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WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $900 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for October was $9.2 billion, down 9 percent year-over-year from new business volume in October 2019. Volume was up 6 percent month-to-month from $8.7 billion in September. Year-to-date, cumulative new business volume was down almost 6 percent compared to 2019.

Receivables over 30 days were 2.20 percent, up from 2.00 percent the previous month and up from 2.00 percent the same period in 2019. Charge-offs were 0.60 percent, down from 0.82 percent the previous month and up from 0.46 percent in the year-earlier period.

Credit approvals totaled 72.3 percent, down from 72.9 percent in September. Total headcount for equipment finance companies was down 4.9 percent year-over-year.

Separately, the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s Monthly Confidence Index (MCI-EFI) in November is 56.1, up from the October index of 55.0.

ELFA President and CEO Ralph Petta
said, “To the extent that member companies responding to the October MLFI-25 survey are an indicator, the equipment finance industry shows resilience in the face of a worsening health pandemic and uneven economic performance in the U.S. The labor market continues to strengthen, except for workers and their employers in the restaurant, travel, leisure and hospitality sectors, who continue to struggle. Corporate earnings in many sectors are strong, the equity markets continue to defy gravity and business confidence seems to be on the rise. Hopefully, this struggle to get back to a sense of normalcy will not be overtaken by a double dip recession caused by worsening COVID-19 outbreaks reported in some states around the nation. At the end of the day, equipment finance companies continue to do their part to help the nation get back to business by helping finance billions of dollars in equipment investment by businesses both large and small.”

Howard Shiebler, President, Crossroads Equipment Lease & Finance LLC
, said, “We focus exclusively on transportation finance, and 2020 is shaping up to be an amazing year. Freight volume and trucking market spot rates are up and corresponding demand for new and used trucks is driving our new business to record levels. We expect this trend to continue into at least the first half of 2021 and for portfolio performance and used truck and trailer prices to stay strong.”

About ELFA’s MLFI-25

The MLFI-25 is the only index that reflects capex, or the volume of commercial equipment financed in the U.S. The MLFI-25 is released globally at 8 a.m. Eastern time from Washington, D.C., each month on the day before the U.S. Department of Commerce releases the durable goods report. The MLFI-25 is a financial indicator that complements the durable goods report and other economic indexes, including the Institute for Supply Management Index, which reports economic activity in the manufacturing sector. Together with the MLFI-25 these reports provide a complete view of the status of productive assets in the U.S. economy: equipment produced, acquired and financed.

The MLFI-25 is a time series that reflects two years of business activity for the 25 companies currently participating in the survey. The latest MLFI-25, including methodology and participants, is available at www.elfaonline.org/Data/MLFI/.

MLFI-25 Methodology

ELFA produces the MLFI-25 survey to help member organizations achieve competitive advantage by providing them with leading-edge research and benchmarking information to support strategic business decision making.

The MLFI-25 is a barometer of the trends in U.S. capital equipment investment. Five components are included in the survey: new business volume (originations), aging of receivables, charge-offs, credit approval ratios, (approved vs. submitted) and headcount for the equipment finance business.

The MLFI-25 measures monthly commercial equipment lease and loan activity as reported by participating ELFA member equipment finance companies representing a cross section of the equipment finance sector, including small ticket, middle-market, large ticket, bank, captive and independent leasing and finance companies. Based on hard survey data, the responses mirror the economic activity of the broader equipment finance sector and current business conditions nationally.

About ELFA

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) is the trade association that represents companies in the nearly $1 trillion equipment finance sector, which includes financial services companies and manufacturers engaged in financing capital goods. ELFA members are the driving force behind the growth in the commercial equipment finance market and contribute to capital formation in the U.S. and abroad. Its 575 members include independent and captive leasing and finance companies, banks, financial services corporations, broker/packagers and investment banks, as well as manufacturers and service providers. For more information, please visit www.elfaonline.org.

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ELFA is the premier source for statistics and analyses concerning the equipment finance sector. Please visit www.elfaonline.org/Data/ for additional information.

