TEGNA Foundation and Stations Partner with Community Nonprofits to Address COVID-19 Relief, Social Justice and Other Pressing Needs

TEGNA Foundation and Stations Partner with Community Nonprofits to Address COVID-19 Relief, Social Justice and Other Pressing Needs

TYSONS, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
The TEGNA Foundation, the charitable foundation sponsored by TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA), in partnership with location stations, today announced it is awarding 170 Community Grants in 48 markets to address COVID-19 relief, social justice initiatives and other pressing community needs. A summary of the TEGNA Foundation’s 2020 Community Grant awards totaling $1.85 million can be found here.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, TEGNA stations have served the greater good of their communities by helping raise more than $65 million for COVID-19 relief efforts through virtual telethons and fundraisers, awareness campaigns, food drives and other initiatives. These efforts have been further strengthened through stations’ grantmaking. In 2020, 36 percent of TEGNA Foundation’s Community Grants directly supported COVID-19 relief efforts.

In response to the racial equality movement of 2020, TEGNA stations acted to address urgent community needs through coverage of local and national demonstrations and by facilitating honest conversations about race in America. Many stations created special programming on systemic racism and social inequality, such as KING’s (Seattle) Facing Race series. TEGNA stations also made 29 grants to nonprofits in their communities focusing on racial and social equality. In addition to local grantmaking, the TEGNA Foundation made a grant of $100,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

“During these extraordinary times, our stations’ fundraising and grantmaking efforts demonstrate our commitment to empowering local communities to build a better and more equitable future,” said Dave Lougee, president and CEO, TEGNA. “We are proud to support all of our local partners and thank them for the inspiring work they are doing to serve the greater good.”

TEGNA Foundation Community Grants are distributed within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal framework, with most grants in 2020 supporting the following three categories: Good Health and Well-Being (42 percent), Quality Education (24 percent), and Zero Hunger (19 percent).

Examples of impactful grants supporting causes that are significant in TEGNA stations’ communities include:

Addressing the urgent needs of students during the pandemic

KHOU, in Houston, Texas, is helping to serve the estimated 50,000 students in the Houston area who lack the resources required for distance learning. KHOU has partnered with Comp-U-Dopt to help provide computers for students in need. In addition to their grant, KHOU hosted a “Computers for Kids” telethon which raised an additional $75,000 to provide computers for students who otherwise would be without.

“With the support of the TEGNA Foundation, we are able to supply hundreds of computers to families who need them the most during this unprecedented time,” said Colin Dempsey, executive director, Houston & Galveston, Comp-U-Dopt. “The computer is more than just a tool for distance learning – it is a lifeline for families to connect to resources both big and small. 46 percent of families living at or below the federal poverty line still do not have access to a computer in their homes here in Houston. Getting these computers into the hands of students and families is only possible through dedicated community partners like KHOU and the TEGNA Foundation. Thank you for helping us to bridge the digital divide here in Houston.”

Supporting racial and social justice initiatives in our communities

11Alive (WXIA) in Atlanta, Georgia has concentrated much of its grantmaking in 2020 to address social justice and racial equality issues in the Atlanta area. One of the station’s partners, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR), is one of the foremost museums dedicated to civil rights, connecting Atlanta’s civil rights legacy to the global human rights movement. 11Alive’s grant to the NCCHR will support social justice training and events as part of the Center’s Campaign for Equal Dignity.

“The Center is very proud of our partnership with 11Alive,” said Jill Savitt, president and CEO, National Center for Civil and Human Rights. “By sponsoring our Campaign for Equal Dignity, 11Alive and the TEGNA Foundation allowed us to create and broadcast brave conversations about racial justice. In addition, 11Alive has created programming to make sure community voices are heard, and has also committed to ensuring its staff is diverse and treated equitably, partnering with us to host honest conversations with their team.”

Continuing to support longstanding partners

In addition to making grants that help fund COVID-19 relief efforts, our stations also continued working with local partners to fund their important community work. WUSA9 in Washington, DC partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington to support new virtual programming options and in-person programs (COVID-19 appropriate capacity) for the 2020-2021 school year.

“At BGCGW, our mission is unwavering, to help boys and girls of all backgrounds, especially those who need us most,” said Gabrielle Webster, president & CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington. “With support from WUSA, the TEGNA Foundation and our other partners, BGCGW has increased programming hours from four hours to up to 12 hours a day. Since March, we have distributed over 17,0000 meals including on weekends, and created virtual programming via Clubhouse @ Your House to reach kids unable to receive Club resources in person.”

About TEGNA Foundation

The TEGNA Foundation is a corporate foundation sponsored by TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA), an innovative media company that serves the greater good of our communities. Through its programs, TEGNA Foundation helps to improve lives in the communities served by TEGNA Inc., invests in the future of the media industry, encourages employee giving and contributes to a variety of charitable causes. For more information visit www.TEGNAFoundation.org.

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Sesen Bio Announces Partnership with Hikma Pharmaceuticals for the Commercialization of Vicineum™ in the Middle East and North Africa

Sesen Bio Announces Partnership with Hikma Pharmaceuticals for the Commercialization of Vicineum™ in the Middle East and North Africa

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sesen Bio (Nasdaq: SESN), a late-stage clinical company developing targeted fusion protein therapeutics for the treatment of patients with cancer, and Hikma Pharmaceuticals, a multi-national pharmaceutical company and leading licensing partner in the Middle East and North Africa (“MENA”) region specializing in the development and commercialization of a broad range of high-quality medicines, today announced that the companies have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement for the registration and commercialization of Vicineum for the treatment of BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (“NMIBC”) and other types of cancer in MENA. Vicineum, a locally administered fusion protein, is Sesen Bio’s lead product candidate currently in the follow-up stage of a Phase 3 registration trial for the treatment of high-risk, BCG-unresponsive NMIBC. In December 2019, the Company initiated the BLA submission for Vicineum to the FDA under Rolling Review.

