
    Cash and cash equivalents   $ 54,013   $ 55,952
    Accounts receivable     27,663     44,650
    Income tax receivable     417     613
    Prepaid expenses and other     3,439     2,864
             
          85,532     104,079
    Non-current assets        
    Other assets     117     115
    Property and equipment     7,102     7,406
    Intangible assets     11,099     9,352
    Goodwill     4,870     4,870
             
          108,720     125,822
             
    Liabilities        
             
    Current liabilities        
    Accounts payable and accrued liabilities     24,534     39,148
    Income tax payable     80     137
    Borrowings     15     48
    Lease obligations     1,212     1,513
             
          25,841     40,846
    Non-current liabilities        
    Deferred tax liability     661     1,241
    Lease obligations     4,553     4,702
             
          31,055     46,789
             
    Shareholders’ equity     77,283     79,033
             
          108,720     125,822
             

    illumin Holdings Inc.
    Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
    (Expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars, except share amounts)
    For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

            2025     2024  
             
    Revenue     $ 29,081   $ 24,952  
             
    Media-related costs       15,935     13,327  
             
    Gross profit       13,146     11,625  
             
    Operating expenses        
    Sales and marketing       7,348     5,753  
    Technology       4,338     4,086  
    General and administrative       1,906     2,374  
    Share-based compensation       737     699  
    Depreciation and amortization       1,382     1,365  
             
            15,711     14,277  
             
    Loss from operations       (2,565 )   (2,652 )
             
    Finance income, net       (337 )   (506 )
    Foreign exchange gain       (311 )   (1,386 )
             
            (648 )   (1,892 )
             
    Net loss before income taxes       (1,917 )   (760 )
             
    Income tax expense (benefit)       (63 )   378  
             
    Net loss for the period       (1,854 )   (1,138 )
             
             
    Basic and diluted net loss per share       (0.04 )   (0.02 )
             
    Other Comprehensive Loss        
             
    Items that may be subsequently reclassified to net loss:        
    Exchange loss on translating foreign operations       (389 )   (164 )
             
    Comprehensive loss for the period       (2,243 )   (1,302 )

    illumin Holdings Inc.
    Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
    (Expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars)
    For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

          2025       2024  
    Cash provided by (used in)        
             
    Operating activities        
    Net loss for the period   $ (1,854 )   $ (1,138 )
    Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash flows        
    Depreciation and amortization     1,382       1,365  
    Finance income, net     (337 )     (506 )
    Share-based compensation     737       699  
    Foreign exchange gain     (311 )     (1,386 )
    Severance expense     34       90  
    Income tax expense (benefit)     (63 )     378  
    Change in non-cash operating working capital        
    Accounts receivable     16,769       10,447  
    Prepaid expenses and other     (522 )     427  
    Other assets           (1 )
    Accounts payable and accrued liabilities     (14,759 )     (6,151 )
    Income taxes paid, net     (349 )     (52 )
    Interest received     363       495  
             
          1,090       4,667  
             
    Investing activities        
    Additions to property and equipment     (47 )     (775 )
    Additions to intangible assets     (2,465 )     (1,761 )
             
          (2,512 )     (2,536 )
             
    Financing activities        
    Repayment of international loans     (33 )     (33 )
    Payment of leases     (533 )     (510 )
    Repurchase of common shares for cancellation           (1,912 )
    Proceeds from the exercise of stock options     138       4  
             
          (428 )     (2,451 )
             
    Decrease in cash and cash equivalents     (1,850 )     (320 )
             
    Impact of foreign exchange on cash and cash equivalents     (89 )     405  
             
    Cash and cash equivalents – beginning of period     55,952       55,455  
             
    Cash and cash equivalents – end of period     54,013       55,540  
             
    Supplemental disclosure of non-cash transactions        
    Unpaid additions (reversals) to property and equipment, net     313       (734 )
             

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  • MIL-OSI: Plains All American Reports First-Quarter 2025 Results

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    HOUSTON, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (Nasdaq: PAA) and Plains GP Holdings (Nasdaq: PAGP) today reported first-quarter 2025 results and provided the following highlights:

    First-Quarter Results

    • Reported net income attributable to PAA of $443 million and net cash provided by operating activities of $639 million
    • Delivered Adjusted EBITDA attributable to PAA of $754 million
    • Exited the quarter with 3.3x leverage ratio, toward the low end of our target range of 3.25x – 3.75x (includes previously announced and closed transactions)
    • Paid a quarterly cash distribution of $0.38 per unit ($1.52 per unit annualized), representing a current distribution yield of ~9.0%

    Business Highlights

    • Plains acquired the remaining 50% interest in Cheyenne Pipeline, enhancing our integration from the Guernsey market to pipelines supplying Cushing, Oklahoma, which closed on February 28, 2025
    • Plains acquired Black Knight Midstream’s Permian Basin crude oil gathering business, for approximately $55 million, which closed effective May 1, 2025
    • Placed into service the 30 Mb/d Fort Saskatchewan fractionation complex debottleneck project enhancing our fee-based cash flow in Canada
    • Increased our 2025 C3+ spec product sales hedge profile to approximately 80% at approximately $0.70 per gallon level

    “Plains delivered another quarter of solid operational and financial performance,” said Willie Chiang, Chairman and CEO. “Substantial cash flow generation from our integrated Crude Oil and NGL footprints coupled with a strong balance sheet positions us well through a time of market volatility and uncertainty. Our focus on efficient growth remains consistent with the addition of two new bolt-on acquisitions and our Fort Saskatchewan fractionation complex debottleneck project now in service. Finally, our commitment to financial discipline and financial flexibility remains unchanged while continuing to return cash to unitholders through a strong distribution payout.”

    Plains All American Pipeline

    Summary Financial Information (unaudited)
    (in millions, except per unit data)

        Three Months Ended
    March 31,
      %
    GAAP Results   2025
      2024
      Change
    Net income attributable to PAA (1)   $ 443     $ 266       67 %
    Diluted net income per common unit   $ 0.49     $ 0.29       69 %
    Diluted weighted average common units outstanding     704       701       %
    Net cash provided by operating activities   $ 639     $ 419       53 %
    Distribution per common unit declared for the period   $ 0.3800     $ 0.3175       20 %
                             
        Three Months Ended
    March 31,
      %
    Non-GAAP Results (2)   2025   2024   Change
    Adjusted net income attributable to PAA (1)   $ 375     $ 354       6 %
    Diluted adjusted net income per common unit   $ 0.39     $ 0.41     (5 )%
    Adjusted EBITDA   $ 881     $ 847       4 %
    Adjusted EBITDA attributable to PAA (1)   $ 754     $ 718       5 %
    Implied DCF per common unit and common unit equivalent   $ 0.66     $ 0.67     (1 )%
    Adjusted Free Cash Flow (3)   $ (308 )   $ 70     **
    Adjusted Free Cash Flow after Distributions (3)   $ (639 )   $ (217 )   **
    Adjusted Free Cash Flow (Excluding Changes in Assets & Liabilities) (3)   $ (169 )   $ 262     **
    Adjusted Free Cash Flow after Distributions (Excluding Changes in Assets & Liabilities) (3)   $ (500 )   $ (25 )   **

    _____________________

    ** Indicates that variance as a percentage is not meaningful.
    (1) Excludes amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests in the Plains Oryx Permian Basin LLC (the “Permian JV”), Cactus II Pipeline LLC and Red River Pipeline LLC joint ventures.
    (2) See the section of this release entitled “Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Selected Items Impacting Comparability” and the tables attached hereto for information regarding our Non-GAAP financial measures, including their reconciliation to the most directly comparable measures as reported in accordance with GAAP, and certain selected items that PAA believes impact comparability of financial results between reporting periods.
    (3) The 2025 period includes the impact of a net cash outflow of $624 million for bolt-on acquisitions.
       

    Summary of Selected Financial Data by Segment (unaudited)
    (in millions)

      Segment Adjusted EBITDA
      Crude Oil   NGL
    Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 $ 559     $ 189  
    Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 $ 553     $ 159  
    Percentage change in Segment Adjusted EBITDA versus 2024 period   1 %     19 %
                   

    First-quarter 2025 Crude Oil Segment Adjusted EBITDA was in line with comparable 2024 results. Favorable results in the 2025 period from (i) higher tariff volumes on our pipelines, (ii) tariff escalations and (iii) contributions from recently completed bolt-on acquisitions were largely offset by (iv) higher operating expenses and (v) the impact to our assets from refinery downtime.

    First-quarter 2025 NGL Segment Adjusted EBITDA increased 19% versus comparable 2024 results primarily due to higher weighted average frac spreads and NGL sales volumes in the first quarter of 2025.

    Plains GP Holdings

    PAGP owns an indirect non-economic controlling interest in PAA’s general partner and an indirect limited partner interest in PAA. As the control entity of PAA, PAGP consolidates PAA’s results into its financial statements, which is reflected in the condensed consolidating balance sheet and income statement tables attached hereto.

    Conference Call and Webcast Instructions

    PAA and PAGP will hold a joint conference call at 9:00 a.m. CT on Friday, May 9, 2025 to discuss first-quarter performance and related items.

    To access the internet webcast, please go to https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/qqvgtyoa/

    Alternatively, the webcast can be accessed on our website at https://ir.plains.com/news-events/events-presentations. Following the live webcast, an audio replay will be available on our website and will be accessible for a period of 365 days. Slides will be posted prior to the call at the above referenced website.

    Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Selected Items Impacting Comparability

    To supplement our financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, management uses additional measures known as “non-GAAP financial measures” in its evaluation of past performance and prospects for the future and to assess the amount of cash that is available for distributions, debt repayments, common equity repurchases and other general partnership purposes. The primary additional measures used by management are Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA attributable to PAA, Implied Distributable Cash Flow (“DCF”), Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow after Distributions.

    Our definition and calculation of certain non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures of other companies. Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA attributable to PAA, Implied DCF and certain other non-GAAP financial performance measures are reconciled to Net Income, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow, Adjusted Free Cash Flow after Distributions and certain other non-GAAP financial liquidity measures are reconciled to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities (the most directly comparable measures as reported in accordance with GAAP) for the historical periods presented in the tables attached to this release, and should be viewed in addition to, and not in lieu of, our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes. In addition, we encourage you to visit our website at www.plains.com (in particular the section under “Financial Information” entitled “Non-GAAP Reconciliations” within the Investor Relations tab), which presents a reconciliation of our commonly used non-GAAP and supplemental financial measures. We do not reconcile non-GAAP financial measures on a forward-looking basis as it is impractical to do so without unreasonable effort.

    Non-GAAP Financial Performance Measures

    Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before (i) interest expense, (ii) income tax (expense)/benefit, (iii) depreciation and amortization (including our proportionate share of depreciation and amortization, including write-downs related to cancelled projects and impairments, of unconsolidated entities), (iv) gains and losses on asset sales, asset impairments and other, net, (v) gains on investments in unconsolidated entities, net and (vi) interest income on promissory notes by and among PAA and certain Plains entities, and (vii) adjusted for certain selected items impacting comparability. Adjusted EBITDA attributable to PAA excludes the portion of Adjusted EBITDA that is attributable to noncontrolling interests.

    Management believes that the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA attributable to PAA and Implied DCF provides useful information to investors regarding our performance and results of operations because these measures, when used to supplement related GAAP financial measures, (i) provide additional information about our core operating performance and ability to fund distributions to our unitholders through cash generated by our operations and (ii) provide investors with the same financial analytical framework upon which management bases financial, operational, compensation and planning/budgeting decisions. We also present these and additional non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted net income attributable to PAA and basic and diluted adjusted net income per common unit, as they are measures that investors, rating agencies and debt holders have indicated are useful in assessing us and our results of operations. These non-GAAP financial performance measures may exclude, for example, (i) charges for obligations that are expected to be settled with the issuance of equity instruments, (ii) gains and losses on derivative instruments that are related to underlying activities in another period (or the reversal of such adjustments from a prior period), gains and losses on derivatives that are either related to investing activities (such as the purchase of linefill) or purchases of long-term inventory, and inventory valuation adjustments, as applicable, (iii) long-term inventory costing adjustments, (iv) items that are not indicative of our core operating results and/or (v) other items that we believe should be excluded in understanding our core operating performance. These measures may be further adjusted to include amounts related to deficiencies associated with minimum volume commitments whereby we have billed the counterparties for their deficiency obligation and such amounts are recognized as deferred revenue in “Other current liabilities” in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. We also adjust for amounts billed by our equity method investees related to deficiencies under minimum volume commitments. Such amounts are presented net of applicable amounts subsequently recognized into revenue. Furthermore, the calculation of these measures contemplates tax effects as a separate reconciling item, where applicable. We have defined all such items as “selected items impacting comparability.” Due to the nature of the selected items, certain selected items impacting comparability may impact certain non-GAAP financial measures, referred to as adjusted results, but not impact other non-GAAP financial measures. We do not necessarily consider all of our selected items impacting comparability to be non-recurring, infrequent or unusual, but we believe that an understanding of these selected items impacting comparability is material to the evaluation of our operating results and prospects.

    Although we present selected items impacting comparability that management considers in evaluating our performance, you should also be aware that the items presented do not represent all items that affect comparability between the periods presented. Variations in our operating results are also caused by changes in volumes, prices, exchange rates, mechanical interruptions, acquisitions, divestitures, investment capital projects and numerous other factors. These types of variations may not be separately identified in this release, but will be discussed, as applicable, in management’s discussion and analysis of operating results in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

    Non-GAAP Financial Liquidity Measures

    Management uses the non-GAAP financial liquidity measures Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow after Distributions to assess the amount of cash that is available for distributions, debt repayments, common equity repurchases and other general partnership purposes. Adjusted Free Cash Flow is defined as Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities, less Net Cash Provided by/(Used in) Investing Activities, which primarily includes acquisition, investment and maintenance capital expenditures, investments in unconsolidated entities and the impact from the purchase and sale of linefill, net of proceeds from the sales of assets and further impacted by distributions to and contributions from noncontrolling interests and proceeds from the issuance of related party notes. Adjusted Free Cash Flow is further reduced by cash distributions paid to our preferred and common unitholders to arrive at Adjusted Free Cash Flow after Distributions.

    We also present these measures and additional non-GAAP financial liquidity measures as they are measures that investors have indicated are useful. We present the Adjusted Free Cash Flow (Excluding Changes in Assets & Liabilities) for use in assessing our underlying business liquidity and cash flow generating capacity excluding fluctuations caused by timing of when amounts earned or incurred were collected, received or paid from period to period. Adjusted Free Cash Flow (Excluding Changes in Assets & Liabilities) is defined as Adjusted Free Cash Flow excluding the impact of “Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Adjusted Free Cash Flow (Excluding Changes in Assets & Liabilities) is further reduced by cash distributions paid to our preferred and common unitholders to arrive at Adjusted Free Cash Flow after Distributions (Excluding Changes in Assets & Liabilities).

       
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    FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
    (in millions, except per unit data)
       
      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
        2025       2024  
    REVENUES $ 12,011     $ 11,995  
           
    COSTS AND EXPENSES      
    Purchases and related costs   10,761       10,917  
    Field operating costs   368       358  
    General and administrative expenses   100       96  
    Depreciation and amortization   262       254  
    Gain on asset sales, net   (13 )      
    Total costs and expenses   11,478       11,625  
           
    OPERATING INCOME   533       370  
           
    OTHER INCOME/(EXPENSE)      
    Equity earnings in unconsolidated entities   103       95  
    Gain on investments in unconsolidated entities, net   31        
    Interest expense, net (1)   (127 )     (95 )
    Other income/(expense), net (1)   26       (5 )
           
    INCOME BEFORE TAX   566       365  
    Current income tax expense   (46 )     (53 )
    Deferred income tax (expense)/benefit   (4 )     39  
           
    NET INCOME   516       351  
    Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests   (73 )     (85 )
    NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO PAA $ 443     $ 266  
           
    NET INCOME PER COMMON UNIT:      
    Net income allocated to common unitholders — Basic and Diluted $ 343     $ 203  
    Basic and diluted weighted average common units outstanding   704       701  
    Basic and diluted net income per common unit $ 0.49     $ 0.29  

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    (1) PAA and certain Plains entities have issued promissory notes by and among such entities to facilitate financing. “Interest expense, net” and “Other income/(expense), net” each include $20 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 related to interest on such related party promissory notes. These amounts offset and do not impact Net Income or Non-GAAP metrics such as Adjusted EBITDA, Implied DCF and Adjusted Free Cash Flow.
       
