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Associated Press
27-07-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Allied Gaming & Entertainment Urges Stockholders to Take Caution Against Misleading and Factually Incorrect Statements Issued by Knighted Pastures Regarding ISS Report
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 26, 2025-- Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGAE) (the 'Company', 'AGAE' or 'Allied'), a global experiential entertainment company, announced today that a leading independent proxy advisory firm, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. ('ISS'), has recommended withhold votes on five of the six director candidates that Knighted Pastures, LLC ('Knighted' or the 'dissident') has proposed at AGAE's upcoming combined 2024/2025 Annual Meeting on August 4, 2025. The Company also urges stockholders to take caution against relying on statements made by Knighted in its press release on the ISS recommendation. Of particular note, Knighted's claim that ISS recommended stockholders to vote for the election of Knighted's Class B director candidates to the Company's Board of Directors is factually incorrect. In fact, ISS recommended that stockholders vote for just one of Knighted's candidates, Roy Choi. Allied has previously offered Roy Choi a Board seat in an attempt to settle the proxy contest and related litigation but Mr. Choi has refused this offer. In addition, ISS recommended stockholders vote against Knighted's proposal to remove Mr. Yangyang Li, AGAE's Chairman of the Board, CEO and President, from the Company's Board of Directors. ISS also recommended stockholders support AGAE's candidate Roy Anderson. Additional findings from the ISS report that AGAE stockholders should consider include: (1) The Allied Gaming Board of Directors has been and remains committed to acting in the best interests of all stockholders and unanimously recommends that stockholders vote 'FOR' all six of AGAE's director nominees standing for election – Jingsheng (Jason) Lu, Guanzhou (Jerry) Qin, Mao Sun, Roy Anderson, Yushi Guo and Chi Zhao – on the WHITE proxy card today. PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT IN ALLIED GAMING. REJECT ROY CHOI AND HIS NOMINEES BY VOTING THE WHITEPROXY CARD TODAY 'FOR' ALL SIX OF ALLIED GAMING'S NOMINEES, AND 'WITHHOLD' ON THE THREE KNIGHTED NOMINEES WE URGE YOU NOT TO SIGN OR RETURN ANY PROXY CARD OR VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM THAT MAY BE SENT TO YOU BY KNIGHTED. If you have any questions or need assistance in voting your WHITE proxy card, we encourage you to call our proxy advisers, MacKenzie Partners, Inc., Toll-Free at (800) 322-2885 or (212) 929-5500 or by email at [email protected] Advisors Paul Hastings LLP is serving as legal counsel, MacKenzie Partners, Inc. is serving as proxy solicitor and ADDO IR is serving as strategic communications advisor to AGAE. About Allied Gaming & Entertainment Allied Gaming & Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq: AGAE) is a global experiential entertainment company focused on providing a growing world of gamers and concertgoers with unique experiences through renowned assets, products and services. For more information, visit Forward Looking Statements This press release contains certain forward-looking statements under federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements may include our statements regarding our goals, beliefs, strategies, objectives, plans, including product and service developments, future financial conditions, results or projections or current expectations. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as 'may,' 'will,' 'should,' 'expect,' 'plan,' 'anticipate,' 'believe,' 'estimate,' 'predict,' 'potential,' 'intend' or 'continue,' the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. Specific forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our ability to execute on strategic and business plans and drive stockholder value, our projections on Allied Gaming's future financial performance and expense structure and our beliefs on the impact of Knighted director nominations and other actions of Knighted on the performance of the Company. These statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, many of which are outside our control, that may cause actual results to be materially different from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. The inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by us, or any person, that the objectives of Allied Gaming will be achieved. Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include: risks associated with our strategy, future direction or governance; the substantial uncertainties inherent in the acceptance of existing and future products and services; risks associated with our ability to retain key personnel; risks related to our common stock and the listing of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market; risks associated with intellectual property; uncertainty around current and potential litigation and related legal expenses; and general economic, political and market conditions and events. You should consider the areas of risk described in connection with any forward-looking statements that may be made herein and other risk factors discussed from time to time in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC'), including those factors discussed under the caption 'Risk Factors' in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on June 9, 2025, as well as subsequent reports filed with the SEC. Readers are also urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures we made in such Annual Report on Form 10-K and in subsequent reports with the SEC. We assume no obligation and do not intend to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law, to reflect events or circumstances occurring after today's date. View source version on CONTACT: Investor Contact: Addo Investor Relations [email protected] Bob Marese MacKenzie Partners, Inc. 1-800-322-2885 KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS OTHER ENTERTAINMENT GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS/CONCERTS ELECTRONIC GAMES SOURCE: Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Inc. Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 07/26/2025 11:50 AM/DISC: 07/26/2025 11:50 AM