“Sesen is committed to saving and improving the lives of patients, and Hikma is an ideal partner to deliver Vicineum to patients with NMIBC in the MENA region,” said Dr. Thomas Cannell, president and chief executive officer of Sesen Bio. “As we continue to work toward regulatory approval in the US and Europe, we also continue to execute partnerships outside of the US as part of our mission to deliver this important medicine to patients around the world. Hikma has strong expertise in commercializing innovative products in the MENA region and a successful track record of serving patients worldwide. This partnership represents a further step in realizing the significant global opportunity for Vicineum.”

“At Hikma, we believe that partnerships with innovative pharma companies are a key contributor to the success of our business. We are very pleased to enter into an exclusive partnership with Sesen given their expertise in NMIBC and the strong clinical profile of Vicineum,” said Mazen Darwazah, Hikma’s Executive Vice Chairman and President of MENA. “As a company whose mission is to put better health within reach every day, we regard being the partner of choice to Sesen in MENA as a key collaboration that augments Hikma’s biotechnology and oncology portfolio to deliver on our strategy of bringing innovative products to patients in the region. Vicineum – our first innovative fusion protein – is a highly differentiated product candidate and is positioned to make a meaningful impact on the lives of bladder cancer patients.”

Under the terms of the agreement, Sesen Bio granted Hikma an exclusive license to register and commercialize Vicineum in all 19 MENA markets in an arrangement anticipated to deliver equal value share to both parties. Financial terms of the agreement are confidential and include an upfront payment to Sesen Bio, sales related milestone payments, and royalties on net sales in the region for the term of the agreement. Sesen Bio retains full development and commercialization rights for Vicineum for the treatment of NMIBC in the US and the rest of the world excluding Greater China and MENA.

Al-Tamimi and Hogan Lovells acted as legal advisors to Sesen Bio for this transaction.

About Vicineum™

Vicineum, a locally administered fusion protein, is Sesen Bio’s lead product candidate currently in the follow-up stage of a Phase 3 registration trial for the treatment of high-risk, BCG-unresponsive NMIBC. In December 2019, the Company initiated the BLA submission for Vicineum to the FDA under Rolling Review. Vicineum is comprised of a recombinant fusion protein that targets epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) antigens on the surface of tumor cells to deliver a potent protein payload, Pseudomonas Exotoxin A. Vicineum is constructed with a stable, genetically engineered peptide tether to ensure the payload remains attached until it is internalized by the cancer cell, which is believed to decrease the risk of toxicity to healthy tissues, thereby improving its safety. In prior clinical trials conducted by Sesen Bio, EpCAM has been shown to be overexpressed in NMIBC cells with minimal to no EpCAM expression observed on normal bladder cells. Sesen Bio is currently conducting the Phase 3 VISTA trial, designed to support the registration of Vicineum for the treatment of high-risk NMIBC in patients who have previously received a minimum of two courses of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and whose disease is now BCG-unresponsive. Additionally, Sesen Bio believes that cancer cell-killing properties of Vicineum promote an anti-tumor immune response that may potentially combine well with immuno-oncology drugs, such as checkpoint inhibitors. The activity of Vicineum in BCG-unresponsive NMIBC is also being explored at the US National Cancer Institute in combination with AstraZeneca’s immune checkpoint inhibitor durvalumab.

About Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Bladder cancer is the sixth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, and approximately 80 percent of patients have non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). In NMIBC, cancer cells are in the lining of the bladder or have grown into the lumen of the bladder but have not spread into muscle or other tissue. NMIBC primarily affects men and is associated with carcinogen exposure. Initial treatment includes surgical resection; however, there is a high rate of recurrence and more than 60 percent of all patients diagnosed with NMIBC will receive bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy. While BCG is effective in many patients, challenges with tolerability have been observed and many patients will experience recurrence of disease. If BCG is not effective or a patient can longer receive BCG, the recommended option for treatment is radical cystectomy, the complete removal of the bladder.

About Sesen Bio

Sesen Bio, Inc. is a late-stage clinical company advancing targeted fusion protein therapeutics for the treatment of patients with cancer. The Company’s lead program, Vicineum™, also known as VB4-845, is currently in a Phase 3 registration trial for the treatment of high-risk, BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). In December 2019, the Company initiated the BLA submission for Vicineum to the FDA under Rolling Review. Vicineum is a locally administered targeted fusion protein composed of an anti-EpCAM antibody fragment tethered to a truncated form of Pseudomonas Exotoxin A for the treatment of high-risk NMIBC. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.sesenbio.com.

