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U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory Expands Collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise on New Supercomputer Design to Advance Scientific Research

Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) new supercomputer will enable greater efficiency and performance to advance modeling and simulation, and capabilities for AI and analytics

New supercomputer is part of HPE’s broader collaboration with LANL which includes next-generation system designs using advanced technologies from AMD, Arm, Intel and NVIDIA

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced it has expanded its collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to build LANL a new supercomputer in early 2023. The new supercomputer builds on to LANL’s latest, diverse high-performance computing (HPC) system designs, which include HPE-powered systems using the industry’s leading CPUs and GPUs to target a range of workloads and R&D. It will be based on novel technologies using the HPE Cray EX supercomputer, which is an HPC architecture built from the ground-up for next-generation supercomputing such as for exascale-class systems, and features the new Arm-based NVIDIA Grace CPU, designed for larger scale HPC and AI applications, which was announced today.

LANL’s new, advanced system will deliver overall performance and workflow efficiency, improving modeling and simulation workloads to help researchers unlock discoveries across climate, diseases, materials and even nuclear deterrence. Researchers and engineers will also use the system’s compute and AI-accelerated capabilities to expand and strengthen existing efforts in artificial intelligence and machine learning, which are becoming increasingly valuable in harnessing insights from complex data.

“HPE has a strong, ongoing collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to support LANL’s commitment to making significant contributions to the scientific community with advanced HPC systems using diverse architectures. These designs demonstrate the powerful flexibility and scale that HPE’s systems offer in supporting various CPU and GPU technologies built for tomorrow’s most demanding supercomputing workloads,” said Bill Mannel, vice president and general manager, HPC, at HPE. “We are pleased to continue collaborating with LANL to design a new system that offers greater performance, efficiency and workload optimization to target specific R&D needs and unlock a new level of innovation.”

Los Alamos National Laboratory and HPE expand the value of high performance computing with purpose-built systems using advanced, diverse architectures

LANL’s upcoming system showcases ongoing innovation for HPC and AI workloads by introducing new, diverse sets of architectures that are developed for specific R&D and engineering needs. The new system adds to LANL’s existing system designs that are powered by HPE’s world-leading HPC and AI platforms, which combine a comprehensive suite of compute, software, storage and networking solutions, and use the industry’s most advanced CPUs. LANL’s additional system designs, announced in the last six months, include:

• Continuing the fight against COVID-19 to support complex scientific research on the novel coronavirus with LANL’s Chicoma, which is based on the HPE Cray EX supercomputer, featuring the AMD EPYC™ 7H12 processor. The system will also include the HPE Cray software stack, direct-to-chip liquid cooling capabilities and the HPE Slingshot interconnect for purpose-built HPC networking.

• Advancing U.S. nuclear stockpile and security with Crossroads, a system that is part of the Alliance for Computing at Extreme Scale (ACES), a consortium between Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories. It will be sited at Los Alamos and will be used by the three National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) laboratories: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories. Crossroads will have quadrupled performance, compared to its existing system (Trinity), by using the HPE Cray EX supercomputer featuring future Intel Xeon processors code-named “Sapphire Rapids” for powerful next-generation compute and AI-accelerated capabilities. The system will target critical modeling and simulation of nuclear weapons at high 3D resolutions to ensure reliability and security of the nuclear stockpile.

• Evaluating some of the world’s most demanding physical simulation workloads and accelerating time-to-insight from months to days in LANL’s system using HPE Apollo 80 Systems that feature Fujitsu A64FX Arm processors, along with the HPE Cray Programming Environment for a fully integrated software suite to improve productivity, application scalability, and performance. LANL will also leverage the technologies to support its ongoing commitment to deploying more efficient systems to decrease runtime of its demanding complex multi-physics applications.

About Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud platform as-a-service company that helps organizations accelerate outcomes by unlocking value from all of their data, everywhere. Built on decades of reimagining the future and innovating to advance the way people live and work, HPE delivers unique, open and intelligent technology solutions, with a consistent experience across all clouds and edges, to help customers develop new business models, engage in new ways, and increase operational performance. For more information, visit: www.hpe.com.

