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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB) will introduce its Block Horizons strategy, the next phase of the company’s strategic transformation. This builds on previous work to strengthen the company’s foundation, and will position it for long-term, sustainable growth.

At the virtual event, Chief Executive Officer Jeff Jones, Chief Financial Officer Tony Bowen, and other members of the senior leadership team will provide an in-depth look at the three strategic imperatives that comprise the company’s new long-term strategy.

These imperatives—Small Business, Financial Products, and Block Experience—will enable H&R Block to serve more customers, in more ways, by better leveraging existing assets. They build on the company’s current business and encompass a new approach to the customer experience.

“We’re excited to enter the next phase of our transformation, leveraging our unique combination of human expertise, physical locations, and digital platforms,” Jones said. “We are well-positioned to benefit from the capabilities we have created to help consumers on their terms.”

Jones continued: “Building on the deep trust of millions of customers, our Block Horizons strategy will help the company become a year-round business and improve revenue and earnings growth.”

Today’s event will include details on how Block will execute on its strategy during the upcoming tax season and beyond.

Block Horizons imperatives will guide the company to growth

Block Horizons includes three strategic imperatives grounded in customer insight, market testing and a solid base of current business. They will guide the company’s path to achieving its financial and operational goals.

• Small Business: Building on an already-significant base of 2.4 million small business customers, the company will go to market with two small business brands: Wave and Block Advisors. Through this imperative, H&R Block seeks to further strengthen the spirit of entrepreneurship and enable small business owners to thrive, particularly as they lead the country’s growth post-pandemic.

• Financial Products: With approximately one-third of H&R Block’s 20 million tax customers being under-banked, the company will build on its Emerald Debit Card program, which today is linked to the tax event, to develop a year-round mobile banking platform. In addition, products like Wave Money will make spending and accounting for business transactions easier than ever by automatically bookkeeping business expenses and helping small business owners always be ready for tax time. These products aim to create financial confidence in consumers and small business owners.

• Block Experience: H&R Block is reimagining tax preparation for a digital-first world, blending technology and data with human expertise and care. This includes enabling clients to take advantage of all of Block’s capabilities, whether in-person, digital or a mix of both. MyBlock is the mobile hub that connects tax professionals and customers and becomes the platform to create deeper engagement.

H&R Block also updated its financial principles to reflect the company’s new long-term strategy, including:

• Annual revenue growth goal of 3-6% annually¹
• EBITDA² growing as fast or at a faster rate than revenue
• Redeployment of savings to the highest ROI opportunities
• Maintaining a strong balance sheet and access to liquidity to support growth investments
• Returning capital to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases

At today’s event, H&R Block will also provide an update on how the company plans to measure and manage the business going forward and will provide its outlook for fiscal year 2021.

Webcast Information

H&R Block’s live webcast of the Investor Day event, along with accompanying slides, can be accessed from the company’s website at https://investors.hrblock.com/financial-information/events-calendar, beginning at 10:00 a.m. EST.

About H&R Block

H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB) provides help and inspires confidence in its clients and communities everywhere through global tax preparation, financial products and small business solutions. The company blends digital innovation with the human expertise and care of its associates and franchisees as it helps people get the best outcome at tax time, and better manage and access their money year-round. Through Block Advisors and Wave, the company helps small business owners thrive with disruptive products like Wave Money, a small business banking and bookkeeping solution, and the only business bank account to manage bookkeeping automatically. For more information, visit H&R Block News or follow @HRBlockNews on Twitter.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the securities laws. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often include words or variation of words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “commits,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “targets,” “would,” “will,” “should,” “goal,” “could” or “may” or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements provide management’s current expectations or predictions of future conditions, events or results. All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future are forward-looking statements. They may include estimates of revenues, client trajectory, income, effective tax rate, earnings per share, cost savings, capital expenditures, dividends, share repurchases, liquidity, capital structure, market share, industry volumes or other financial items, descriptions of management’s plans or objectives for future operations, products or services, or descriptions of assumptions underlying any of the above. They also include the expected impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, including, without limitation, the impact on economic and financial markets, the Company’s capital resources and financial condition, the expected use of proceeds under the Company’s revolving credit facility, future expenditures, potential regulatory actions, such as extensions of tax filing deadlines or other related relief, changes in consumer behaviors and modifications to the Company’s operations related thereto. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and reflect the company’s good faith beliefs, assumptions and expectations, but they are not guarantees of future performance or events. Furthermore, the company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions, factors, or expectations, new information, data or methods, future events or other changes, except as required by law. By their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to a variety of economic, competitive and regulatory factors, many of which are beyond the company’s control, that are described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020 in the section entitled “Risk Factors” and additional factors we may describe from time to time in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may get such filings for free at our website at http://investors.hrblock.com.In addition, factors that may cause the company’s actual estimated effective tax rate to differ from estimates include the company’s actual results from operations compared to current estimates, future discrete items, changes in interpretations and assumptions the company has made, and future actions of the company. You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors and, consequently, you should not consider any such list to be a complete set of all potential risks or uncertainties.