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit organization that propels the equipment finance sector—and its people—forward through industry-specific knowledge, intelligence, and programs that contribute to industry innovation, individual careers, and the overall betterment of the equipment leasing and finance industry. The Foundation is funded through charitable individual and corporate donations. Learn more at www.leasefoundation.org.

Media/Press Contact: Amy Vogt, Vice President, Communications and Marketing, ELFA, 202-238-3438 or [email protected]

CUPERTINO, CA, Nov. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire – Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTX) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Aemetis Health Products, Inc., received a $24 million initial purchase order after signing a supply agreement for sanitizer alcohol and nitrile gloves with a California distributor that provides health safety products to the state of California as well as other governmental entities and large hospital chains throughout the U.S. 

“Aemetis Health Products became what we believe to be the largest production plant for sanitizer alcohol in the Western U.S. during the second quarter of 2020. We are now executing on our plan to produce and market alcohol-based health safety products including hand sanitizer, sanitizer wipes and aerosol sanitizers under the Aemetis and private label brand names,” said Eric McAfee, Chairman and CEO of Aemetis. “Our government and healthcare customers have repeatedly requested that Aemetis extend our product line to include the supply of nitrile gloves.  With more than a decade of extensive business experience in Asian markets, we believe Aemetis is well positioned to be a trusted partner of health safety product manufacturers in that region, as well as other international markets.”  

To support the supply agreement and enable the expansion of the Aemetis Health Products business, Aemetis has negotiated the general terms of a new credit facility with its existing lender, which will be used solely for our health safety product transactions.  

About Aemetis 

Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Aemetis is an advanced renewable fuel and biochemicals company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of innovative technologies that replace traditional petroleum-based products by the conversion of

ethanol and biodiesel plants into advanced biorefineries. Founded in 2006, Aemetis owns and operates a 65 million gallon per year ethanol production facility in California’s Central Valley near Modesto. Aemetis also owns and operates a 50 million gallon per year renewable chemical and advanced fuel production facility on the East Coast of India producing high quality distilled biodiesel and refined glycerin for customers in India and Europe. Aemetis is building a biogas anaerobic digester network and pipeline to convert dairy animal waste gas to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) and is developing a plant to convert waste orchard wood into cellulosic ethanol.  Aemetis holds a portfolio of patents and related technology licenses for the production of renewable fuels and biochemicals. For additional information about Aemetis, please visit www.aemetis.com. 

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This news release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our assumptions, projections, expectations, targets, intentions or beliefs about future events or other statements that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, without limitation, statements relating to sales of high grade alcohol, sales of nitrile gloves under the initial purchase order, our ability to develop a retail presence, the ability of our source manufacturers to deliver nitrile gloves, the credit worthiness of our health safety product distributor, the production of alcohol by competitors in the Western United States and the ability to access funding to execute our sanitizer and health safety product business plan. Words or phrases such as “anticipates,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “predicts,” “projects,” “showing signs,” “targets,” “will likely result,” “will continue”, “enable” or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current assumptions and predictions and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties. Actual results or events could differ materially from those set forth or implied by such forward-looking statements and related assumptions due to certain factors, including, without limitation, competition in the ethanol, biodiesel and other industries in which we operate, commodity market risks including those that may result from current weather conditions, financial market risks, customer adoption, counter-party risks, risks associated with changes to federal policy or regulation, and other risks detailed in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, and in our subsequent filings with the SEC. We are not obligated, and do not intend, to update any of these forward-looking statements at any time unless an update is required by applicable securities laws.

External Investor Relations
Contact:
 

Kirin Smith 
PCG Advisory Group 
(646) 863-6519 
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(408) 213-0940 
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TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTGM), a life science company whose mission is to advance precision medicine, today announced that as a result of its one-for-fifteen reverse stock split which became effective at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 20, 2020, its common stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on The Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) effective with the open of the market today, Monday, November 23, 2020. HTG’s common stock will continue to trade under the ticker symbol “HTGM.”