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Inspur Information Introduces Three AI Servers, Among First to Support NVIDIA A30 and NVIDIA A10 GPUs

Inspur Information Introduces Three AI Servers, Among First to Support NVIDIA A30 and NVIDIA A10 GPUs

In addition, Inspur A100 GPU server helps Northwestern Medicine improve 10x in AI model training speed and 100x in data prep

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
At NVIDIA GTC 2021, Inspur Information, a leading IT infrastructure solutions provider, introduced three new GPU servers (NF5468M6, NF5468A5 and NF5280M6), which fully support the latest NVIDIA^® A30, NVIDIA A10 and NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs to meet the demand for AI computing power in multiple computing scenarios, including running virtualized infrastructure for the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software suite. Inspur AI servers are among the first in the industry to fully support NVIDIA Ampere architecture-based GPUs and has obtained NVIDIA-Certified System status for these servers, which support the NVIDIA EGX platform for next-generation AI.

“Inspur is committed to delivering users leading AI solutions and innovations by continuously adapting to evolving AI computing scenarios,” said Liu Jun, VP and GM, AI and HPC, Inspur Information. “Through our agile product design and development capabilities, Inspur is among the first to launch and mass-produce AI servers supporting NVIDIA A30 and NVIDIA A10 GPUs, providing more diverse product options to meet the needs of different industries, scales and scenarios.”

“Whether enterprises are running AI, data science or simulation applications, performance and efficiency are critical to these advanced data center workloads,” said Justin Boitano, vice president and general manager, Enterprise and Edge Computing at NVIDIA. “The new Inspur AI servers with NVIDIA A100, A30 and A10 GPUs provide customers with powerful new NVIDIA-Certified Systems to meet the demands of today’s demanding AI and graphics applications.”

Delivering AI Solutions for Industry

Currently, an Inspur server powered with A100 GPUs is in use at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, where the institute is pilot testing high-performance data pipelines to enable deep learning experiments without having to deal with separate, costly copies of legacy health system enterprise data. With the state-of-the-art performance of Inspur’s A100-based training platform, the pilot program has provided significant performance improvements not just in model training but in overall project delivery. With a 10x improvement in training speed, and 100x improvement in data prep, Northwestern Medicine can rapidly prototype, iterate, and ultimately deploy deep learning models directly into the healthcare environment.

“With our high-speed data pipes and the Inspur GPU server(with 8x NVIDIA HGX A100 GPUs), we can quickly iterate and use the state-of-the-art in AI to help our patients,” said Dr. Mozziyar Etemadi, anesthesiologist and Chief Data Engineer of the Northwestern Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine (I-AIM).

Furthermore, Inspur servers supporting the NVIDIA Ampere architecture are also widely used in deep learning, image recognition, natural language understanding, intelligent recommendation and other intelligent scenarios in various industries, helping enterprise users accelerate AI innovation.

Inspur’s All-New GPU Servers Supporting A30, A10 and A100

NF5468M6: ultra-flexible for AI workloads, supports 2x Intel 3rd Gen Intel^® Xeon Scalable processor and 8x NVIDIA A100/A40/A30 GPUs, 16x NVIDIA A10 GPUs, or 20x NVIDIA T4 GPUs; supports up to 12x 3.5-inch hard drives for large local storage in a 4U chassis; flexibly adapts to latest AI accelerators and smartNICs and has the unique function of switching topologies with one click for various AI applications including AI cloud, IVA(Intelligent Video Analysis), video processing, etc.

NF5468A5: versatile AI server featuring 2x AMD Rome/Milan CPUs and 8x NVIDIA A100/A40/A30 GPUs; N+N redundancy design enables 8x 350W AI accelerators in full-speed operations for superior reliability; the CPU-to-GPU non-blocking design allows interconnection without the PCIe switch communication, achieving faster commutation efficiency.

NF5280M6: purpose-built for all scenarios, with 2x Intel 3rd Gen intel^® Xeon Scalable processor and 4x NVIDIA A100/A40/A30/A10 GPUs or 8x NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPUs in 2U chassis, capable of long-term stable operation at 45°C. The NF5280M6 is equipped with the latest PFR/SGX technology and trusted security module design, which is suitable for demanding AI applications.