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    FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET DATA
    (in millions)
           
      March 31,
    2025
      December 31,
    2024
    ASSETS      
    Current assets (including cash and cash equivalents of $427 and $348, respectively) $ 4,735     $ 4,802  
    Property and equipment, net   16,062       15,424  
    Investments in unconsolidated entities   2,745       2,811  
    Intangible assets, net   1,675       1,677  
    Linefill   988       968  
    Long-term operating lease right-of-use assets, net   321       332  
    Long-term inventory   289       280  
    Other long-term assets, net   244       268  
    Total assets $ 27,059     $ 26,562  
           
    LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL      
    Current liabilities $ 4,691     $ 4,950  
    Senior notes, net   8,131       7,141  
    Other long-term debt, net   73       72  
    Long-term operating lease liabilities   301       313  
    Other long-term liabilities and deferred credits   1,003       990  
    Total liabilities   14,199       13,466  
           
    Partners’ capital excluding noncontrolling interests   9,632       9,813  
    Noncontrolling interests   3,228       3,283  
    Total partners’ capital   12,860       13,096  
    Total liabilities and partners’ capital $ 27,059     $ 26,562  
                   

    DEBT CAPITALIZATION RATIOS
    (in millions)

      March 31,
    2025
      December 31,
    2024
    Short-term debt $ 478     $ 408  
    Long-term debt   8,204       7,213  
    Total debt $ 8,682     $ 7,621  
           
    Long-term debt $ 8,204     $ 7,213  
    Partners’ capital excluding noncontrolling interests   9,632       9,813  
    Total book capitalization excluding noncontrolling interests (“Total book capitalization”) $ 17,836     $ 17,026  
    Total book capitalization, including short-term debt $ 18,314     $ 17,434  
           
    Long-term debt-to-total book capitalization   46 %     42 %
    Total debt-to-total book capitalization, including short-term debt   47 %     44 %
                   
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    FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)
    COMPUTATION OF BASIC AND DILUTED NET INCOME PER COMMON UNIT (1)
    (in millions, except per unit data)
       
      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
      2025   2024
    Basic and Diluted Net Income per Common Unit      
    Net income attributable to PAA $ 443     $ 266  
    Distributions to Series A preferred unitholders   (39 )     (44 )
    Distributions to Series B preferred unitholders   (18 )     (19 )
    Amounts allocated to participating securities   (1 )     (1 )
    Impact from repurchase of Series A preferred units (2)   (43 )      
    Other   1       1  
    Net income allocated to common unitholders $ 343     $ 203  
           
    Basic and diluted weighted average common units outstanding (3) (4)   704       701  
           
    Basic and diluted net income per common unit $ 0.49     $ 0.29  

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    (1) We calculate net income allocated to common unitholders based on the distributions pertaining to the current period’s net income. After adjusting for the appropriate period’s distributions, the remaining undistributed earnings or excess distributions over earnings, if any, are allocated to common unitholders and participating securities in accordance with the contractual terms of our partnership agreement in effect for the period and as further prescribed under the two-class method.
    (2) We repurchased approximately 12.7 million Series A preferred units on January 31, 2025. The difference between the cash we paid for the repurchase of such units and their carrying value on our balance sheet is considered a return to Series A preferred unitholders for the calculation of net income allocated to common unitholders.
    (3) The possible conversion of our Series A preferred units was excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per common unit for each of the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 as the effect was antidilutive.
    (4) Our equity-indexed compensation plan awards that contemplate the issuance of common units are considered potentially dilutive unless (i) they become vested only upon the satisfaction of a performance condition and (ii) that performance condition has yet to be satisfied. Equity-indexed compensation plan awards that are deemed to be dilutive are reduced by a hypothetical common unit repurchase based on the remaining unamortized fair value, as prescribed by the treasury stock method in guidance issued by the FASB.
       
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    FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW DATA
    (in millions)
       
      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
      2025   2024
    CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES      
    Net income $ 516     $ 351  
    Reconciliation of net income to net cash provided by operating activities:      
    Depreciation and amortization   262       254  
    Gain on asset sales, net   (13 )      
    Deferred income tax expense/(benefit)   4       (39 )
    Equity earnings in unconsolidated entities   (103 )     (95 )
    Distributions on earnings from unconsolidated entities   125       132  
    Other   (13 )     8  
    Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions   (139 )     (192 )
    Net cash provided by operating activities   639       419  
           
    CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES      
    Net cash used in investing activities (1)(2)   (1,149 )     (261 )
           
    CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES      
    Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities (1)   590       (273 )
           
    Effect of translation adjustment   (1 )     (4 )
           
    Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash   79       (119 )
           
    Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period   348       450  
    Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period $ 427     $ 331  

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    (1) PAA and certain Plains entities have issued promissory notes by and among such entities to facilitate financing. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, “Net cash used in investing activities” includes a cash outflow of approximately $330 million associated with our investment in related party notes. An equal and offsetting cash inflow associated with our issuance of related party notes is included in “Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities.”
    (2) The 2025 period includes a net cash outflow of $624 million for bolt-on acquisitions.
       

    CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
    (in millions)

      Net to PAA (1)   Consolidated
      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
      2025
      2024
      2025
      2024
    Investment capital expenditures:              
    Crude Oil $ 89     $ 65     $ 120     $ 90  
    NGL   41       14       41       14  
    Total Investment capital expenditures   130       79       161       104  
    Maintenance capital expenditures   38       53       41       57  
      $ 168     $ 132     $ 202     $ 161  

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    (1) Excludes expenditures attributable to noncontrolling interests.
       
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    FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)
    NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS
    (in millions, except per unit and ratio data)
       
    Computation of Basic and Diluted Adjusted Net Income Per Common Unit (1):
       
      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
      2025   2024
    Basic and Diluted Adjusted Net Income per Common Unit      
    Net income attributable to PAA $ 443     $ 266  
    Selected items impacting comparability – Adjusted net income attributable to PAA (2)   (68 )     88  
    Adjusted net income attributable to PAA $ 375     $ 354  
    Distributions to Series A preferred unitholders   (39 )     (44 )
    Distributions to Series B preferred unitholders   (18 )     (19 )
    Amounts allocated to participating securities   (1 )     (2 )
    Impact from repurchase of Series A preferred units (3)   (43 )      
    Other   1       1  
    Adjusted net income allocated to common unitholders $ 275     $ 290  
           
    Basic and diluted weighted average common units outstanding (4) (5)   704       701  
           
    Basic and diluted adjusted net income per common unit $ 0.39     $ 0.41  

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    (1) We calculate adjusted net income allocated to common unitholders based on the distributions pertaining to the current period’s net income. After adjusting for the appropriate period’s distributions, the remaining undistributed earnings or excess distributions over earnings, if any, are allocated to the common unitholders and participating securities in accordance with the contractual terms of our partnership agreement in effect for the period and as further prescribed under the two-class method.
    (2) See the “Selected Items Impacting Comparability” table for additional information.
    (3) We repurchased approximately 12.7 million Series A preferred units on January 31, 2025. The difference between the cash we paid for the repurchase of such units and their carrying value on our balance sheet is considered a return to Series A preferred unitholders for the calculation of adjusted net income allocated to common unitholders.
    (4) The possible conversion of our Series A preferred units was excluded from the calculation of diluted adjusted net income per common unit for each of the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 as the effect was antidilutive.
    (5) Our equity-indexed compensation plan awards that contemplate the issuance of common units are considered potentially dilutive unless (i) they become vested only upon the satisfaction of a performance condition and (ii) that performance condition has yet to be satisfied. Equity-indexed compensation plan awards that are deemed to be dilutive are reduced by a hypothetical common unit repurchase based on the remaining unamortized fair value, as prescribed by the treasury stock method in guidance issued by the FASB.
       

    Net Income Per Common Unit to Adjusted Net Income Per Common Unit Reconciliation:

      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
      2025   2024
    Basic and diluted net income per common unit $ 0.49     $ 0.29  
    Selected items impacting comparability per common unit (1)   (0.10 )     0.12  
    Basic and diluted adjusted net income per common unit $ 0.39     $ 0.41  

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    (1)   See the “Selected Items Impacting Comparability” and the “Computation of Basic and Diluted Adjusted Net Income Per Common Unit” tables for additional information.
       
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    FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)
       
    Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA attributable to PAA and Implied DCF Reconciliation:
       
      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
      2025   2024
    Net income $ 516     $ 351  
    Interest expense, net of certain items (1)   107       95  
    Income tax expense   50       14  
    Depreciation and amortization   262       254  
    Gain on asset sales, net   (13 )      
    Gain on investments in unconsolidated entities, net   (31 )      
    Depreciation and amortization of unconsolidated entities (2)   20       19  
    Selected items impacting comparability – Adjusted EBITDA (3)   (30 )     114  
    Adjusted EBITDA $ 881     $ 847  
    Adjusted EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interests   (127 )     (129 )
    Adjusted EBITDA attributable to PAA $ 754     $ 718  
           
    Adjusted EBITDA $ 881     $ 847  
    Interest expense, net of certain non-cash and other items (4)   (104 )     (90 )
    Maintenance capital   (41 )     (57 )
    Investment capital of noncontrolling interests (5)   (30 )     (25 )
    Current income tax expense   (46 )     (53 )
    Distributions from unconsolidated entities in excess of/(less than) adjusted equity earnings (6)   (2 )     12  
    Distributions to noncontrolling interests (7)   (132 )     (100 )
    Implied DCF $ 526     $ 534  
    Preferred unit distributions paid (7)   (64 )     (64 )
    Implied DCF Available to Common Unitholders $ 462     $ 470  
           
    Weighted Average Common Units Outstanding   704       701  
    Weighted Average Common Units and Common Unit Equivalents   767       772  
           
    Implied DCF per Common Unit (8) $ 0.66     $ 0.67  
    Implied DCF per Common Unit and Common Unit Equivalent (9) $ 0.66     $ 0.67  
           
    Cash Distribution Paid per Common Unit $ 0.3800     $ 0.3175  
    Common Unit Cash Distributions (7) $ 267     $ 223  
    Common Unit Distribution Coverage Ratio 1.73x   2.11x
           
    Implied DCF Excess $ 195     $ 247  

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    (1) Represents “Interest expense, net” as reported on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, net of interest income associated with promissory notes by and among PAA and certain Plains entities.
    (2) Adjustment to exclude our proportionate share of depreciation and amortization expense (including write-downs related to cancelled projects and impairments) of unconsolidated entities.
    (3) See the “Selected Items Impacting Comparability” table for additional information.
    (4) Amount excludes certain non-cash items impacting interest expense such as amortization of debt issuance costs and terminated interest rate swaps and is net of interest income associated with promissory notes by and among PAA and certain Plains entities.
    (5) Investment capital expenditures attributable to noncontrolling interests that reduce Implied DCF available to PAA common unitholders.
    (6) Comprised of cash distributions received from unconsolidated entities less equity earnings in unconsolidated entities (adjusted for our proportionate share of depreciation and amortization, including write-downs related to cancelled projects and impairments, and selected items impacting comparability of unconsolidated entities).
    (7) Cash distributions paid during the period presented.
    (8) Implied DCF Available to Common Unitholders for the period divided by the weighted average common units outstanding for the period.
    (9) Implied DCF Available to Common Unitholders for the period, adjusted for Series A preferred unit cash distributions paid, divided by the weighted average common units and common unit equivalents outstanding for the period. Our Series A preferred units are convertible into common units, generally on a one-for-one basis and subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, in whole or in part, subject to certain minimum conversion amounts.
       
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    FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)
       
    Net Income Per Common Unit to Implied DCF Per Common Unit and Common Unit Equivalent Reconciliation:
       
      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
      2025
      2024
    Basic net income per common unit $ 0.49     $ 0.29  
    Reconciling items per common unit (1) (2)   0.17       0.38  
    Implied DCF per common unit $ 0.66     $ 0.67  
           
    Basic net income per common unit $ 0.49     $ 0.29  
    Reconciling items per common unit and common unit equivalent (1) (3)   0.17       0.38  
    Implied DCF per common unit and common unit equivalent $ 0.66     $ 0.67  

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    (1)  Represents adjustments to Net Income to calculate Implied DCF Available to Common Unitholders. See the “Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA attributable to PAA and Implied DCF Reconciliation” table for additional information.
    (2)  Based on weighted average common units outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 of 704 million and 701 million, respectively.
    (3)  Based on weighted average common units outstanding for the period, as well as weighted average Series A preferred units outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 of 63 million and 71 million, respectively.
       
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    FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)
       
    Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities to Non-GAAP Financial Liquidity Measures Reconciliation:
       
      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
        2025       2024  
    Net cash provided by operating activities $ 639     $ 419  
    Adjustments to reconcile Net cash provided by operating activities to Adjusted Free Cash Flow:      
    Net cash used in investing activities (1)(2)   (1,149 )     (261 )
    Cash contributions from noncontrolling interests   4       12  
    Cash distributions paid to noncontrolling interests (3)   (132 )     (100 )
    Proceeds from the issuance of related party notes (1)   330        
    Adjusted Free Cash Flow (4) $ (308 )   $ 70  
    Cash distributions (5)   (331 )     (287 )
    Adjusted Free Cash Flow after Distributions (4) (6) $ (639 )   $ (217 )
           
      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
        2025       2024  
    Adjusted Free Cash Flow (4) $ (308 )   $ 70  
    Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions (7)   139       192  
    Adjusted Free Cash Flow (Excluding Changes in Assets & Liabilities) (8) $ (169 )   $ 262  
    Cash distributions (5)   (331 )     (287 )
    Adjusted Free Cash Flow after Distributions (Excluding Changes in Assets & Liabilities) (8) $ (500 )   $ (25 )

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    (1) PAA and certain Plains entities have issued promissory notes by and among such entities to facilitate financing. “Proceeds from the issuance of related party notes” has an equal and offsetting cash outflow associated with our investment in related party notes, which is included as a component of “Net cash used in investing activities.”
    (2) The 2025 period includes a net cash outflow of $624 million for bolt-on acquisitions.
    (3) Cash distributions paid during the period presented.
    (4) Management uses the non-GAAP financial liquidity measures Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow after Distributions to assess the amount of cash that is available for distributions, debt repayments, common equity repurchases and other general partnership purposes. Adjusted Free Cash Flow after Distributions shortages, if any, may be funded from previously established reserves, cash on hand or from borrowings under our credit facilities or commercial paper program.
    (5) Cash distributions paid to preferred and common unitholders during the period.
    (6) Excess Adjusted Free Cash Flow after Distributions is retained to establish reserves for future distributions, capital expenditures, debt reduction and other partnership purposes. Adjusted Free Cash Flow after Distributions shortages may be funded from previously established reserves, cash on hand or from borrowings under our credit facilities or commercial paper program.
    (7) See the “Condensed Consolidated Cash Flow Data” table.
    (8) Management uses the non-GAAP financial liquidity measures Adjusted Free Cash Flow (Excluding Changes in Assets & Liabilities) and Adjusted Free Cash Flow after Distributions (Excluding Changes in Assets & Liabilities) to assess the underlying business liquidity and cash flow generating capacity excluding fluctuations caused by timing of when amounts earned or incurred were collected, received or paid from period to period.
       
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    FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)
    SELECTED ITEMS IMPACTING COMPARABILITY
    (in millions)
       
      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
      2025   2024
    Selected Items Impacting Comparability: (1)      
    Derivative activities and inventory valuation adjustments (2) $ 34     $ (159 )
    Long-term inventory costing adjustments (3)   3       33  
    Deficiencies under minimum volume commitments, net (4)   7       12  
    Equity-indexed compensation expense (5)   (9 )     (9 )
    Foreign currency revaluation (6)         9  
    Transaction-related expenses (7)   (5 )      
    Selected items impacting comparability – Adjusted EBITDA $ 30     $ (114 )
    Gain on investments in unconsolidated entities, net   31        
    Gain on asset sales, net   13        
    Tax effect on selected items impacting comparability   (3 )     30  
    Aggregate selected items impacting noncontrolling interests   (3 )     (4 )
    Selected items impacting comparability – Adjusted net income attributable to PAA $ 68     $ (88 )

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    (1) Certain of our non-GAAP financial measures may not be impacted by each of the selected items impacting comparability. See the “Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA attributable to PAA and Implied DCF Reconciliation” and “Computation of Basic and Diluted Adjusted Net Income Per Common Unit” tables for additional details on how these selected items impacting comparability affect such measures.
    (2) We use derivative instruments for risk management purposes and our related processes include specific identification of hedging instruments to an underlying hedged transaction. Although we identify an underlying transaction for each derivative instrument we enter into, there may not be an accounting hedge relationship between the instrument and the underlying transaction. In the course of evaluating our results, we identify differences in the timing of earnings from the derivative instruments and the underlying transactions and exclude the related gains and losses in determining adjusted results such that the earnings from the derivative instruments and the underlying transactions impact adjusted results in the same period. In addition, we exclude gains and losses on derivatives that are related to (i) investing activities, such as the purchase of linefill, and (ii) purchases of long-term inventory. We also exclude the impact of corresponding inventory valuation adjustments, as applicable. For applicable periods, we excluded gains and losses from the mark-to-market of the embedded derivative associated with the Preferred Distribution Rate Reset Option of our Series A preferred units.
    (3) We carry crude oil and NGL inventory that is comprised of minimum working inventory requirements in third-party assets and other working inventory that is needed for our commercial operations. We consider this inventory necessary to conduct our operations and we intend to carry this inventory for the foreseeable future. Therefore, we classify this inventory as long-term on our balance sheet and do not hedge the inventory with derivative instruments (similar to linefill in our own assets). We treat the impact of changes in the average cost of the long-term inventory (that result from fluctuations in market prices) and write-downs of such inventory that result from price declines as a selected item impacting comparability.
    (4) We, and certain of our equity method investees, have certain agreements that require counterparties to deliver, transport or throughput a minimum volume over an agreed upon period. Substantially all of such agreements were entered into with counterparties to economically support the return on capital expenditure necessary to construct the related asset. Some of these agreements include make-up rights if the minimum volume is not met. We record a receivable from the counterparty in the period that services are provided or when the transaction occurs, including amounts for deficiency obligations from counterparties associated with minimum volume commitments. If a counterparty has a make-up right associated with a deficiency, we defer the revenue attributable to the counterparty’s make-up right and subsequently recognize the revenue at the earlier of when the deficiency volume is delivered or shipped, when the make-up right expires or when it is determined that the counterparty’s ability to utilize the make-up right is remote. We include the impact of amounts billed to counterparties for their deficiency obligation, net of applicable amounts subsequently recognized into revenue or equity earnings, as a selected item impacting comparability. We believe the inclusion of the contractually committed revenues associated with that period is meaningful to investors as the related asset has been constructed, is standing ready to provide the committed service and the fixed operating costs are included in the current period results.
    (5) Our total equity-indexed compensation expense includes expense associated with awards that will be settled in units and awards that will be settled in cash. The awards that will be settled in units are included in our diluted net income per unit calculation when the applicable performance criteria have been met. We consider the compensation expense associated with these awards as a selected item impacting comparability as the dilutive impact of the outstanding awards is included in our diluted net income per unit calculation, as applicable. The portion of compensation expense associated with awards that will be settled in cash is not considered a selected item impacting comparability.
    (6) During the periods presented, there were fluctuations in the value of the Canadian dollar to the U.S. dollar, resulting in the realization of foreign exchange gains and losses on the settlement of foreign currency transactions as well as the revaluation of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency. The associated gains and losses are not integral to our results and were thus classified as a selected item impacting comparability.
    (7) Primarily related to acquisitions completed during the first quarter of 2025.
       