For Further Information

Investor Relations: Colby Brown (816) 854-4559, [email protected]
Media Relations: Angela Davied (816) 854-5798, [email protected]

¹ This financial target is not applicable to fiscal years 2021 and 2022 due to the financial impact of the pandemic.
² Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization from continuing operations (EBITDA) is a non-GAAP financial measure. Specific quantifications of the amounts that would be required to reconcile the company’s EBITDA growth financial principle to net income (the most directly comparable GAAP measure) for future periods are not available.  Because of the variability of these and other items as well as the impact of future events on these items, management is unable to reconcile without unreasonable effort the expected range of EBITDA growth for the future to a comparable net income range.

BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Columbus McKinnon Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCO), a leading designer and manufacturer of motion control products and technologies for material handling, has expanded its Intelli-Crane™ family of automation solutions with the new Intelli-Guide™ Auto-Dispatch System. Using Magnetek® radios, drives and automation programming integrated with motors and brakes, Intelli-Guide allows operators to automatically send a load to different pre-programmed areas in a facility with the push of a button. As the load moves to the programmed destination along a determined route, the operator can work on a different task or start on the next step of the production process, increasing productivity and efficiency.

“If a facility has outdated, manually controlled cranes, hoists or monorail systems, automation technology can bring new life to equipment, increasing their lifecycles and providing new features to make operations safer and more efficient,” said Jim Kluck, global product manager for automation. “With the precise positioning and automatic speed control the system provides, Intelli-Guide can help streamline operations and improve efficiency compared with processes that are manually operated.”

Auto-dispatch technology does the work for operators by eliminating the need for specialized skills or knowledge of lifting technology, sway control or protected zones. Intelli-Guide also helps reduce the potential for human error by following pre-determined paths to designated positions, which also prevents potential collisions with other equipment or operators. When combined with anti-sway software or no-fly zone technology, auto-dispatch systems can minimize downtime for maintenance due to collisions.

Offered in several different operating modes, Intelli-Guide can be used to safely and accurately position a hoist, crane or monorail. It is also available with various levels of motion control for setting pathways, targeting end locations, specifying height limits and enabling automatic raising and lowering capabilities. Intelli-Guide is an engineered-to-order solution customized to fit exact application requirements, giving customers flexibility to meet the needs of their unique manufacturing processes. Designed for use on cranes and monorails traveling long distances, even in hazardous locations, Intelli-Guide is ideal for the aerospace, automotive, metals manufacturing, storage and retrieval, and marine terminal industries.

Columbus McKinnon’s packaged Intelli-Crane automation solutions are designed for ease of use, quick configuration and feature short lead times to get your system up and running quickly. To learn more about all of Columbus McKinnon’s automation solutions, including Intelli-Guide, Intelli-Lift™ and Intelli-Protect™, call Columbus McKinnon’s Automation Division at 800-288-8178 or visit www.columbusmckinnon.com/automation.

About Columbus McKinnon

Columbus McKinnon is a leading worldwide designer, manufacturer and marketer of motion control products and technologies, automated systems and services that efficiently and ergonomically move, lift, position and secure materials. Key products include hoists, crane components, actuators, rigging tools, light rail workstations and digital power and motion control systems. The Company is focused on commercial and industrial applications that require the safety and quality provided by its superior design and engineering know-how. Magnetek is a brand of Columbus McKinnon Corporation.