Also, Inspur announced the brand-new Inspur M6 AI servers fully support NVIDIA BlueField- 2^™ DPUs. Moving forward, Inspur plans to integrate NVIDIA BlueField- 2^™ DPUs into its next-generation AI servers, which will enable faster and more efficient management of users and clusters as well as interconnected data access, for scenarios like AI, big data analysis, cloud computing, and virtualization.

Inspur is the world’s leading AI server vendor with a rich array of AI computing products and works closely with AI customers to help achieve high order-of-magnitude performance improvements for AI applications in speech, semantics, image, video, search, and more.

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Inspur Information Launches Intelligent Edge Microserver EIS200 Series Compatible with Multiple Edge Inference Modules at GTC21

 Intelligent Edge Microserver EIS200, compatible with NVIDIA Jetson TX2 NX, Nano, Xavier NX offers outstanding performance.

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
At NVIDIA GTC21, Inspur Information, a leading IT infrastructure solutions provider, announced the launch of its Intelligent Edge Microserver EIS200 with compatibility and optimization for the newly released NVIDIA® Jetson^™ TX2 NX AI Edge Inference System on Module (SOM) in addition to existing compatibility with multiple AI edge modules like the Jetson Nano and Xavier NX SOMs. This helps deliver a versatile, lightweight edge AI computing selection for a broad range of scenarios, including intelligent oil well, power patrol, industrial quality control (QC), intelligent transportation and intelligent retail.

Inspur’s Intelligent Edge Microserver EIS200 features a compact form factor and strong AI performance ranging from 0.5 Tera operations per second (TOPS) to 21 TOPS to meet diverse computing power requirements. The new Jetson TX2 NX-based EIS 200 supports 1080p video encoding and decoding for up to 14 channels. Inspur EIS-200 series now provides a 144% price-performance ratio improvement compared to Jetson Nano-based setups, supporting a broad range of specific edge computing applications for image, video and voice analysis with only 25W power consumption. Use cases include AI QC and analysis of industrial components and parts, fast identification of moving items at crossroads, human gesture recognition for production safety and protection, and intelligent identification and control of oil well operations.

The EIS200 server was benchmarked under the classic network ResNet50 which is based on classification, where the performance reached 112 frames per second (FPS), which is 2.24 times that of Jetson Nano-based setups. When it was benchmarked under the classic network tiny YOLO-V3 which is based on object detection, the performance reached 108 FPS, which is 2.25 times that of Jetson Nano-based setups. This gives developers and manufacturers faster inference compute speeds with up to 50% decrease in inference time needed.

“The growing business of real-time data processing in edge computing has raised more stringent requirements for AI inference capabilities,” said Sun Bo, General Manager of Inspur Edge Computing. “As a leading computing infrastructure supplier, Inspur is extending its technical experience over the past 30 years in the research and development of IT infrastructure for the data center to edge computing scenarios. The first-mover launch of the new generation of AI edge chip computing platform marks another achievement of Inspur in its practice of intelligent computing strategy, which will effectively help the clients cope with challenges surrounding edge computing capabilities in the intelligent era and back feed the development of cloud and device.”

As near-edge devices get closer to the sensing layer of scenarios, they need to undertake mass data interactions and decision making. The solutions to problems like the adaptability of computing devices to the ambient environment as well as data transmission and large-scale deployment and O&M in different scenarios have become the key to the rapid development of edge computing and AI-driven businesses. The Intelligent Edge Microserver EIS200 has taken into full account the demanding deployment environment in edge computing scenarios and enabled a stable performance at the temperature of -40 to 60 Celsius degrees through fanless aluminum-case cooling under an IP40 industrial-level protection. It supports comprehensive radio communication modalities ranging from short range to long range via its extensive interfaces.

In businesses that need mass deployment, the Intelligent Edge Microserver EIS200 has also realized minimalist O&M for a uniform deployment and update of inference algorithms via the data center-level management platform with significantly improved device management efficiency.

