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Westminster, Colo. – September 13, 2026 -- Ball Corporation (NYSE: BALL) has appointed Darlene J. Nicosia, CEO of Maker's Pride, and Sherry L. Buck, former CFO of W. L. Gore & Associates, to its board of directors, adding decades of manufacturing, procurement and finance expertise ahead of the company's push for profitable growth.

Nicosia brings 30 years of food and beverage operations experience

Nicosia spent much of her career at The Coca-Cola Company, where she served as President of Canada and Northeast U.S. and Chief Procurement Officer. She began her career at PepsiCo and Kraft Foods Group, and previously chaired the Audit Committee at Foot Locker, Inc. from 2020 to 2025. At Ball, Nicosia will join the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee and Finance Committee.

NEW YORK – September 12, 2026 -- Vishal Garg, founder and former CEO of Better Home & Finance Holding Company, has pushed back the deadline for stockholders to submit written consents to remove five board members to September 18, 2026, citing the need to give recently notified shareholders more time to review solicitation materials.

Garg Group targets five directors for removal

The Garg Group, which includes Vishal Garg and other participants in his solicitation, has filed a definitive consent solicitation statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeking to oust Daniel Lewis, Arnaud Massenet, Bhaskar Menon, Prabhu Narasimhan and Harit Talwar from Better's board. The group states the removals are intended to reverse what it calls value-destructive actions, restore the company's cost transformation strategy, and initiate a search for a long-term CEO.

New York – September 12, 2026 -- Zaiger Linden Roberti & Pepe LLC (ZLRP) has hired retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert E. Gerber as Of Counsel, adding a jurist whose docket carried a combined case value exceeding $1 trillion during his tenure on the Southern District of New York bench.

Gerber presided over ten Chapter 11 cases exceeding $1 billion in debt

Appointed to the bankruptcy bench in 2000 and reappointed in 2014, Gerber served on recall status from 2015 until his move to private practice. He issued roughly 200 published opinions on complex bankruptcy and corporate governance matters, presiding over landmark cases including Global Crossing, Adelphia, Ames Department Stores, Lyondell Chemical and General Motors.

Dubai – September 12, 2026 -- Robo.ai Inc. (Nasdaq: AIIO) will ask shareholders to approve a tenfold expansion of its authorized share capital at an extraordinary general meeting scheduled for September 22, 2026, at 4:30 pm Dubai local time.

Robo.ai seeks to raise authorized capital from $400,000 to $4,000,000

The Dubai-based, Nasdaq-listed company is proposing to increase its authorized share capital from $400,000, divided into 200,000,000 shares, to $4,000,000, divided into 2,000,000,000 shares. The plan calls for creating an additional 225,000,000 Class A ordinary shares and 1,575,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, each carrying a par value of $0.002.

New York – September 12, 2026 -- Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK) has appointed Timothy Adams, Matthew Salzberg, and Michael Thompson to its Board of Directors, adding executives with backgrounds spanning public-company finance, consumer-brand scaling, and technology investing.

Adams brings two decades of CFO experience at cybersecurity and compliance firms

Timothy Adams currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Validity Inc. and previously held the CFO role at Rapid7, Inc. and BitSight Technologies, Inc. He has led IPOs, M&A deals, and capital raises, and previously chaired the Audit Committee on Model N's board.

Austin -- LumApps has appointed Sébastien Cano as Chief Executive Officer effective December 1, 2026, succeeding founder Sébastien Ricard, who moves into the newly created role of Executive Chairman.

Cano joins from a two-decade enterprise software career at Thales and Gemalto

Cano previously held senior executive posts at Thales and Gemalto, where he led international operations and business expansion. At LumApps he will take over day-to-day operations, focusing on executing the company's Workhub product vision and expanding customer value across global markets.

Pembroke, Bermuda – September 11, 2026 -- Al Shams Investments Limited, the largest shareholder of Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: BHR), said it will nominate a full slate of five independent directors sufficient to take control of the hotel REIT's board.

Braemar set a September 14 nomination deadline days after announcing its annual meeting

Braemar disclosed the date of its 2026 Annual Meeting on September 4, attaching a shareholder director-nomination deadline of September 14 and making the announcement immediately ahead of a long holiday weekend. Al Shams called the compressed window part of a pattern of governance practices it has criticized in prior letters to shareholders.

Bengaluru – September 11, 2026 -- Whatfix has appointed co-founder Vara Kumar as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, following the sudden death of co-founder and CEO Khadim Batti on September 1, 2026.

Vara Kumar succeeds Batti after twelve years as the company's product and research architect

Kumar co-founded Whatfix with Batti in 2014 and has since led the company's product and research strategy, steering its growth from a startup into a digital adoption platform serving Fortune 500 clients. He now takes over as CEO to guide the company's next growth phase.

Whatfix confirms operational continuity across global regions and customer base

The company said it continues to operate without disruption across all regions, supporting its global customer base, technology partner ecosystem, and workforce under the unified leadership of Kumar and the existing executive team, backed by the board.

Stamford, Conn. – – September 11, 2026 -- Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. released a fact sheet countering what it called inaccurate statements by Aurora Cannabis Inc. regarding Curaleaf's proposal to acquire the company, arguing its offer represents one of the highest premiums in a decade of Canadian M&A.

Curaleaf says its bid carries a 110% premium once Aurora's cash is excluded

Curaleaf's headline offer reflects a 45% premium, which the company says ranks among the higher Canadian M&A premiums of the past ten years. Stripping out cash on Aurora's balance sheet, Curaleaf calculates the effective premium at 110%. Curaleaf noted Aurora has continued issuing shares through an At-the-Market program at prices below the value implied by the offer, even after the bid was made public.

Provo, Utah – September 11, 2026 -- Aptive Environmental, the fifth-largest pest control company in the United States, has appointed Shane Hansen as Chief Financial Officer, Ivona Adkins as Chief People Officer and Viviana Harrington as Deputy General Counsel, Compliance, strengthening its finance, people and legal functions.

Hansen brings two decades of tech and consumer finance leadership to Aptive

Hansen will oversee Aptive's finance, technology and data functions. He most recently served as CFO and Executive Vice President at Transformco, where he managed financial and operational strategy across five business units. He previously held senior finance and strategy roles at Planful, Vivint Smart Home and Symantec.