Contact:
Christie Lagowski

Communications Manager

Columbus McKinnon Corporation

716-689-5648

christie.lagowski
@
cmworks.com

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TORONTO, Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CF Energy Corp., (TSX-V: CFY) (“CF Energy” or the “Company”) announced today that the Company has adopted the 2020 Employee Stock Award Plan (the “Plan”) which is intended to encourage share ownership by and the retention of employees of the Company.

The Plan was previously conditionally approved by the TSXV, subject to receipt of disinterested shareholder approval. Subsequently, at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders held on October 29, 2020 (the “Meeting”), the Plan received the approval of a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders of the Company (excluding votes attaching to common shares beneficially owned by insiders of the Company).

Under the terms of the Plan, 6,546,315 common shares will be reserved for issuance. The maximum number of common shares issuable to insiders thereunder within any one-year period, or issuable to insiders at any time, under all of the Company’s security-based compensation arrangements is limited to 10% of the number of then issued and outstanding common shares. The total number of common shares which may be reserved for issuance to any one individual under the Plan within any one-year period will not exceed 5% of the issued and outstanding common shares.

A copy of the Plan was appended to the Company’s management information circular dated September 25, 2020 in connection with the Meeting, and is available on the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

About CF Energy Corp.
(Formerly “Changfeng Energy Inc.”)

CF Energy Corp. is a Canadian public company currently traded on the Toronto Venture Exchange under the stock symbol “CFY”. It is an integrated energy provider and natural gas distribution company (or natural gas utility) in the PRC. CF Energy strives to combine leading clean energy technology with natural gas usage to provide sustainable energy to its customer base in the PRC.

Contact Information

Corporate Investment Relations
[email protected]

Charles Wang
Executive Assistant to CEO & Chair of the Board
[email protected]

Frederick Wong
Director of the Board
[email protected]

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. 

AWS Advanced Technology Partner Seeing Growing Market Demand to Combine Qlik’s Data Integration and SaaS-based Analytics
with
AWS to Increase Data’s Use and Value

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Qlik® announced today that it has expanded its relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) with the recent debut of Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS in AWS Marketplace. AWS customers can now seamlessly and easily purchase Qlik’s modern data analytics platform, with Qlik’s unique associative engine and sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI), to enable enterprise-wide analytics in the cloud leveraging AWS.

The launch is the latest milestone in Qlik’s relationship with AWS. Over the past two quarters, Qlik has been recognized as an AWS Advanced Technology Partner, along with achieving the Amazon Redshift Ready designation for its data analytics platform and the Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Service Ready designation for its data integration and data analytics platforms.

“We are delighted to welcome Qlik to AWS Marketplace,” said Garth Fort, Director of Product Management, AWS Marketplace, Amazon Web Services, Inc. “By accessing Qlik’s solutions in AWS Marketplace, customers can accelerate the migration of data and strategic workloads at scale on AWS.”

Qlik’s expanded relationship with AWS now includes a wide variety of certifications and designations across its entire end-to-end data and analytics platform, including:

• AWS Advanced Technology Partner designation, which recognizes Qlik’s value proposition, alignment and commitment to delivering both data integration and analytics solutions to customers on AWS
• AWS Data and Analytics Competency designation, which ties to Qlik’s strengths in collecting, storing, governing and analyzing data at scale
• Amazon Redshift Ready designation, which validates the ability of Qlik’s entire platform to integrate with Amazon Redshift, helping customers load and transform analytics-ready data on AWS, along with architecting and implementing analytics platforms on AWS
• AWS Migration Competency designation, which is crucial for customers looking to accelerate and simplify data and workload migrations from their legacy infrastructure to AWS

By making its solutions available in AWS Marketplace, Qlik creates a clear path for customers to adopt Qlik alongside AWS as part of their core, strategic data and analytics needs.