Inspur has diversified its edge computing products in multiple forms and collaborated with partners from both the upstream and downstream of the industrial chains to develop scenario-based full stack solutions for seven major edge computing scenarios such as industrial Internet, intelligent connected vehicles, urban governance, and industry + AI. The Jetson TX2 NX-based Intelligent Edge Microserver EIS200, with its core advantages like super strong computing performance, open ecosystem, and minimalist O&M, will further advance the industrial application of AI in edge computing scenarios and drive the digital and intelligent transformation in all industries, including manufacturing, transportation, energy, finance and healthcare.

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Bentley Systems Brings Infrastructure Digital Twins to NVIDIA Omniverse

Bentley iTwin First to Harness Real-time Rendering, AI, and Simulation Capabilities of NVIDIA Omniverse

EXTON, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
GTC21 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced that it is developing applications using the NVIDIA Omniverse platform for photorealistic, real-time visualization and simulation of digital twins of massive-scale industrial and civil infrastructure projects.

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Bentley Systems has extended the Bentley iTwin platform to integrate with NVIDIA Omniverse to provide a graphics pipeline for AI-enhanced, real-time visualization, and simulation of infrastructure digital twins. This integration allows engineering-grade, millimeter-accurate digital content to be visualized with photorealistic lighting and environmental effects on multiple devices including web browsers, workstations, tablets, and virtual reality and augmented reality headsets from anywhere in the world.

Bentley iTwin is an open, scalable cloud platform that enables engineering firms and owner-operators to create, visualize, and analyze digital twins of infrastructure assets. Digital information managers use it to incorporate engineering data created by diverse design tools into a living digital twin and align it with reality data, IoT data, and other associated data without disrupting their current tools or processes.

Bentley Systems CEO Greg Bentley said, “Visualization and simulation underpin many of the use cases for infrastructure digital twins. The collaboration of Bentley iTwin and NVIDIA Omniverse is delivering real-time, immersive 3D/4D experiences that will enable true-to-reality, physics-based simulation of even the largest and most complex infrastructure assets. GPU-computing is transforming the world of engineering and construction and promises to unleash the potential of AI for simulation and advanced analytics in infrastructure digital twins.”

“Modern infrastructure are magnificent feats of engineering. NVIDIA and Bentley share a vision of physically based digital twins – so accurate and realistically simulated that they will revolutionize everything from infrastructure design to operations,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “NVIDIA Omniverse was built precisely to realize this vision – to create shared virtual worlds that are simulated with physical and photo realism. We are delighted Bentley is developing applications for infrastructure digital twins on NVIDIA Omniverse.”

Unmatched High-Fidelity Infrastructure Visualization

The combination of the Bentley iTwin platform and NVIDIA Omniverse provides an unmatched, high-performance user experience at a scale that had previously not been possible.

The integration of the capabilities of the Bentley iTwin platform and NVIDIA Omniverse enables users to virtually explore massive industrial plants and offshore structures as if they are walking through the infrastructure in real time, for purposes such as wayfinding and safety route optimization.

“The industry is moving in a positive direction toward more automated and sophisticated tools that improve client outcomes,” said Donna DeMarco, plant information modeling, Jacobs. “Jacobs is proud to partner with Bentley in leveraging tools like iTwin linked with NVIDIA Omniverse to achieve strong results for our clients.”

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​About NVIDIA Omniverse

NVIDIA Omniverse is an open platform for virtual collaboration and physically accurate simulation. Based on NVIDIA RTX technology, it leverages the Universal Scene Description (USD) common interchange format for real-time 3D visualization and simulation that was originally developed by Pixar to simplify entertainment industry workflows and is now being adopted in other industries including architecture, construction, and engineering, and digital factories.

About the Bentley iTwin Platform

The Bentley iTwin platform is an open, scalable cloud platform that enables project teams and owner-operators to create, visualize, and analyze digital twins of infrastructure assets. It enables digital information managers to incorporate engineering data created by diverse design tools into a living digital twin and align it with reality data, and other associated data with no disruption to their current tools or processes. Users are able to visualize and track changes including changes in real world conditions from IoT connected devices, such as sensors and drones. The Bentley iTwin platform facilitates actionable insights for decision makers across the organization and asset lifecycle. Users make better-informed decisions, anticipate and avoid issues before they arise, and react more quickly with confidence, resulting in cost savings, improved service availability, lower environmental impact, and improved safety. The Bentley iTwin platform is the foundation for applications ‘powered by iTwin’ and digital twin solutions created by Bentley and its strategic partners, digital integrators, system integrators, independent software vendors, and software developers.

About Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems (Nasdaq: BSY) is the infrastructure engineering software company. We provide innovative software to advance the world’s infrastructure – sustaining both the global economy and environment. Our industry-leading software solutions are used by professionals, and organizations of every size, for the design, construction, and operations of roads and bridges, rail and transit, water and wastewater, public works and utilities, buildings and campuses, and industrial facilities. Our offerings include MicroStation-based applications for modeling and simulation, ProjectWise for project delivery, AssetWise for asset and network performance, and the iTwin platform for infrastructure digital twins. Bentley Systems employs more than 4,000 colleagues and generates annualized revenues of more than $800 million in 172 countries. www.bentley.com

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Kohl’s Corporation Announces Pricing for its Cash Tender Offer

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE: KSS) announced today the reference yield and total consideration for its previously announced cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) for the outstanding senior notes listed in the table below (collectively, the “Notes”) up to $1,043,885,000 aggregate principal amount (the “Maximum Amount”), such Maximum Amount having been increased by Kohl’s on April 12, 2021 from $1,000,000,000.

Title of Security		CUSIP Number		Aggregate Principal Amount Outstanding		Acceptance Priority Level		Reference U.S. Treasury Security		Bloomberg Reference Page		Fixed Spread (Basis Points)		Early Tender Premium(1)		Reference Yield(2)		Total Consideration (1)(3)
9.500% Notes due 2025*		500255AW4		$600,000,000		1		0.750% UST due March 31, 2026		FIT 1		85		$30.00		0.885%		$1,299.21
4.250% Notes due 2025*		500255AU8		$649,921,000		2		0.750% UST due March 31, 2026		FIT 1		85		$30.00		0.885%		$1,097.04
4.750% Notes due 2023		500255AT1		$184,355,000		3		0.125% UST due December 15, 2023		FIT 5		30		$30.00		0.295%		$1,109.98
3.250% Notes due 2023		500255AS3		$350,000,000		4		0.125% UST due January 31, 2023		FIT 4		25		$30.00		0.153%		$1,051.01

(1)		Per $1,000 principal amount.
(2)		Each Reference Yield was determined at 10:00 a.m. New York City time on April 12, 2021.
(3)		Includes the “Early Tender Premium” set forth in this table. In addition, holders will receive accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Settlement Date (as defined below).
*		Denotes a series of Notes for which the Total Consideration was determined taking into account the par call date, instead of the maturity date, of such Notes in accordance with standard market practice.

The reference yields for the Tender Offer were determined at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on April 12, 2021. The applicable consideration to be paid per $1,000 principal amount of each series of Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer is based on the applicable “Reference Yield” plus the applicable “Fixed Spread” for such series of Notes, in each case, as set forth in the table above (the “Total Consideration”). Holders whose Notes are accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer will also receive accrued and unpaid interest on their purchased Notes from, and including, the last interest payment date for such Notes to, but excluding, the settlement date for the Tender Offer, which is expected to be April 13, 2021 (the “Settlement Date”).

The Tender Offer will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on April 23, 2021, unless extended (such date and time, as the same may be extended, the “Expiration Time”). However, as Kohl’s intends, subject to the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer, to accept for purchase the Maximum Amount of Notes tendered at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline, it is expected that further tenders of Notes prior to the Expiration Time will not be accepted for purchase.

The obligation of Kohl’s to accept for purchase, and to pay for, any Notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer is conditioned upon the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase, under the heading “Terms of the Tender Offer—Conditions of the Tender Offer,” including, among other things, Kohl’s having issued not less than $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of new indebtedness through one or more new debt financing transactions on terms reasonably satisfactory to Kohl’s (the “Financing Condition”). The Financing Condition was satisfied on March 31, 2021. On such date, Kohl’s issued $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.375% Notes due 2031. Amounts payable in excess of this amount in connection with the Tender Offer are intended to be paid with the Company’s cash on hand.