About Hikma Pharmaceuticals

(LSE: HIK) (NASDAQ Dubai: HIK) (OTC: HKMPY) (rated BBB-/stable S&P, BBB-/stable Fitch and Ba1/stable Moody’s)

Hikma helps put better health within reach every day for millions of people in more than 50 countries around the world. For more than 40 years, we’ve been creating high-quality medicines and making them accessible to the people who need them. Headquartered in the UK, we are a global company with a local presence across the United States (US), the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Europe, and we use our unique insight and expertise to transform cutting-edge science into innovative solutions that transform people’s lives. We’re committed to our customers, and the people they care for, and by thinking creatively and acting practically, we provide them with a broad range of branded and non-branded generic medicines. Together, our 8,600 colleagues are helping to shape a healthier world that enriches all our communities. We are a leading licensing partner, and through our venture capital arm, are helping bring innovative health technologies to people around the world. For more information, please visit: www.hikma.com

Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements

Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects for the Company, the Company’s strategy, future operations, and other statements containing the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “target,” “potential,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “continue,” and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: our ability to successfully develop our product candidates and complete our planned clinical programs, expectations regarding the safety and efficacy of Vicineum, expectations regarding possible milestone and royalty payments under the license agreement with Hikma, expectations regarding Hikma’s ability to register and commercialize Vicineum in MENA, expectations regarding potential partnerships to develop and commercialize Vicineum outside of the US, and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company’s views as of the date hereof. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause the Company’s views to change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date hereof.

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Midco Communications Taps Clearfield® to Help Break Broadband Barriers by Topping Structures with Wireless Backhaul Solutions

Midco Communications Taps Clearfield® to Help Break Broadband Barriers by Topping Structures with Wireless Backhaul Solutions

Deployment fuels rural Midwest region with connectivity to support industries like farming and manufacturing

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLFD), the specialist in fiber management for communication service providers, today announced that Midco Communications (Midco) is utilizing its Clearfield YOURx™ Flex Box, Clearview® Blue Cassette, FieldShield® FLATdrop and fiber cables to cost effectively create higher bandwidth point-to-point wireless backhaul connections in its network. Clearfield and Midco collaborated to craft a unique approach to bringing fiber from the base to the top of tall structures such as grain elevators, grain legs and water towers to serve as signal hand-off sites to provide broadband to the communities it serves.

Midco serves more than 400,000 customers across Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Its service area reaches many rural communities and geographical locations that are exposed to harsh natural environments such as blizzards and high winds. To deliver broadband services, Midco needed a connectivity approach to link places that could not be reached with fiber today and equipment able to withstand the harsh outdoor environments. By listening to Midco’s needs, including working with components such as radios that were not specifically designed for fiber, Clearfield was able to produce custom, future-proof solutions that enabled Midco to place 24 fibers, nearly double the quantity in a traditional deployment, to the top of existing structures with one cable. To-date, Midco has installed Clearfield’s fiber solutions at fifteen sites with plans to continue deployment at additional sites, offering its subscribers in rural and farming communities 100 Mbps connections and enabling them to benefit from the lifestyle better broadband provides.

“Clearfield truly acted as a partner to Midco by listening to the needs of our unique situation and providing custom solutions that enabled us to address the need for fixed wireless access in our service area,” said Jeremy Billings, GM-Regional Engineering at Midco. “We set a goal of getting the fiber from the top of a tall structure to the bottom in about 15 minutes, which seemed laughably fast to other people. Despite this being an unusual deployment scenario, Clearfield was able to cut that down goal to just five minutes, helping us exceed our installation goal and more quickly deliver services to customers within range.”

To meet the installation time goal, Clearfield’s YOURx Flex Box arrived at Midco with a 300 foot FieldShield FLATdrop pigtail. At the top of the structure, the Flex Box was mounted on a rail. From the Flex Box, the duplex assembly was installed onto the structure to the individual radios; one cable per radio. The radio side of the assembly used a specially designed protective sleeve and a collar to ensure network integrity. By using this approach and preconfigured solutions, Clearfield was able to complete this deployment in two hours, saving money and speeding time to service availability.

“Clearfield is proud to help service providers, like Midco, strengthen its service offerings to meet the growing broadband demands of subscribers regardless of location,” said Kevin Morgan, Chief Marketing Officer at Clearfield. “Rural America requires reliable connectivity just as much as urban areas in today’s environment. Our work with Midco is a demonstration of our commitment to helping service providers reduce the high costs associated with deploying, managing, protecting and scaling a fiber optic network to deliver the mobile, residential and business services customers require.”

To learn more about this deployment please visit the associated case study or www.SeeClearfield.com.

About Clearfield, Inc.

Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLFD) designs, manufactures and distributes fiber optic management, protection and delivery products for communications networks. Our “fiber to anywhere” platform serves the unique requirements of leading incumbent local exchange carriers (traditional carriers), competitive local exchange carriers (alternative carriers), and MSO/cable TV companies, while also catering to the broadband needs of the utility/municipality, enterprise, data center and military markets. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, Clearfield deploys more than a million fiber ports each year. For more information, visit www.SeeClearfield.com

About Midco

Founded in 1931, Midco is the leading provider of internet and networking, voice, data center, cable TV, phone, home security and advertising services in the Midwest. More than 400,000 residential and business customers count on Midco services in 342 communities in Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Visit Midco.com to learn more about Midco and how the company gives back to the communities it serves.

Katie Brown

Connect2 Communications for Clearfield, Inc.

