Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. (OTCQB: KAVL) Announces Senior Executive Stock Purchases

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GRANT, Fla., Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. (OTCQB: KAVL) (“Kaival Brands,” the “Company,” or “we”), a company focused on generating stockholder value by incubating innovative products into mature and dominant brands within their respective markets, announced today that Niraj Patel, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and Eric Moss, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, have purchased additional shares of KAVL common stock. The purchase of stock in the open market reflects heightened confidence by both executive officers in the continued development and potential of the Company.

Kaival Brands saw impressive revenue growth during the first nine months of this fiscal year. The Company’s expansion of the placement of the Bidi Stick in stores during the second quarter of 2020 resulted in revenues of more than $22 million. For the third quarter of 2020, the Company generated approximately $32 million in revenues during the three months ended July 31, 2020, which represented an increase of approximately 45% as compared to the second quarter of 2020.

CEO Niraj Patel commented, “I want to bolster my ownership to reflect the confidence I have in the continuous growth of our Company. The Bidi Stick is an electronic nicotine delivery system designed for current adult smokers and is manufactured and marketed with sustainability and socially responsible practices in mind. We even incentivize our customers to recycle with a one-of-a-kind rewards program. We are also hyper-vigilant in making sure the Bidi Stick does not get into the hands of young people but only those adults over 21 looking for alternatives to cigarettes.”

COO Eric Mosser shared his motivation for purchasing additional shares, commenting, “I see very few opportunities that rival our growth opportunity especially when considering the valuation.”

Kaival Brands will be presenting at the Inflection Partners’ Emerging Growth Conference on January 13th.

Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc., is a company focused on growing and incubating innovative and profitable products into mature and dominant brands in their respective markets.

Our vision is to develop internally, acquire, own, or exclusively distribute these innovative products and grow each into dominant market-share brands with superior quality and recognizable innovation.

For more information, please contact 833-4-KAIVAL or email us at [email protected].

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Microsoft and Warner Bros. Pictures Assemble All-Star Team in LeBron James, Bugs Bunny and Xbox to Celebrate Gaming and Coding Education Inspired By The Upcoming Animated, Live-Action Adventure ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’

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Fans can submit their best video game ideas and join free coding workshops with Microsoft

REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Microsoft Corp. and Warner Bros. are tipping off an epic partnership, celebrating the release of the new movie “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” coming in 2021. The campaign launch teams up Xbox with basketball champion and cultural icon LeBron James, Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Looney Tunes Tune Squad to amplify coding education and create an original Xbox arcade-style video game inspired by the movie.

 

As announced on on his Instagram, LeBron and Bugs Bunny are on the hunt for the best fan-submitted video game ideas. Starting Dec. 14 through Dec. 30, fans aged 14 and up can visit the official contest website to review official rules and submit their game ideas. To enter, fans select the gaming genre of their choosing using a key image, and then describe the game idea in less than 500 words.

Two winners will have their ideas brought to life in the official “Space Jam: A New Legacy” arcade-style video game, available as a Perk for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members in 2021. Winners will also receive the following prizes: their names featured in the game credits; an exclusive winner’s bundle with signed and authenticated LeBron James memorabilia, “Space Jam: A New Legacy” merchandise and Nike VIP packs, and a personalized Xbox Series S console; a private friends and family screening of the film; and a virtual Microsoft coding workshop for their local community.

To help coders of all ages jump-start their creativity, Microsoft Stores are hosting free, one-of-a-kind “Space Jam: A New Legacy”-themed virtual workshops on video game creation. Students will build a playable prototype of a video game using block-based coding on the MakeCode Arcade platform, while learning about the professional skills and STEAM careers involved in game design. Additional resources and other free workshops that teach new skills and keep kids entertained this holiday season can be found on the microsoft.com virtual student workshop page.  