“Leveraging Qlik and AWS gives us the ability to bring insights to life using curated data sets displayed in publicly available tools,” said Sue Cook, VP Operations & Planning of ClimateWorks Foundation. “The flexibility of AWS, when combined with Qlik Sense’s ability to blend data sources in the cloud, also helps us seamlessly scale and grow the use of data across our organization. And, with Qlik’s partner, IPC Global, monitoring and maintaining our AWS instances, we are freeing up valuable IT resources for value-add projects.”

“Being available in AWS Marketplace, along our AWS Advanced Technology Partner status and certifications, gives customers confidence that deploying Qlik alongside AWS can help drive more value from all their data in the cloud,” said Itamar Ankorion, SVP of Technology Alliances at Qlik. “Whether it’s deploying SaaS BI in the cloud, migrating analytic workloads or building real-time data integration with AWS as part of data warehouse and data lake initiatives, our unique data integration and analytics platforms can deliver for customers leveraging AWS.”

To learn more about Qlik’s data analytics and data integration solutions with AWS, visit Qlik’s sponsor page at AWS re:Invent, Qlik’s Jam Lounge during the event or https://www.qlik.com/us/products/technology/amazon-web-services.

About Qlik

Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. Qlik provides an end-to-end, real-time data integration and analytics cloud platform to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik does business in more than 100 countries and serves over 50,000 customers around the world.   

© 2020 QlikTech International AB. All rights reserved. All company and/or product names may be trade names, trademarks and/or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated.

The information provided herein is subject to change without notice. In addition, the development, release and timing of any product or functionality described herein remain at the sole discretion of Qlik and should not be relied upon in making a purchasing decision, nor as a representation, warranty or commitment to deliver specific products or functionality in the future.

NEW YORK, Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — December 8, 2020 – WisdomTree (Nasdaq: WETF) today announced that WisdomTree declared final year-end capital gains distributions for the following WisdomTree ETFs. Rates per share are listed below:

Ticker

Fund Name

Ex-date

Record Date

Payable Date

Short Term Capital Gains

Long Term Capital Gains

Total Distribution

Total Distribution (% of NAV)

AGGY

WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

$

0.10048

$

0.17151

$

0.27199

0.51

%

AGZD

WisdomTree Interest Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

CEW

WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

CXSE

WisdomTree China ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

CYB

WisdomTree Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DDLS

WisdomTree Dynamic Currency Hedged International SmallCap Equity Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DDWM

WisdomTree Dynamic Currency Hedged International Equity Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DEM

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DES

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DEW

WisdomTree Global High Dividend Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DFE

WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DFJ

WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DGRE

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DGRS

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DGRW

WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DGS

WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DHS

WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DIM

WisdomTree International MidCap Dividend Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DLN

WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DLS

WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DNL

WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DOL

WisdomTree International LargeCap Dividend Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DON

WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DOO

WisdomTree International Dividend ex-Financials Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DRW

WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Real Estate Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DTD

WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DTH

WisdomTree International High Dividend Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DTN

WisdomTree U.S. Dividend ex-Financials Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DWM

WisdomTree International Equity Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DWMF

WisdomTree International Multifactor Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DXGE

WisdomTree Germany Hedged Equity Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DXJ

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

DXJS

WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

EES

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

ELD

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

EMCB

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

EMMF

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Multifactor Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

EPI

WisdomTree India Earnings Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

EPS

WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

EUDG

WisdomTree Europe Quality Dividend Growth Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

EUSC

WisdomTree Europe Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

EZM

WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

HEDJ

WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

HYZD

WisdomTree Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

IHDG

WisdomTree International Hedged Quality Dividend Growth Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

IQDG

WisdomTree International Quality Dividend Growth Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

IXSE

WisdomTree India ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

MTGP

WisdomTree Mortgage Plus Bond Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

$

0.29933

$

0.01961

$

0.31894

0.62

%

NTSX

WisdomTree 90/60 U.S. Balanced Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

$

0.02293

$

0.02293

0.06

%

PLAT

WisdomTree Growth Leaders Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

PUTW

WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

QSY

WisdomTree U.S. Quality Shareholder Yield Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

RESD

WisdomTree International ESG Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

RESE

WisdomTree Emerging Markets ESG Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

RESP

WisdomTree U.S. ESG Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

SFHY

WisdomTree U.S. Short-Term High Yield Corporate Bond Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