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    FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)
    SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA BY SEGMENT
    (in millions)
             
      Three Months Ended
    March 31, 2025
        Three Months Ended
    March 31, 2024
      Crude Oil   NGL     Crude Oil   NGL
    Revenues (1) $ 11,439     $ 638       $ 11,582     $ 507  
    Purchases and related costs (1)   (10,488 )     (339 )       (10,665 )     (346 )
    Field operating costs (2)   (292 )     (76 )       (266 )     (92 )
    Segment general and administrative expenses (2) (3)   (79 )     (21 )       (73 )     (23 )
    Equity earnings in unconsolidated entities   103               95        
                     
    Other segment items: (4)                
    Depreciation and amortization of unconsolidated entities   20               19        
    Derivative activities and inventory valuation adjustments   (24 )     (10 )       37       122  
    Long-term inventory costing adjustments         (3 )       (28 )     (5 )
    Deficiencies under minimum volume commitments, net   (7 )             (12 )      
    Equity-indexed compensation expense   9               9        
    Foreign currency revaluation                 (17 )     (4 )
    Transaction-related expenses   5                      
    Segment amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests (5)   (127 )             (128 )      
    Segment Adjusted EBITDA $ 559     $ 189       $ 553     $ 159  
                     
    Maintenance capital expenditures $ 31     $ 10       $ 46     $ 11  

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    (1)   Includes intersegment amounts.
    (2)   Field operating costs and Segment general and administrative expenses include equity-indexed compensation expense.
    (3)   Segment general and administrative expenses reflect direct costs attributable to each segment and an allocation of other expenses to the segments. The proportional allocations by segment require judgment by management and are based on the business activities that exist during each period.
    (4)  Represents adjustments utilized by our CODM in the evaluation of segment results. Many of these adjustments are also considered selected items impacting comparability when calculating consolidated non-GAAP financial measures such as Adjusted EBITDA. See the “Selected Items Impacting Comparability” table for additional discussion.
    (5)  Reflects amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests in the Permian JV, Cactus II Pipeline LLC and Red River Pipeline LLC.
       
    PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)
       
    OPERATING DATA BY SEGMENT (1)
       
      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
      2025
      2024
    Crude Oil Segment Volumes              
    Crude oil pipeline tariff (by region)              
    Permian Basin (2)   6,869       6,428  
    South Texas / Eagle Ford (2)   492       378  
    Mid-Continent (2)   415       486  
    Gulf Coast (2)   214       202  
    Rocky Mountain (2)   495       499  
    Western   247       259  
    Canada   354       348  
    Total crude oil pipeline tariff (2)   9,086       8,600  
                   
    NGL Segment Volumes              
    NGL fractionation   157       128  
    NGL pipeline tariff   234       214  
    Propane and butane sales   147       128  

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    (1) Average volumes in thousands of barrels per day calculated as the total volumes (attributable to our interest for assets owned by unconsolidated entities or through undivided joint interests) for the period divided by the number of days in the period. Volumes associated with assets acquired during the period represent total volumes for the number of days we actually owned the assets divided by the number of days in the period.
    (2) Includes volumes (attributable to our interest) from assets owned by unconsolidated entities.
       
    PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)
    NON-GAAP SEGMENT RECONCILIATIONS
    (in millions)
       
    Supplemental Adjusted EBITDA attributable to PAA Reconciliation:
       
      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
      2025
      2024
    Crude Oil Segment Adjusted EBITDA $ 559     $ 553  
    NGL Segment Adjusted EBITDA   189       159  
    Adjusted other income, net (1)   6       6  
    Adjusted EBITDA attributable to PAA (2) $ 754     $ 718  

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    (1)    Represents “Other income/(expense), net” as reported on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, excluding interest income on promissory notes by and among PAA and certain Plains entities, as well as other income, net attributable to noncontrolling interests, adjusted for selected items impacting comparability. See the “Selected Items Impacting Comparability” table for additional information.
    (2)    See the “Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA attributable to PAA and Implied DCF Reconciliation” table for reconciliation to Net Income.
       
    PLAINS GP HOLDINGS AND SUBSIDIARIES
    FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
    (in millions, except per share data)
             
      Three Months Ended
    March 31, 2025
        Three Months Ended
    March 31, 2024
          Consolidating             Consolidating    
      PAA   Adjustments (1)   PAGP     PAA   Adjustments (1)   PAGP
    REVENUES $ 12,011     $     $ 12,011       $ 11,995     $     $ 11,995  
                             
    COSTS AND EXPENSES                        
    Purchases and related costs   10,761             10,761         10,917             10,917  
    Field operating costs   368             368         358             358  
    General and administrative expenses   100       1       101         96       1       97  
    Depreciation and amortization   262             262         254             254  
    Gain on asset sales, net   (13 )           (13 )                    
    Total costs and expenses   11,478       1       11,479         11,625       1       11,626  
                             
    OPERATING INCOME   533       (1 )     532         370       (1 )     369  
                             
    OTHER INCOME/(EXPENSE)                        
    Equity earnings in unconsolidated entities   103             103         95             95  
    Gain on investments in unconsolidated entities, net   31             31                      
    Interest expense, net   (127 )     20       (107 )       (95 )           (95 )
    Other income/(expense), net   26       (20 )     6         (5 )           (5 )
                             
    INCOME BEFORE TAX   566       (1 )     565         365       (1 )     364  
    Current income tax expense   (46 )           (46 )       (53 )           (53 )
    Deferred income tax (expense)/benefit   (4 )     (23 )     (27 )       39       (14 )     25  
                             
    NET INCOME   516       (24 )     492         351       (15 )     336  
    Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests   (73 )     (335 )     (408 )       (85 )     (209 )     (294 )
    NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO PAGP $ 443     $ (359 )   $ 84       $ 266     $ (224 )   $ 42  
                             
    Basic and diluted weighted average Class A shares outstanding     198                 197  
                             
    Basic and diluted net income per Class A share   $ 0.42               $ 0.21  

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    (1)  Represents the aggregate consolidating adjustments necessary to produce consolidated financial statements for PAGP.
       

     

    PLAINS GP HOLDINGS AND SUBSIDIARIES
    FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET DATA
    (in millions)
             
      March 31, 2025     December 31, 2024
          Consolidating             Consolidating    
      PAA   Adjustments (1)   PAGP     PAA   Adjustments (1)   PAGP
    ASSETS                        
    Current assets $ 4,735     $ (6 )   $ 4,729       $ 4,802     $ (26 )   $ 4,776  
    Property and equipment, net   16,062             16,062         15,424             15,424  
    Investments in unconsolidated entities   2,745             2,745         2,811             2,811  
    Intangible assets, net   1,675             1,675         1,677             1,677  
    Deferred tax asset         1,199       1,199               1,220       1,220  
    Linefill   988             988         968             968  
    Long-term operating lease right-of-use assets, net   321             321         332             332  
    Long-term inventory   289             289         280             280  
    Other long-term assets, net   244             244         268             268  
    Total assets $ 27,059     $ 1,193     $ 28,252       $ 26,562     $ 1,194     $ 27,756  
                             
    LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL                        
    Current liabilities $ 4,691     $ (7 )   $ 4,684       $ 4,950     $ (26 )   $ 4,924  
    Senior notes, net   8,131             8,131         7,141             7,141  
    Other long-term debt, net   73             73         72             72  
    Long-term operating lease liabilities   301             301         313             313  
    Other long-term liabilities and deferred credits   1,003             1,003         990             990  
    Total liabilities   14,199       (7 )     14,192         13,466       (26 )     13,440  
                             
    Partners’ capital excluding noncontrolling interests   9,632       (8,276 )     1,356         9,813       (8,462 )     1,351  
    Noncontrolling interests   3,228       9,476       12,704         3,283       9,682       12,965  
    Total partners’ capital   12,860       1,200       14,060         13,096       1,220       14,316  
    Total liabilities and partners’ capital $ 27,059     $ 1,193     $ 28,252       $ 26,562     $ 1,194     $ 27,756  

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    (1)  Represents the aggregate consolidating adjustments necessary to produce consolidated financial statements for PAGP.
       
    PLAINS GP HOLDINGS AND SUBSIDIARIES
    FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)
     
    COMPUTATION OF BASIC AND DILUTED NET INCOME PER CLASS A SHARE
    (in millions, except per share data)
       
      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
      2025
      2024
    Basic and Diluted Net Income per Class A Share      
    Net income attributable to PAGP $ 84     $ 42  
    Basic and diluted weighted average Class A shares outstanding   198       197  
           
    Basic and diluted net income per Class A share $ 0.42     $ 0.21  
                   

    Forward-Looking Statements

    Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this release consist of forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from results or outcomes anticipated in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the following:

    • general economic, market or business conditions in the United States and elsewhere (including the potential for a recession or significant slowdown in economic activity levels, the risk of persistently high inflation and supply chain issues, the impact of global public health events, such as pandemics, on demand and growth, and the timing, pace and extent of economic recovery) that impact (i) demand for crude oil, drilling and production activities and therefore the demand for the midstream services we provide and (ii) commercial opportunities available to us;
    • declines in global crude oil demand and/or crude oil prices or other factors that correspondingly lead to a significant reduction of North American crude oil and NGL production (whether due to reduced producer cash flow to fund drilling activities or the inability of producers to access capital, or both, the unavailability of pipeline and/or storage capacity, the shutting-in of production by producers, government-mandated pro-ration orders, or other factors), which in turn could result in significant declines in the actual or expected volume of crude oil and NGL shipped, processed, purchased, stored, fractionated and/or gathered at or through the use of our assets and/or the reduction of the margins we can earn or the commercial opportunities that might otherwise be available to us;
    • fluctuations in refinery capacity and other factors affecting demand for various grades of crude oil and NGL and resulting changes in pricing conditions or transportation throughput requirements;
    • unanticipated changes in crude oil and NGL market structure, grade differentials and volatility (or lack thereof);
    • the effects of competition and capacity overbuild in areas where we operate, including downward pressure on rates, volumes and margins, contract renewal risk and the risk of loss of business to other midstream operators who are willing or under pressure to aggressively reduce transportation rates in order to capture or preserve customers;
    • the successful operation of joint ventures and joint operating arrangements we enter into from time to time, whether relating to assets operated by us or by third parties, and the successful integration and future performance of acquired assets or businesses;
    • the availability of, and our ability to consummate, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or other strategic opportunities and realize benefits therefrom;
    • environmental liabilities, litigation or other events that are not covered by an indemnity, insurance or existing reserves;
    • negative societal sentiment regarding the hydrocarbon energy industry and the continued development and consumption of hydrocarbons, which could influence consumer preferences and governmental or regulatory actions that adversely impact our business;
    • the occurrence of a natural disaster, catastrophe, terrorist attack (including eco-terrorist attacks) or other event that materially impacts our operations, including cyber or other attacks on our or our service providers’ electronic and computer systems;
    • weather interference with business operations or project construction, including the impact of extreme weather events or conditions (including hurricanes, floods, wildfires and drought);
    • the impact of current and future laws, rulings, legislation, governmental regulations, executive orders, trade policies, trade tariffs, accounting standards and statements, and related interpretations that (i) prohibit, restrict or regulate the development of oil and gas resources and the related infrastructure on lands dedicated to or served by our pipelines or (ii) negatively impact our ability to develop, operate or repair midstream assets, or (iii) otherwise negatively impact our business or increase our exposure to risk;
    • negative impacts on production levels in the Permian Basin or elsewhere due to issues associated with (or laws, rules or regulations relating to) hydraulic fracturing and related activities (including wastewater injection or disposal), including earthquakes, subsidence, expansion or other issues;
    • the pace of development of natural gas or other infrastructure and its impact on expected crude oil production growth in the Permian Basin;
    • the refusal or inability of our customers or counterparties to perform their obligations under their contracts with us (including commercial contracts, asset sale agreements and other agreements), whether justified or not and whether due to financial constraints (such as reduced creditworthiness, liquidity issues or insolvency), market constraints, legal constraints (including governmental orders or guidance), the exercise of contractual or common law rights that allegedly excuse their performance (such as force majeure or similar claims) or other factors;
    • loss of key personnel and inability to attract and retain new talent;
    • disruptions to futures markets for crude oil, NGL and other petroleum products, which may impair our ability to execute our commercial or hedging strategies;
    • the effectiveness of our risk management activities;
    • shortages or cost increases of supplies, materials or labor;
    • maintenance of our credit ratings and ability to receive open credit from our suppliers and trade counterparties;
    • our inability to perform our obligations under our contracts, whether due to non-performance by third parties, including our customers or counterparties, market constraints, third-party constraints, supply chain issues, legal constraints (including governmental orders or guidance), or other factors or events;
    • the incurrence of costs and expenses related to unexpected or unplanned capital or maintenance expenditures, third-party claims or other factors;
    • failure to implement or capitalize, or delays in implementing or capitalizing, on investment capital projects, whether due to permitting delays, permitting withdrawals or other factors;
    • tightened capital markets or other factors that increase our cost of capital or limit our ability to obtain debt or equity financing on satisfactory terms to fund additional acquisitions, investment capital projects, working capital requirements and the repayment or refinancing of indebtedness;
    • the amplification of other risks caused by volatile or closed financial markets, capital constraints, liquidity concerns and inflation;
    • the use or availability of third-party assets upon which our operations depend and over which we have little or no control;
    • the currency exchange rate of the Canadian dollar to the United States dollar;
    • the deferral of current revenue recognition attributable to deficiency payments received from customers who fail to ship or move their minimum contracted volumes;
    • significant under-utilization of our assets and facilities;
    • increased costs, or lack of availability, of insurance;
    • fluctuations in the debt and equity markets, including the price of our units at the time of vesting under our long-term incentive plans;
    • risks related to the development and operation of our assets; and
    • other factors and uncertainties inherent in the transportation, storage, terminalling and marketing of crude oil, as well as in the processing, transportation, fractionation, storage and marketing of NGL as discussed in the Partnerships’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    About Plains:

    PAA is a publicly traded master limited partnership that owns and operates midstream energy infrastructure and provides logistics services for crude oil and natural gas liquids (“NGL”). PAA owns an extensive network of pipeline gathering and transportation systems, in addition to terminalling, storage, processing, fractionation and other infrastructure assets serving key producing basins, transportation corridors and major market hubs and export outlets in the United States and Canada. On average, PAA handles over 8 million barrels per day of crude oil and NGL.

    PAGP is a publicly traded entity that owns an indirect, non-economic controlling general partner interest in PAA and an indirect limited partner interest in PAA, one of the largest energy infrastructure and logistics companies in North America.

    PAA and PAGP are headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more information, please visit www.plains.com.

    Contacts:

    Blake Fernandez
    Vice President, Investor Relations
    (866) 809-1291

    Michael Gladstein
    Director, Investor Relations
    (866) 809-1291

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  • MIL-OSI: Bitdeer Announces April 2025 Production and Operations Update

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SINGAPORE, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR) (“Bitdeer” or the “Company”), a world-leading technology company for Bitcoin mining, today announced its unaudited mining and operations updates for April 2025.

    Operational Update

    • Self-mined Bitcoin: 166 Bitcoins, increase of 45.6% from March 2025 on higher average self-mining hashrate from energization of SEALMINERs.
    • Mining Rig Manufacturing and R&D:
      • SEALMINER A1: 3.7 EH/s are energized with remaining 0.1 EH/s to be energized in Q2 2025.
      • SEALMINER A2:
        • Total of 3.3 EH/s mining rigs have been manufactured and 1.2 EH/s are in assembly as of the end of April.
        • Of the 3.3 EH/s mining rigs that have been manufactured:
          • External-sales: 1.3 EH/s of mining rigs have been shipped to external customers.
          • Self-mining:
            • 0.5 EH/s have been deployed in Texas and Tydal, Norway.
            • 0.4 EH/s are in-transit to Bitdeer’s site in Texas and Tydal, Norway.
            • 1.1 EH/s are being prepared for shipping.
      • SEALMINER A3:
        • Beyond the initial testing result of an energy efficiency of 9.7 J/TH at the chip level while running at low voltage, ultra power-saving mode, Bitdeer ​successfully completed testing several dozen of its prototype models in April 2025, with all the test results meeting expectations.
        • Machine level testing is expected to be finalized by late Q2 2025.
      • SEALMINER A4:
        • SEAL04 R&D remains on track to achieve an expected chip efficiency of approximately 5 J/TH with anticipated initial tape-out in Q4 2025.
    • HPC/AI:
      • Discussions are ongoing with multiple development partners and potential end users for selected large scale sites in the U.S. for HPC/AI.
    • Hosting:
      • Client-hosted mining rigs increased by 3,000 units or 0.6 EH/s in April 2025, due to existing customers increasing hosted mining rigs.
    • Infrastructure:
      • Tydal, Norway: 70 MW of available power capacity was energized in April 2025. The remaining 105 MW are expected to be energized by end of Q2 2025.
      • Jigmeling, Bhutan: 132 MW of available power capacity was energized in April 2025. The remaining 368 MW are on track to be energized in phases by the end of Q2 2025. Two 132kV transformers have been energized and five 220kV transformers are expected to be ready for energization in June 2025. Construction of datacenter infrastructure and cooling systems are in progress and also expected to be completed in June 2025.
      • Clarington, Ohio: Paused Bitcoin mining related construction at 570 MW Clarington, Ohio site (Phase 1 and 2) as a result of advancing HPC/AI discussions.
    • Financing:
      • In April 2025, Bitdeer entered into a loan agreement with Matrixport Group, a related party of the Company, for a financing facility of up to US$200.0 million. Loans drawn under the facility bear a variable interest rate equal to 9.0% plus a market-based reference rate. Each drawdown is repayable in fixed monthly installments over a 24-month term and is secured by a pledge of SEALMINERs.

    Management Commentary

    “In April 2025, we successfully energized 70 MW and 132 MW of power capacity at our Tydal, Norway expansion and Jigmeling, Bhutan sites, respectively, bringing Bitdeer’s global available power capacity to nearly 1.1 GW,” said Matt Kong, Chief Business Officer at Bitdeer. “By the end of June 2025, we expect to energize the remaining 473 MW at Tydal and Jigmeling, increasing our global available power capacity to 1.6 GW—of which more than half will be located outside the U.S. Our early investment in global diversification is now yielding meaningful strategic benefits. Our international footprint enhances our operational flexibility, particularly as we navigate evolving global trade dynamics. In the near term, we are prioritizing deployments of our SEALMINER A2s in Norway and Bhutan, which we expect will drive our self-mining hashrate to over 40 EH/s in 2025. Further, we made the strategic decision to pause Bitcoin mining related construction at our 570 MW site in Clarington, Ohio due to advancing discussions with multiple development partners and end users for HPC/AI. The Company maintains full optionality to reassess and resume the build-out for Bitcoin mining at a later date.”

