GLOBAL TECH INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. SECURES PRIVATE EQUITY FINANCING TO SUPPORT UPCOMING ACQUISITION(S)

New York, New York, Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As previously disclosed in an 8K filed on November 30th, 2020, with the Securities Exchange Commission, Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. (“GTII”), a development stage company, focused on acquiring new and/or innovative technologies in diverse industries, today announced that it has entered into a Financing Agreement with Geneva Roth Remark Holdings, Inc. (“GRR”). The Company has received the initial funding under the financing agreement.

GTII’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. David Reichman stated, “We are extremely pleased to have forged a relationship with GRR and believe that this is the beginning of a successful funding partnership, which will support our efforts to aggressively pursue new acquisitions”.

About Global Tech Industries Group, Inc.: GTII, a publicly traded company incorporated in the state of Nevada, is a development stage company, specializing in the pursuit of acquiring new and/or innovative technologies.

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 This press release may contain forward looking statements that are based on current expectations, forecasts, and assumptions that involve risks as well as uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from those anticipated or expected, including statements related to the amount and timing of expected revenues related to our financial performance, expected income, distributions, and future growth for upcoming quarterly and annual periods. These risks and uncertainties are further defined in filings and reports by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Actual results and the timing of certain events could differ materially from those projected in or contemplated by the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors detailed from time to time in our filings with the SEC. Among other matters, the Company may not be able to sustain growth or achieve profitability based upon many factors including but not limited to general stock market conditions. Reference is hereby made to cautionary statements set forth in the Company’s most recent SEC filings. We have incurred and will continue to incur significant expenses in our expansion of our existing as well as new service lines noting there is no assurance that we will generate enough revenues to offset those costs in both the near and long term. Additional service offerings may expose us to additional legal and regulatory costs and unknown exposure(s) based upon the various geopolitical locations we will be providing services in, the impact of which cannot be predicted at this time.

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LocatorX Launches Asset Tracking and Management Solution

Asset Management tracks the mobile and fixed assets for an organization

ATLANTA, Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LocatorX, an innovative tracking technology provider, today announced the launch of its Asset Management solution, designed to locate and track all an organization’s mobile and fixed assets, anywhere in the world. LocatorX provides accurate, flexible and inexpensive tracking technology to asset-owning companies—large and small—across a variety of industries.

“Tracking and managing your fixed assets is a critical aspect of the fiscal health and responsibility of any business. High value assets that are mobile—even within an organization’s disparate facilities—are best tracked quite differently than those assets that sit in the same spot month after month,” said Steve Maul, Chief Revenue Officer, LocatorX. “Similarly, assets that are likely moving outside your buildings or campus need to be tracked in near real-time to keep them secure or recover them if lost.”

LocatorX allows companies to tag its assets, using a variety of tag technologies and methods, assigning each with a unique identifier. LocatorX’s flexible approach to tagging—using the best type of tag for each asset and budget, enabling every move, event or other activity to be captured, tracked and logged within the LocatorX Event Log, providing a comprehensive and immutable audit trail of key events.

“Typically, those responsible for asset tracking are forced into one type of tag, one method of tracking,” continued Maul. “We understand the need for flexibility and efficiency, meaning you have a choice as to how you track your items based on your own business requirements and budget.”

Founded with technology discovered at the University of Oxford, LocatorX has patented new techniques such as a cutting-edge, solid-state, location tracking, digital engagement and counterfeit detection capabilities.

For more information about LocatorX, go to https://www.locatorx.com/

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Revenera Provides Engineering and Legal Teams with Insights to Manage Enterprise Open Source Usage

Expanded SCA Functionality Delivers a Complete Software Bill of Materials (SBoM) for Open Source Compliance

ITASCA, Ill., Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Revenera, producer of leading solutions that help technology companies build better products, accelerate time to value and monetize what matters, announces new functionality in its Software Composition Analysis (SCA) solution focused on delivering a complete and accurate Software Bill of Materials (SBoM).

Recognizing that the software supply chain continues to mature and in response to the rise in required standards and regulations around the use of open source software, Revenera has added major functionality to its Revenera Code Insight product to support companies that build and sell software. “You’d think that software suppliers are aware of the open source components they use, but in audits conducted by Revenera we see that companies are only aware of less than 6% of open source components they’re using. Revenera is uniquely positioned to support companies who are right now feeling increased pressures from their customers and stakeholders to produce an SBoM,” said Nicole Segerer, vice president of product and marketing at Revenera. “Code Insight helps software companies meet industry standards. It provides an accurate, complete inventory of what open source components are used in their products, and helps suppliers understand any associated compliance and security risks.”