803.507.2437

[email protected]

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General Mills Debuts Sesame Street Cereal, Bringing ABCs and 123s to the Breakfast Bowl

General Mills Debuts Sesame Street Cereal, Bringing ABCs and 123s to the Breakfast Bowl

General Mills teams up with beloved nonprofit to promote nutrition and education for growing kids

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Breakfast just got more fun, delicious, and educational with the launch of Sesame Street Cereal, made by General Mills. The new cereal, which will begin to appear on store shelves in January, supports growing bodies with many essential nutrients and engages curious young minds with activities and stories. The cereal features two varieties: berry flavor with number-shaped pieces and cinnamon flavor with letter-shaped pieces, and the back of each box opens like a book, featuring dual-language (English and Spanish) short stories with Elmo.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201201005196/en/

General Mills launches Sesame Street Cereal which will begin to appear on store shelves in January and supports growing bodies with many essential nutrients and engages curious young minds with activities and stories on every box. (Photo: Business Wire)

General Mills launches Sesame Street Cereal which will begin to appear on store shelves in January and supports growing bodies with many essential nutrients and engages curious young minds with activities and stories on every box. (Photo: Business Wire)

“We are thrilled to team up with Sesame Street, to launch cereals with key nutrients, delicious flavors, and playful learning opportunities to make breakfast that much more meaningful for parents and kids alike,” said Hillary Balma, Senior Brand Manager, General Mills. “We know that breakfast can be challenging for parents who are struggling to find foods that offer both the nutrition and the fun flavors kids want.”

Cereal is an easy, affordable, and delicious way to deliver the nutrients kids need. As the number one source of whole grain at breakfast and just $0.50 per serving on average when paired with low-fat milk, cereal is hard to beat. Sesame Street Cereal supports the growing bodies of its young fans, delivering many key nutrients, including:

  • Good source of fiber, to help support little tummies
  • Good Source of Calcium and Vitamin D, to help build strong bones
  • Good source of Vitamin E, an essential nutrient

To create meaningful playful learning opportunities at breakfast, Sesame Street Cereal boxes offer games and six dual-language stories with everyone’s favorite 3½ -year-old monster, Elmo. Story themes include Elmo Visits the Farm, Elmo’s Day at School, On the Go with Elmo, and others. Each story follows Elmo and his friends as they play and learn on Sesame Street and prompts questions to help kids stretch their imaginations, engage in counting, recognize shapes and letters, and more.

For over 50 years, Sesame Street, produced by the nonprofit organization Sesame Workshop, has delivered not only school-readiness lessons promoting literacy and numeracy, but also age-appropriate guidance on healthy habits, self-expression and self-regulation, empathy, friendship, and much more.

“Sesame Workshop’s mission is to help kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder, and that means nourishing the mind and body,” said Gabriela Arenas, Vice President of Licensing, North America, Sesame Workshop. “Breakfast gives kids the boost they need to grow, play, and learn each day. We’re pleased to team up with General Mills to give families a nutritious meal choice and an opportunity to start the morning with their favorite Sesame Street friends.”

Sesame Street Cereal will be available nationwide at most major retailers beginning in January 2021.

About General Mills

General Mills is a leading global food company whose purpose is to make food the world loves. Its brands include Cheerios, Annie’s, Yoplait, Nature Valley, Häagen-Dazs, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Old El Paso, Wanchai Ferry, Yoki, BLUE and more. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, General Mills generated fiscal 2020 net sales of U.S. $17.6 billion. In addition, General Mills’ share of non-consolidated joint venture net sales totaled U.S. $1.0 billion.

About Sesame Workshop

Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, the pioneering television show that has been reaching and teaching children since 1969. Today, Sesame Workshop is an innovative force for change, with a mission to help kids everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. We’re present in more than 150 countries, serving vulnerable children through a wide range of media, formal education, and philanthropically funded social impact programs, each grounded in rigorous research and tailored to the needs and cultures of the communities we serve. For more information, please visit www.sesameworkshop.org.

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General Mills Corporate Communications

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763-764-6364

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General Mills launches Sesame Street Cereal which will begin to appear on store shelves in January and supports growing bodies with many essential nutrients and engages curious young minds with activities and stories on every box. (Photo: Business Wire)

TCF Bank Chooses Entrust to Deliver Instant Issuance Experience at Banking Centers Across the Midwest

TCF Bank Chooses Entrust to Deliver Instant Issuance Experience at Banking Centers Across the Midwest

With Entrust’s PCI-CP certified cloud-based instant issuance solution, TCF Bank customers can get permanent debit cards instantly at their local banking centers

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TCF National Bank chose Entrust to provide instant debit card issuance technology and services for most of its more than 465 banking centers in the Midwest, the companies announced today.

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Banks are working quickly to meet customer demand for on-demand assistance and, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, touchless service and access to new secure contactless payment card technology. With Entrust’s instant issuance solution, customers can receive a personalized card immediately in the banking center upon opening an account, or to replace lost or stolen cards. Behind the scenes, Entrust supports the banking centers with comprehensive services to make sure the instant issuance system is ready and available for their customers.

“TCF Bank is pleased to be able to provide this core benefit to our customers across our footprint, enhancing their experience with our bank. With this deployment, our customers can receive a personalized, contactless chip-enabled, TCF debit card on the spot in our banking centers,” said Jake Buckingham, Vice President, Debit and Credit Card Product Manager at TCF. “The biggest advantage of the Entrust solution is the ability to remotely monitor and manage our fleet of instant issuance printers, seamlessly managing system maintenance and supplies across our footprint. This makes life easier for our frontline team members – so that they can count on the system and keep their focus on providing an easy, friendly banking experience for our customers.”