    Production and Operations Summary

    Metrics Apr 2025 Mar 2025 Apr 2024
    Total hash rate under management1(EH/s) 25.1 24.2 22.3
    – Proprietary hash rate 12.4 12.1 8.4
    • Self-mining 12.4 11.5 6.7
    • Cloud Hash Rate 1.7
    • Delivered but not hashing 0.6
    – Hosting 12.7 12.1 13.9
    Mining rigs under management 179,000 175,000 224,000
    – Self-owned2 98,000 97,000 86,000
    – Hosted 81,000 78,000 138,000
    Bitcoins mined (self-mining only) 166 114 265
    Bitcoin held3 1,246 1,156 103

    1Total hash rate under management as of April 30, 2025 across the Company’s primary business lines: Self-mining, Cloud Hash Rate, and Hosting.

    • Self-mining refers to cryptocurrency mining for the Company’s own account, which allows it to directly capture the high appreciation potential of cryptocurrency.
    • Cloud Hash Rate offers hash rate subscription plans and shares mining income with customers under certain arrangements. The Cloud Hash Rate stated above reflects the contracted hash rate with customers at month-end.
    • Hosting encompasses a one-stop mining machine hosting solution including deployment, maintenance, and management services for efficient cryptocurrency mining.

    2Self-owned mining machines are for the Company’s self-mining business and Cloud Hash Rate business.
    3Bitcoins held do not include the Bitcoins from deposits of the customers.

    Infrastructure Construction Update

    Site / Location Capacity (MW) Status Timing4
    Electrical capacity      
    – Rockdale, Texas 563 Online Completed
    – Knoxville, Tennessee 86 Online Completed
    – Wenatchee, Washington 13 Online Completed
    – Molde, Norway 84 Online Completed
    – Tydal, Norway 120 Online Completed
    – Gedu, Bhutan 100 Online Completed
    – Jigmeling, Bhutan 132 Online Completed
    Total electrical capacity 1,0985    
    Pipeline capacity      
    – Tydal, Norway Phase 2 105 In progress Q2 2025
    – Massillon, Ohio 221 In progress Q3 – Q4 2025
    – Clarington, Ohio Phase 1 266 Paused TBD
    – Clarington, Ohio Phase 2 304 Pending approval TBD
    – Jigmeling, Bhutan 368 In progress Q2 2025
    – Rockdale, Texas 179 In planning Estimate 2026
    – Alberta, Canada 99 In planning Q4 2026
    – Oromia Region, Ethiopia 50 In planning Q4 2025
    Total pipeline capacity 1,592    
    Total global electrical capacity 2,690    

    4 Indicative timing. All timing references are to calendar quarters and years.
    5 Figures represent total available electrical capacity.

    Rockdale, Texas – 100 MW Hydro-cooling conversion energization commenced:

    • All cooling system delivered and installed.
    • Energization in accordance with the phased of delivery of mining rigs.
    • Approximately 1.4 EH/s of SEALMINER A1 hydro mining rigs have been energized.

    Tydal, Norway175 MW site expansion has commenced energization and is expected to be fully energized by end of Q2 2025:

    • 70 MW was energized in April.
    • Remaining 105 MW is expected to be energized in phases by end of Q2 2025.
    • Installation of the transformers has been completed, with the delivery and installation of electrical equipment currently in progress. Additionally, the procurement and delivery of containers and hydro-cooling systems are underway, and drainage systems construction is ongoing.

    Massillon, Ohio – 221 MW site on track for completion in H2 2025:

    • Substation construction is underway and is expected to be completed in Q3 2025.
    • Building design completed and construction has begun earlier than expected.
    • Estimated energization is expected to be completed in phases between Q3 and Q4 2025.

    Clarington, Ohio Paused Bitcoin mining related construction at 570 MW Clarington, Ohio site (both Phase 1 and 2) as a result of advancing HPC/AI discussions.

    • The Company maintains full optionality to reassess and resume the build-out for Bitcoin mining at a later date.

    Jigmeling, Bhutan – 500 MW site has commenced energization and is expected to be fully energized in phases by end of Q2 2025:

    • 132 MW was energized in April.
    • Remaining 368 MW is expected to be energized in phases by end of Q2 2025.
    • Two 132kV transformers have been energized and five 220kV transformers are expected to be ready for energization in June 2025.
    • Delivery of containers and hydro-cooling systems are in progress and is expected to be completed in phases by Q2 2025.

    Fox Creek, Alberta – 101 MW site acquired in Alberta, sitting on 19 acres, is fully licensed and permitted:

    • Site includes all permits and licenses to construct an on-site natural gas power plant, as well as approval for a 99 MW grid interconnection with Alberta Electric System Operator (“AESO”).
    • Bitdeer will develop and construct the power plant in partnership with a leading engineering, procurement and construction (“EPC”) company and is expected to be energized by Q4 2026.

    Oromia Region, Ethiopia – Signed an SPA and a turnkey agreement for the acquisition and construction of a 50 MW Bitcoin mining project in Ethiopia for US$7.5 million:

    • Acquisition includes local Ethiopian company with a mining permit, connected to a neighboring transmission substation at 33kV interconnection.
    • This local Ethiopian company has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Ethiopian Electric Power Company for a duration of 4 years at an electricity price of approximately US$0.036/ kWh.
    • Bitdeer is working closely with an EPC contractor with specialized experience in Bitcoin mining and this mining project is expected to be energized in Q4 2025.

    Upcoming Conferences and Events

    • May 14 – 15, 2025: Macquarie Asia Conference 2025 in Hong Kong
    • May 19 – 20, 2025: Barclay 15th Annual Emerging Payments and Fintech Forum in New York City
    • May 20, 2025: Benchmark Virtual Digital Asset Seminar
    • May 21 – 22, 2025: B. Riley 25th Annual Investor Conference in Marina Del Rey, California
    • May 28, 2025: Orange Group & Blockware Sell-side and Buy-side Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada
    • June 24 – 26, 2025: Roth 15th Annual Conference in London
    • June 25, 2025: Northland Virtual Growth Conference 2025

    About Bitdeer Technologies Group

    Bitdeer is a world-leading technology company for Bitcoin mining. Bitdeer is committed to providing comprehensive Bitcoin mining solutions for its customers. The Company handles complex processes involved in computing such as equipment procurement, transport logistics, datacenter design and construction, equipment management, and daily operations. The Company also offers advanced cloud capabilities to customers with high demand for artificial intelligence. Headquartered in Singapore, Bitdeer has deployed datacenters in the United States, Norway, and Bhutan. To learn more, visit https://ir.bitdeer.com/ or follow Bitdeer on X @ BitdeerOfficial and LinkedIn @ Bitdeer Group.

    Investors and others should note that Bitdeer may announce material information using its website and/or on its accounts on social media platforms, including X, formerly known as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Therefore, Bitdeer encourages investors and others to review the information it posts on the social media and other communication channels listed on its website.

    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,” “look forward to,” “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. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including factors discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Bitdeer’s annual report on Form 20-F, as well as discussions of potential risks, uncertainties, and other important factors in Bitdeer’s subsequent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof. Bitdeer specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether due to new information, future events, or otherwise. Readers should not rely upon the information on this page as current or accurate after its publication date.

    For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

    Investor Relations
    Orange Group
    Yujia Zhai
    bitdeerIR@orangegroupadvisors.com

    Public Relations
    BlocksBridge Consulting
    Nishant Sharma
    bitdeer@blocksbridge.com

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  • MIL-OSI: TeraWulf Reports First Quarter 2025 Results

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Commenced buildout of dedicated HPC data halls and remain on track to deliver 72.5 MW of gross HPC hosting infrastructure to Core42 in 2025.

    Initiated process to secure additional HPC customers; targeting 200–250 MW operational by year-end 2026.

    Energized Miner Building 5, bringing total capacity to 245 MW and increasing hashrate to 12.2 EH/s, up 52.5% year-over-year.

    Self-mining capacity increased 52.5% year-over-year to 12.2 EH/s.

    Held $219.6 million in cash and bitcoin holdings as of March 31, 2025.

    Repurchased $33 million of Common Stock to date in 2025.

    EASTON, Md., May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TeraWulf Inc. (Nasdaq: WULF) (“TeraWulf” or the “Company”), which owns and operates vertically integrated, next-generation digital infrastructure primarily powered by zero-carbon energy, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.

    First Quarter 2025 GAAP Operational & Financial Highlights

    • Revenue was $34.4 million, compared to $42.4 million in Q1 2024.
    • Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation) was $24.6 million, compared to $14.4 million in Q1 2024.
    • Self-mining capacity grew 52.5% year-over-year to  12.2 EH/s.
    Key GAAP Metrics ($ in thousands) Three Months Ended Q1 2025 Three Months Ended Q1 2024
     Revenue $ 34,405   $ 42,433  
     Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation) $ 24,553   $ 14,408  
     Cost of revenue as % of revenue   71.4 %   34.0 %
                 

    First Quarter 2025 Non-GAAP Operational and Financial Highlights

    • Self-mined 372 bitcoin at the Lake Mariner Facility. As anticipated, the year-over-year change was primarily driven by the April 2024 halving and the strategic divestiture of the Nautilus Cryptomine facility in October 2024.
    • Total value of self-mined bitcoin1 was $34.4 million, compared to $56.5 million in Q1 2024.
    • Power cost per bitcoin was $66,084, compared to $15,501 in Q1 2024, reflecting the halving, rising network difficulty, and short-term power price volatility from the Polar Vortex.
    • Adjusted EBITDA was $(4.7) million, compared to $32.0 million in Q1 2024.
    Key Non-GAAP Metrics2 Three Months Ended Q1 2025 Three Months Ended Q1 2024
     Bitcoin Self-Mined3   372     1,051  
     Value per Bitcoin Self-Mined4 $ 92,600   $ 53,750  
     Power Cost per Bitcoin Self-Mined $ 66,084   $ 15,501  
     Avg. Operating Hash Rate (EH/s)5   7.3     8.0  
                 

    Management Commentary

    “TeraWulf continues to advance its strategy of developing scalable, sustainable infrastructure for both Bitcoin mining and high-performance computing. As outlined during our fourth quarter 2024 earnings call, our key priorities for 2025 include energizing Miner Building 5 and deploying our upgraded mining fleet, delivering Core42’s contracted 72.5 MW of HPC capacity on schedule, securing financing for our initial HPC data center buildout, and signing additional customers to reach between 200 and 250 megawatts of contracted HPC capacity by the end of 2026,” said Paul Prager, Chief Executive Officer of TeraWulf.

    “We’ve made meaningful progress on each of these fronts. In late Q1 and early Q2, we energized Miner Building 5, bringing total capacity at Lake Mariner to 245 MW. We remain on track to deliver the Core42 deployment this year and have initiated the financing process to support our next phase of HPC growth.”

    Prager added, “We continue to see robust medium- and long-term demand for high-density, energy-efficient digital infrastructure. In this environment, TeraWulf’s vertically integrated energy platform provides a distinct competitive advantage. We are focused on building a high-value, durable business that is designed to scale with demand and deliver long-term returns.”

    Patrick Fleury, Chief Financial Officer, commented, “With $219.6 million in cash and bitcoin holdings at quarter-end, we are well-capitalized to fund our near-term growth. HPC hosting revenue is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2025 as our data halls come online. We also returned $33 million to shareholders during the quarter through share repurchases, reflecting our continued commitment to disciplined capital allocation.”

    First Quarter 2025 GAAP Financial Results

    Revenue for the first quarter decreased 19% year-over-year to $34.4 million, reflecting anticipated headwinds from the April 2024 halving, increased network difficulty, and elevated power prices, partially offset by a higher average bitcoin price and expanded mining capacity.

    Cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation, increased 70%  year-over-year to $24.6 million, driven by greater infrastructure utilization and temporary increases in power costs due to extreme winter weather in Upstate New York.

    Liquidity and Capital Resources

    As of March 31, 2025, the Company held $219.6 million in cash and cash equivalents and bitcoin. Total outstanding debt was approximately $500.0 million, consisting of the Company’s 2.75% convertible senior notes due 2030. As of May 7, 2025, TeraWulf had 384,584,010 shares of common stock outstanding.

    As part of the Company’s regular review of its capital management activities, our Board of Directors recently approved:

    • A new $200 million At-the-Market (ATM) common equity offering program, to replace the existing ATM facility.
    • A refreshed authorization for a $200 million common stock repurchase program, providing continued flexibility to return capital to shareholders when appropriate.

    These programs are intended to preserve flexibility in managing the Company’s capital structure and liquidity position.

    Investor Conference Call and Webcast

    As previously announced, TeraWulf will host its Q1 2025 earnings conference call today, Friday, May 9, 2025, commencing at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (5:00 a.m. Pacific Time). The call will include prepared remarks followed by a live Q&A with management.

    The conference call will be broadcast live and will be available for replay via “Events & Presentations” under the “Investors” section of the Company’s website at https://investors.terawulf.com/events-and-presentations/.

    About TeraWulf

    TeraWulf develops, owns, and operates environmentally sustainable, next-generation data center infrastructure in the United States, specifically designed for bitcoin mining and hosting HPC workloads. Led by a team of seasoned energy entrepreneurs, the Company owns and operates the Lake Mariner facility situated on the expansive site of a now retired coal plant in Western New York. Currently, TeraWulf generates revenue primarily through bitcoin mining, leveraging predominantly zero-carbon energy sources, including hydroelectric and nuclear power. Committed to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles that align with its business objectives, TeraWulf aims to deliver industry-leading economics in mining and data center operations at an industrial scale.

    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, as amended. Such forward-looking statements include statements concerning anticipated future events and expectations that are not historical facts. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “plan,” “believe,” “goal,” “target,” “aim,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “outlook,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “seek,” “continue,” “could,” “may,” “might,” “possible,” “potential,” “strategy,” “opportunity,” “predict,” “should,” “would” and other similar words and expressions, although the absence of these words or expressions does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations and beliefs of TeraWulf’s management and are inherently subject to a number of factors, risks, uncertainties and assumptions and their potential effects. There can be no assurance that future developments will be those that have been anticipated. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements based on a number of factors, risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, among others: (1) the ability to mine bitcoin profitably; (2) our ability to attract additional customers to lease our HPC data centers; (3) our ability to perform under our existing data center lease agreements (4) changes in applicable laws, regulations and/or permits affecting TeraWulf’s operations or the industries in which it operates; (5) the ability to implement certain business objectives, including its bitcoin mining and HPC data center development, and to timely and cost-effectively execute related projects; (6) failure to obtain adequate financing on a timely basis and/or on acceptable terms with regard to expansion or existing operations; (7) adverse geopolitical or economic conditions, including a high inflationary environment, the implementation of new tariffs and more restrictive trade regulations; (8) the potential of cybercrime, money-laundering, malware infections and phishing and/or loss and interference as a result of equipment malfunction or break-down, physical disaster, data security breach, computer malfunction or sabotage (and the costs associated with any of the foregoing); (9) the availability and cost of power as well as electrical infrastructure equipment necessary to maintain and grow the business and operations of TeraWulf; and (10) other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Potential investors, stockholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they were made. TeraWulf does not assume any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement after it was made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law or regulation. Investors are referred to the full discussion of risks and uncertainties associated with forward-looking statements and the discussion of risk factors contained in the Company’s filings with the SEC, which are available at www.sec.gov.

    Non-GAAP Measures

    We have not provided reconciliations of preliminary and projected Adjusted EBITDA to the most comparable GAAP measure of net income/(loss). Providing net income/(loss) is potentially misleading and not practical given the difficulty of projecting event-driven transactional and other non-core operating items that are included in net income/(loss), including but not limited to asset impairments and income tax valuation adjustments. Reconciliations of this non-GAAP measure with the most comparable GAAP measure for historical periods is indicative of the reconciliations that will be prepared upon completion of the periods covered by the non-GAAP guidance. Please reference the “Non-GAAP financial information” accompanying our quarterly earnings conference call presentations on our website at www.terawulf.com/investors for our GAAP results and the reconciliations of these measures, where used, to the comparable GAAP measures.