In the last few years alone, the industry saw increased movement on requirements for software vendors. These include guidance to not just manage open source and risk, but to be able to disclose a list of components, complete with software supply chain partners. New regulations, implemented by organizations like PCI, MITRE, NTIA, the FDA, and the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), put increased ownership on organizations to:

  • Maintain an up-to-date SBoM of all open source software components used in their applications,
  • Follow a process to identify security vulnerabilities within all open source software components,
  • Monitor existing open source components used in their applications for new security vulnerabilities, and
  • Implement
    a policy and patching process to remediate impacted open source software components.

“Software Composition Analysis is a very important component of the DevOps process,” said Alex Rybak, director of product management at Revenera. “Many see SCA strictly as a security function, which is not a complete picture. We’re excited to see more adoption of specific SCA processes in the software development lifecycle.”

Revenera added new functionality to provide customers with a complete picture of open source inventory, project hierarchies, and the ability to scan and connect multiple projects and branches of projects in a hierarchy. Code Insight gives suppliers the ability to create an SBoM for their software products, track it over time, and to completely manage the chain of custody.

Key enhancements to the solution include:

  • Unified projects to support combined views of pre-build source code inventory along with build artifacts including direct and transitive dependencies.
  • Pr
    oject hierarchy support to accurately model complex software applications consisting of multiple re-usable modules, often developed by different teams.
  • A new global inventory view that supports, 1) a complete indented SBoM comprising the top-down view of software applications, and 2) custom multi-criteria queries to display inventory items (SBoM elements) of interest across the organization. These queries can be used to identify specific components, licenses and/or security vulnerabilities to quickly identify usage across the organization and potential impact of security issues on internal applications.
  • Project branching support to allow development teams to keep Code Insight synchronized with code repositories as applications are released or new branches are created throughout an application’s lifecycle.
  • Inventory provenance to manage open source chain of custody.
  • Custom reporting and detector frameworks that further extend Code Insight’s flexibility.

Revenera’s strategy is confirmed by leading analysts in the space who discuss the impact of hidden costs related to open source use and the subsequent requirements for software suppliers to improve their operational excellence and remove risk from their business. According to Jim Mercer, Research Director at IDC, a leading provider of global IT research and advice, “Organizations should realize that when OSS components are included in their application code, they implicitly inherit all the subsequent components used by those components as well as the transitive/indirect dependencies. To ensure that they are protected from known common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs), organizations need to track direct and indirect software components using a software bill of material (SBoM).”*

* IDC Analyst Brief, Sponsored by Revenera,

Addressing the Hidden Cost of Embedding Open Source Software

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About Revenera

Revenera helps product executives build better products, accelerate time to value and monetize what matters. Revenera’s leading solutions help software and technology companies drive top line revenue with modern software monetization, understand usage and compliance with software usage analytics, empower the use of open source with software composition analysis and deliver an excellent user experience—for embedded, on-premises, cloud and SaaS products. Revenera is a division of Flexera. To learn more, visit www.revenera.com.



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SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. Announces Investigation of IHS Markit Ltd. Merger

WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. announces that it is investigating IHS Markit Ltd. (“IHS Markit”) (NYSE: INFO) regarding possible breaches of fiduciary duties and other violations of law related to IHS Markit’s agreement to be acquired by S&P Global Inc. (“S&P”) (NYSE: SPGI). Under the terms of the agreement, IHS Markit’s shareholders will receive 0.2838 shares of S&P common stock per share.

To learn more about this investigation and your rights, visit: https://www.rl-legal.com/cases-ihs-markit-ltd.

You may contact Seth D. Rigrodsky or Gina M. Serra cost and obligation free at (888) 969-4242 or [email protected].

Rigrodsky & Long, P.A., with offices in Delaware and New York, has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of investors and achieved substantial corporate governance reforms in securities fraud and corporate class actions nationwide.

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PetSmart to Host Conference Call on Third Quarter Fiscal 2020 Results

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PHOENIX, Dec. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — PetSmart, Inc. (the “Company”) plans to make its third quarter fiscal 2020 results available on the Company’s secure website on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. The Company will also hold a conference call and webcast to review its results for the third quarter fiscal 2020 on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. The results and call will be made available to lenders under the credit facilities, holders of the Company’s 7.125% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2023, 5.875% Senior First Lien Notes due 2025, and 8.875% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2025 (collectively the “notes”), bona fide prospective investors of the notes, bona fide securities analysts and bona fide market makers.

The lenders under the credit facilities will receive details on how to access the call from the administrative agents for the respective credit facilities.