SFIG

WisdomTree U.S. Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

$

0.11301

$

0.05072

$

0.16373

0.32

%

SHAG

WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Short-Term Aggregate Bond Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

$

0.09921

$

0.11636

$

0.21557

0.42

%

USDU

WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

USFR

WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

$

0.00517

–

$

0.00517

0.02

%

USMF

WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

WCLD

WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

WFHY

WisdomTree U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

WFIG

WisdomTree U.S. Corporate Bond Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

$

0.15697

$

0.03341

$

0.19038

0.34

%

WTMF

WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

XSOE

WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund

12/8/2020

12/9/2020

12/11/2020

–

–

–

–

About WisdomTree

WisdomTree Investments, Inc., through its subsidiaries in the U.S. and Europe (collectively, “WisdomTree”), is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) and exchange-traded product (“ETP”) sponsor and asset manager headquartered in New York.  WisdomTree offers products covering equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities and alternative strategies. WisdomTree currently has approximately $65.3 billion in assets under management globally.  For more information, please visit www.wisdomtree.com or follow us on Twitter @WisdomTreeETFs.

WisdomTree® is the marketing name for WisdomTree Investments, Inc. and its subsidiaries worldwide.

There are risks associated with investing including possible loss of principal. Foreign investing involves special risks, such as risk of loss from currency fluctuation or political or economic uncertainty.  Investments in real estate involve additional special risks, such as credit risk, interest rate fluctuations and the effect of varied economic conditions. Funds that focus their investments in one country or region may be significantly impacted by events and developments associated with the region which can adversely affect performance. Funds focusing on a single sector and/or smaller companies generally experience greater price volatility. Investments in emerging, offshore or frontier markets are generally less liquid and less efficient than investments in developed markets and are subject to additional risks, such as risks of adverse governmental regulation and intervention or political developments. Investments in currency involve additional special risks, such as credit risk and interest rate fluctuations. Derivative investments can be volatile, and these investments may be less liquid than other securities, and more sensitive to the effect of varied economic conditions. As these Funds can have a high concentration in some issuers the Funds can be adversely impacted by changes affecting such issuers.

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AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lottery.com announced that its flagship app is now available on the Google Play Store as a free download. This extends its services to the Android platform and provides Android users in select locations the ability to request the purchase of lottery tickets for their respective state lottery games, along with providing users all over the world lottery results for over 600 games in 38 countries in real-time.

The Google Play Store has an estimated 250 million daily downloads and significantly broadens Lottery.com’s reach, in addition to its iOS app, mobile web-app (play.lottery.com), partner APIs, data distribution, and affiliate network. Lottery.com is also the world’s largest provider of lottery data to over 400 digital publishers, including hundreds of digital newspapers, television and news sites, and major digital publishers such as Google, Verizon/Yahoo, Amazon’s Alexa devices and more.

“We believe the future of the lottery is being able to play it wherever you may be, directly on your mobile device,” said Tony DiMatteo, co-founder and CEO of Lottery.com. “Launching our flagship app in the Google Play Store is an important step forward as it significantly expands our potential user base to the many millions of people that utilize Android devices in the U.S. and around the world. We look forward to introducing our leading online platform to a vast and untapped market as we continue to expand our presence and execute our vision of becoming a global lottery marketplace suited for the digital age.”

On November 19, 2020, Lottery.com announced a binding letter of intent to combine with Trident Acquisitions Corp. (NASDAQ: TDACU, TDAC, TDACW), which would make Lottery.com a publicly traded company on The Nasdaq Stock Market.

About Lottery.com


Lottery.com
is an Austin, TX-based company enabling consumers to play state-sanctioned lottery games from their home or on the go in the US and internationally. The Company works closely with state regulators to advance the lottery industry, providing increased revenues and better regulatory capabilities, while capturing untapped market share, including millennial players. Lottery.com is also gamifying charitable giving to fundamentally change how nonprofits engage with their donors and raise funds. Through their WinTogether.org platform, they offer charitable donation sweepstakes to incentivize donors to take action by offering once in a lifetime experiences and large cash prizes.