The Tender Offer is being made pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions in, an Offer to Purchase, dated March 29, 2021 (as amended or supplemented from time to time the “Offer to Purchase”), which sets forth a description of the terms of the Tender Offer.

This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an acceptance of securities. No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The Tender Offer is being made solely pursuant to terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase.

BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC are serving as the Lead Dealer Managers for the Tender Offer. MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. are serving as the Co-Dealer Managers for the Tender Offer. Questions regarding the Tender Offer may be directed to BofA Securities, Inc., collect at 1-(980) 387-3907 or [email protected], J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, toll free at 1-(866) 834-4666 or collect at 1-(212) 834-4045 and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, toll free at 1-(800) 624-1808 or collect at 1-(212) 761-1057.

Requests for the Offer to Purchase or the documents incorporated by reference therein may be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc., which is acting as Tender Agent and Information Agent for the Tender Offer, at the following telephone numbers: banks and brokers, 1-(212) 269-5550; all others toll free at 1-(877) 478-5044 or at the following email: [email protected].

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “anticipates,” “strategy,” “preliminary,” “plans,” or similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, our ability to execute on and realize the benefits of our strategic plan, market conditions beyond our control, including the ongoing and evolving impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, that may negatively impact our stock price vis-à-vis industry analyst expectations and the risks described more fully in Item 1A in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 30, 2021, which are expressly incorporated herein by reference, and other factors as may periodically be described in the Company’s filings with the SEC. Forward-looking statements relate to the date initially made, and Kohl’s undertakes no obligation to update them.

About Kohl’s

Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) is a leading omnichannel retailer. With more than 1,100 stores in 49 states and the online convenience of Kohls.com and the Kohl’s App, Kohl’s offers amazing national and exclusive brands at incredible savings for families nationwide. Kohl’s is uniquely positioned to deliver against its strategy and its vision to be the most trusted retailer of choice for the active and casual lifestyle. Kohl’s is committed to progress in its diversity and inclusion pledges, and the company’s environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) stewardship. For a list of store locations or to shop online, visit Kohls.com. For more information about Kohl’s impact in the community or how to join our winning team, visit Corporate.Kohls.com or follow @KohlsNews on Twitter.

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Hope Bancorp to Report 2021 First Quarter Financial Results on Tuesday, April 27, 2021

— Conference Call and Webcast to be Held on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 —

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Hope Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOPE) today announced that the company will report financial results for its 2021 first quarter after the markets close on Tuesday, April 27, 2021.

A conference call to discuss 2021 first quarter financial results will be held on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time / 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. A presentation deck to accompany the earnings call will be available at the Investor Relations section of Hope Bancorp’s website at www.ir-hopebancorp.com.

Institutional investors and analysts are invited to access the conference call by dialing 866-235-9917 (domestic) or 412-902-4103 (international), and asking for the “Hope Bancorp Call.” Other interested parties are invited to participate via a live webcast of the call available at Hope Bancorp’s investor relations website.

After the live webcast, the archived webcast will remain available in Hope Bancorp’s investor relations website for one year. A telephonic replay of the call will be available at 877-344-7529 (domestic) or 412-317-0088 (international) for one week through May 5, 2021, replay access code 10154357.

About Hope Bancorp, Inc.

Hope Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company of Bank of Hope, the first and only super regional Korean-American bank in the United States with $17.1 billion in total assets as of December 31, 2020. Headquartered in Los Angeles and serving a multi-ethnic population of customers across the nation, Bank of Hope operates 53 full-service branches in California, Washington, Texas, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Virginia and Alabama. The Bank also operates SBA loan production offices in Seattle, Denver, Dallas, Atlanta, Portland, Oregon, New York City, Northern California and Houston; commercial loan production offices in Northern California and Seattle; residential mortgage loan production offices in Southern California; and a representative office in Seoul, Korea. Bank of Hope specializes in core business banking products for small and medium-sized businesses, with an emphasis in commercial real estate and commercial lending, SBA lending and international trade financing. Bank of Hope is a California-chartered bank, and its deposits are insured by the FDIC to the extent provided by law. Bank of Hope is an Equal Opportunity Lender. For additional information, please go to bankofhope.com.