Holders of the notes, prospective investors, securities analysts and market makers that have not previously registered with the Company, must contact the Company to pre-register and certify eligibility in order to access the financial results and dial-in information for the conference call. To receive information on how to pre–register and certify eligibility, parties should send an email to [email protected]

About PetSmart®
PetSmart, Inc. is the largest specialty pet retailer of services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets. At PetSmart, we love pets, and we believe pets make us better people. Every day with every connection, PetSmart’s passionate associates help bring pet parents closer to their pets so they, together, can live more fulfilled lives. This vision impacts everything we do for our customers, the way we support our associates and how we give back to our communities. PetSmart operates approximately 1,650 pet stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, as well as more than 200 in-store PetSmart PetsHotel® dog and cat boarding facilities. The retailer provides a broad range of competitively priced pet food and products, as well as services such as dog training, pet grooming, pet boarding, PetSmart Doggie Day Camp™ and pet adoption. PetSmart, PetSmart Charities® and PetSmart Charities® of Canada work with nearly 4,000 animal welfare organizations to bring adoptable pets into stores so they have the best chance possible of finding a forever home. Through this in-store adoption program and other signature events, PetSmart has facilitated more than 9 million adoptions, more than any other brick-and-mortar organization. In May 2017, PetSmart acquired Chewy, Inc., which through its ownership and operation of Chewy.com, is a leading online retailer of pet food and products in the U.S. PetSmart currently retains a controlling interest in Chewy, but Chewy operates as an independent, publicly traded (CHWY) subsidiary.

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IIROC Trading Halt – JUSH.DB

Canada NewsWire

VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 2, 2020 /CNW/ – The following issues have been halted by IIROC:

Company: Jushi Holdings Inc.

CSE Symbol: JUSH.DB

All Issues: No

Reason: Pending News

Halt Time (ET): 9:07 AM

IIROC can make a decision to impose a temporary suspension (halt) of trading in a security of a publicly-listed company. Trading halts are implemented to ensure a fair and orderly market. IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada.

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ROSEN, RESPECTED INVESTOR COUNSEL, Continues to Investigate Securities Claims Against Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – SNOA

NEW YORK, Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNOA) resulting from allegations that Sonoma may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.

On November 17, 2020, after market hours, Sonoma filed a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announcing that Sonoma’s “unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 should no longer be relied upon.” Sonoma continued that the financial statements for this time period “contained material errors” and that “the Company will need to restate them.”

On this news, Sonoma’s share price fell $1.10 per share, or more than 14%, over the next few trading days to close at $6.63 per share on November 20, 2020.

Rosen Law Firm is preparing a securities lawsuit on behalf of Sonoma shareholders. If you purchased securities of Sonoma please visit the firm’s website at http://www.rosenlegal.com/cases-register-1992.html to join the securities action. You may also contact Phillip Kim of Rosen Law Firm toll free at 866-767-3653 or via email at mailto:[email protected] or [email protected].

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/C O R R E C T I O N from Source — John Hancock Investment Management/

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In the news release, John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund and John Hancock Tax-advantaged Dividend Income Fund Declare Monthly Distributions and Capital Gain Distributions, issued 01-Dec-2020 by John Hancock Investment Management over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the Long-term Capital Gain Distribution Per Shares should be $0.0241 rather than $0.0240 for the Premium Dividend Fund and $0.0208 rather than $0.0210 for the Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund as issued inadvertently. The complete, corrected release follows:

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund and John Hancock Tax-advantaged Dividend Income Fund Declare Monthly Distributions and Capital Gain Distributions

BOSTON, Dec. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – The John Hancock closed-end Premium Dividend Fund and John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund declared their monthly distributions and capital gain distributions today as follows:

Monthly &
Capital Gain Distribution Dates

Declaration Date:

December 1, 2020

Ex Date:

December 10, 2020

Record Date:

December 11, 2020

Payment Date: 

December 18, 2020

 


Ticker


Fund Name


Distribution
Per Share 


Change
From Previous
Distribution


Market Price as
of 11/30/2020


Annualized
Current


Distribution Rate
at Market

PDT

Premium Dividend Fund

$0.0975

$14.02

8.35%

HTD

Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund

$0.1380

$21.03

7.87%

 


Ticker


Fund Name


Long-term Capital Gain
Distribution Per Share 

PDT

Premium Dividend Fund

$0.0241

HTD

Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund

$0.0208

 


John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund

Premium Dividend Fund (the “Fund”) declared its monthly distribution pursuant to the Fund’s managed distribution plan (the “PDT Plan”). Under the PDT Plan, the Fund makes monthly distributions of an amount equal to $0.0975 per share. This amount will be paid monthly until further notice.  