Entrust will deliver enhanced card color and quality and comprehensive services for its instant issuance fleet for most of TCF’s banking centers, which are located in Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, Colorado, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Entrust instant issuance solutions include cloud-based or on-premises card personalization and activation software, high-quality desktop card printers and embosser and a suite of services for monitoring devices, managing supplies and supporting users remotely and onsite.

“Banks like TCF are rapidly adapting to changing market conditions. Entrust’s cloud-based instant issuance solution provides them the agility they need to improve the customer experience and deliver it consistently across their growing enterprise,” said Tony Ball, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Instant Issuance at Entrust. “TCF Bank is on a mission to improve the banking experience for its customers and we are proud to support them as they grow.”

For more information about Entrust’s instant card issuance solutions, visit https://www.entrust.com/issuance-systems/instant/financial-card.

About TCF

TCF Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: TCF) is a Detroit, Michigan-based financial holding company with $48 billion in total assets at September 30, 2020, and a top 10 deposit market share in the Midwest. TCF’s primary banking subsidiary, TCF National Bank, is a premier Midwest bank offering consumer and commercial banking, trust and wealth management, and specialty leasing and lending products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients. TCF has approximately more than 475 banking centers primarily located in Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota with additional locations in Colorado, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. TCF also conducts business across all 50 states and Canada through its specialty lending and leasing businesses. To learn more about TCF, visit tcfbank.com.

About Entrust Corporation

Entrust keeps the world moving safely by enabling trusted identities, payments and data protection. Today more than ever, people demand seamless, secure experiences, whether they’re crossing borders, making a purchase, accessing e-government services or logging into corporate networks. Entrust offers an unmatched breadth of digital security and credential issuance solutions at the very heart of all these interactions. With more than 2,500 colleagues, a network of global partners, and customers in over 150 countries, it’s no wonder the world’s most entrusted organizations trust us. For more information, visit www.entrust.com.

Entrust:

Ken Kadet, VP, Public Relations

952-937-1154 | [email protected]

TCF Bank:

Randi Berris, SVP, Director of Corporate Communications

248-608-5239 | [email protected]

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CyrusOne Launches Google Cloud Direct Connect Offering

CyrusOne Launches Google Cloud Direct Connect Offering

Service Simplifies Hybrid Cloud Deployments for Customers

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CyrusOne Inc. (NASDAQ: CONE), a premier global data center real estate investment trust (REIT), today announced new options for direct connectivity to Google Cloud, with the addition of five new direct on-ramps in Aurora, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, and the newly operational Council Bluffs facility. As part of Google Cloud Interconnect, the new direct connect locations provide CyrusOne customers with simple, cost-effective solutions for creating hybrid cloud environments tailored to their specific business needs. In addition to offering these direct on-ramps, CyrusOne also provides virtual access to Google Cloud through the CyrusOne National IX, which delivers interconnection across states and between metro-enabled sites within the CyrusOne portfolio.

Expanding on CyrusOne’s partnership with Google Cloud to provide comprehensive infrastructure and application services, the new offerings create a unique opportunity for enterprise customers to:

  • Leverage Google Cloud’s portfolio of products and compute capacity
  • Test new workloads in the cloud while maintaining an on-prem workload at CyrusOne
  • Access reliable, high-performance cloud solutions with extremely low latency
  • Scale quickly and efficiently at the necessary bandwidth for any application

“At CyrusOne, we are working to help our enterprise customers succeed in their digital transformations and meet their cloud requirements,” said Brent Behrman, executive vice president of sales at CyrusOne. “Incorporating a direct connection to Google Cloud gives our customers access to Google Cloud’s full portfolio of services for scalable, flexible, and cost-effective cloud solutions.”

For more information on CyrusOne’s partnership with Google Cloud, visit here: https://cyrusone.com/solutions/cloud-solutions/google-cloud-platform/.

About CyrusOne

CyrusOne (NASDAQ: CONE) is a premier global REIT specializing in design, construction and operation of more than 50 high-performance data centers worldwide. The company provides mission-critical facilities that ensure the continued operation of IT infrastructure for approximately 1,000 customers, including approximately 200 Fortune 1,000 companies.

A leader in hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud deployments, CyrusOne offers colocation, hyperscale, and build-to-suit environments that help customers enhance the strategic connection of their essential data infrastructure and support achievement of sustainability goals. CyrusOne data centers offer world-class flexibility, enabling clients to modernize, simplify, and rapidly respond to changing demand. Combining exceptional financial strength with a broad global footprint, CyrusOne provides customers with long-term stability and strategic advantage at scale.

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CyberArk to Webcast Virtual Investor Events

CyberArk to Webcast Virtual Investor Events

NEWTON, Mass. & PETACH TIKVA, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the global leader in privileged access management, today announced that it will webcast its presentations at upcoming virtual conferences:

UBS Global TMT Virtual Conference

Monday, December 7, 2020

8:25 a.m. EST

Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

8:00 a.m. EST

The presentations will be webcast, and an archive of the presentations will be available for a limited time under the “Events & Presentations” section on the company’s investor relations website (http://investors.cyberark.com/).

About CyberArk

CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR) is the global leader in privileged access management, a critical layer of IT security to protect data, infrastructure and assets across cloud and hybrid environments, and throughout the DevOps pipeline. CyberArk delivers the industry’s most complete solution to reduce risk created by privileged credentials and secrets. The company is trusted by the world’s leading organizations, including more than 50 percent of the Fortune 500, to protect against external attackers and malicious insiders. A global company, CyberArk is headquartered in Petach Tikva, Israel, with U.S. headquarters located in Newton, Mass. The company also has offices throughout the Americas, EMEA, Asia Pacific and Japan. To learn more about CyberArk, visit www.cyberark.com, read the CyberArk blogs or follow on Twitter via @CyberArk, LinkedIn or Facebook.