There are also two film-themed Microsoft Learn lessons, targeting more experienced coders, older teens, high school and college-aged students, and adults, that focus on how to use player stats to make real-time decisions in the middle of a game. The first lesson includes predicting efficiency ratings with machine learning and Visual Studio Code, using data from human and Tune Squad basketball players. The second lesson includes building a web app that uses additional machine learning models in real time to help a coach decide who needs a water break and who should be put in the game to yield the highest likelihood of winning. 

The video game contest, coding workshops and lessons align with Microsoft’s greater skilling initiative, which aims at helping 25 million people — including those from underrepresented populations —acquire new digital skills and apply them to their passions.

ABOUT SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY
Welcome to the Jam! Basketball champion and cultural icon LeBron James goes on an epic adventure alongside timeless Tune Bugs Bunny with the animated/live-action event “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” from director Malcolm D. Lee and an innovative filmmaking team including Ryan Coogler and Maverick Carter. This transformational journey is a manic mashup of two worlds that reveals just how far some parents will go to connect with their kids. When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over the A.I.’s digitized champions on the court: a powered-up roster of basketball stars as you’ve never seen them before. It’s Tunes versus Goons in the highest-stakes challenge of his life, that will redefine LeBron’s bond with his son and shine a light on the power of being yourself. The ready-for-action Tunes destroy convention, supercharge their unique talents and surprise even “King” James by playing the game their own way. 

ABOUT MICROSOFT
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

 

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Shareholder Alert: Ademi LLP Investigates whether Pluralsight, Inc. has obtained a Fair Price in its transaction with Vista Equity Partners

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MILWAUKEE, Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Ademi LLP is investigating Pluralsight, Inc. (Nasdaq:PS) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of the law in its transaction with Vista.

Click here to learn how to join the action: http://ademilaw.com/case/pluralsight-inc or call Guri Ademi toll-free at 866-264-3995.  There is no cost or obligation to you.

Ademi LLP alleges Pluralsight’s financial outlook is improving and yet Pluralsight shareholders will receive only $20.26 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.5 billion. The merger agreement unreasonably limits competing bids for Pluralsight by prohibiting solicitation of further bids, and imposing a termination penalty if Pluralsight accepts a superior bid. Pluralsight insiders will receive millions of dollars as part of change of control arrangements. We are investigating the conduct of Pluralsight’s board of directors, and whether they are (i) fulfilling their fiduciary duties to all shareholders, and (ii) obtaining a fair and reasonable price for Pluralsight.

If you own common stock in Pluralsight and wish to obtain additional information, please contact Guri Ademi either at [email protected] or toll-free: 866-264-3995, or http://ademilaw.com/case/pluralsight-inc.

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Zadar/XRApplied Provides Corporate Update

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zadar Ventures Ltd. (the “Company”) (TSX. V – ZAD) (OTCQB – ZADDF) (Frankfurt – ZAV0.F) would like to take this opportunity to update its current and future shareholders. We are pleased to announce that we have received shareholder approval for the proposed acquisition by the Company of XRApplied SAS, which was announced July 31, 2020.

We have also filed a preliminary listing statement with the CSE under the name XRApplied Technologies Inc (“XRA”). Under the terms of our agreement, we will raise a minimum $700,000 and a maximum $3,500,000 at a price of $0.35 per unit by way of a non-brokered accredited investor private placement. Each unit consists of one common share and one share purchase warrant exercisable at $0.75 during the first year and $1.00 the second year.

The Company is excited to launch its new corporate website – www.xrapplied.com

About XRApplied Technologies Inc. (XRA)

XRA is an immersive technology solutions provider that specializes in bringing cost-efficient AR/VR e-commerce applications to businesses large and small. We accomplish this through a suite of proprietary products and services (AR catalog, toy gamification, AR App e-commerce, AR/VR interactive games) that we bring to the masses via our exclusive XRA Marketing Platform.