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Angie Yang

SVP, Director of IR & Corporate Communications

213-251-2219

[email protected]

KEYWORDS: United States North America California

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: Banking Professional Services

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Posted on April 12, 2021 12:29 pm

IIROC Trading Resumption – OSI

Canada NewsWire

VANCOUVER, BC, April 12, 2021 /CNW/ – Trading resumes in:

Company: Osino Resources Corp.

TSX-Venture Symbol: OSI

All Issues: Yes

Resumption (ET): 12:45 PM

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.

SOURCE Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) – Halts/Resumptions

Posted on April 12, 2021 12:18 pm

Energy Transfer Announces Receipt of Consents to the Acquisition of Enable Midstream from Majority Unitholders

Energy Transfer Announces Receipt of Consents to the Acquisition of Enable Midstream from Majority Unitholders

DALLAS & OKLAHOMA CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Energy Transfer LP (NYSE: ET) and Enable Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: ENBL) today announced that following the Securities and Exchange Commission declaring effective the Registration Statement on Form S-4 on April 7, 2021, the two largest Enable unitholders have delivered their written consents to approve the merger of Enable into Energy Transfer. These unitholders, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) and OGE Energy Corp (OGE), own approximately 79% of Enable’s outstanding common units. While the consents of CNP and OGE are sufficient to approve the transaction, Enable is requesting all its common unitholders approve the merger and other proposals outlined in the Registration Statement by executing and returning the written consent furnished with the filing. Energy Transfer and Enable expect the transaction to close in mid-2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including Hart-Scott-Rodino clearance.

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About Energy Transfer

Energy Transfer LP (NYSE: ET) owns and operates one of the largest and most diversified portfolios of energy assets in the United States, with a strategic footprint in all of the major domestic production basins. ET is a publicly traded limited partnership with core operations that include complementary natural gas midstream, intrastate and interstate transportation and storage assets; crude oil, NGL and refined product transportation and terminalling assets; NGL fractionation; and various acquisition and marketing assets. ET, through its ownership of Energy Transfer Operating, L.P., also owns Lake Charles LNG Company, as well as the general partner interests, the incentive distribution rights and 28.5 million common units of Sunoco LP (NYSE: SUN), and the general partner interests and 46.1 million common units of USA Compression Partners, LP (NYSE: USAC). For more information, visit the Energy Transfer LP website at https://www.energytransfer.com/.

About Enable

Enable (NYSE: ENBL) owns, operates and develops strategically located natural gas and crude oil infrastructure assets. Enable’s assets include approximately 14,000 miles of natural gas, crude oil, condensate and produced water gathering pipelines, approximately 2.6 Bcf/d of natural gas processing capacity, approximately 7,800 miles of interstate pipelines (including Southeast Supply Header, LLC of which Enable owns 50%), approximately 2,200 miles of intrastate pipelines and seven natural gas storage facilities comprising 84.5 billion cubic feet of storage capacity. For more information, visit https://www.enablemidstream.com/.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release includes “forward-looking” statements. Forward-looking statements are identified as any statement that does not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Statements using words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,” “project,” “plan,” “expect,” “continue,” “estimate,” “goal,” “forecast,” “may” or similar expressions help identify forward-looking statements. Energy Transfer and Enable cannot give any assurance that expectations and projections about future events will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. These risks and uncertainties include the risks that the proposed transaction may not be consummated or the benefits contemplated therefrom may not be realized. Additional risks include: the ability to obtain requisite regulatory approval and the satisfaction of the other conditions to the consummation of the proposed transaction, the ability of Energy Transfer to successfully integrate Enable’s operations and employees and realize anticipated synergies and cost savings, the potential impact of the announcement or consummation of the proposed transaction on relationships, including with employees, suppliers, customers, competitors and credit rating agencies, the ability to achieve revenue, DCF and EBITDA growth, and volatility in the price of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. Actual results and outcomes may differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. These and other risks and uncertainties are discussed in more detail in filings made by Energy Transfer and Enable with the SEC, which are available to the public. Energy Transfer and Enable undertake no obligation to update publicly or to revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE TRANSACTION CAREFULLY WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. These documents and any other documents filed by Energy Transfer and Enable with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website, at https://www.sec.gov/. In addition, investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the registration statement and the proxy statement/prospectus by phone, e-mail or written request by contacting the investor relations department of Energy Transfer at the number and address set forth below:

Energy Transfer LP

8111 Westchester Drive, Suite 600

Dallas, Texas 75225

Enable Midstream Partners LP

499 W. Sheridan Ave., Suite 1500

Oklahoma City, OK 73102

No offer or solicitation

This communication relates to a proposed merger (the “Merger”) between Enable and Energy Transfer. This communication is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval, in any jurisdiction, pursuant to the Merger or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale, issuance, exchange or transfer of the securities referred to in this document in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Participants in the Solicitation

Enable, Energy Transfer, and the directors and executive officers of their respective general partners, CNP (and their affiliates), OGE (and their affiliates) may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect to the Merger.

Information regarding the directors and executive officers of Enable’s general partner is contained in Enable’s 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 24, 2021, and certain of its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q Current Reports on Form 8-K. You can obtain a free copy of this document at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or by accessing Enable’s website at http://www.enablemidstream.com. Information regarding the executive officers and directors of Energy Transfer’s general partner is contained in Energy Transfer’s 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 19, 2021 and certain of its Current Reports on Form 8-K. You can obtain a free copy of this document at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by accessing Energy Transfer’s website at http://www.energytransfer.com.

Investors may obtain additional information regarding the interests of those persons and other persons who may be deemed participants in the Merger by reading the consent solicitation statement/prospectus regarding the Merger when it becomes available. You may obtain free copies of this document as described above.

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Energy Transfer LP

Investors

Bill Baerg, Brent Ratliff, Lyndsay Hannah

(214) 981-0795

[email protected]

Media

Vicki Granado, Lisa Coleman

(214) 840-5820

[email protected]

Enable Midstream Partners

Investors

Matt Beasley

(405) 558-4600

Media

Leigh Ann Williams

(405) 553-6947

KEYWORDS: Texas Oklahoma United States North America

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: Oil/Gas Energy

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Garmin Ltd. schedules its first quarter 2021 earnings call

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Garmin^® Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN) invites shareholders and investors to join Garmin executives for its first quarter 2021 earnings conference call that will be livestreamed on Wed., April 28, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. ET. The call will be held in conjunction with the company’s earnings release, which will be distributed prior to market open on April 28, 2021.

What: Garmin Ltd. First Quarter 2021 Earnings Call

When: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. ET

Where:http://www.garmin.com/en-US/company/investors/events/

How: Join via the website link above or participate by phone by dialing 855-757-3897. (Due to the limited number of lines available, we encourage you to dial-in approximately 15 minutes prior to the start of the call.)

Contact: [email protected]

An archive of the live webcast will be available until April 27, 2022 on Garmin’s website at www.garmin.com. To access the replay, click on the Investor Relations link and select the Quarterly and Annual Earnings page.

Engineered on the inside for life on the outside, Garmin products have revolutionized the aviation, automotive, fitness, marine and outdoor lifestyles. Dedicated to helping people make the most of the time they spend pursuing their passions, Garmin believes every day is an opportunity to innovate and a chance to beat yesterday. For more information, visit Garmin’s virtual pressroom at garmin.com/newsroom, email [email protected], or follow us at linkedin.com/company/garmin, facebook.com/garmin, twitter.com/garminnews, instagram.com/garmin or youtube.com/garmin.

About Garmin Ltd: Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in Switzerland, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Garmin is a registered trademark of Garmin Ltd.

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INVESTOR CONTACT:

Teri Seck

Garmin International, Inc.

Phone | 913/397-8200

E-Mail | [email protected]

MEDIA CONTACT:

Carly Hysell

Garmin International, Inc.

Phone | 913/397-8200

E-Mail | [email protected]

KEYWORDS: United States North America Kansas

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: Outdoors Satellite Maritime Retail Air Audio/Video Aftermarket Transport Automotive Software Hardware Fitness & Nutrition Consumer Electronics Technology Mobile/Wireless Sports Health Other Automotive Specialty

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