Distributions under the PDT Plan may consist of net investment income, net realized long-term capital gains, net realized short-term capital gains and, to the extent necessary, return of capital.

The Fund may also make additional distributions (i) for purposes of not incurring federal income tax on investment company taxable income and net capital gain of the Fund, if any, not included in such regular distributions and (ii) for purposes of not incurring federal excise tax on ordinary income and capital gain net income, if any, not included in such regular monthly distributions.

The Board may amend the terms of the PDT Plan or terminate the PDT Plan at any time.


John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund

Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund (the “Fund”) declared its monthly distribution pursuant to the Fund’s managed distribution plan (the “HTD Plan”). Under the HTD Plan, the Fund makes monthly distributions of an amount equal to $0.1380 per share. This amount will be paid monthly until further notice.  

Distributions under the HTD Plan may consist of net investment income, net realized long-term capital gains, net realized short-term capital gains and, to the extent necessary, return of capital.

The Fund may also make additional distributions (i) for purposes of not incurring federal income tax on investment company taxable income and net capital gain of the Fund, if any, not included in such regular distributions and (ii) for purposes of not incurring federal excise tax on ordinary income and capital gain net income, if any, not included in such regular monthly distributions.

The Board may amend the terms of the HTD Plan or terminate the HTD Plan at any time.

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A portion of a Fund’s current distribution may include sources other than net investment income, including a return of capital. Investors should understand that a return of capital is not a distribution from income or gains of a Fund. As required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, a notice with the estimated components of the distribution will be sent to shareholders at the time of payment if it does not consist solely of net investment income. Such notice will also be posted to the Funds’ website at www.jhinvestments.com. The notice should not be used to prepare tax returns as the estimates indicated in the notice may differ from the ultimate federal income tax characterization of distributions. After the end of each calendar year, investors will be sent a Form 1099-DIV informing them how to report distributions received during that year for federal income tax purposes.

Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined by the United States securities laws. You should exercise caution in interpreting and relying on forward-looking statements because they are subject to uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond the Fund’s control and could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.

An investor should consider a Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing.

About John Hancock Financial and Manulife Financial

John Hancock is a division of Manulife Financial Corporation, a leading international financial services group that helps people achieve their dreams and aspirations by putting customers’ needs first and providing the right advice and solutions. We operate primarily as John Hancock in the United States and as Manulife elsewhere. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups, and institutions. Assets under management and administration by Manulife and its subsidiaries were over CAD$1.3 trillion (US$943 billion) as of September 30, 2020. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as MFC on the TSX, NYSE, and PSE, and under 945 on the SEHK. Manulife can be found at manulife.com.

One of the largest life insurers in the United States, John Hancock supports approximately 10 million Americans with a broad range of financial products, including life insurance, annuities, investments, 401(k) plans, and education savings plans. Additional information about John Hancock may be found at johnhancock.com.

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Blackline Safety Launches New Partner Program and Appoints Its First Chief Partnership Officer

Blackline Safety Launches New Partner Program and Appoints Its First Chief Partnership Officer

New Blackline Catalyst program opens the Blackline Cloud and G7 wearables to leading technology and solution-focused partners

CALGARY, Alberta–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Blackline Safety Corp. (TSX.V: BLN), a world leader of connected worker technologies, cloud software and gas detection, today launched Blackline Catalyst, a global partner program that exists to accelerate growth innovation as enterprises around the world transform digitally. The Blackline Catalyst program welcomes leading technology and solutions providers seeking to enhance their connectivity offerings or enter the connected safety market, which is expected to reach $12.1 billion USD by 2027, according to Polaris Market Research.

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Blackline Safety launches its new global partner program and appoints new Chief Partnership Officer (Photo: Business Wire)

Blackline Safety launches its new global partner program and appoints new Chief Partnership Officer (Photo: Business Wire)

Supporting the creation and cultivation of Blackline’s new partner program, Brendon Cook has been appointed as Chief Partnership Officer (CPO) to expand and support this new program. Mr. Cook co-founded Blackline Safety in 2004 and has supported its growth as a technology leader, and in recent years, has overseen its marketing communications programs.

“For more than a decade, Blackline has innovated at the forefront of the Industrial Internet of Things, helping businesses keep teams safe through streamlined connectivity, automated incident detection and the tools to manage proactive responses,” said Brendon Cook, Blackline Safety CPO & Co-founder. “By opening up the Blackline Cloud, our connected wearables and data interfaces, we provide the opportunity for new partnerships with software developers, platform providers, data services and those that create sensors, wearables and connected hardware.”