As a result of the reverse stock split, each fifteen pre-split shares of common stock outstanding were automatically combined and converted into one issued and outstanding share of common stock. No fractional shares of common stock were issued to any stockholders in connection with the reverse stock split. Holders of record will receive a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares.  

Stockholders of record will receive information regarding their share ownership from HTG’s transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (“AST”). AST can be reached at (877) 248-6417 or (718) 921-8337. 

For additional information regarding the reverse stock split, please refer to HTG’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 19, 2020.

About HTG:
HTG is focused on NGS-based molecular profiling. The company’s proprietary HTG EdgeSeq technology automates complex, highly multiplexed molecular profiling from solid and liquid samples, even when limited in amount. HTG’s customers use its technology to identify biomarkers important for precision medicine, to understand the clinical relevance of these discoveries, and ultimately to identify treatment options. Its mission is to empower precision medicine.

Contact:

Ashley R. Robinson
LifeSci Advisors, LLC
Phone: (617) 430-7577
Email: [email protected]

• PC14586 targets p53 Y220C mutants to selectively reactivate p53, restoring the protein’s tumor-suppressing function
• Phase 1/2 study is enrolling patients with advanced solid tumors that have a p53 Y220C mutation

CRANBURY, N.J., Nov. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PMV Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PMVP), a precision oncology company pioneering the discovery and development of small molecule, tumor-agnostic therapies targeting p53 mutants, today announced dosing of the first patient in its Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating PC14586, the company’s investigational lead compound that targets the Y220C mutant of p53. The trial will enroll up to 130 patients with advanced solid tumors that have the specific p53 Y220C variant.

“This is an important step forward in the battle against the many cancers that are driven by a p53 mutation,” said David Mack, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of PMV Pharma. “Initiating our Phase 1/2 study represents a significant milestone for PMV, as PC14586 is our first tumor-agnostic therapy to enter the clinic. By selectively binding to the p53 Y220C mutant, PC14586 is designed to reactivate the tumor suppressing function of p53. We look forward to the opportunity to address the significant unmet need for patients whose cancers have a p53 Y220C mutation as we advance PC14586 in the clinic.”

The multi-center, single-arm Phase 1/2 study will evaluate PC14586 in patients with advanced solid tumors with a p53 Y220C mutation. Phase 1 will assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary anti-tumor activity of PC14586. Phase 2 will determine the overall response rate and duration of response of PC14586 at a dose identified in Phase 1.

About p53

p53 plays a pivotal role in preventing abnormal cells from becoming a tumor by inducing programmed cell death. Mutant p53 takes on oncogenic properties that endow cancer cells with a growth advantage and resistance to anti-cancer therapy. The p53 Y220C mutation is associated with many cancers, including but not limited to breast, non-small cell lung cancer, colorectal, pancreatic, and ovarian cancers.  

About PC14586

PC14586 is a first-in-class, small molecule, p53 reactivator designed to selectively bind to the crevice created by the p53 Y220C mutant protein, hence, restoring the wild-type, or normal, p53 protein structure and tumor suppressing function. PC14586 is being developed for the treatment of patients with advanced solid tumors that have a p53 Y220C mutation identified by next generation sequencing. PC14586 was granted Fast Track Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in October 2020.

For information on the Phase 1/2 trial, please visit www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT study identifier NCT04585750).

About
PMV Pharma

PMV Pharma is a precision oncology company pioneering the discovery and development of small molecule, tumor-agnostic therapies targeting p53 mutants. p53 is mutated in approximately half of all cancer. The field of p53 biology was established by our co-founder Dr. Arnold Levine when he discovered the p53 protein in 1979. Bringing together leaders in the field to utilize over four decades of p53 biology, PMV Pharma combines unique biological understanding with pharmaceutical development focus.  PMV Pharma is headquartered in Cranbury, New Jersey. For more information, please visit www.pmvpharma.com.