Company Chairman Mark Tommasi states, “We are thrilled to be moving forward with this acquisition in a time when AR/VR/MR technologies are disrupting every industry as we know it, and we strongly believe that we have found the right team and project to position us in this market. We are looking forward to launching a series of game changing business applications and consumer games in the AR/VR/MR space over the coming months.”

The Company advises that the transaction will acquire regulatory approval, and there is no assurance that the transaction will close. The Company will file all the necessary documents for approval of a change of business.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mark Tommasi
Chairman
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

This press release may contain certain forward-looking information. All statements included herein, other than statements of historical fact, forward-looking information and such information involves various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Specifically, there is no assurance the Company will be able to (i) raise the necessary funds to close the transaction, (ii) obtain regulatory approval, or (iii) satisfy all conditions and close the transaction. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

ZADAR VENTURES LTD.

908-510 Burrard St
Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2A8
Phone: 604-682-1643



Shareholder Alert: Ademi LLP Investigates whether TCF Financial Corporation has obtained a Fair Price in its transaction with Huntington Bancshares Incorporated

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MILWAUKEE, Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Ademi LLP is investigating TCF Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: TCF) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of the law in its transaction with Huntington.

Click here to learn how to join the action: http://ademilaw.com/case/tcf-financial-corporation or call Guri Ademi toll-free at 866-264-3995.  There is no cost or obligation to you.

Ademi LLP alleges TCF’s financial outlook is improving and yet TCF shareholders will receive only the equivalent of approximately $38 to $39 per share in an all-stock deal as of December 14, 2020. The merger agreement unreasonably limits competing bids for TCF by prohibiting solicitation of further bids, and imposing a termination penalty if TCF accepts a superior bid. TCF insiders will receive millions of dollars as part of change of control arrangements. We are investigating the conduct of TCF’s board of directors, and whether they are (i) fulfilling their fiduciary duties to all shareholders, and (ii) obtaining a fair and reasonable price for TCF.

If you own common stock in TCF and wish to obtain additional information, please contact Guri Ademi either at [email protected] or toll-free: 866-264-3995, or http://ademilaw.com/case/tcf-financial-corporation.                       

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Talonvest Delivers $59.5 Million Bridge Financing for Three NY Storage Facilities

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Talonvest Capital, Inc., a boutique mortgage brokerage firm, negotiated a $59,500,000 refinance bridge loan on behalf of new client, LSC Development, LLC. The financing was secured by three recently constructed, Class-A storage facilities located in Oceanside, Garden City and Hewlett, New York. The non-recourse bridge loan was funded by a global investment management firm willing to offer 80%+ leverage based on the extensive experience of the sponsor, superior locations, and the quality of the assets. The loan included a 48-month term with extension options, and partial repatriation of ownership equity.  

All the properties benefit from irreplaceable locations in densely populated, yet substantially undersupplied trade areas on Long Island. The properties are insulated from the impacts of new supply as there is little to no developable land available due to the nature of these fully built out, mature New York submarkets. The assets, which are in various stages of lease-up, were developed by LSC and offer best-in-class design that quickly aided in accelerating leasing velocity.

Chris Barry and Jean Jodoin, Principals of LSC Development, commented, “This was our first experience working with Talonvest and we were impressed by their relationships and expertise.” John Nikolich of LSC added, “The Talonvest team negotiated hard on our behalf, were engaged throughout the process and delivered an attractive loan that closed quickly.” The Talonvest team representing LSC on this assignment included Kim Bishop, Jim Davies, Tom Sherlock, David Dirienzo, and Lauren Maehler.

About Talonvest Capital, Inc.:

Talonvest Capital, Inc. is a boutique real estate firm providing advisory services to commercial and self storage real estate investors, owners, and developers throughout the United States. The firm utilizes a unique collaborative team approach and four decades of institutional knowledge and expertise from the team members to deliver better capital solutions for its clients.