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    CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
    AS OF MARCH 31, 2025 AND DECEMBER 31, 2024
    (In thousands, except number of shares, per share amounts and par value)

      March 31,
    2025
      December 31,
    2024
    ASSETS      
    CURRENT ASSETS:      
    Cash and cash equivalents $ 218,162     $ 274,065  
    Digital currency   1,400       476  
    Prepaid expenses   4,799       2,493  
    Other receivables   5,101       3,799  
    Other current assets   585       598  
    Total current assets   230,047       281,431  
    Property, plant and equipment, net   509,888       411,869  
    Operating lease right-of-use asset   85,299       85,898  
    Finance lease right-of-use asset   7,200       7,285  
    Other assets   8,728       1,028  
    TOTAL ASSETS   841,162       787,511  
           
    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY      
    CURRENT LIABILITIES:      
    Accounts payable   54,901       24,382  
    Accrued construction liabilities   19,526       16,520  
    Accrued compensation   1,512       4,552  
    Accrued interest   5,997       2,559  
    Other accrued liabilities   6,432       2,414  
    Other amounts due to related parties   571       1,391  
    Current portion of deferred rent liability   31,960        
    Current portion of operating lease liability   26       25  
    Current portion of finance lease liability   2       2  
    Total current liabilities   120,927       51,845  
    Deferred rent liability, net of current portion   58,040        
    Operating lease liability, net of current portion   3,420       3,427  
    Finance lease liability, net of current portion   291       292  
    Convertible notes   488,109       487,502  
    TOTAL LIABILITIES   670,787       543,066  
           
    Commitments and Contingencies (See Note 10)      
           
    STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:      
    Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 authorized at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024; 9,566 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024; aggregate liquidation preference of $12,924 and $12,609 at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively   9,273       9,273  
    Common stock, $0.001 par value, 600,000,000 authorized at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively; 408,198,263 and 404,223,028 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively   408       404  
    Additional paid-in capital   705,897       685,261  
    Treasury stock at cost, 24,468,750 and 18,568,750 at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively   (151,509 )     (118,217 )
    Accumulated deficit   (393,694 )     (332,276 )
    Total stockholders’ equity   170,375       244,445  
    TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY $ 841,162     $ 787,511  
                   
                   

    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
    FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2025, AND 2024
    (In thousands, except number of shares and loss per common share)

      Three Months Ended March 31,
      2025   2024
    Revenue $ 34,405     $ 42,433  
           
    Costs and expenses:      
    Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation shown below)   24,553       14,408  
    Operating expenses   1,144       785  
    Operating expenses – related party   1,748       888  
    Selling, general and administrative expenses   46,573       12,289  
    Selling, general and administrative expenses – related party   3,571       2,620  
    Depreciation   15,574       15,088  
    Loss (gain) on fair value of digital currency, net   870       (1,329 )
    Total costs and expenses   94,033       44,749  
           
    Operating loss   (59,628 )     (2,316 )
    Interest expense   (4,049 )     (11,045 )
    Loss on extinguishment of debt         (2,027 )
    Interest income   2,259       500  
    Loss before income tax and equity in net income of investee   (61,418 )     (14,888 )
    Income tax benefit          
    Equity in net income of investee, net of tax         5,275  
    Net loss $ (61,418 )   $ (9,613 )
           
    Loss per common share:      
    Basic and diluted $ (0.16 )   $ (0.03 )
           
    Weighted average common shares outstanding:      
    Basic and diluted   383,149,511       290,602,725  
                   
                   

    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
    FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2025, AND 2024
    (In thousands)

      Three Months Ended March 31,
      2025   2024
    CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:      
    Net loss $ (61,418 )   $ (9,613 )
    Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:      
    Amortization of debt issuance costs, commitment fees and accretion of debt discount   607       7,593  
    Stock-based compensation expense   38,674       6,931  
    Depreciation   15,574       15,088  
    Amortization of right-of-use asset   685       252  
    Revenue recognized from digital currency mined and hosting services   (34,417 )     (41,537 )
    Loss (gain) on fair value of digital currency, net   870       (1,329 )
    Proceeds from sale of digital currency         54,391  
    Loss on extinguishment of debt         2,027  
    Equity in net income of investee, net of tax         (5,275 )
    Changes in operating assets and liabilities:      
    (Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses   (2,306 )     567  
    Increase in other receivables   (1,302 )     (667 )
    Decrease (increase) in other current assets   13       (67 )
    (Increase) decrease in other assets   (7,700 )     22  
    Increase (decrease) in accounts payable   13,844       (1,686 )
    Increase (decrease) in other accrued liabilities   4,359       (3,906 )
    (Decrease) increase in other amounts due to related parties   (990 )     67  
    Increase in deferred rent liability   90,000        
    Decrease in operating lease liability   (6 )     (12 )
    Net cash provided by operating activities   56,487       22,846  
           
    CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:      
    Purchase of and deposits on plant and equipment   (93,687 )     (46,979 )
    Proceeds from sale of digital currency   32,623        
    Net cash used in investing activities   (61,064 )     (46,979 )
           
    CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:      
    Principal payments on long-term debt         (33,412 )
    Payments of prepayment fees associated with early extinguishment of long-term debt         (314 )
    Principal payments on insurance premium and property, plant and equipment financing         (827 )
    Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs paid of $0 and $0         50,722  
    Purchase of treasury stock   (33,292 )      
    Payments of tax withholding related to net share settlements of stock-based compensation awards   (18,034 )     (651 )
    Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities   (51,326 )     15,518  
           
    Net change in cash and cash equivalents   (55,903 )     (8,615 )
    Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   274,065       54,439  
    Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 218,162     $ 45,824  
           
    Cash paid during the period for:      
    Interest $ 5     $ 3,726  
    Income taxes $     $  
                   

    Non-GAAP Measure

    The Company presents Adjusted EBITDA, which is not a measurement of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). The Company defines non-GAAP “Adjusted EBITDA” as net loss adjusted for: (i) impacts of interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; (ii) stock-based compensation expense and amortization of right-of-use asset, which are non-cash items that the Company believes are not reflective of its general business performance, and for which the accounting requires management judgment, and the resulting expenses could vary significantly in comparison to other companies; (iii) equity in net income of investee, net of tax, related to Nautilus; (iv) interest income which management believes is not reflective of the Company’s ongoing operating activities; and (v) loss on extinguishment of debt, which is not reflective of the Company’s general business performance. The Company’s Adjusted EBITDA also included the impact of distributions from investee received in bitcoin related to a return on the Nautilus investment, which management believes, in conjunction with excluding the impact of equity in net income of investee, net of tax, is reflective of assets available for the Company’s use in its ongoing operations as a result of its investment in Nautilus.

    Management believes that providing this non-GAAP financial measure allows for meaningful comparisons between the Company’s core business operating results and those of other companies, and provides the Company with an important tool for financial and operational decision making and for evaluating its own core business operating results over different periods of time. In addition to management’s internal use of non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA, management believes that adjusted EBITDA is also useful to investors and analysts in comparing the Company’s performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis. Management believes the foregoing to be the case even though some of the excluded items involve cash outlays and some of them recur on a regular basis (although management does not believe any of such items are normal operating expenses necessary to generate the Company’s bitcoin related revenues). For example, the Company expects that share-based compensation expense, which is excluded from Adjusted EBITDA, will continue to be a significant recurring expense over the coming years and is an important part of the compensation provided to certain employees, officers, directors and consultants. Additionally, management does not consider any of the excluded items to be expenses necessary to generate the Company’s bitcoin related revenue.

    The Company’s Adjusted EBITDA measure may not be directly comparable to similar measures provided by other companies in the Company’s industry, as other companies in the Company’s industry may calculate non-GAAP financial results differently. The Company’s Adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement of financial performance under U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net loss or any other measure of performance derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Although management utilizes internally and presents Adjusted EBITDA, the Company only utilizes that measure supplementally and does not consider it to be a substitute for, or superior to, the information provided by U.S. GAAP financial results. Accordingly, Adjusted EBITDA is not meant to be considered in isolation of, and should be read in conjunction with, the information contained in the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

    The following table is a reconciliation of the Company’s non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA to its most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure (i.e., net loss) for the periods indicated (in thousands):

      Three Months Ended March 31,
      2025   2024
    Net loss $ (61,418 )   $ (9,613 )
    Adjustments to reconcile net loss to non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA:      
    Equity in net (income) loss of investee, net of tax         (5,275 )
    Distributions from investee, related to Nautilus         12,022  
    Income tax benefit          
    Interest income   (2,259 )     (500 )
    Loss on extinguishment of debt         2,027  
    Interest expense   4,049       11,045  
    Depreciation   15,574       15,088  
    Amortization of right-of-use asset   685       252  
    Stock-based compensation expense   38,674       6,931  
    Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA $ (4,695 )   $ 31,977  

    1 Excludes bitcoin earned from profit sharing associated with a hosting agreement that expired in February 2024 at the Lake Mariner Facility and includes TeraWulf’s net share of bitcoin produced at the Nautilus Cryptomine Facility in Q1 2024.

    2 The Company’s share of the earnings or losses of operating results at the Nautilus Cryptomine Facility in Q1 2024 is reflected within “Equity in net income (loss) of investee, net of tax” in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Accordingly, operating results of the Nautilus Cryptomine Facility are not reflected in revenue, cost of revenue or cost of operations lines in TeraWulf’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company uses these metrics as indicators of operational progress and effectiveness and believes they are useful to investors for the same purposes and to provide comparisons to peer companies. All figures except Bitcoin Self-Mined are estimates.

    3 Excludes bitcoin earned from profit sharing associated with a bitcoin miner hosting agreement that expired in February 2024 at the Lake Mariner Facility and includes TeraWulf’s net share of bitcoin mined at the Nautilus Cryptomine Facility, based on the hashrate share attributed to the Company.

    4 Computed as the weighted-average opening price of bitcoin on each respective day the self-mined bitcoin is earned.

    5 While nameplate inventory for the Lake Mariner Facility was 12.2 EH/s and 8.0 EH/s as of Q1 2025 and Q1 2024, respectively, actual monthly hash rate performance depends on a variety of factors, including (but not limited to) performance tuning to increase efficiency and maximize margin, scheduled outages (scopes to improve reliability or performance), unscheduled outages, curtailment due to participation in various cash generating demand response programs, derate of ASICS due to adverse weather and ASIC maintenance and repair. Note the 8.0 EH/s in the table in Q1 2024 is nameplate capacity and average operating hashrate was 6.8 EH/s.

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  • MIL-OSI: Onex Reports First Quarter 2025 Results

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    All amounts in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated

    TORONTO, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Onex Corporation (TSX: ONEX) today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.

    “Onex continues to make progress and is benefitting from recent operational enhancements and a focus on areas where we have a proven right to compete,” said Bobby Le Blanc, CEO and President. “Our Private Equity and Credit teams have raised an aggregate of $2.5 billion in fee-generating capital since the start of the year, and our teams continue to advance their near- and long-term value creation plans. Our debt-free balance sheet includes $1.6 billion of liquidity, providing additional security and flexibility, including for ongoing share repurchases.”

    Financial Results
    ($ millions except per share amounts)
    Quarter Ended March 31
      2025
      2024  
    Net earnings $ 168   $ 10  
    Net earnings per diluted share $ 2.36   $ 0.13  
               
    Investing segment net earnings $ 123   $ 54  
    Asset management segment net earnings (loss)   25     (26 )
    Total segment net earnings(1) $ 148   $ 28  
    Total segment net earnings per fully diluted share(2) $ 2.05   $ 0.33  
    Asset management fee-related earnings (loss)(3) $ 11   $ (4 )
    Total fee-related earnings (loss)(4) $ 2   $ (12 )
    Distributable earnings(5) $ 38   $ 45  
                 

    Highlights

    • Onex had approximately $8.3 billion of investing capital, or $116.97 (C$168.28) per fully diluted share(6) at March 31, 2025. Onex’ investing capital per fully diluted share returned 3% for the quarter and 9% for the 12 months ended March 31, 2025 (3% and 16%, respectively, in Canadian dollars). Over the last five years, investing capital per fully diluted share has had a compound annual return of 17%.
    • Onex’ private equity investments had net gains of $96 million or a 2% return in the first quarter of 2025 (Q1 2024: $30 million or a 1% return). Investments in Credit strategies generated net gains of $11 million or a 1% return in the first quarter of 2025 (Q1 2024(7) : $11 million or a 1% return).
    • Onex raised approximately $2.5 billion in fee-generating capital across its Private Equity and Credit platforms in the first quarter of 2025.
    • Onex Partners Opportunities Fund achieved its final close, raising aggregate commitments of approximately $1.2 billion for a two-year investing period, including affiliated vehicles, exceeding its initial target.
    • ONCAP V achieved its final close with $1.3 billion in total commitments. ONCAP V achieved several key objectives relative to its prior fund, including growing total commitments, increasing third-party capital by 54%, and adding many new investors to the platform. ONCAP V has completed five investments to date and the fund is approximately 50% deployed.
    • Onex Credit continues to build on its momentum and has priced ten CLO transactions through April, including five new issues. In total, the team raised or extended approximately $5.3 billion of fee-generating assets under management across its tactical allocation and structured credit strategies.
    • Onex repurchased 1,379,506 Subordinate Voting Shares in the first quarter at a cost of $98 million(8) (C$141 million(8)) or an average cost per share of $71.17 (C$102.09). In April, Onex renewed its normal course issuer bid permitting Onex to purchase for cancellation up to 10% of the public float in its Subordinate Voting Shares.
    • Onex had $36.9 billion of FGAUM at March 31, 2025, a 17%(7) increase over the last 12 months. Run-rate management fees(9) increased to $202 million as of March 31, 2025.
    • Unrealized carried interest from funds managed by Onex totaled $308 million as of March 31, 2025.
    • Onex’ cash and near-cash(10) balance was $1.6 billion or 19% of Onex’ investing capital as of March 31, 2025 (December 31, 2024 – $1.6 billion or 19%).

    Dividend Declaration

    The Board of Directors has declared a second quarter dividend of C$0.10 per Subordinate Voting Share payable on July 31, 2025, to shareholders of record on July 10, 2025.

    Webcast

    Onex management will host a webcast to review Onex’ first quarter 2025 results on Friday, May 9, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. ET. The webcast will be available in listen-only mode from the Presentations and Events section of Onex’ website, https://www.onex.com/events-and-presentations. A 90-day on-line replay will be available shortly following the completion of the event.

    Additional Information

    Enclosed are supplementary financial schedules related to Onex’ consolidated net earnings, investing capital, fee-related earnings (loss), distributable earnings, and cash and near-cash changes for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards, including Management’s Discussion and Analysis of the results, are posted on Onex’ website, www.onex.com, and are also available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. A supplemental information package with additional information is available on Onex’ website, www.onex.com.

    About Onex

    Onex invests and manages capital on behalf of its shareholders and clients across the globe. Formed in 1984, we have a long track record of creating value for our clients and shareholders. Our investors include a broad range of global clients, including public and private pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, banks, insurance companies, family offices and high-net-worth individuals. In total, Onex has approximately $53.1 billion in assets under management, of which $8.3 billion is Onex’ own investing capital. With offices in Toronto, New York, New Jersey and London, Onex and its experienced management teams are collectively the largest investors across Onex’ platforms.

    Onex is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ONEX. For more information on Onex, visit its website at www.onex.com. Onex’ security filings can also be accessed at www.sedarplus.ca.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release may contain, without limitation, statements concerning possible or assumed future operations, performance or results preceded by, followed by or that include words such as “believes”, “expects”, “potential”, “anticipates”, “estimates”, “intends”, “plans” and words of similar connotation, which would constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees. The reader should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and information because they involve significant and diverse risks and uncertainties that may cause actual operations, performance or results to be materially different from those indicated in these forward-looking statements. Except as may be required by Canadian securities law, Onex is under no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained herein should material facts change due to new information, future events or other factors. These cautionary statements expressly qualify all forward-looking statements in this press release.

    Non-GAAP Financial Measures

    This press release contains non-GAAP financial measures which have been calculated using methodologies that are not in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. The presentation of financial measures in this manner does not have a standardized meaning prescribed under IFRS Accounting Standards and is therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar financial measures presented by other companies. Onex management believes these financial measures provide useful information to investors. Reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to information contained in the consolidated financial statements have been presented where practical.

    For Further Information:

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    Supplementary Financial Schedules
      Quarter ended March 31
      2025(i)
    2024(i)
     
    (Unaudited)($ millions except per share amounts) Investing   Asset Management   Total   Total
     
    Segment income $ 123   $ 78   $ 201   $ 94  
    Segment expenses       (53 )   (53 )   (66 )
    Segment net earnings $ 123   $ 25   $ 148   $ 28  
                     
    Stock-based compensation recovery (expense)   26     (10 )
    Amortization of property, equipment and intangible assets, excluding right-of-use assets   (3 )   (5 )
    Restructuring recovery (expenses), net   (1 )   3  
    Unrealized performance fee and carried interest included in segment net earnings – Credit       (7 )
    Other   (2 )   1  
    Net earnings           $ 168   $ 10  
                     
    Segment net earnings per fully diluted share $ 1.70   $ 0.35   $ 2.05   $ 0.33  
    Net earnings per share                
    Basic           $ 2.36   $ 0.13  
    Diluted           $ 2.36   $ 0.13  
    (i) Refer to pages 17 and 18 of Onex’ Q1 2025 Interim MD&A for further details concerning the composition of segmented results.
     
    Investing Capital(i)
         
    (Unaudited)($ millions except per share amounts) March 31, 2025
      December 31, 2024
     
    Private Equity            
    Onex Partners Funds $ 4,735   $ 4,659  
    ONCAP Funds   732     795  
    Carried Interest   286     264  
        5,753     5,718  
    Private Credit            
    Investments   934     924  
    Carried Interest   22     22  
        956     946  
    Cash and Near-Cash   1,564     1,578  
    Other Net Assets   26     31  
    Investing Capital $ 8,299   $ 8,273  
    Investing Capital per fully diluted share (U.S. dollars)(ii) $ 116.97   $ 113.70  
    Investing Capital per fully diluted share (Canadian dollars)(ii) $ 168.28   $ 163.54  
    (i) Refer to the glossary in Onex’ Q1 2025 Interim MD&A for further details concerning the composition of investing capital.
    (ii) Fully diluted shares for investing capital per share were 71.0 million at March 31, 2025.
     
    Fee-Related Earnings (Loss) and Distributable Earnings
             
    (Unaudited)($ millions) Quarter Ended
    March 31, 2025
      Quarter Ended
    March 31, 2024
     
    Private Equity            
    Management and advisory fees $ 29   $ 22  
    Total fee-related revenues from Private Equity $ 29   $ 22  
    Compensation expense   (16 )   (22 )
    Support and other net expenses   (8 )   (10 )
    Net contribution $ 5   $ (10 )
             
    Structured Credit        
    Management and advisory fees $ 23   $ 17  
    Total fee-related revenues from Structured Credit $ 23   $ 17  
    Compensation expense   (7 )   (6 )
    Support and other net expenses   (4 )   (3 )
    Net contribution $ 12   $ 8  
             
    Other Credit          
    Management and advisory fees $ 3   $ 11  
    Performance fees       4  
    Total fee-related revenues from Other Credit $ 3   $ 15  
    Compensation expense   (3 )   (8 )
    Support and other net expenses   (6 )   (9 )
    Net contribution $ (6 ) $ (2 )
             
    Asset management fee-related earnings (loss) $ 11   $ (4 )
             
    Public Company and Onex Capital Investing        
    Compensation expense $ (5 ) $ (4 )
    Other net expenses   (4 )   (4 )
    Total expenses $ (9 ) $ (8 )
             
    Total fee-related earnings (loss) $ 2   $ (12 )
             
    Realized carried interest(i) $ 5   $ 3  
    Realized gain on corporate investments and interest income   31     54  
    Distributable earnings $ 38   $ 45  
    (i) Includes carried interest Onex is entitled to from the Falcon Funds.
     