Forward-Looking
Statements

Statements contained in this press release regarding matters that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company’s future plans or expectations for PC14586, including expectations regarding the timing for patient enrollment and success of its current clinical trial for PC14586. Any forward-looking statements in this statement are based on management’s current expectations of future events and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those set forth in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of the forward-looking statements include: the success, cost, and timing of the Company’s product candidate development activities and planned clinical trials, the Company’s ability to execute on its strategy and operate as an early clinical stage company, the potential for clinical trials of PC14586 or any future clinical trials of other product candidates to differ from preclinical, preliminary or expected results, the Company’s ability to fund operations, and the impact that the current COVID-19 pandemic will have on the Company’s clinical trials, supply chain, and operations, as well as those risks and uncertainties set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 13, and its other filings filed with the SEC. All forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they were made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.

Contact

For Investors:

Winston Kung
Chief Financial Officer
[email protected]

For Media:

Mariann Caprino
[email protected]
(917) 242-1087 mobile 

– Will substantially extend maturities to 8 to 15 years at fixed rates –

– Leverage-neutral –

MONTREAL, Nov. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TFI International Inc. (NYSE and TSX: TFII), a North American leader in the transportation and logistics industry, today announced an agreement to issue and sell an aggregate principal amount of US $500 million of senior notes consisting of four tranches in a private placement transaction led by Prudential Private Capital, to entities including but not limited to Guggenheim Investments, MetLife Investment Management, LLC’s clients, Voya Investment Management, LLC and Barings LLC. TFI International intends to use the net proceeds from the issuance of the senior notes primarily to repay existing debt as well as for general corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions. The financing is expected to be leverage-neutral at closing from a net debt perspective.

“Through this transaction we will significantly extend our average debt maturities, with maturities ranging from 8 to 15 years, at attractive, fixed rates of interest,” stated Alain Bédard, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of TFI International. “In addition, this debt financing will help further diversify our capital structure, and we’re very pleased to be working with a world-class group of lenders.”

“We are expanding our relationship with TFI International to support what we view as a winning strategy in the competitive and evolving transportation and logistics industry. Along with a group of other world class investors, we are pleased to be making a significant investment in TFI International and its management team,” said Ashley Dexter, Senior Vice President, Prudential Private Capital.

The four tranches of aggregate principal amount of senior notes will include: (a) US $150 million aggregate principal amount of 3.15% Guaranteed Senior Notes, Series A, due January 5, 2029; (b) US $150 million aggregate principal amount of 3.25% Guaranteed Senior Notes, Series B, due January 5, 2031; (c) US $150 million aggregate principal amount of 3.35% Guaranteed Senior Notes, Series C, due January 5, 2033; and (d) US $50 million aggregate principal amount of 3.50% Guaranteed Senior Notes, Series D, due January 5, 2036.

The private placement of the senior notes is expected to close on or about January 5, 2021, subject to customary conditions. The notes will be senior unsecured obligations issued by TForce Holdings Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of TFI International, and unconditionally guaranteed by TFI International and substantially all of its subsidiaries.

The notes will not be registered in the United States under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and are being offered and sold in reliance on applicable exemptions from registration.

ABOUT TFI INTERNATIONAL

TFI International Inc. is a North American leader in the transportation and logistics industry, operating across the United States, Canada and Mexico through its subsidiaries. TFI International creates value for shareholders by identifying strategic acquisitions and managing a growing network of wholly-owned operating subsidiaries. Under the TFI International umbrella, companies benefit from financial and operational resources to build their businesses and increase their efficiency. TFI International companies service the following segments:

• Package and Courier;
• Less-Than-Truckload;
• Truckload;
• Logistics.

TFI International Inc. is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol TFII. For more information, visit www.tfiintl.com.

ABOUT PRUDENTIAL PRIVATE CAPITAL

For more than 75 years, Prudential Private Capital has been partnering with a wide range of corporations, sponsors, and institutions to provide valuable insights, guidance, and customized capital solutions that enable them to achieve their growth and funding goals. In an industry where capital can seem like a commodity and relationships often fleeting and transactional, we are known for building enduring local partnerships based on a steady and patient commitment to our partners’ long-term capital needs. With regional teams in 14 offices around the world, we manage a portfolio of $97.5 billion (as of 9/30/20). For more information about Prudential Private Capital, please visit https://prudentialprivatecapital.com.

CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements included in this press release may be “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws, section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and such statements are subject to the safe harbor created by those sections and by the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including statements regarding the private placement of senior notes and the anticipated closing thereof. This forward-looking information is identified by the use of terms and phrases such as “may”, “might”, “expect”, “intend”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “foresee”, “believe”, “to its knowledge”, “could”, “design”, “forecast”, “goal”, “hope”, “intend”, “likely”, “predict”, “project”, “seek”, “should”, “target”, “will”, “would” or “continue”, and the negative of these terms and similar terminology, including references to assumptions, although not all forward-looking information contains these terms and phrases. Forward-looking information is based upon a number of assumptions and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond TFI International’s control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by such forward-looking information. Completion of the private placement of senior notes and the use of the net proceeds thereof referred to in this press release are subject to numerous factors, many of which are beyond TFI International’s control, including but not limited to, the failure to fulfill customary closing conditions and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in TFI International’s filings with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada and the SEC. The forward-looking information contained in this press release represents TFI International’s expectations as of the date of this press release (or as of the date they are otherwise stated to be made), and are subject to change after such date. However, TFI International does not undertake to update or amend such forward-looking information whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law.

For further information:

Alain Bédard
Chairman, President and CEO
TFI International Inc.
647-729-4079
[email protected] 

WATERTOWN, Mass., Nov. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KYMR), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel small molecule therapeutics that selectively degrade disease-causing proteins by harnessing the body’s own natural protein degradation system, today announced Nello Mainolfi, Co-Founder, President and CEO and Jared Gollob, Chief Medical Officer of Kymera Therapeutics, will present at the Piper Sandler 32nd Annual Healthcare Conference being held virtually from December 1 to December 3, 2020.

A webcast of the pre-recorded fireside chat presentation has been made available ahead of the conference and can be accessed by clicking here and found under “Events and Presentations” in the Investors section of the Company’s website at www.kymeratx.com. The webcast will remain available for 90 days.

About Kymera Therapeutics

Kymera Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on a transformative new approach to address previously intractable disease targets. Kymera is advancing the field of targeted protein degradation, accessing the body’s innate protein recycling machinery to degrade dysregulated, disease-causing proteins. Kymera’s Pegasus targeted protein degradation platform harnesses the body’s natural protein recycling machinery to degrade disease-causing proteins, with a focus on un-drugged nodes in validated pathways currently inaccessible with conventional therapeutics. Kymera is accelerating drug discovery with an unmatched ability to target and degrade the most intractable of proteins, and advance new treatment options for patients. Kymera’s initial programs target IRAK4, IRAKIMiD and STAT3 within the IL-1R/TLR or JAK/STAT pathways, providing the opportunity to treat a broad range of immune-inflammatory diseases, hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. For more information, visit www.kymeratx.com.

Contact:

[email protected]
Bruce Jacobs
Chief Financial Officer
+1 857.285.5300

Christopher F. Brinzey
Westwicke, an ICR Company for Kymera Therapeutics
[email protected]
+1 339.970.2843

[email protected]

Lissette L. Steele
Verge Scientific Communications for Kymera Therapeutics
[email protected]
+1 202.930.4762

PLEASANTON, Calif., Nov. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Natus Medical Incorporated (NASDAQ:NTUS) (the “Company” or “Natus”), a leading provider of medical device solutions focused on the diagnosis and treatment of central nervous and sensory system disorders for patients of all ages, today announced the acquisition of Babybe GmbH and its patented remote mother to baby communication technology. The Babybe technology will add to Natus’s market leading Newborn Care portfolio of products.

Babybe offers an innovative new way to remotely connect a mother and her baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). With this technology, mother and baby are connected in real time through heartbeat, breathing and vocal sounds using an active mattress system.

Clinical studies are currently underway to assess how the mother and baby connection impacts weight gain, apnea and neuro-development in premature newborns who are isolated in the NICU.