Contact:
Amanda Waite
Talonvest Capital, Inc.
949.648.0337
[email protected]

Addex Announces Filing of Registration Statement for Proposed Public Offering of Securities

Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2020 Addex Therapeutics Ltd (SIX: ADXN and Nasdaq: ADXN), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company pioneering allosteric modulation-based drug discovery and development announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed underwritten public offering of shares, including those to be settled in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs). Each ADS represents the right to receive six shares of Addex.  The terms of the offering have not been determined, and the offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed. The Company will be concurrently offering the shares in Europe (other than Switzerland) in a private placement to qualified investors, and in Switzerland through private placements.

H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as sole book-running manager for the offering.

The proposed offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. Once available, an electronic copy of the preliminary prospectus relating to, and describing the terms of, the offering may be obtained from H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at (646) 975-6996 or e-mail at [email protected] or on the SEC’s website.

A registration statement on Form F-1 relating to the proposed sale of these securities has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted, prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. There is no intention or permission to publicly offer, solicit, sell or advertise, directly or indirectly, any securities of Addex Therapeutics Ltd in or into Switzerland within the meaning of the Swiss Financial Services Act (“FinSA”). Neither this document nor any other offering or marketing material relating to these securities, such as the shares, constitutes or will constitute a prospectus pursuant to the FinSA, and neither this document nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the shares constitutes a prospectus pursuant to the FinSA, and neither this document nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the shares may be publicly distributed or otherwise made publicly available in Switzerland.

About Addex Therapeutics:


Addex Therapeutics 
is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of an emerging class of novel orally available small molecule drugs known as allosteric modulators for neurological disorders. Allosteric modulators offer several potential advantages over conventional non-allosteric molecules and may offer an improved therapeutic approach to conventional “orthosteric” small molecule or biological drugs. Addex’s allosteric modulator drug discovery platform targets receptors and other proteins that are recognized as essential for therapeutic intervention. Addex’s lead drug candidate, dipraglurant (mGlu5 negative allosteric modulator or NAM), is poised to start  a pivotal registration clinical trial for Parkinson’s disease levodopa induced dyskinesia (PD-LID) in 2021. Addex is also investigating dipraglurant’s therapeutic use in blepharospasm (a type of dystonia), for which a clinical trial is expected to be initiated in 2021. Addex’s third clinical program, ADX71149 (mGlu2 positive allosteric modulator or PAM), developed in collaboration with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc, is scheduled to enter a phase 2a proof of concept clinical study for the treatment of epilepsy in 2021. Addex’s GABAB PAM program has been licensed to Indivior PLC for the treatment of addiction. Preclinical programs include GABAB PAM for CMT1A, mGlu7 NAM for PTSD, mGlu2 NAM for mild neurocognitive disorders, mGlu4 PAM for Parkinson’s disease and mGlu3 PAM for neurodegenerative disorders. 

Press Contacts:

Tim Dyer
Chief Executive Officer
Telephone: +41 22 884 15 55
Email: [email protected]
Mike Sinclair
Partner, Halsin Partners
+44 (0)20 7318 2955
[email protected]

Forward Looking Statements:

Statements in this announcement concerning the timing and terms of the anticipated offering of the Company’s securities are forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties, including those risks described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on April 27, 2020, as well as market conditions and regulatory review.



ProcessMaker Announces New Integration with Typeform to Power Form-based Workflows

Durham, NC, Dec. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ProcessMaker, a leader in enterprise workflow automation and business process management, and Typeform, a leading online form building software company, are unveiling a new workflow integration today for Typeform users.

This new integration allows Typeform users to easily turn their forms into powerful workflows with point-and-click functionality. Workflow for Typeform provides the ability to control workflows entirely from email and/or Slack, as well as create workflows with multiple levels of approvers, with the help of ad-hoc reassignment, workflow history logs, one-click reassignment and reporting.

“Typeform has a very unique approach to forms with their elegant, single-question style forms,” said Brian Reale, founder and CEO of ProcessMaker. “Many Typeform users have been looking for a way to  connect their Typeforms to business approval workflows – now they can do just that with Workflow for Typeform.”