In 2017, Blackline was the first connected safety technology company to introduce wearables with a modular approach to gas detection, robust direct-to-cloud communications and a comprehensive emergency response and evacuation management platform. Since that time, Blackline expanded its portfolio to include a new connected area gas detection product line, a robust range of sensors, push-to-talk voice collaboration and location-enabled data science that help businesses increase safety, productivity and quality.

Building upon its leading connected safety foundation, Blackline is expanding its sights further into the connected worker and connected workplace solutions. Organizations interested in becoming a technology or solutions partner are invited to join Blackline Catalyst by visiting www.blacklinesafety.com/blackline-catalyst-partner-program.

About Blackline Safety: Blackline Safety is a global connected safety leader that helps to ensure every worker gets their job done and returns home safe each day. Blackline provides wearable safety technology, personal and area gas monitoring, cloud-connected software and data analytics to meet demanding safety challenges and increase productivity of organizations in more than 100 countries. Blackline Safety wearables provide a lifeline to tens of thousands of men and women, having reported over 100 billion data-points and initiated over five million emergency responses. Armed with cellular and satellite connectivity, we ensure that help is never too far away. For more information, visit www.BlacklineSafety.com and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

INVESTOR/ANALYST CONTACT

Cody Slater, CEO

[email protected]

Telephone: +1 403 451 0327

MEDIA CONTACT

Heather Houston

[email protected]

Telephone: +1 904 398 5222

Cell phone: +1 386 216 9472

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CDB Aviation Purchases and Leases Back Nine 737 MAX Aircraft to WestJet

CDB Aviation Purchases and Leases Back Nine 737 MAX Aircraft to WestJet

Agreement Signifies Addition of Lessor’s First Airline Customer in Canada

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Limited (“CDB Leasing”), announced today the company has completed the financing for eight of the nine Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft under the purchase and leaseback agreement with Calgary-based carrier WestJet. The ninth aircraft is anticipated to close in December 2020. The aircraft were originally delivered to WestJet over the past three years.

“We have formed a strong working relationship with our colleagues at WestJet, and warmly welcome them to our growing family of airline customers across the Americas,” commented CDB Aviation Chief Marketing Officer Peter Goodman. “We appreciate their trust in our platform and confidence in our ability to deliver this innovational, customized, and large-scale financing.”

Goodman emphasized the lessor’s established platform’s ability to close transactions of this scale, pointing to “our commercial team’s unrelenting focus on listening to our customers and working collaboratively on crafting financing solutions that fit their requirements.”

WestJet Executive Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer Harry Taylor remarked: “We were very pleased with the process in which our teams successfully completed this transaction. The CDB Aviation team was professional, responsive, and pleasant to work with.”

CDB Aviation’s highly competitive position among lessors is anchored in the “robust resources backed by its shareholder, CDB Leasing, and bespoke financing solutions that provide market-leading economics,” expanded CDB Aviation Chief Executive Officer Patrick Hannigan.

Hannigan concluded: “The expediency and resourcefulness, with which the team collaborates with our airline partners, are reflective of our steadfast investment in the strategy centered on meeting the airlines’ wide-ranging needs, from supporting operations in the current pandemic-affected environment to delivering solutions for the long term.”

About WestJet

Since the start of the pandemic the WestJet Group of Companies has built a layered framework of safety measures to ensure Canadians can continue to travel safely and responsibly through the airline’s Safety Above All hygiene program. During this time, WestJet has maintained its status as one of the top-10 on-time airlines in North America as named by Cirium. www.westjet.com.

About CDB Aviation

CDB Aviation is a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Limited (“CDB Leasing”) a 35-year-old Chinese leasing company that is backed mainly by the China Development Bank. CDB Aviation is rated Investment Grade by Moody’s (A1), S&P Global (A), and Fitch (A+). China Development Bank is under the direct jurisdiction of the State Council of China and is the world’s largest development finance institution. It is also the largest Chinese bank for foreign investment and financing cooperation, long-term lending and bond issuance, enjoying Chinese sovereign credit rating.

CDB Leasing is the only leasing arm of the China Development Bank and a leading company in China’s leasing industry that has been engaged in aircraft, infrastructure, ship, commercial vehicle and construction machinery leasing and enjoys a Chinese sovereign credit rating. It took an important step in July 2016 to globalize and marketize its business – listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX STOCK CODE: 1606). www.CDBAviation.aero

Media contact: Paul Thibeau

[email protected]; +1 612 594 9844

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INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: Air Transport Aerospace Manufacturing Transportation Travel

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