Financial Disclosure

Austin, Texas – – September 24, 2026 -- Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (NYSE: INN) will release its third-quarter 2026 financial results on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, after market close.

Summit schedules investor call for November 4

The real estate investment trust will hold its quarterly conference call at 9:00 AM ET on Wednesday, November 4, 2026. Investors can pre-register for dial-in access, and a live webcast will be available through the company's investor relations page.

A replay of the webcast will remain accessible on www.shpreit.com until February 1, 2027.

Portfolio spans 92 hotel assets across 24 states

As of September 23, 2026, Summit Hotel Properties owned interests in 92 lodging assets, with 50 wholly owned, totaling 14,027 guestrooms. The upscale-segment portfolio is spread across 24 U.S. states.

San Diego – September 24, 2026 -- Viking Therapeutics plans to raise $400 million through simultaneous public offerings of $200 million in common stock and $200 million in convertible senior notes due 2032, with proceeds earmarked for its obesity drug pipeline.

Viking structures two independent capital raises with built-in flexibility

The biopharmaceutical company intends to grant underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional $30 million in common stock and a separate 30-day option for up to $30 million more in notes to cover over-allotments. Completion of one offering is not contingent on the other, giving Viking flexibility if market conditions shift. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are serving as joint book-running managers for both transactions.

San Francisco – September 24, 2026 -- Robot.com and Grubhub have signed a three-year extension expanding autonomous delivery to 10 additional college campuses, pushing total active deployments across the Grubhub Campus platform past 20 nationwide as the 2026-2027 school year begins.

Four-year partnership now includes robot-powered advertising

The extension deepens a relationship dating to 2022, when Grubhub first signed Robot.com as a delivery partner across its higher-education network. The renewed agreement adds Robot.com's R-ads advertising platform, converting delivery robots already on campus into interactive brand-experience units for students.

New York and Amsterdam – September 24, 2026 -- AI communications infrastructure company Bird.com has closed a $450 million debt financing led by J.P. Morgan, Capital One and Citi, pairing the raise with the launch of a revamped platform that lets AI agents send messages, place calls and manage email without human intervention.

Bird structures $450 million facility as dividend recapitalization

The financing comprises a $400 million term loan and a $50 million revolving credit facility, arranged across a syndicate of seven banks. J.P. Morgan served as joint lead arranger, joint bookrunner and administrative agent, with Capital One and Citi as joint lead arrangers and bookrunners; Silicon Valley Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Flagstar and Huntington round out the lender group. The deal is structured as a dividend recapitalization, providing liquidity to existing shareholders, including current and former employees holding equity.

Delray Beach – – September 24, 2026 -- The global Workforce Management (WFM) market is projected to grow from $10.6 billion in 2026 to $17.2 billion by 2031, a compound annual growth rate of 10.1%, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets. The market stood at $9.6 billion in 2025, with North America alone accounting for $3.4 billion of that total.

Analytics and optimization tools post the fastest segment growth

Within the market, workforce optimization and analytics is expected to expand at a 13.2% CAGR, the highest of any solution category, as enterprises push to use data for staffing decisions and labor planning. The broader solutions segment held the largest share of the market in 2025, while services are forecast to register the fastest growth rate as organizations outsource implementation, integration, and managed support for increasingly complex scheduling, timekeeping, and compliance systems.

Los Angeles – September 24, 2026 -- Armata Pharmaceuticals has received an additional $3.7 million in non-dilutive funding from the U.S. Department of War, pushing cumulative government support for its lead bacteriophage candidate AP-SA02 to approximately $32.4 million.

New funds mark first Phase 3-specific allocation under existing DoW award

The $3.7 million tranche represents the first capital earmarked specifically for Phase 3 execution under a previously announced award, following $28.7 million already disbursed. The funding flows through the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium and is managed by the Naval Medical Research Command's Naval Advanced Medical Development unit, with backing from the Defense Health Agency and Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program.

Grants Pass, Oregon – September 24, 2026 -- Blue Moon has agreed to acquire 100% of the Turner copper-gold-zinc-silver-cobalt project in Oregon, targeting a combined processing hub with its Blue Moon Mine that would feed a new 1,800 tonnes-per-day mill at the Springer complex in Nevada.

The definitive agreement was executed on September 24, 2026, with completion expected in November 2026, subject to TSX-V approval. The transaction covers approximately 634 acres of private land and 15 unpatented lode mining claims, including three patented claims totaling 60 acres, all subject to an existing 1.5% net smelter return royalty and no other encumbrances. No off-takes or streams have been sold on the project, and no finders' fees are being paid on the arms-length deal.

Waltham, Mass. – September 24, 2026 -- Veralto Corporation (NYSE: VLTO) has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.13 per share of common stock, the company announced.

Veralto sets October 30 payout date for shareholders of record

The dividend will be paid on September 24, 2026 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 24, 2026. Veralto, a global provider of water and product quality solutions, reports annual sales of approximately $5.5 billion.

Board decision reflects routine capital return to investors

The Waltham, Massachusetts-headquartered company employs approximately 17,000 associates globally. Veralto's board authorized the payout as part of its ongoing quarterly dividend program.

New York – September 24, 2026 -- Newmark Group has arranged a $482.5 million loan to finance The Stockman, Auberge Collection, an ultra-luxury ski-in, ski-out resort that recently broke ground in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The financing was provided by GoldenTree Asset Management, a global asset manager with approximately $70 billion in assets under management, on behalf of developer Stockman Development LLC, led by Marquee Development.

Newmark team structures nine-figure debt package for mountain resort sponsor

Newmark Co-President of Global Debt & Structured Finance Jordan Roeschlaub led the deal alongside Vice Chairman Nick Scribani, Managing Director Tyler Dumon and Director Holden Witkoff.

Oakland, Md. – – September 24, 2026 -- First United Corporation (NASDAQ: FUNC) will pay a cash dividend of $0.28 per share on September 24, 2026, its Board of Directors confirmed.

Board approves quarterly payout tied to October record date

Shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 24, 2026, will be eligible to receive the $0.28-per-share distribution. First United Corporation is the parent of First United Bank & Trust, a Maryland-chartered trust company with commercial banking powers.