Copyright © 2020 CyberArk Software. All Rights Reserved.All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Investor Relations Contact:

Erica Smith

CyberArk

617-558-2132

[email protected]

Media Contact:

Liz Campbell

CyberArk

617-558-2191

[email protected]

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Crest, Oral-B and Blend-a-med Announce the Launch of Their First Ever Recyclable HDPE Toothpaste Tubes in North America and Europe

Crest, Oral-B and Blend-a-med Announce the Launch of Their First Ever Recyclable HDPE Toothpaste Tubes in North America and Europe

  • Procter & Gamble (P&G) will start the switch to the recyclable HDPE tubes for Crest, Oral-B and Blend-a-med in January 2021 and will continue until full conversion, by 2025 for US and Europe.
  • The launch of its first HDPE tubes will enable millions of households to recycle their toothpaste packaging in existing recycling streams.

CINCINNATI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Today, Procter & Gamble Oral Care unveils its newest packaging innovation across its leading toothpaste brands, Crest, Oral-B and Blend-a-med. This announcement increases the level of recyclability of its toothpaste tubes, as part of the P&G Ambition 2030 commitments of achieving 100% recyclable or reusable packaging.

The leading global oral care brands, Crest and Oral-B, and the European brand Blend-a-med, will start the switch in January 2021 and will continue until full conversion, by 2025.

Toothpaste tubes are used by millions of consumers every day; however, its multi-material construction poses a challenge for recycling facilities around the globe. The solution to this is the HDPE – High-Density Polyethylene – tube, which provides the same product protection as current tubes, and which has been certified by North American and European recycling bodies to be compatible with existing recycling technologies. These HDPE tubes can be recycled where collection programs exist.

For introducing the right solution and making its toothpaste tubes more sustainable, Procter & Gamble is in discussions with several HDPE tube suppliers and has already reached an agreement with Albéa to start using its proprietary Greenleaf Generation 2 tube technology, which enables the tubes to be recyclable wherever collection schemes are active. Greenleaf Generation 2 tubes are recognized by the North American Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) as well as RecyClass and SUEZ.circpack® in Europe and can be recycled within the existing, effective HDPE bottles recycling stream.

To earn APR recognition, it was demonstrated that the toothpaste tubes could be converted into quality post-consumer HDPE resin, and then reused to make new plastic bottles.

RecyClass is an independent cross-industry platform that assesses material recyclability and provides specific recommendations on how to improve packaging design to fit current recycling technologies in Europe. The platform certifies that Procter & Gamble’s ‘toothpaste tube’ technology is considered to be compatible with HDPE recycling. Moreover, it certifies that both Procter & Gamble’s ‘toothpaste tubes with cap’ product will not have a negative impact on the current European HDPE containers recycling.

“Toothpaste tubes are not largely recyclable today; with the RecyClasscertification for Albéa’s Greenleaf Generation 2 technology used by P&G, however, we are on the right track towards increasing both the design for recycling awareness for tubes as well as increasing recycling quality and rates for the HDPE rigids stream in Europe,” said Paolo Glerean, RecyClass Chairman.

In addition, the sortability of the tubes has been successfully tested by SUEZ.circpack® following the RecyClass sorting protocol, confirming that the tubes will flow into the correct stream and be recycled with the HDPE materials.

“Accurate sorting is an essential step to ensure recycling. That is why SUEZ.circpack® performed sorting tests in a fully operational sorting facility in Germany. The facility and the technologies in place are very common for the European recycling industry. The results showed that the packaging could be correctly sorted into the HDPE material flow. The recognition of the plastic with Near InfraRed (NIR) technology was accurate and consistent,” said Vincent Mooij, Head of SUEZ.circpack®.

“P&G Oral Care started our sustainability journey many years back and continue to reduce our footprint. To drive a more circular supply chain, all of our production sites globally are qualified as sending zero manufacturing waste to landfill, and our sites across the United States, Canada, and Europe purchase 100% renewable electricity,” stated Steve Bishop, P&G Health Care Chief Executive Officer. “There is much yet to be done; however, we are proud of the steps we are taking with our leading brands, Crest in North America, and Oral B and Blend-a-med in Europe, to achieve recyclable tubes in the years ahead.”

Virginie Helias, P&G’s Chief Sustainability Officer added: “We have committed to enable and inspire responsible consumption through innovation on our product and packaging. Our leading oral care brands touch millions of people around the world. This new packaging innovation will contribute to making the toothpaste tubes recyclable at scale in existing recycling streams, hence reducing our footprint and striving for circular solutions. It’s no longer about if or what we can do, but how quickly we can do it.”

About P&G:

P&G serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®. The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and information about P&G and its brands.

North America

Velvet Gogol Bennett, P&G

[email protected]

Europe

Paola Mulas, P&G

[email protected]

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Gaining Momentum: Annual U.S. Home Prices Appreciated 7.3% in October, CoreLogic Reports

Gaining Momentum: Annual U.S. Home Prices Appreciated 7.3% in October, CoreLogic Reports

  • U.S. Home Price Index experienced the fastest annual acceleration since April 2014
  • HPI Forecast predicts home price growth will slow through October 2021

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today released the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI) and HPI Forecast for October 2020. Nationally, home prices increased 7.3% in October 2020, compared with October 2019, marking the fastest annual appreciation since April 2014. On a month-over-month basis, home prices increased by 1.1% compared to September 2020.