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In connection with the proposed business combination, Trident Acquisitions Corp. (“Trident”), expects to file a preliminary proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) with the SEC for the solicitation of proxies from Trident’s shareholders. Additionally, Trident and Lottery.com Holdings will file other relevant materials with the SEC in connection with the business combination. Copies may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. A definitive proxy statement will be mailed to Trident shareholders as of a record date to be established for voting on the proposed business combination. Investors and security holders of Trident are urged to read the proxy statement and the other relevant materials when they become available before making any voting decision with respect to the proposed business combination because they will contain important information about the business combination and the parties to the business combination. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the websites referenced in this press release is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this press release.

Participants in the Solicitation

Trident and its directors and officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies of Trident’s shareholders in connection with the proposed business combination. Lottery.com and its officers and directors may also be deemed participants in such solicitation. Security holders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of certain of Trident’s executive officers and directors in the solicitation by reading Trident’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, and the Proxy Statement and other relevant materials filed with the SEC in connection with the business combination when they become available. Information concerning the interests of Trident’s participants in the solicitation, which may, in some cases, be different than those of their stockholders generally, will be set forth in the proxy statement relating to the business combination when it becomes available.

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This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or constitute a solicitation of any vote or approval.

Lottery.com Contact:

Cody Billingsley
(512) 537-5713
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LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Artelo Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARTL), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutics that modulate endogenous signaling pathways, including the endocannabinoid system, today announced that it will be presenting at the 13th Annual LD Micro Main Event investor conference on Tuesday, December 15th at 9:40 a.m. PST / 12:40 p.m. EST. Gregory D. Gorgas, Artelo’s President and CEO will be presenting to a live, virtual audience.

The Main Event will feature a new and unique format, with companies presenting for 10 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of Q&A by a panel of investors and analysts.

Register here:

ve.mysequire.com/

The Main Event will take place on December 14th and 15th, exclusively on the Sequire Virtual Events platform.

View Artelo Biosciences’ profile here: https://www.ldmicro.com/profile/ARTL

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About Artelo Biosciences

Artelo Biosciences, Inc. is a San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of proprietary therapeutics targeting endogenous signaling pathways including the endocannabinoid system. Artelo is rapidly advancing a portfolio of broadly applicable product candidates designed to address significant unmet needs in multiple diseases and conditions, including anorexia, cancer, PTSD, pain, and inflammation. Led by proven biopharmaceutical executives collaborating with highly respected researchers and technology experts, the company applies leading edge scientific, regulatory, and commercial discipline to develop high-impact therapies. More information is available at www.artelobio.com and Twitter: @ArteloBio.

About LD Micro/SEQUIRE

LD Micro begam in 2006 with the sole purpose of being an independent resource to the microcap world. What started as a newsletter highlighting unique companies, has transformed into the pre-eminent event platform in the space. For more information, please visit ldmicro.com.

The upcoming Main Event will be highlighting a new format that will benefit both executives and the investors tuning in from all over the globe. 

In September 2020, LD Micro. Inc. was acquired by SRAX, Inc., a financial technology company that unlocks data and insights for publicly traded companies. Through its premier investor intelligence and communications platform, Sequire, companies can track their investors’ behaviors and trends and use those insights to engage current and potential investors across marketing channels. For more information on SRAX, visit srax.com and mysequire.com.

Investor Relations Contact:

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Source: Artelo Biosciences via LD Micro

NEW YORK, Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NetworkNewsAudio — Pac Roots Cannabis Corp. (CSE: PACR) today announces that the company’s president and chief executive officer, Patrick Elliott, has been featured in an exclusive audio interview with NetworkNewsWire (“NNW”), a financial news and content distribution company and one of 50+ brands in the InvestorBrandNetwork (“IBN”). During the interview, Elliott discussed milestones reached since PacRoots began trading earlier this year and looked ahead to 2021.

The broadcast can be heard at The NetworkNewsAudio Interviews Podcast.

After describing how the company started trading in May 2020, Elliott explained PacRoots’ devotion to cannabis genetics. “The company is built on genetics. We believe genetics are paramount, and we deploy these into our own projects and also lean on strategic partners with good infrastructure – land, equipment and access to more land – to subsidize costs,” Elliott said.