    Fee-related earnings (loss) and distributable earnings are non-GAAP financial measures. The tables below provide reconciliations of Onex’ net earnings to fee-related earnings (loss) and distributable earnings during the quarters ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

    (Unaudited)($ millions) Quarter Ended
    March 31, 2025
      Quarter Ended
    March 31, 2024

     
    Net earnings $ 168   $ 10  
    Stock-based compensation expense (recovery)   (26 )   10  
    Amortization of property, equipment and intangible assets, excluding right-of-use assets   3     5  
    Restructuring expenses (recovery), net   1     (3 )
    Unrealized performance fees and carried interest included in segment net earnings – Credit       7  
    Other   2     (1 )
    Total segment net earnings   148     28  
    Investing segment net earnings   (123 )   (54 )
    Net loss (gain) from carried interest(i)   (23 )   14  
    Total fee-related earnings (loss) $ 2   $ (12 )
    Realized carried interest(i)   5     3  
    Realized gain on corporate investments and interest income   31     54  
    Total distributable earnings $ 38   $ 45  
    (i) Includes carried interest Onex is entitled to from the Falcon Funds.
     

    Cash and Near-Cash

    The table below provides a breakdown of cash and near-cash at Onex as at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

    (Unaudited)($ millions) March 31, 2025
      December 31, 2024
     
    Cash and cash equivalents – Investing segment(i) $ 529   $ 840  
    Management fees and recoverable fund expenses receivable(ii)   491     464  
    Cash and cash equivalents within Investment Holding Companies(iii)   226     156  
    Treasury investments   169     83  
    Subscription financing and rebalancing receivable from ONCAP V(iv)   149     35  
    Cash and near-cash $ 1,564   $ 1,578  
    (i) Excludes cash and cash equivalents allocated to the asset management segment related to accrued incentive compensation and outstanding unhedged DSUs, PSUs and RSUs ($40 million (December 31, 2024 – $89 million)).
    (ii) Includes management fees and recoverable fund expenses receivable from certain funds which Onex has elected to defer cash receipt from.
    (iii) Cash and cash equivalents are reduced by Onex’ share of uncalled expenses payable by the Investment Holding Companies of $36 million (December 31, 2024 – $36 million) and $2 million payable by the Investment Holding Companies for Onex’ management incentive programs related to a private equity realization (December 31, 2024 – $2 million).
    (iv) Includes $65 million of subscription financing receivable, including interest receivable, attributable to third-party investors in ONCAP V and a Credit Fund (December 31, 2024 – $35 million attributable to third-party investors in Onex Partners V and ONCAP V), and an $84 million receivable from ONCAP V related to the rebalancing of the fund (December 31, 2024 – nil).
     

    The table below provides a reconciliation of the change in cash and near-cash from December 31, 2024 to March 31, 2025.

    (Unaudited)($ millions)    
    Cash and near-cash at December 31, 2024 $ 1,578  
    Private equity realizations and distributions   125  
    Private equity investments   (38 )
    Net private credit strategies investment activity   1  
    Repurchase of share capital of Onex Corporation   (105 )
    Cash dividends paid   (5 )
    Net other, including cash flows from asset management activities, operating costs and changes in working capital   8  
    Cash and near-cash at March 31, 2025 $ 1,564  
           

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    (1) Refer to pages 17 and 18 of Onex’ Q1 2025 Interim MD&A for further details concerning the composition of segment net earnings. A reconciliation of total segment net earnings to net earnings is provided in the supplementary financial schedules in this press release.
    (2) Refer to the glossary in Onex’ Q1 2025 Interim MD&A for details concerning the composition of fully diluted shares.
    (3) Asset management fee-related earnings (loss) excludes Onex’ public company expenses and other expenses associated with managing Onex’ investing capital and is a component of total fee-related earnings (loss).
    (4) Total fee-related earnings (loss) is a non-GAAP financial measure that does not have a standardized meaning prescribed under International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS Accounting Standards”). Therefore, it may not be comparable to similar financial measures disclosed by other companies. The most directly comparable financial measure under IFRS Accounting Standards to fee-related earnings (loss) is Onex’ net earnings. Refer to the 2025 Year-to-date Results & Activity section of Onex’ Q1 2025 Interim MD&A and the supplementary financial schedules in this press release for further details concerning fee-related earnings (loss).
    (5) Distributable earnings is a non-GAAP financial measure that does not have a standardized meaning prescribed under IFRS Accounting Standards. Therefore, it may not be comparable to similar financial measures disclosed by other companies. The most directly comparable financial measure under IFRS Accounting Standards to distributable earnings is Onex’ net earnings. Refer to the 2025 Year-to-date Results & Activity section of Onex’ Q1 2025 Interim MD&A and the supplementary financial schedules in this press release for further details concerning distributable earnings.
    (6) Refer to the glossary in Onex’ Q1 2025 Interim MD&A for details concerning the composition of investing capital per fully diluted share. The percentage changes in investing capital per share exclude the impact of capital deployed in Onex’ asset management segment, where applicable, and dividends paid by Onex.
    (7) Adjusted to exclude the impact from the transfer of Onex Falcon.
    (8) Additionally, Onex incurred expenses of $2 million (C$3 million) related to a share repurchase tax.
    (9) Refer to the glossary in Onex’ Q1 2025 Interim MD&A for details concerning the composition of run-rate management fees.
    (10) Cash and near-cash is a non-GAAP financial measure calculated using methodologies that are not in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. The presentation of this measure does not have a standardized meaning prescribed under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore might not be comparable to similar financial measures presented by other companies. The most directly comparable financial measure under IFRS Accounting Standards to cash and near-cash is Onex’ consolidated cash and cash equivalents balance, which was $569 million at March 31, 2025 (December 31, 2024 – $929 million). Refer to the Cash and Near-Cash section of Onex’ Q1 2025 Interim MD&A and the supplementary financial schedules in this press release for further details concerning Onex’ cash and near-cash.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Kugler, Assessing Maximum Employment

    Source: US State of New York Federal Reserve

    Thank you, Francine, and thank you to the Central Bank of Iceland for the invitation to speak to you today.1
    My subject is the Federal Reserve’s mandate of maximum employment. In the Fed’s monetary policymaking, maximum employment and stable prices are linked in the mandate assigned to the Federal Reserve by U.S. law, which we refer to as the dual mandate. Icelanders, I know, are a seafaring people, and those here will understand what I mean when I say that the dual mandate is our “lodestar,” a word our two languages share. It is our goal and our guide in setting monetary policy.
    There is an important distinction between our dual-mandate goals. For reasons that I will explain, while the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has defined “stable prices” as 2 percent annual inflation, such numerical precision is not possible in defining maximum employment.
    To achieve price stability, the Fed adopted a numerical target for inflation in 2012 that hasn’t changed. It has remained unchanged because the Committee has repeatedly reaffirmed the judgment that it made in 2012 that 2 percent inflation is the rate most consistent with its statutory mandate. In contrast, the Federal Reserve has not spelled out a numerical goal for the unemployment rate or some other measure of employment because maximum employment can move up and down over time and is not directly measurable, and also because the different factors that determine it are either difficult or impossible to measure in real time.
    Plan of the TalkThe unemployment rate is the statistic that the public most often uses to form views about labor market conditions, and it is also the statistic that economists most often use to try to infer maximum employment. And economists frequently refer to u* as the unemployment rate that corresponds to maximum employment. That said, in my speech today, I would like to offer historical examples of why u* varies over time and why it would be a mistake to assume that it is a fixed number.2 Then, I will review the evolution of the unemployment rate over the past two decades and show that this rate has varied over time, moved by the interplay of myriad factors such as demographics, labor market regulations, changes in business or consumer confidence, or cyclical changes in aggregate demand and monetary policy shocks. In contrast, u* is moved mostly by either structural changes, such as skill deterioration or capital depreciation, or by long-run factors in the labor market, such as the demographic and skill composition of the population. As a result, u* does not move as much as the unemployment rate over time.3 This is significant because monetary policy is aimed at managing the business cycle to minimize deviations from maximum employment.
    In reviewing the unemployment rate, I will also note that it certainly bears valuable information, but, in many cases, this needs to be complemented with other labor market indicators to have a fuller picture of the state of the economy.
    As I have noted, maximum employment is not directly measurable. Likewise, we cannot observe u* directly, and it has to be inferred by statistical techniques, which I’ll review.4 One element common to all the approaches that I review is that they use a number of labor market indicators in addition to the unemployment rate in forming their estimates of maximum employment. Another element in common to some of the approaches is that they try to separate transient factors, or higher-frequency variation, from a more permanent, long-run feature of the economy that can be interpreted as u*.
    Case Study: The Assumption of a Fixed Maximum Employment in the 1970sA common assumption in the economics profession during the 1960s was that u* was 4 percent.5
    While this number might have been a decent approximation of u* during that period, it did not consider the possibility of meaningful changes in that value and, specifically, changes due to the rapid growth in labor supply from the post–World War II baby boomers entering the workforce. Especially because younger workers have higher levels of unemployment, the advent of the baby boomers meant that u* in the 1970s was surely higher than 4 percent. The Federal Reserve was slow in revising its estimate of u*. The high unemployment rate and too low fixed estimate of u* minimum unemployment, in conjunction with the failure to recognize the slowdown in trend productivity, led the Federal Reserve to exaggerate the estimate of slack in the economy and maintain monetary policy that was too loose, adding to other factors driving persistently high inflation over that decade.6 This experience led the Federal Reserve to recognize that a fixed 4 percent value for u* was a poor basis for understanding the cyclical position of the economy.
    The experience of the 1960s and 1970s made it clear that demographic changes need to be considered in estimating u*—a topic I will explore further in my speech.
    The U.S. Labor Market over the Past Two DecadesThe U.S. labor market over the past two decades provides some valuable circumstantial evidence for how maximum employment can change over time. Let me start by discussing the Great Recession, which began in late 2007 and was driven by a severe financial crisis. In the months before the recession began, the unemployment rate reached a low of 4.4 percent and then peaked at 10 percent in October 2009. Although the unemployment rate is a useful metric of the severity of that event, an additional variable that reflects the depth and persistence of the downturn in the labor market after the Great Recession was the share of long-term unemployed—the percentage of unemployed people out of work for 27 weeks or more—which was nearly twice as high as during the deep recession of the 1980s. Longer spells of unemployment can generate persistence because the longer the duration of unemployment for workers, the more their skills erode and the harder it is to become reemployed, leading, in turn, to higher unemployment, a phenomenon known as hysteresis. While some have argued that only workers unemployed for shorter durations should be counted in estimating the slack in the economy, hysteresis is an important part of slack during periods with high unemployment.7 Instead, the experience of the Great Recession reinforced the value of consulting other useful measures of slack.
    After the Great Recession, it took eight years for the unemployment rate to reach the pre-recession low, but when it did, in 2016, it continued to fall, reaching 3.5 percent in 2019 and remaining close to this level until the beginning of the COVID-19 recession in 2020. One thing that was remarkable about this period was that this low level of unemployment occurred without any escalation of inflation. Personal consumption expenditures inflation ran well below an annual rate of 2 percent for almost all of the decade after the Great Recession, when monetary policy was highly accommodative. One could infer that u* had moved down over this period.
    Turning to the pandemic recession, the unemployment rate rose to nearly 15 percent in two months, but a distinguishing feature of this increase was that a large fraction of the unemployed were temporarily laid off.8 Economic research suggests that those who lose their jobs via temporary layoffs have a high likelihood of being recalled, with the latest estimates suggesting a 60 percent probability.9 Considering this, it was not surprising that the post-pandemic recovery was characterized by a fast decline in the unemployment rate.10 In this sense, the unemployment rate alone was not a sufficient indicator of the true state of the labor market. In the post-pandemic recovery, the unemployment rate fell to 3.4 percent by April 2023. Again, for a second time we saw the unemployment rate falling to levels that were in the past associated with price pressures, whereas in this case inflation was also falling.
    In summary, the past two recessions underscored that there are useful statistics beyond the unemployment rate that help inform a reading of maximum employment, and the past two recoveries suggest that the U.S. economy may sustain unemployment as low as 3.5 percent.
    Turning to the current state of the labor market, the unemployment rate has risen only very slowly, and it has moved within a tight range of around 4.2 percent, which is its current reading. In addition, temporary layoffs are back at their pre-pandemic level, and vacancies and quits have leveled off. As a consequence, I judge the labor market to be stable. Most likely, the labor market is also close to maximum employment given that the estimates of u* from some of the models that I will consider in the rest of this speech are in the vicinity of 4.2 percent.
    I have used some historical examples to illustrate how the unemployment rate has changed over time, and I have made some informal inference on the movements of u* in certain periods. Now let me explore different ways of estimating maximum employment. I will cover three separate methods: a method that uses the demographic composition of the population; a definition that considers the unemployment rate in conjunction with inflation in order to get closer to a definition of u* consistent with stable prices; and, lastly, a definition that focuses on maximum employment that one can obtain by taking into account that workers take time to find jobs and firms take time to fill job openings. Some of the models that I review also consider the labor force participation rate, as structural variation in this rate also affects maximum employment. Historical experience with the different forces that can move around maximum employment indicates that all three of these approaches could be helpful in the future when trying to estimate maximum employment.11
    Estimation of Maximum Employment Using DemographicsIn describing the impact of the baby boomers on the labor market, I have already provided an example of how the demographic composition of the workforce may affect maximum employment. More generally, the age distribution in the population or educational attainment or skill distribution are always important factors in evaluating the potential workforce. Beyond the composition of the workforce, developments within specific demographic subgroups also may be relevant for maximum employment. For instance, the increase in labor force participation of women over the past 50 years has been an important factor that has augmented the available workforce. Granular data from the Labor Department’s monthly survey of household employment known as the Current Population Survey, sometimes in conjunction with data on job openings and flows in and out of employment, can add demographic details to the estimation of maximum employment.
    The models that exploit demographic data separate the trend or structural factors in both the unemployment rate and labor force participation rate from transient factors in individual demographic groups, allowing an estimate of maximum employment.12 I think of this as a “bottom up” approach.13
    One can add an additional layer of complexity in working with demographic groups. One important aspect of the unemployment rate is its characteristic countercyclical dynamics—that is, the way this rate increases at the onset of recessions due to an increase in the flow out of employment or layoffs, and its decline in expansions as more unemployed workers find jobs and flow into employment. In recognition of the importance of these flows, one alternative to extracting trends by demographic group is to extract trends in the flows by demographic groups and reconstruct u* dynamics from those flows. The implicit assumption is that the trend components of flows into and out of unemployment capture structural characteristics of the labor market, including market imperfections and the cost of job searches for both workers and employers.14 The models in this class estimate a trend unemployment rate in the range between 4.1 and 4.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024.15
    Estimation of Maximum Employment Consistent with Stable PricesAs I mentioned, the dual mandate includes stable prices. The models that I have just described do not contain information on prices. However, one may include price information by adding inflation as a measure of aggregate price pressures in order to come up with an estimate of maximum employment consistent with stable prices.16 A higher unemployment rate signals more workers are available to work, indicating more slack. As more workers are employed, the economy is moving to a situation of fewer resources being available for additional output and most likely to more price pressures. Maximum employment consistent with stable prices ideally strikes a balance between additional workers being hired and additional increases in prices. I have alluded to this concept in an informal way when arguing that in the period after the Great Recession, u* may have moved down through 2019.
    In practice, inflation information is folded into the model by adding a relationship between prices and the unemployment rate known as the Philips curve. There is a long tradition in extracting trend employment consistent with stable prices using a various labor market and output measures. I will draw upon that heritage and briefly describe a model that like the statistical methods that I have already reviewed also aims at estimating maximum employment by separating the unemployment rate from cyclical factors, but it does so by using numerous output and labor market indicators in conjunction with price information.17 Output indicators include both gross domestic product and gross domestic income. Among labor market indicators, in addition to the unemployment rate, there are payrolls, the workweek, and labor force participation, which means that the model is not limited to just the unemployment rate in inferring trend unemployment. The purpose of using many indicators is the belief that all of them follow the same cycle, and that it is easier to identify and separate the cycle from trend using a large set of indicators. Coming back to the Phillips curve, I would note that models that estimate u* are somewhat sensitive to the specification of the Phillips curve. For instance, the model that I have just described has a u* estimate of about 5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024, but alternative Phillips curve specifications may lower it below 5 percent.18
    Estimation of the Efficient Level of EmploymentA third, often less mentioned concept of full employment is the “efficient” level of unemployment. This concept starts with the idea that it is inefficient for society to have unemployed workers and job openings. Society as a whole would gain by matching those workers with those job openings in a productive way. Of course, it is impossible to instantaneously reduce unemployed workers and job openings to zero. Newly unemployed workers take time to find a job, and vacancies take time to fill as firms find and screen applicants with the right skills. The empirical relationship between the unemployment rate and the job openings rate is summarized by the Beveridge curve, a downward-sloping curve along which more unemployed workers are associated with fewer job openings. The Beveridge curve is a structural aspect of the labor market, and it is effectively a constraint on the relationship between the unemployment rate and the job openings rate. However, given the Beveridge curve, monetary policymakers can try to move the economy along the curve closer to a point at which the total number of vacancies plus unemployed is minimized. One can show that this happens somewhere in between the two, precisely around a value of the unemployment rate equal to the geometric average of the unemployment and vacancy rate.19 The current estimate of this full employment concept places the unemployment rate at 4.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024.
    Conclusion and Policy MessageI want to draw some conclusions from the points I have made today.
    My discussion has touched upon many different statistics of the labor market, including the possibility of using data that exploits the heterogeneity of different demographic groups, which I judge to be very informative about u*. The reason is that different business cycles are generated by different shocks that affect the economy in different ways, so that useful indicators of slack in past cycles may not be as insightful in the future. For instance, when there is slack in the labor market, measures taking into account unemployment duration can be more informative about the persistence of unemployment and future slack. By contrast, when labor markets are tight, measures of flows into, out of, and across jobs will give a better measure of the job opportunities for workers and potential upward pressures on wages. Similarly, the vacancy and unemployment ratio combination used in the definition of efficient u* can provide an alternative measure of maximum employment.
    Of course, any one of the estimation techniques that I have reviewed has limitations. For instance, there are constraints on the number of indicators that each model can process. This implies that some models will be better at capturing some drivers of maximum employment than others. That is why I cannot point to the best statistic or best model of maximum employment. I can only acknowledge that a rich set of models and indicators only benefits the policymaker. Given the uncertainty in estimating maximum employment in real time and the many options available, I consider it undesirable to adopt one particular measure to guide monetary policy. This is something to bear in mind as I approach the current review of the FOMC’s Statement on Longer-Run Goals and Monetary Policy Strategy, which we call our framework.

