Corporate Governance

Milwaukee – October 07, 2026 -- Hammes, the Milwaukee-based healthcare real estate firm, has named Patrick Hammes as Chief Executive Officer, completing a planned leadership succession within the family-founded platform.

Jon Hammes Steps Back to Chairman Role After Decades Leading the Firm

Jon Hammes, who previously held both Chairman and CEO titles, will now serve solely as Chairman. He founded the firm in 1991, building it into a vertically integrated healthcare real estate platform.

Los Angeles – October 07, 2026 -- Skydance Corporation (NYSE: SKYD) has named Laurene Powell Jobs and Bobby Kotick as independent directors and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair as a board advisor, effective immediately, following the merger of Paramount with Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBD).

David Ellison retains chairman and CEO roles atop the newly combined board

Ellison will continue to chair the Skydance board and serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the combined entity. The reconstituted board retains all current Paramount directors and adds three new members: Skydance Co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, Emerson Collective founder Laurene Powell Jobs, and Activision founder Bobby Kotick, with Powell Jobs and Kotick designated as independent directors.

Pittsburgh – October 07, 2026 -- Highmark Health's Board of Directors has appointed Karen Hanlon as chief executive officer and president, effective Jan. 1, 2027, making her the first female CEO in the organization's history. David Holmberg, who has led the Pittsburgh-based health system since 2014, will transition to executive chairman to oversee the leadership handover.

Hanlon inherits an enterprise that has doubled in size under the outgoing CEO

Highmark Health's revenue grew from approximately $17 billion in 2014 to a projected $35 billion by the end of 2026 during Holmberg's 12-year tenure. Hanlon, currently president, will take full responsibility for strategy, operations and growth across the organization's health plans, Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and diversified businesses.

Jersey City -- BetMGM LLC will release its business update for the July 1 to October 06, 2026 period on Tuesday, October 06, 2026, the sports betting and iGaming operator confirmed.

BetMGM schedules audio webcast and investor Q&A for October 13

Management will host an audio webcast with a Q&A session at 9am ET, 6am PT and 2pm UK time. Registration links for the webcast and the investor Q&A are available through BetMGM's investor communications channel.

Joint venture structure ties results to two listed parents

BetMGM is jointly owned on a 50/50 basis by MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) and Entain plc (LSE: ENT). MGM Resorts' portfolio spans 30 hotel and gaming destinations globally, while the BetMGM venture provides sports betting and online gaming across North America under brands including BetMGM and partypoker.

London – – October 06, 2026 -- Nscale Limited has appointed Amy Banse, a 30-year corporate governance veteran, to its Board of Directors, naming her Chair of the Compensation Committee.

Banse brings multi-board credentials from Adobe, Lennar and On Holding AG

Banse currently sits on the boards of Adobe, Lennar Corporation and On Holding AG, and previously served on the board of The Clorox Company. She has also held board seats at high-growth, pre-IPO firms including Nextdoor, Anchor and Quantifind.

Nscale CEO ties the hire to the company's scaling infrastructure ambitions

"As we scale, the quality of our governance matters as much as the quality of our infrastructure," said Josh Payne, Founder and CEO of Nscale. Payne said Banse's board experience arrives at a "pivotal moment" for the company.

Las Vegas – October 05, 2026 -- LV Petroleum LLC has appointed Jonathan Pertchik as Chairman of its Board of Directors, alongside new board members Peter Crage and Stephen J. Girsky, bringing travel center operating experience, financial oversight and public-company governance to the privately held operator of more than 90 travel centers and 30 convenience stores across the United States.

Former TravelCenters of America CEO takes the chairman role

Pertchik previously served as CEO of publicly traded TravelCenters of America (TA), where he led the company through a period of transformation. He has known LV Petroleum founders Guy Madmon and Val Amiel since the company's early growth years and will now guide the board as LV Petroleum builds on that foundation.

Nashville -- Asurion has appointed Baris Oran as Chief Financial Officer, effective October 05, 2026, tapping a 25-year finance veteran to lead capital strategy at the global technology protection and support company.

Oran joins Asurion's Executive Committee reporting directly to CEO Guru Gowrappan

Oran most recently served as CFO of Amrize and spent nearly five years as CFO of GXO Logistics, where he built the finance organization following its spin-off from XPO Logistics. He previously held CFO roles at Sabancı Group and Kordsa, with experience spanning capital allocation, M&A and capital markets across technology, logistics and manufacturing sectors.

New Orleans – October 05, 2026 -- Entergy Texas has appointed David Borde as president and CEO, effective Oct. 5, succeeding Eliecer Viamontes, who has left the company for other opportunities.

Borde Steps Up From Regulatory Strategy Role

Borde most recently served as vice president of utility strategy and regulatory initiatives at Entergy, where he supported regulatory and tariff filings across the company's operating companies. He joined Entergy in 2009 as director of corporate development in Texas and later held roles including vice president of investor relations and positions within the utility finance business partner organization.

Vancouver – October 03, 2026 -- Silvercorp Metals Inc. (TSX/NYSE American: SVM) secured shareholder approval for all resolutions at its annual general and special meeting, including a special resolution to amend its corporate Articles to align with Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing rules.

Shareholders back Hong Kong Stock Exchange alignment with 95.74% approval

The special resolution authorizing amendments to Silvercorp's Articles passed with 96,389,543 votes in favor, representing 95.74% support, against 4,287,268 votes opposed. The amendments bring the Company's constating documents in line with listing rules governing securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, a move the Company first disclosed in news releases issued September 22 and October 03, 2026.

Espoo – October 02, 2026 -- Valmet Oyj has corrected the payment date for the second instalment of its 2025 dividend, confirming shareholders will receive EUR 0.67 per share on October 8, 2026, not October 7 as stated in a prior release.

Valmet fixes payment date error from September 29 announcement

The correction, issued via a stock exchange release on October 2, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. EEST, amends a release published on September 29, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. EEST. All other details in the original announcement remain unchanged, the company said.

Dividend record date set at October 1, 2026

The payout applies to shareholders registered in Valmet's shareholders' register held by Euroclear Finland Oy as of the October 1, 2026 record date.