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CoreLogic National Home Price Change and Forecast; October 2020 (Graphic: Business Wire)

CoreLogic National Home Price Change and Forecast; October 2020 (Graphic: Business Wire)

Home prices climbed in recent months due to heightened demand and ongoing home supply constraints. The supply shortage could further intensify as COVID-19 cases continue to rise and would-be sellers remain hesitant about putting their homes on the market. However, to keep up with the rising demand, new home construction surged in October and builder confidence reached a new high for the third consecutive month. The decreased pressure on supply could moderate home price growth over the next year. This is reflected in the CoreLogic HPI Forecast, which shows home prices slowing to 1.9% by October 2021. However, should the economic recovery from the pandemic be more robust, then we would expect projections for home price performance to improve.

“Home buyers have been spurred by record-low mortgage rates and an urgency to buy or upgrade to more space, especially as much of the American workforce continues to work from home,” said Frank Martell, president and CEO of CoreLogic. “First-time buyers in particular should remain a big part of next year’s home purchases, as the largest wave of millennials is heading into prime home-buying years.”

Despite the rapid acceleration of national home price growth, local markets continue to vary. For instance, in Phoenix, where there is a severe shortage of for-sale homes, prices increased 12.1% in October. Meanwhile, the New York-Jersey City-White Plains metro recorded only a small annual increase of 2.1%, as residents continue to seek out more space in less densely populated areas. At the state level, Maine, Idaho and Arizona experienced the strongest price growth in October, up 14.9%, 13.1% and 12%, respectively.

“The pandemic has shifted home buyer interest toward detached rather than attached homes,” said Dr. Frank Nothaft, chief economist at CoreLogic. “Detached homes offer more living space and are typically located in less densely populated neighborhoods. And while prices of single-family detached homes posted an annual increase of 7.9% in October, the price of attached homes rose only 4.5% year over year.”

The HPI Forecast also reveals the disparity in expected home price growth across metros. In markets like Las Vegas, where the local tourism economy and job market continue to struggle, home prices are expected to decline 1.8% by October 2021. Conversely, in San Diego, home prices are forecasted to increase 7.9% over the next 12 months as low inventory continues to push prices up.

The CoreLogic Market Risk Indicator (MRI), a monthly update of the overall health of housing markets across the country, predicts that metros such as Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Prescott, Arizona, are at the greatest risk (above 70%) of a decline in home prices over the next 12 months, while Miami, Las Vegas and Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi, are at moderate risk (50%-70%) of a decrease.

The next CoreLogic HPI press release, featuring November 2020 data, will be issued on January 5 at 8:00 a.m. ET.

Methodology

The CoreLogic HPI is built on industry-leading public record, servicing and securities real-estate databases and incorporates more than 40 years of repeat-sales transactions for analyzing home price trends. Generally released on the first Tuesday of each month with an average five-week lag, the CoreLogic HPI is designed to provide an early indication of home price trends by market segment and for the “Single-Family Combined” tier, representing the most comprehensive set of properties, including all sales for single-family attached and single-family detached properties. The indices are fully revised with each release and employ techniques to signal turning points sooner. The CoreLogic HPI provides measures for multiple market segments, referred to as tiers, based on property type, price, time between sales, loan type (conforming vs. non-conforming) and distressed sales. Broad national coverage is available from the national level down to ZIP Code, including non-disclosure states.

CoreLogic HPI Forecasts are based on a two-stage, error-correction econometric model that combines the equilibrium home price—as a function of real disposable income per capita—with short-run fluctuations caused by market momentum, mean-reversion, and exogenous economic shocks like changes in the unemployment rate. With a 30-year forecast horizon, CoreLogic HPI Forecasts project CoreLogic HPI levels for two tiers — “Single-Family Combined” (both attached and detached) and “Single-Family Combined Excluding Distressed Sales.” As a companion to the CoreLogic HPI Forecasts, Stress-Testing Scenarios align with Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) national scenarios to project five years of home prices under baseline, adverse and severely adverse scenarios at state, metropolitan areas and ZIP Code levels. The forecast accuracy represents a 95% statistical confidence interval with a +/- 2% margin of error for the index.

About Market Risk Indicator

Market Risk Indicators are a subscription-based analytics solution that provide monthly updates on the overall “health” of housing markets across the country. CoreLogic data scientists combine world-class analytics with detailed economic and housing data to help determine the likelihood of a housing bubble burst in 392 major metros and all 50 states. Market Risk Indicators is a multi-phase regression model that provides a probability score (from 1 to 100) on the likelihood of two scenarios per metro: a >10% price reduction and a ≤ 10% price reduction. The higher the score, the higher the risk of a price reduction.

About the Market Condition Indicators

As part of the CoreLogic HPI and HPI Forecasts offerings, Market Condition Indicators are available for all metropolitan areas and identify individual markets as “overvalued”, “at value”, or “undervalued.” These indicators are derived from the long-term fundamental values, which are a function of real disposable income per capita. Markets are labeled as overvalued if the current home price indexes exceed their long-term values by greater than 10%, and undervalued where the long-term values exceed the index levels by greater than 10%.