He then focused on the importance of generating revenue in the current year. “We quickly realized we need to be revenue generating in 2020. We entered into a joint venture project, 100 acres of outdoor hemp. It was a very timely and strategic joint venture given the outdoor season, which needs to be deployed by June,” Elliott said. “The partners all contributed different assets key to this venture, so we’re going to be generating revenue here in 2020.”

Elliott also discussed the locational advantages of PacRoots’ operations. “The South Okanagan region of British Columbia has a lengthened growing season – about a month on either side. So, we can plant earlier and harvest later, stretching the flowering period to achieve optimum yields.”

A recent property acquisition is expected to catapult the company forward in 2021 and beyond. “I believe this 250-acre asset package that we acquired in early September is a very important addition to our portfolio. It’s land that is undeveloped and is owned outright by PacRoots. It provides a long development pipeline whereby we can invite and incorporate partners, which lowers our CAPEX and development costs. So, this is a massive project that will take us into 2021 and beyond.”

Please listen to the full interview with Pac Roots Cannabis Corp. President and CEO Patrick Elliott at https://nnw.fm/Dudhw.

About Pac Roots Cannabis Corp.

Pac Roots Cannabis Corp. (CSE: PACR) is the future of genetics. By focusing on elite cannabis genetic development, the company maximizes the quality of its products by keeping yields and profit margins high. PacRoots subsidizes costs with several strategic partners: Phenome One, one of the largest live genetic libraries in Canada composed of over 350+ live cultivars as well as their JV partnership with Rock Creek Farms and Speakeasy Cannabis Club, which leverages existing infrastructure, equipment and access to land on a 100-acre hemp project. This combination has the company positioned to be cash-flow positive within its first year of trading.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Pacroots.ca.

About NetworkNewsAudio (NNA)

NetworkNewsAudio (“NNA”) allows you to sit back and listen to market updates, CEO interviews and a company AudioPressRelease (“APR”). These audio clips provide snapshots of position, opportunity and momentum. NNA can assist your company by cutting through the overload of information in today’s market. NNA brings its Client Partners unparalleled visibility, recognition and brand awareness. NNA is just one site within our sizable family of 50+ brands within the InvestorBrandNetwork (“IBN”). IBN is a comprehensive provider of news and original articles; we aggregate and syndicate this content for much bigger impact. IBN also adds Press Release Enhancement and a full array of social media communication solutions and has amassed a collective audience that includes millions of social media followers. As a multifaceted financial news and distribution company with an extensive team of journalists and writers, IBN has the unparalleled ability to reach a wide audience comprising investors, consumers, journalists and the general public with an ever-growing distribution network of 5,000+ key syndication outlets across the nation.

For more information, please visit:  www.NetworkNewsAudio.com or The NetworkNewsAudio News Podcast 

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ATLANTA, Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alimera Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALIM) (Alimera), a leader in the commercialization and development of prescription ophthalmology treatments for the management of retinal diseases, today announces that CEO Rick Eiswirth will present a corporate overview at the 13th Annual LD Micro Main Event virtual investor conference on Monday, December 14 at 8:20 AM PST/11:20 AM EST. The format will be a 10-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute Q&A session with a panel of investors and analysts.

Interested participants can register to view the presentation and Q&A session at ve.mysequire.com/

View Alimera Sciences’ LD Micro profile here.

About Alimera Sciences, Inc.

Alimera Sciences is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the commercialization and development of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals. Alimera is presently focused on diseases affecting the back of the eye, or retina, because these diseases are not well treated with current therapies and affect millions of people in our aging populations. For more information, please visit www.alimerasciences.com.

About LD Micro/SEQUIRE

LD Micro began in 2006 with the sole purpose of being an independent resource to the microcap world. What started as a newsletter highlighting unique companies, transformed into a prominent event platform in the space. For more information, please visit ldmicro.com.