    1. The views expressed here are my own and are not necessarily those of my colleagues on the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Open Market Committee. Return to text
    2. In fact, early on, economists have embarked to estimate the time-varying maximum employment in the economy. At least since Perry (1970), it was noted that u* can vary over time; see George L. Perry (1970), “Changing Labor Markets and Inflation,” (PDF) Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, no. 3, pp. 411–48. Return to text
    3. Consistent with the view that u* moves less than the unemployment rate over time, in this speech, most of the models that I review assume that u* is the trend component of the unemployment rate. For an alternative view that challenges the weaker cyclicality of u* relative to the unemployment rate, see Robert E. Hall and Marianna Kudlyak (2023), “The Active Role of the Natural Rate of Unemployment,” NBER Working Paper Series 31848 (Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research, November; revised December 2024). Return to text
    4. For some early examples of the use of advanced statistical techniques such as the application of Kalman filtering techniques, see, for instance, the early examples of Peter K. Clark (1987), “The Cyclical Component of U.S. Economic Activity,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 102 (November), pp. 797–814; and Kenneth N. Kuttner (1994), “Estimating Potential Output as a Latent Variable,” Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, vol. 12 (July), pp. 361–68. For a recent summary of the literature, see Alessandro Barbarino, Travis J. Berge, and Andrea Stella (2024), “The Stability and Economic Relevance of Output Gap Estimates,” Journal of Applied Econometrics, vol. 39 (September/October), pp. 1065–81. Return to text
    5. See Arthur M. Okun (1962), “Potential GNP: Its Measurement and Significance,” Proceedings of the Business and Economics Statistics Section, pp. 98–104. Return to text
    6. See Athanasios Orphanides (2003), “The Quest for Prosperity without Inflation,” Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 50 (April), pp. 633–63. Return to text
    7. See, for instance, Olivier J. Blanchard and Lawrence H. Summers (1987), “Hysteresis in Unemployment,” European Economic Review, vol. 31 (February–March), pp. 288–95. Return to text
    8. In addition, the rise in temporary layoffs was considered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to be understated, because many respondents to the Current Population Survey misreported their status as employed but not at work—that is, the properly measured unemployment rate would have risen by much more than was actually reported; see, for example, page 6 of the May 2020 Employment Situation report, which is available on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ website at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_06052020.pdf. Return to text
    9. See the classic study of David M. Lilien (1980), “The Cyclical Pattern of Temporary Layoffs in United States Manufacturing,” Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 62 (February), pp. 24–31. For a more recent paper that makes use of matched employer–employee data, see Arash Nekoei and Andrea Weber (2015), “Recall Expectations and Duration Dependence,” American Economic Review, vol. 105 (May), pp. 142–46. Return to text
    10. Moreover, academic research also suggests that the extent of firms’ recourse to temporary layoffs is correlated with firms’ expectations of near-term economic activity. This would have suggested in real time that a sharp rise in temporary layoffs was not as worrisome as a similar increase in permanent job losses. See Arash Nekoei and Andrea Weber (2020), “Seven Facts about Temporary Layoffs,” CEPR Discussion Paper 14845 (London: Centre for Economic Policy Research, June 3). Return to text
    11. Some studies distinguish long-run unemployment, which would fall in the first category of models that use demographic information, from stable price unemployment, which also adds a Phillips curve to the model. For a recent review, see Richard K. Crump, Christopher J. Nekarda, and Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau (2020), “Unemployment Rate Benchmarks,” Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2020-072 (Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August). Return to text
    12. The resulting unemployment rate trend can be thought of as a “natural rate.” The first reference to a “natural rate” of unemployment is from Milton Friedman in 1968. Friedman made it clear that he used the term to try and separate real forces from monetary forces, which are assumed to be more transient; therefore, it seems appropriate to use the term “natural rate” for estimates from demographic trends. See Milton Friedman (1968), “The Role of Monetary Policy,” American Economic Review, vol. 58 (March), pp. 1–17. That said, such a concept is controversial; see Richard Rogerson (1997), “Theory Ahead of Language in the Economics of Unemployment,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 11 (Winter), pp. 73–92. Return to text
    13. See, for instance, Stephanie Aaronson, Bruce Fallick, Andrew Figura, Jonathan Pingle, and William Wascher (2006), “The Recent Decline in the Labor Force Participation Rate and Its Implications for Potential Labor Supply,” (PDF) Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, pp. 69–154; Daniel Aaronson, Luojia Hu, Arian Seifoddini, and Daniel G. Sullivan (2015), “Changing Labor Force Composition and the Natural Rate of Unemployment,” Chicago Fed Letter 338 (Chicago: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago); Andreas Hornstein and Marianna Kudlyak (2019), “Aggregate Labor Force Participation and Unemployment and Demographic Trends,” February 28, https://ssrn.com/abstract=3347310; and Didem Tüzemen (2019), “Job Polarization and the Natural Rate of Unemployment in the United States,” Economics Letters, vol. 175 (February), pp. 97–100. Return to text
    14. See, for instance, Mary C. Daly, Bart Hobijn, Ayşegül Şahin, and Robert G. Valletta (2012), “A Search and Matching Approach to Labor Markets: Did the Natural Rate of Unemployment Rise?” Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 26 (Summer), pp. 3–26. Return to text
    15. See Murat Tasci (2012), “The Ins and Outs of Unemployment in the Long Run: Unemployment Flows and the Natural Rate,” Working Paper 12-24 (Cleveland: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, November). See also Richard K. Crump, Stefano Eusepi, Marc Giannoni, and Ayşegül Şahin (2019), “A Unified Approach to Measuring u*,” (PDF) BPEA Conference Drafts, March 7–8. Ahn adds unemployment duration in conjunction with flows to estimate u*; see Hie Joo Ahn (2023), “Duration Structure of Unemployment Hazards and the Trend Unemployment Rate,” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 151 (June), 104664. Return to text
    16. Estimates that use prices are sometimes referred to as the non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment, or NAIRU, although NAIRU is somewhat of a misnomer. In fact, the inflation process in the Great Moderation is not described well by an accelerationist Phillips curve but rather by a mean reverting process around a stable trend, conveniently proxied by long-run inflation expectations. In that case, it would be more accurate to talk about “NIRU,” or non-inflationary rate of unemployment. Return to text
    17. The estimate that I report are from a variant of the model in Charles A. Fleischman and John M. Roberts (2011), “From Many Series, One Cycle: Improved Estimates of the Business Cycle from a Multivariate Unobserved Components Model,” (PDF) Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2011-46 (Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October). Return to text
    18. For instance, the Phillips curve could be non-linear as in Pierpaolo Benigno and Gauti B. Eggertsson (2023), “It’s Baaack: The Surge in Inflation in the 2020s and the Return of the Non-Linear Phillips Curve,” NBER Working Paper Series 31197 (Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research, April). Return to text
    19. The efficient level of unemployment is also referred to as the “full employment rate of unemployment” or FERU; see Pascal Michaillat and Emmanuel Saez (2024), “u* = √uv: The Full-Employment Rate of Unemployment in the United States,” (PDF) BPEA Conference Draft, September 26–27. Return to text

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  • MIL-OSI: Hyperscale Data Subsidiary Bitnile.com Launches Nile Coin on the Solana Blockchain   

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    LAS VEGAS, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE American: GPUS), a diversified holding company (“Hyperscale Data” or the “Company”), today announced that its indirectly owned subsidiary BitNile.com, Inc. (“Bitnile.com”), officially launched the Nile Coin (NILE) (“Nile Coin”) on the Solana Blockchain on May 3, 2025.

    Bitnile.com, a U.S.-based social gaming platform, minted 500 billion Nile Coin and the current market capitalization as of May 8, 2025, is approximately $164.5 million, based upon a recent price of $0.000329 on Solana-based decentralized exchanges, supported by its primary liquidity pool on Raydium. BitNile.com initially provided 100 million Nile Coin and 11 SOL to the liquidity pool, from which Bitnile.com has sold approximately 76.6 million Nile Coin of the total amount minted to date; the remaining approximately 23.4 million NILE and 47 SOL in the pool are still represented by the Company’s liquidity pool tokens.

    Some additional facts about the Nile Coin:

    • Whitepaper URLWhitepaper – BitNile.com, Inc.;
    • Link to Nile CoinNILE/SOL Real-time On-chain Raydium (CPMM) DEX Data
    • Coin Mint Address — 7evZ2P7uyerbqtVMjvFav4Gr4KnmPtYEGALJoRKVpgFz (Solana SPL);
    • Initial Liquidity Seed — Pool began with 100 million NILE paired against 11 SOLANA;
    • Token Supply & Specifications — Fixed supply 500 billion NILE, 6 decimals, mint & freeze authorities revoked;
    • Bitnile.com Current Treasury Balance — as of May 8, 2025, the treasury wallet holds 3,229,851,188.29 Nile Coin; and

    Vesting schedule — ≈ 498.9 B NILE (99.8 % of supply) secured in a Streamflow-audited smart contract, vesting linearly with ~0.46 B NILE released daily over 36 months back to the treasury wallet.

    “We are very pleased with the initial launch of the Nile Coin and are excited to integrate the Nile Coin into our social gaming platform,” said Joe Spaziano, Chief Executive Officer of Bitnile.com. “By accepting the Nile Coin as a form of payment on Bitnile.com, we hope to provide users with an additional onboarding option and enhance the accessibility of the offerings on the platform. We expect to begin accepting the Nile Coin as a form of payment on or around June 1, 2025.”

    This press release is for information purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of Nile Coins in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale or such assets or securities would be unlawful under the laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.

    For more information on Hyperscale Data and its subsidiaries, Hyperscale Data recommends that stockholders, investors and any other interested parties read Hyperscale Data’s public filings and press releases available under the Investor Relations section at hyperscaledata.com or available at www.sec.gov.

    About Hyperscale Data, Inc.

    Through its wholly owned subsidiary Sentinum, Inc., Hyperscale Data owns and operates a data center at which it mines digital assets and offers colocation and hosting services for the emerging artificial intelligence (“AI”) ecosystems and other industries. Hyperscale Data’s other wholly owned subsidiary, Ault Capital Group, Inc. (“ACG”), is a diversified holding company pursuing growth by acquiring undervalued businesses and disruptive technologies with a global impact.

    Hyperscale Data expects to divest itself of ACG on or about December 31, 2025 (the “Divestiture”). Upon the occurrence of the Divestiture, the Company would solely be an owner and operator of data centers to support high-performance computing services, though it may at that time continue to mine Bitcoin. Until the Divestiture occurs, the Company will continue to provide, through ACG and its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries and strategic investments, mission-critical products that support a diverse range of industries, including an AI software platform, social gaming platform, equipment rental services, defense/aerospace, industrial, automotive, medical/biopharma and hotel operations. In addition, ACG is actively engaged in private credit and structured finance through a licensed lending subsidiary. Hyperscale Data’s headquarters are located at 11411 Southern Highlands Parkway, Suite 190, Las Vegas, NV 89141.

    On December 23, 2024, the Company issued one million (1,000,000) shares of a newly designated Series F Exchangeable Preferred Stock (the “Series F Preferred Stock”) to all common stockholders and holders of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock on an as-converted basis. The Divestiture will occur through the voluntary exchange of the Series F Preferred Stock for shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock of ACG (collectively, the “ACG Shares”). The Company reminds its stockholders that only those holders of the Series F Preferred Stock who agree to surrender such shares, and do not properly withdraw such surrender, in the exchange offer through which the Divestiture will occur, will be entitled to receive the ACG Shares and consequently be stockholders of ACG upon the occurrence of the Divestiture.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release contains “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 forward-looking statements generally include statements that are predictive in nature and depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, and include words such as “believes,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “potential,” or similar expressions. Statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties.

    Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any of them publicly in light of new information or future events. Actual results could differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement as a result of various factors. More information, including potential risk factors, that could affect the Company’s business and financial results are included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, the Company’s Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. All filings are available at www.sec.gov and on the Company’s website at hyperscaledata.com.

    Hyperscale Data Investor Contact:
    IR@hyperscaledata.com or 1-888-753-2235

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  • MIL-OSI: Outbrain Announces First Quarter 2025 Results

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    NEW YORK, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Outbrain Inc. (Nasdaq: OB), which is operating under the new Teads brand following Outbrain’s acquisition of Teads in February 2025, announced today financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025.

    First Quarter 2025 Key Financial Metrics1:

      Three Months Ended
    March 31,
    (in millions USD)   2025       2024     % Change
    Revenue $ 286.4     $ 217.0     32  %
    Gross profit   82.7       41.6     99  %
    Net loss   (54.8 )     (5.0 )   NM
    Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities   (1.0 )     8.6     (111 )%
               
    Non-GAAP Financial Data*          
    Ex-TAC gross profit   103.1       52.2     98  %
    Adjusted EBITDA   10.7       1.4     665  %
    Adjusted net loss   (15.3 )     (4.9 )   (211 )%
    Free cash flow   (6.6 )     4.6     (242 )%

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    1 Incorporates the results of operations for legacy Teads from February 3, 2025 through March 31, 2025
    * See non-GAAP reconciliations below
    NM Not meaningful

    “We are off to a strong start following the completion of the combination with Teads. In the first quarter, we delivered financial results above the mid-range of our guidance, while closing the acquisition, issuing five-year senior secured notes, and reaching many major milestones of integration and synergy realization. We are in the early days, but the feedback to our brandformance platform strategy from the hundreds of advertisers and media owners we have met has been highly encouraging,” said David Kostman, CEO of Teads.

    First Quarter 2025 Business Highlights:

    • Completed the acquisition of Teads, for total consideration of approximately $900 million, comprised of $625 million in cash and 43.75 million shares of Outbrain common stock. The combined company is operating under the name Teads.
    • Expect to realize approximately $65 million to $75 million of synergies in 2026 with further opportunities for expanded synergies. Of this amount, approximately $60 million relates to cost synergies, including approximately $45 million of compensation-related expenses, with approximately 90% of the estimated compensation-related synergies already actioned. For 2025, expect to realize a benefit from cost synergies of approximately $40 million, which represents an increase from initial expectations.
    • Initial cross-selling of legacy Outbrain performance solutions to legacy Teads enterprise brand customers launched in Q2 with several campaigns sold.
    • New strategic Joint Business Partnerships (JBPs) with Ferrero, Haleon, Philip Morris International, and Beiersdorf.
    • ~500 advertisers spending at least a half a million dollars on a rolling 12 month basis, with an average spend of over $2 million annually, which represents approximately 70% of total customer spend.
    • CTV experienced more than 100% year-over-year growth in Q1 2025, and now represents approximately 5% of total ad spend.
    • Continued strong adoption of Moments vertical video offering launched in Q3 2024 and is now live on over 70 publishers, including Axel Springer, Fox News, and Webedia.
    • Premium supply competitive wins include Godo (Spain) WWS (Japan), and renewals include Conde Nast and TMZ (US), Ansa (Italy), Webedia (France) and Sankei (Japan).

    First Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights:

    • Revenue of $286.4 million, an increase of $69.4 million, or 32%, compared to $217.0 million in the prior year period primarily due to the acquisition, including net unfavorable foreign currency effects of approximately $2.6 million.
    • Gross profit of $82.7 million, an increase of $41.1 million, or 99%, compared to $41.6 million in the prior year period. Gross margin increased to 28.9%, compared to 19.2% in the prior year period, reflecting the higher gross margin profile of the acquired business.
    • Ex-TAC gross profit of $103.1 million, an increase of $50.9 million, or 98%, compared to $52.2 million in the prior year period, primarily due to the acquisition. Our Ex-TAC gross margin increased to 36.0%, compared to 24.0% in the prior year period, reflecting the higher margin profile of the acquired business.
    • Net loss of $54.8 million, compared to net loss of $5.0 million in the prior year period. Net loss in the current period includes pre-tax acquisition-related costs of $16.4 million, impairment charges of $15.6 million primarily related to the discontinuance of the vi product offering, restructuring charges of $7.3 million related to our previously announced restructuring plan to streamline operations and reduce duplicative roles post-acquisition, and bridge facility related costs of $12.0 million.
    • Adjusted net loss of $15.3 million, compared to adjusted net loss of $4.9 million in the prior year period.
    • Adjusted EBITDA of $10.7 million, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $1.4 million in the prior year period.
    • Net cash used in operating activities of $1.0 million, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $8.6 million in the prior year period. Free cash flow was $(6.6) million, as compared to $4.6 million in the prior year period, primarily related to cash outflows related to transaction costs and restructuring charges of $16.2 million.
    • Cash, cash equivalents and investments in marketable securities were $155.9 million, comprised of cash and cash equivalents of $136.3 million and short-term investments in marketable securities of $19.6 million as of March 31, 2025.
    • Total debt obligations were $627.0 million, including the $610.8 million carrying value of the 10% senior secured notes due 2030 issued in February 2025 (principal amount of $637.5 million, net of unamortized discount and deferred financing costs) and $16.2 million outstanding under a short-term overdraft facility assumed in the acquisition.
    • Entered into a credit agreement with Goldman Sachs Bank, U.S. Bank Trust Company, and certain other lenders, which provided, among other things, for a new $100.0 million super senior secured revolving credit facility, which expires on February 3, 2030, which may be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The prior revolving credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First Citizens Bank & Trust Company, dated as of November 2, 2021 was terminated.

    Second Quarter Guidance

    The following forward-looking statements reflect our expectations for the second quarter and full year of 2025.

    For the second quarter ending June 30, 2025, we expect:

    • Ex-TAC gross profit of $141 million to $150 million
    • Adjusted EBITDA of $26 million to $34 million

    For the full year ending December 31, 2025, we continue to expect:

    • Adjusted EBITDA of at least $180 million

    The above measures are forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures for which a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is not available without unreasonable efforts. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below. In addition, our guidance is subject to risks and uncertainties, as outlined below in this release.