Globe and Mail
14-07-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Oportun Enters Cooperation Agreement with Findell Capital
SAN CARLOS, Calif., July 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oportun Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: OPRT) ('Oportun' or the 'Company'), a mission-driven financial services company, today announced it has entered into a multi-year cooperation agreement (the 'Agreement') with Findell Capital Management LLC (collectively with its affiliates, 'Findell') to end the contested director election. Under the terms of the Agreement, Findell has agreed to support and vote in favor of Oportun's nominees, CEO Raul Vazquez and Carlos Minetti, at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the 'Annual Meeting') and the Oportun Board of Directors (the 'Board') has agreed to appoint Warren Wilcox to the Board as a Class III director following the Annual Meeting, with a term expiring at the Company's 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Following the appointment of Mr. Wilcox, the Board will consist of nine directors. One incumbent director will retire at or before Oportun's 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. In connection with the Agreement, Findell has agreed to withdraw its notice of intent to nominate a director candidate for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting. The Agreement also contains customary standstill and non-disparagement provisions and voting commitments, and will remain in effect until 15 days before the nomination deadline for the Company's 2028 Annual Meeting. The foregoing summary of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC'). About Oportun Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT) is a mission-driven financial services company that puts its members' financial goals within reach. With intelligent borrowing, savings, and budgeting capabilities, Oportun empowers members with the confidence to build a better financial future. Since inception, Oportun has provided more than $20.3 billion in responsible and affordable credit, saved its members more than $2.4 billion in interest and fees, and helped its members set aside an average of more than $1,800 annually. For more information, visit Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements in this communication are 'forward-looking statements.' These forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this communication, including statements as to the operation of the Agreement, are forward-looking statements. These statements can be generally identified by terms such as 'expect,' 'plan,' 'goal,' 'target,' 'anticipate,' 'assume,' 'predict,' 'project,' 'outlook,' 'continue,' 'due,' 'may,' 'believe,' 'seek,' or 'estimate' and similar expressions or the negative versions of these words or comparable words, as well as future or conditional verbs such as 'will,' 'should,' 'would,' 'likely' and 'could.' These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events, financial trends and risks and uncertainties that we believe may affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. These risks and uncertainties include those risks described in our filings with the SEC, including our most recent annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as well as our subsequent filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and, except to the extent required by federal securities laws, we disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. In light of these risks and uncertainties, there is no assurance that the events or results suggested by the forward-looking statements will in fact occur, and you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Investor Contact Dorian Hare (650) 590-4323 ir@ Innisfree M&A Incorporated Scott Winter / Gabrielle Wolf / Jonathan Kovacs (212) 750-5833 Media Contact FGS Global John Christiansen / Bryan Locke Oportun@
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
InPlay Oil Corp. Announces Annual Meeting Voting Results for Election of Directors
CALGARY, AB , June 25, 2025 /CNW/ - InPlay Oil Corp. (TSX: IPO) (OTCQX: IPOOF) ("InPlay" or the "Company") announced today the voting results for the election of directors at its annual meeting of shareholders held on June 25, 2025 (the "Meeting"). The following eight nominees were elected as directors of InPlay to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected or appointed, with common shares represented at the Meeting voting in favour of individual nominees as follows: DirectorPercentage ApprovalPercentage Withheld Douglas Bartole99.73 %0.27 % Regan Davis99.64 %0.36 % Joan Dunne94.73 %5.27 % Craig Golinowski99.70 %0.30 % Stephen Loukas92.94 %7.06 % Stephen Nikiforuk94.71 %5.29 % Peter Scott99.86 %0.14 % Dale Shwed99.66 %0.34 % In addition, all other resolutions presented at the Meeting were approved by InPlay's shareholders, including the appointment of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors, InPlay's restricted and performance award incentive plan and the settlement from treasury of incentive awards previously granted thereunder and the approval the unallocated options issuable under InPlay's share option plan. For complete voting results, please see our Report of Voting Results which is available through SEDAR+ at InPlay is based in Calgary, Alberta and the common shares of InPlay are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol "IPO". For further information about InPlay, please visit our website at SOURCE InPlay Oil Corp. View original content to download multimedia:
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Fiera Capital Announces Election of Directors
/NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/ MONTREAL, May 22, 2025 /CNW/ - Fiera Capital Corporation (TSX: FSZ) ("Fiera Capital" or the "Company"), a leading independent asset management firm, announces that all nominees listed in the management information circular dated April 7, 2025 were elected as directors of the Company at the annual and special meeting of shareholders held on May 22, 2025. Each of the three (3) nominees proposed as class A directors were elected by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of class A subordinate voting shares of the Company and the proxyholders of that class. The voting results for the election of the class A directors are the following: Class A Directors Votes For Votes Withheld # % # % Annick Charbonneau 24,776,700 89.69 2,849,393 10.31 Gary Collins 20,335,834 73.61 7,290,259 26.39 François Olivier 25,064,771 90.73 2,561,322 9.27 Each of the seven (7) nominees proposed as class B directors were elected by the sole holder of class B special voting shares, Fiera Capital L.P. The voting results for the election of the class B directors are the following: Class B Directors Votes For Votes Withheld # % # % Beverly M. Bearden 19,412,401 100 0 0 John Braive 19,412,401 100 0 0 Jean-Guy Desjardins 19,412,401 100 0 0 Lucie Martel 19,412,401 100 0 0 Guy Masson 19,412,401 100 0 0 Jean C. Monty 19,412,401 100 0 0 Norman M. Steinberg 19,412,401 100 0 0 About Fiera Capital Corporation Fiera Capital is a leading independent asset management firm with a growing global presence. Fiera Capital delivers customized and multi-asset solutions across public and private market asset classes to institutional, financial intermediary and private wealth clients across North America, Europe and key markets in Asia. Fiera Capital's depth of expertise, diversified investment platform and commitment to delivering outstanding service are core to our mission of being at the forefront of investment management science to create sustainable wealth for clients. Fiera Capital trades under the ticker FSZ on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Headquartered in Montreal, Fiera Capital, with its affiliates in various jurisdictions, has offices in over a dozen cities around the world, including New York (U.S.), London (UK), and Hong Kong (SAR). Each affiliated entity (each an "Affiliate") of Fiera Capital only provides investment advisory or investment management services or offers investment funds in the jurisdictions where the Affiliate is authorized to provide services pursuant to an exemption from registration and/or the relevant product is registered. Fiera Capital does not provide investment advice to U.S. clients or offer investment advisory services in the U.S. In the U.S., asset management services are provided by Fiera Capital's affiliates who are investment advisers that are registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (the "SEC") or exempt from registration. Registration with the SEC does not imply a certain level of skill or training. For details on the particular registration of, or exemptions therefrom relied upon by, any Fiera Capital entity, please consult: Additional information about Fiera Capital, including Fiera Capital's annual information form, is available on SEDAR+ at SOURCE Fiera Capital Corporation View original content:
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Report on Voting from the 2025 Annual Shareholders Meeting
CALGARY, Alberta, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (TSX - NVA) NuVista Energy Ltd. ("NuVista") announces that the following matters were approved at the annual meeting of the shareholders of NuVista held on May 9, 2025. Each of the matters is described in greater detail in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Information Circular dated March 24, 2025 (the "Circular"). 1. Fixing the Number of Directors By resolution passed via ballot, the number of directors to be elected at the meeting was fixed at eight (8) members. The results of the ballot were as follows: Votes For Percent Votes Against Percent 123,600,347 79.58% 31,709,078 20.42% 2. Election of Directors By resolution passed via ballot, the following eight nominees were appointed as directors of NuVista to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders of NuVista, or until their successors are elected or appointed. The results of the ballot were as follows: Name of Nominee Votes For Percent Votes Withheld Percent Pentti O. Karkkainen 122,025,115 79.19% 32,072,619 20.81% Ronald J. Eckhardt 121,781,922 79.03% 32,315,812 20.97% K. L. (Kate) Holzhauser 118,719,905 77.04% 35,377,829 22.96% Michael J. Lawford 122,261,695 79.34% 31,836,039 20.66% Mary Ellen Lutey 122,511,574 79.50% 31,586,160 20.50% Deborah S. Stein 121,029,015 78.72% 32,719,167 21.28% Jonathan A. Wright 117,217,852 76.07% 36,879,882 23.93% Grant A. Zawalsky 112,407,921 72.95% 41,689,813 27.05% 3. Appointment of Auditors By resolution passed via ballot, KPMG LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, were appointed as auditors of NuVista to hold office until close of the next annual meeting or until their successors are duly appointed, and the directors were authorized to fix their remuneration. The results of the ballot were as follows: Votes For Percent Votes Withheld Percent 149,871,999 96.50% 5,437,426 3.50% 4. Non-Binding Advisory Resolution on Executive Compensation By advisory resolution passed via ballot, NuVista's approach to executive compensation was approved. The results of the ballot were as follows: Votes For Percent Votes Against Percent 122,075,765 79.22% 32,021,969 20.78% INVESTOR INFORMATION NuVista is an independent Canadian oil and natural gas exploration, development and production corporation with its Common Shares trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol 'NVA'. NuVista is an oil and natural gas company actively engaged in the exploration for, and the development and production of, oil and natural gas reserves in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Our primary focus is on the scalable and repeatable condensate-rich Montney formation in the Pipestone and Wapiti areas of the Alberta Deep Basin. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike J. Lawford Ivan J. Condic President and CEO VP, Finance and CFO (403) 538-1936 (403) 538-1954 Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