For press inquiries: Jules Abraham for Alimera Sciences 917-885-7378 [email protected]

For investor inquiries: Scott Gordon for Alimera Sciences [email protected]

NEW YORK, Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NetworkNewsAudio — Gage Cannabis Co., a leading vertically integrated operator in the cannabis industry, today announces Executive Chairman Bruce Linton, the former CEO and Chairman of Canopy Growth Corp. (WEED, CGC), has been featured in an exclusive audio interview with NetworkNewsWire (“NNW”), a financial news and content distribution company and one of 50+ brands in the InvestorBrandNetwork (“IBN”). During the interview, Linton provided an update on the company’s recent milestones, its record-breaking cannabis sales in Michigan, and its near-term goals, including an IPO planned for 2021.

The broadcast can be heard at The NetworkNewsAudio Interviews Podcast

After offering some insight into his decision process to join Gage Cannabis in 2019, Linton noted that the company’s future in Michigan, one of the fastest-growing legal cannabis markets in the U.S., appears extremely bright. Sales boomed during the COVID-19 lockdown period, nearly doubling to $11.9 million in Q2 from $5.8 million in Q1. The trend is expected to continue, with management forecasting sales to surpass $13.1 million by the end of Q3 – an increase of over 157% from January to September 2020.

“Those were a terrible first three months for the cannabis sector, with everything falling like a rock, like everything else,” Linton recalled. Once the state of Michigan declared cannabis dispensaries an essential service, permitting companies to operate and provide curbside order pickup, business at Gage Cannabis continued to steadily grow. “Any state that didn’t take that approach was really outdated. And then they had to get creative since you couldn’t go into the store; you had to do curbside pickup with cannabis. That brought a whole new level of interaction that was very interesting.”

Revenue projections by Michigan state budget planners suggest that the recreational market will be worth nearly $1 billion in fiscal 2021, with the potential to increase to $1.5 billion by 2023.

“We found that Michigan is doing more than $100 million a month in cannabis, so the medical and recreational opportunity is there to take a bigger market share. We have good locations with great products, so we’ll continue that climb,” Linton said. “We’re not trying to start a system where the disadvantage goes to the investor. We’re trying to create a system where we create a value gap and reward our investors.”

Looking ahead to the balance of 2020 and beyond, Linton said Gage Cannabis is focused on raising capital to continue its vertical growth plans. The company is currently planning a Canadian listing for the first quarter of 2021 and has launched a Regulation A, Tier 2, equity financing.

“So what we’ve seen is an evolution with people running away from the cannabis market in the first quarter of 2020 to people running to the market as we finish the year,” Linton said.

Please listen to the full interview with Gage Cannabis Co. Executive Chairman Bruce Linton, at https://nnw.fm/zfJK6

About Gage Cannabis Co.

Gage Cannabis Co. is innovating and curating the highest quality cannabis experiences possible for cannabis consumers in the state of Michigan and bringing internationally renowned brands to market. Through years of progressive industry experience, the firm’s founding partners have successfully built and grown operations with federal and state licenses, including cultivation, processing and retail locations. Gage’s portfolio includes city and state approvals for 19 “Class C” cultivation licenses, three processing licenses and 13 provisioning centers (dispensaries). For more information, visit the company’s website at www.GageUsa.com.

About NetworkNewsAudio (NNA)

NetworkNewsAudio
(“NNA”) allows you to sit back and listen to market updates, CEO interviews and a company AudioPressRelease (“APR”). These audio clips provide snapshots of position, opportunity and momentum. NNA can assist your company by cutting through the overload of information in today’s market. NNA brings its Client Partners unparalleled visibility, recognition and brand awareness. NNA is just one site within our sizable family of 50+ brands within the InvestorBrandNetwork (“IBN”). IBN is a comprehensive provider of news and original articles; we aggregate and syndicate this content for much bigger impact. IBN also adds Press Release Enhancement and a full array of social media communication solutions and has amassed a collective audience that includes millions of social media followers. As a multifaceted financial news and distribution company with an extensive team of journalists and writers, IBN has the unparalleled ability to reach a wide audience comprising investors, consumers, journalists and the general public with an ever-growing distribution network of 5,000+ key syndication outlets across the nation.

For more information, please visit:  www.NetworkNewsAudio.com or The NetworkNewsAudio News Podcast 

Please see full terms of use and disclaimers on the InvestorBrandNetwork website applicable to all content provided by IBN, wherever published or re-published: http://IBN.fm/Disclaimer

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