Source: CoreLogic

The data provided are for use only by the primary recipient or the primary recipient’s publication or broadcast. This data may not be resold, republished or licensed to any other source, including publications and sources owned by the primary recipient’s parent company without prior written permission from CoreLogic. Any CoreLogic data used for publication or broadcast, in whole or in part, must be sourced as coming from CoreLogic, a data and analytics company. For use with broadcast or web content, the citation must directly accompany first reference of the data. If the data are illustrated with maps, charts, graphs or other visual elements, the CoreLogic logo must be included on screen or website. For questions, analysis or interpretation of the data, contact Valerie Sheets at [email protected]. Data provided may not be modified without the prior written permission of CoreLogic. Do not use the data in any unlawful manner. The data are compiled from public records, contributory databases and proprietary analytics, and its accuracy is dependent upon these sources.

About CoreLogic

CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX), the leading provider of property insights and solutions, promotes a healthy housing market and thriving communities. Through its enhanced property data solutions, services and technologies, CoreLogic enables real estate professionals, financial institutions, insurance carriers, government agencies and other housing market participants to help millions of people find, buy and protect their homes. For more information, please visit www.corelogic.com.

CORELOGIC, the CoreLogic logo, CoreLogic HPI and CoreLogic HPI Forecast are trademarks of CoreLogic, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Valerie Sheets

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CoreLogic HPI Percent Change by Home Type; October 2020 (Graphic: Business Wire)
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CoreLogic National Home Price Change and Forecast; October 2020 (Graphic: Business Wire)
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CoreLogic Top Markets at Risk of Home Price Decline; October 2020 (Graphic: Business Wire)

KB Home Announces the Grand Opening of Santolina at South Mountain, Its Latest New-Home Community in Phoenix, Arizona

KB Home Announces the Grand Opening of Santolina at South Mountain, Its Latest New-Home Community in Phoenix, Arizona

Homebuilder offers personalized, new homes in a highly desirable location, priced from the $290,000s.

PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) today announced the grand opening of Santolina at South Mountain, a new single-family home community ideally situated close to Loop 202, Interstate 10 and Interstate 17, and just ten miles south of downtown Phoenix and Sky Harbor International Airport. The community is walking distance to schools and adjacent to Cesar Chavez Park, which hosts a golf course, fishing lake, skate park, dog park, amphitheater, baseball fields and racquetball and basketball courts. Santolina at South Mountain boasts breathtaking views of the neighboring mountain ranges and homeowners will also enjoy the community’s proximity to South Mountain Park and Preserve, a 16,000-acre outdoor recreation area that offers hiking and biking trails, wildlife and bird watching.

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KB Home announces the grand opening of Santolina at South Mountain, its latest new-home community in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo: Business Wire)

KB Home announces the grand opening of Santolina at South Mountain, its latest new-home community in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo: Business Wire)

The homes at Santolina at South Mountain showcase popular design characteristics like gourmet kitchens overlooking expansive great rooms and master suites with walk-in closets. The community offers one- and two-story floor plans that feature up to four bedrooms and two baths, and range in size from approximately 1,500 to 2,500 square feet. The community also offers the KB Home Office, a dedicated room that homebuyers can personalize for the way they work.

“Santolina at South Mountain’s location provides convenient access to Loop 202 as well as Interstates 10 and 17 for easy commuting to the greater Phoenix metropolitan area,” said Kevin McAndrews, President of KB Home’s Phoenix division. “The new community is also close to a variety of outdoor recreation and walking distance to schools, parks, shopping, dining and entertainment. As with other KB Home communities, Santolina at South Mountain provides home shoppers the opportunity to purchase a personalized, new KB home at a price that fits their budget.”

KB Home stands out from other homebuilders as the company gives homebuyers exceptional choice and control. KB Home starts by offering a wide variety of homes at an affordable price. From there, the builder gives buyers the ability to personalize their homes from homesites and floor plans to design features. The KB Home team works hand in hand with homeowners every step of the way so they have a real partner in the process.

Every KB home is designed to be ENERGY STAR® certified thanks to the quality construction techniques and materials utilized that ultimately deliver significant savings on utility bills compared to used homes. Additionally, all new KB homes are designed to deliver an enhanced indoor environment and include high performance ventilation systems, low- or zero-VOC products and other features guided by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Indoor airPLUS standards.

The Santolina at South Mountain sales office and model homes are open for private in-person tours by appointment, and walk-in visits are welcome. Homebuyers also have the flexibility to arrange a live video tour with a sales counselor. Pricing begins from the $290,000s.

For more information on KB Home, call 888-KB-HOMES or visit kbhome.com.

About KB Home

KB Home is one of the largest and most recognized homebuilders in the United States and has been building quality homes for over 60 years. Today, KB Home operates in 42 markets across eight states, serving a wide array of buyer groups. What sets us apart is how we give our customers the ability to personalize their homes from homesites and floor plans to cabinets and countertops, at a price that fits their budget. We are the first builder to make every home we build ENERGY STAR® certified. In fact, we go beyond the EPA requirements by ensuring every ENERGY STAR certified KB home has been tested and verified by a third-party inspector to meet the EPA’s strict certification standards, which help to lower the cost of ownership and to make our new homes healthier and more comfortable than new ones without certification. We also work with our customers every step of the way, building strong personal relationships so they have a real partner in the homebuying process, and the experience is as simple and easy as possible. Learn more about how we build homes built on relationships by visiting kbhome.com.

Craig LeMessurier, KB Home

925-580-1583

[email protected]

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KB Home announces the grand opening of Santolina at South Mountain, its latest new-home community in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo: Business Wire)