Thousands of companies of all sizes collect data with Typeform. These companies will now have the ability to easily add workflows to their forms without coding.

“Typeform was founded on the belief that every interaction counts. With the Workflow for Typeform integration, the approval process is simplified on both sides, meaning fewer, and better, interactions. It’s a win-win,” said Francois Grenier, Head of Product Partnerships at Typeform.

Once a workflow, known as an “action,” has been set up, it is triggered by the submission of a Typeform and is completely dynamic. Further, multiple “actions” can be linked together to form more complex workflows. The workflow itself lives entirely in email and/or Slack and does not require anyone interacting with the workflow to login to software in order to make a decision or comment. With the history of the workflow appended to every request, each member of the workflow is fully informed to make the best possible decision.

Workflow for Typeform is now available to all Typeform users and provides the ability to add a critical layer of intelligent workflow to any Typeform. This new integration by ProcessMaker will give Typeform users the ability to create powerful form-based workflows in a matter of clicks.

To learn more about Workflow for Typeform, visit www.workflowfortypeform.com and the integration listing on Typeform Connect.

About Typeform

Founded in 2012 by David Okuniev and Robert Muñoz, Typeform transformed traditional online data collection methods into an intuitive, conversational experience, and put an end to boring, lifeless forms. With Typeform, people can easily create beautifully-designed, interactive, and mobile-optimized surveys & forms that people love to interact with, and with no technical experience necessary. One customer remarked, “It’s not just a form, it feels like a conversation.” Typeform currently employs 270 people and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, with an office in San Francisco, California. For more information, please visit www.typeform.com

About ProcessMaker

ProcessMaker is a low-code BPM and workflow automation platform. ProcessMaker makes it easy for business analysts to automate complex cross functional workflows  that connect people and existing company systems. Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina in the United States, ProcessMaker has a partner network spread across 35 countries on five continents. Hundreds of commercial customers, including many Fortune 100 companies, rely on ProcessMaker to digitally transform their core business processes enabling faster decision making, improved compliance, and better performance. 

 

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Investor Alert: Ademi LLP Announces Filing of Class Action against Splunk Inc.

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MILWAUKEE, Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Ademi LLP reminds investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of investors who acquired Splunk Inc. (“Splunk”) (NASDAQ: SPLK) securities. Investors have until February 2, 2021 to apply to the Court to be appointed as lead plaintiff in the lawsuit.

Click here to learn more about the investigation: http://ademilaw.com/case/splunk-inc or call Guri Ademi toll-free at 866-264-3995. There is no cost or obligation to you.

Ademi LLP’s investigation focuses on whether Splunk issued false and misleading statements regarding its financial statements and prospects during August 2020 to December 2, 2020.  Specifically, Splunk’s third quarter revenue was $559 million, down 11% compared to last year. Analysts were expecting revenue of approximately $613 million. Splunk also reported an adjusted loss per share of $1.26, shockingly lower than the $0.09 per share in profit analysts had been predicting.  BTIG stated that Splunk’s explanation for these dismal financial results was “confusing given that most peers in the software space (and particularly in security software) saw relatively strong trends” in the quarter. Most analysts downgraded Splunk, with JPMorgan stating that it was “blindsided by the magnitude of too many large deals slipping in the final days of October.”

If you wish to obtain additional information or have information about this investigation of Splunk, please contact Guri Ademi either at [email protected] or toll-free: 866-264-3995, http://ademilaw.com/case/splunk-inc.                    

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IIROC Trading Halt – HVT.WT

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VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 14, 2020 /CNW/ – The following issues have been halted by IIROC:

Company: Harvest One Cannabis Inc.

TSX-Venture Symbol: HVT.WT

All Issues: No

Reason: Pending Delisting

Halt Time (ET): 12:00 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.

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