    Conference Call and Webcast Information

    Outbrain will host an investor conference call this morning, Friday, May 9 at 8:30 am ET. Interested parties are invited to listen to the conference call which can be accessed live by phone by dialing 1-877-497-9071 or for international callers, 1-201-689-8727. A replay will be available two hours after the call and can be accessed by dialing 1-877-660-6853, or for international callers, 1-201-612-7415. The passcode for the live call and the replay is 13753068. The replay will be available until May 23, 2025. Interested investors and other parties may also listen to a simultaneous webcast of the conference call by logging onto the Investors Relations section of the Company’s website at https://investors.outbrain.com. The online replay will be available for a limited time shortly following the call.

    Non-GAAP Financial Measures

    In addition to GAAP performance measures, we use the following supplemental non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends, and allocate our resources: Ex-TAC gross profit, Ex-TAC gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow, adjusted net income (loss), and adjusted diluted EPS. These non-GAAP financial measures are defined and reconciled to the corresponding GAAP measures below. These non-GAAP financial measures are subject to significant limitations, including those we identify below. In addition, other companies in our industry may define these measures differently, which may reduce their usefulness as comparative measures. As a result, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and is not meant as a substitute for revenue, gross profit, net income (loss), diluted EPS, or cash flows from operating activities presented in accordance with GAAP.

    Because we are a global company, the comparability of our operating results is affected by foreign exchange fluctuations. We calculate certain constant currency measures and foreign currency impacts by translating the current year’s reported amounts into comparable amounts using the prior year’s exchange rates. All constant currency financial information that may be presented is non-GAAP and should be used as a supplement to our reported operating results. We believe that this information is helpful to our management and investors to assess our operating performance on a comparable basis. However, these measures are not intended to replace amounts presented in accordance with GAAP and may be different from similar measures calculated by other companies.

    The Company is also providing second quarter and full year guidance. These forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures are calculated based on internal forecasts that omit certain amounts that would be included in GAAP financial measures. The Company has not provided quantitative reconciliations of these forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures because it is unable, without unreasonable effort, to predict with reasonable certainty the occurrence or amount of all excluded items that may arise during the forward-looking period, which can be dependent on future events that may not be reliably predicted. Such excluded items could be material to the reported results individually or in the aggregate.

    Ex-TAC Gross Profit

    Ex-TAC gross profit is a non-GAAP financial measure. Gross profit is the most comparable GAAP measure. In calculating Ex-TAC gross profit, we add back other cost of revenue to gross profit. Ex-TAC gross profit may fluctuate in the future due to various factors, including, but not limited to, seasonality and changes in the number of media partners and advertisers, advertiser demand or user engagements.

    We present Ex-TAC gross profit, Ex-TAC gross margin (calculated as Ex-TAC gross profit as a percentage of revenue), and Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of Ex-TAC gross profit, because they are key profitability measures used by our management and board of directors to understand and evaluate our operating performance and trends, develop short-term and long-term operational plans, and make strategic decisions regarding the allocation of capital. Accordingly, we believe that these measures provide information to investors and the market in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management and board of directors. There are limitations on the use of Ex-TAC gross profit in that traffic acquisition cost is a significant component of our total cost of revenue but not the only component and, by definition, Ex-TAC gross profit presented for any period will be higher than gross profit for that period. A potential limitation of this non-GAAP financial measure is that other companies, including companies in our industry, which have a similar business, may define Ex-TAC gross profit differently, which may make comparisons difficult. As a result, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and is not meant as a substitute for revenue or gross profit presented in accordance with GAAP.

    Adjusted EBITDA

    We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) before gain on convertible debt; interest expense; interest income and other income (expense), net; provision for income taxes; depreciation and amortization; stock-based compensation; and other income or expenses that we do not consider indicative of our core operating performance, including but not limited to, acquisition-related costs, restructuring, and impairment charges. We present Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental performance measure because it is a key profitability measure used by our management and board of directors to understand and evaluate our operating performance and trends, develop short-term and long-term operational plans and make strategic decisions regarding the allocation of capital, and we believe it facilitates operating performance comparisons from period to period.

    We believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management and board of directors. However, our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA is not necessarily comparable to non-GAAP information of other companies. Adjusted EBITDA should be considered as a supplemental measure and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for any measures of our financial performance that are calculated and reported in accordance with GAAP.

    Adjusted Net Income (Loss) and Adjusted Diluted EPS

    Adjusted net income (loss) is a non-GAAP financial measure, which is defined as net income (loss) excluding items that we do not consider indicative of our core operating performance, including but not limited to gain on convertible debt, merger and acquisition costs, regulatory matter costs, and severance costs related to our cost saving initiatives. Adjusted net income (loss), as defined above, is also presented on a per diluted share basis. We present adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted diluted EPS as supplemental performance measures because we believe they facilitate performance comparisons from period to period. However, adjusted net income (loss) or adjusted diluted EPS should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income (loss) or diluted earnings per share reported in accordance with GAAP.

    Free Cash Flow

    Free cash flow is defined as cash flow provided by (used in) operating activities, less capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs. Free cash flow is a supplementary measure used by our management and board of directors to evaluate our ability to generate cash and we believe it allows for a more complete analysis of our available cash flows. Free cash flow should be considered as a supplemental measure and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for any measures of our financial performance that are calculated and reported in accordance with GAAP.

    Forward-Looking Statements
    This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, statements generally relating to possible or assumed future results of our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, plans and objectives, and statements relating to our recently completed acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of TEADS, a private limited liability company (société anonyme) incorporated and existing under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (“Teads”). You can generally identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “foresee,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions that concern our expectations, strategy, plans or intentions or are not statements of historical fact. We have based these forward- looking statements largely on our expectations and projections regarding future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors including, but not limited to: the ability of Outbrain to successfully integrate Teads or manage the combined business effectively; our ability to realize anticipated benefits and synergies of the Acquisition, including, among other things, operating efficiencies, revenue synergies and other cost savings; our due diligence investigation of Teads may be inadequate or risks related to Teads’ business may materialize; unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the Acquisition; our ability to raise additional financing in the future to fund our operations, which may not be available to us on favorable terms or at all; our ability to attract and retain customers, management and other key personnel; the volatility of the market price of the Common Stock, $.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”); overall advertising demand and traffic generated by our media partners; factors that affect advertising demand and spending, such as the continuation or worsening of unfavorable economic or business conditions or downturns, instability or volatility in financial markets, tariffs and trade wars and other events or factors outside of our control, such as U.S. and global recession concerns, geopolitical concerns, including the ongoing war between Ukraine-Russia and conditions in Israel and the Middle East, supply chain issues, inflationary pressures, labor market volatility, bank closures or disruptions, the impact of challenging economic conditions, political and policy changes or uncertainties in the U.S., and other factors that have and may further impact advertisers’ ability to pay; our ability to continue to innovate, and adoption by our advertisers and media partners of our expanding solutions; the potential impact of artificial intelligence (“AI”) on our industry and our need to invest in AI-based solutions; the success of our sales and marketing investments, which may require significant investments and may involve long sales cycles; our ability to grow our business and manage growth effectively; our ability to compete effectively against current and future competitors; the loss or decline of one or more of our large media partners, and our ability to expand our advertiser and media partner relationships; conditions in Israel, including the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas and any conflicts with other terrorist organizations or other countries; our ability to maintain our revenues or profitability despite quarterly fluctuations in our results, whether due to seasonality, large cyclical events, or other causes; the risk that our research and development efforts may not meet the demands of a rapidly evolving technology market; any failure of our recommendation engine to accurately predict attention or engagement, any deterioration in the quality of our recommendations or failure to present interesting content to users or other factors which may cause us to experience a decline in user engagement or loss of media partners; limits on our ability to collect, use and disclose data to deliver advertisements; our ability to extend our reach into evolving digital media platforms; our ability to maintain and scale our technology platform; our ability to meet demands on our infrastructure and resources due to future growth or otherwise; our failure or the failure of third parties to protect our sites, networks and systems against security breaches, or otherwise to protect the confidential information of us or our partners; outages or disruptions that impact us or our service providers, resulting from cyber incidents, or failures or loss of our infrastructure; significant fluctuations in currency exchange rates; political and regulatory risks in the various markets in which we operate; the challenges of compliance with differing and changing regulatory requirements, including with respect to privacy; the timing and execution of any cost-saving measures and the impact on our business or strategy; and the risks described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2024. Accordingly, you should not rely upon forward-looking statements as an indication of future performance. We cannot assure you that the results, events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur, and actual results, events, or circumstances could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements made in this press release relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation and do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or otherwise, except as required by law.

    About The Combined Company

    Outbrain Inc. (Nasdaq: OB) and Teads combined on February 3, 2025 and are operating under the new Teads brand. The new Teads is the omnichannel outcomes platform for the open internet, driving full-funnel results for marketers across premium media. With a focus on meaningful business outcomes, the combined company ensures value is driven with every media dollar by leveraging predictive AI technology to connect quality media, beautiful brand creative, and context-driven addressability and measurement. One of the most scaled advertising platforms on the open internet, the new Teads is directly partnered with more than 10,000 publishers and 20,000 advertisers globally. The company is headquartered in New York, New York, with a global team of nearly 1,800 people in 36 countries.

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    OUTBRAIN INC.
    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
    (In thousands, except for share and per share data)
     
        Three Months Ended
    March 31,
          2025       2024  
        (Unaudited)
    Revenue   $ 286,357     $ 216,964  
    Cost of revenue:        
    Traffic acquisition costs     183,235       164,810  
    Other cost of revenue     20,472       10,559  
    Total cost of revenue     203,707       175,369  
    Gross profit     82,650       41,595  
    Operating expenses:        
    Research and development     13,979       9,193  
    Sales and marketing     53,737       23,617  
    General and administrative     36,477       15,215  
    Impairment charges     15,614        
    Restructuring charges     7,279       167  
    Total operating expenses     127,086       48,192  
    Loss from operations     (44,436 )     (6,597 )
    Other (expense) income:        
    Interest expense     (23,124 )     (937 )
    Other (expense) income and interest income, net     (484 )     1,405  
    Total other (expense) income, net     (23,608 )     468  
    Loss before income taxes     (68,044 )     (6,129 )
    Benefit from income taxes     (13,201 )     (1,088 )
    Net loss   $ (54,843 )   $ (5,041 )
             
    Weighted average shares outstanding:        
    Basic     77,954,579       49,265,012  
    Diluted     77,954,579       49,265,012  
             
    Net loss per common share:        
    Basic   $ (0.70 )   $ (0.10 )
    Diluted   $ (0.70 )   $ (0.10 )
    OUTBRAIN INC.
    Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
    (In thousands, except for number of shares and par value)
     
      March 31,
    2025
      December 31,
    2024
      (Unaudited)    
    ASSETS:      
    Current assets:      
    Cash and cash equivalents $ 136,312     $ 89,094  
    Short-term investments in marketable securities   19,567       77,035  
    Accounts receivable, net of allowances   328,386       149,167  
    Prepaid expenses and other current assets   49,817       27,835  
    Total current assets   534,082       343,131  
    Non-current assets:      
    Property, equipment and capitalized software, net   47,879       45,250  
    Operating lease right-of-use assets, net   26,874       15,047  
    Intangible assets, net   391,022       16,928  
    Goodwill   587,494       63,063  
    Deferred tax assets   49,957       40,825  
    Indemnification asset   26,556        
    Other assets   24,176       24,969  
    TOTAL ASSETS $ 1,688,040     $ 549,213  
           
    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:      
    Current liabilities:      
    Accounts payable $ 274,060     $ 206,920  
    Accrued compensation and benefits   50,760       19,430  
    Deferred revenue   13,066       6,932  
    Short-term debt   16,202        
    Accrued and other current liabilities   118,457       56,189  
    Total current liabilities   472,545       289,471  
    Non-current liabilities:      
    Long-term debt   610,816        
    Operating lease liabilities, non-current   20,356       11,783  
    Deferred tax liabilities   62,099       1,554  
    Contingent tax liabilities   36,632       9,343  
    Other liabilities   10,927       5,719  
    TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 1,213,375     $ 317,870  
           
    STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:      
    Common stock, par value of $0.001 per share − one billion shares authorized; 94,349,511 shares issued and 94,293,190 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2025; 63,503,274 shares issued and 50,090,114 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2024   94       64  
    Preferred stock, par value of $0.001 per share − 100,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024          
    Additional paid-in capital   674,442       484,541  
    Treasury stock, at cost − 56,321 shares as of March 31, 2025 and 13,413,160 shares as of December 31, 2024   (242 )     (74,289 )
    Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)   24,707       (9,480 )
    Accumulated deficit   (224,336 )     (169,493 )
    TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY   474,665       231,343  
    TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY $ 1,688,040     $ 549,213  
    OUTBRAIN INC.
    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
    (In thousands)
     
        Three Months Ended March 31,
          2025       2024  
        (Unaudited)
    CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:        
    Net loss   $ (54,843 )   $ (5,041 )
    Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:        
    Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment     1,935       1,639  
    Amortization of capitalized software development costs     2,472       2,409  
    Amortization of intangible assets     8,466       852  
    Amortization of discount on marketable securities     (425 )     (642 )
    Stock-based compensation     2,941       2,927  
    Non-cash operating lease expense     2,307       1,195  
    Provision for credit losses     298       1,693  
    Amortization of debt issuance costs     12,843        
    Deferred income taxes     (17,786 )     (174 )
    Impairment of assets     15,614        
    Unrealized foreign currency transaction (gains) losses     1,688       312  
    Other     30       26  
    Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
    Accounts receivable     37,605       30,398  
    Prepaid expenses and other current assets     5,901       7,262  
    Accounts payable and other current liabilities     (22,374 )     (31,875 )
    Operating lease liabilities     (2,614 )     (1,205 )
    Deferred revenue     (830 )     (1,471 )
    Other non-current assets and liabilities     5,806       300  
    Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities     (966 )     8,605  
             
    CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:        
    Acquisition of a business, net of cash acquired     (598,319 )     (181 )
    Purchases of property and equipment     (2,921 )     (1,335 )
    Capitalized software development costs     (2,699 )     (2,627 )
    Purchases of marketable securities     (16,602 )     (31,578 )
    Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities     74,221       31,492  
    Net cash used in investing activities     (546,320 )     (4,229 )
             
    CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:        
    Proceeds from the Bridge Facility     625,000        
    Repayments of borrowings under the Bridge Facility     (625,000 )      
    Proceeds from senior secured notes     625,305        
    Payment of deferred financing costs     (28,155 )      
    Payment of stock issuance costs     (775 )      
    Treasury stock repurchases and share withholdings on vested awards     (355 )     (4,015 )
    Principal payments on finance lease obligations           (255 )
    Proceeds from bank overdrafts, net     74        
    Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     596,094       (4,270 )
    Effect of exchange rate changes     (57 )     363  
    Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash   $ 48,751     $ 469  
    Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash — Beginning     89,725       71,079  
    Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash — Ending   $ 138,476     $ 71,548  
    OUTBRAIN INC.
    Non-GAAP Reconciliations
    (In thousands)
    (Unaudited)
     
    The following table presents the reconciliation of Gross profit to Ex-TAC gross profit and Ex-TAC gross margin, for the periods presented:
     
    Three Months Ended March 31,
      2025       2024  
    Revenue $ 286,357     $ 216,964  
    Traffic acquisition costs   (183,235 )     (164,810 )
    Other cost of revenue   (20,472 )     (10,559 )
    Gross profit   82,650       41,595  
    Other cost of revenue   20,472       10,559  
    Ex-TAC gross profit $ 103,122     $ 52,154  
           
    Gross margin (gross profit as % of revenue)   28.9 %     19.2 %
    Ex-TAC gross margin (Ex-TAC gross profit as % of revenue)   36.0 %     24.0 %
     
    The following table presents the reconciliation of net loss to Adjusted EBITDA, for the periods presented:
     
    Three Months Ended March 31,
      2025       2024  
    Net loss $ (54,843 )   $ (5,041 )
    Interest expense   23,124       937  
    Other expense (income) and interest income, net   484       (1,405 )
    Benefit from income taxes   (13,201 )     (1,088 )
    Depreciation and amortization   12,873       4,900  
    Stock-based compensation   2,941       2,927  
    Acquisition-related costs   16,418        
    Restructuring charges   7,279       167  
    Impairment charges   15,614        
    Adjusted EBITDA $ 10,689     $ 1,397  
           
    Net loss as % of gross profit (66.4 )%   (12.1 )%
    Adjusted EBITDA as % of Ex-TAC Gross Profit   10.4  %     2.7  %
    OUTBRAIN INC.
    Non-GAAP Reconciliations
    (In thousands)
    (Unaudited)
     
    The following table presents the reconciliation of net loss and diluted EPS to adjusted net loss and adjusted diluted EPS, respectively, for the periods presented:
     
    Three Months Ended March 31,
      2024       2023  
    Net loss $ (54,843 )   $ (5,041 )
    Adjustments:      
    Acquisition-related costs   16,418        
    Restructuring charges   7,279       167  
    Impairment charges   15,614        
    Bridge facility costs   11,996        
    Total adjustments, before tax   51,307       167  
    Income tax effect   (11,759 )     (41 )
    Total adjustments, after tax   39,548       126  
    Adjusted net loss $ (15,295 )   $ (4,915 )
           
    Basic and diluted weighted-average shares   77,954,579       49,265,012  
           
    Diluted net loss per share – reported $ (0.70 )   $ (0.10 )
    Adjustments, after tax   0.50        
    Diluted loss per share – adjusted $ (0.20 )   $ (0.10 )
    The following table presents the reconciliation of net cash provided by (used in) operating activities to free cash flow, for the periods presented:
     
      Three Months Ended March 31,
        2025       2024  
    Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities $ (966 )   $ 8,605  
    Purchases of property and equipment   (2,921 )     (1,335 )
    Capitalized software development costs   (2,699 )     (2,627 )
    Free cash flow $ (6,586 )   $ 4,643  

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