“We are very excited about this technology. It complements NICVIEW, our remote video streaming service for NICU babies and offers mothers an additional level of remote interaction with babies isolated in the NICU,” said Jonathan Kennedy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Natus. “With 10% of all births world-wide or 15 million babies per year born prematurely, there is significant market opportunity for this product and we believe in the potential benefits this product can have in connecting baby and mother during the most critical period in the baby’s life,” Mr. Kennedy continued.

Natus expects the Babybe product to be available in commercial quantities in early 2022.

About
Natus
Medical Incorporated

Natus is a leading provider of medical device solutions focused on the diagnosis and treatment of central nervous and sensory system disorders for patients of all ages.

Additional information about Natus Medical can be found at www.natus.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are generally statements that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the words “expects”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “estimates”, “plans”, “will”, “outlook” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current plans, estimates, assumptions and projections, and speak only as of the date they are made. These statements relate to current estimates and assumptions of our management as of the date of this press release and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are only predictions and the actual events or results may differ materially. Natus cannot provide any assurance that its future results or the results implied by the forward-looking statements will meet expectations. A list of the Company’s risk factors are identified under the heading Item 1A “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020. Natus disclaims any obligation to update information contained in any forward looking statement, except as required by law.

Contacts:

Natus Medical Incorporated
Drew Davies
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(925) 223-6700
[email protected]   

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Nov. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GridGain Systems, provider of enterprise-grade in-memory computing solutions based on Apache^® Ignite^®, today discussed new resources to help organizations accelerate their digital transformations using digital integration hubs (DIHs) to power real-time business processes such as those powered by 360-degree customer views. GridGain has posted a variety of new resources on its website and announced a new webinar on how to create an effective DIH data synchronization layer called “How to Deploy Change Data Capture Using Debezium in Apache Ignite and GridGain,” which will be presented on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. PST / 12:00 p.m. EST.

A digital integration hub (or smart operational datastore, smart data hub or API platform) is rapidly becoming a foundational data center technology for enabling multiple business applications to access aggregated data from multiple source systems in real-time. A DIH aggregates defined subsets of data from multiple on-premises and cloud-based systems, including data warehouses, data lakes, on-premises business applications, SaaS applications and streaming data feeds. The data in the hub is then available for use by one or more business applications. IMDGs provide extremely high performance by caching the relevant data in memory and parallel processing queries from the connected business applications.

“A DIH powered by an in-memory computing platform is now the most popular approach to enabling real-time business processes that require 360-degree access to data from multiple, disparate data sources,” said Terry Erisman, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at GridGain Systems. “Resources available for free on the GridGain website offer a training manual for developers to understand DIH use cases, architectures, and implementation strategies, including how to include mainframe data in a DIH and how to ensure the data in the DIH remains in sync with the source datastores.”

Compl
imentary Webinar

In “How to Deploy Change Data Capture Using Debezium in Apache Ignite and GridGain,” Evgenii Zhuravlev, GridGain Customer Solutions Team Lead, will explain how Kafka with Debezium and GridGain connectors enables change data capture (CDC)-based synchronization between third-party databases and GridGain clusters. Synchronization utilizing CDC eliminates the need for coding, requiring only the preparation of configuration files for each of the points. Developers and architects relying on legacy systems can deploy this solution to boost the performance of applications or enable applications to access data from multiple data silos and store it in one place. Webinar attendees will learn how to deploy such an architecture by configuring a Debezium Connector and a GridGain Certified Kafka Connector.

What: “How to Deploy Change Data Capture Using Debezium in Apache Ignite and GridGain” webinar
When: Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. PST / 12:00 p.m. EST
Register: Sign up for the webinar on the GridGain website.

GridGain
Conference Recordings and Webinars

Additional GridGain resources that describe how enterprises are leveraging digital integration hubs to accelerate digital transformation include:

• In-Memory Computing Summit (IMCS) 2020 keynotes and breakout sessions, including:
    ° “The Future of In-Memory Computing” by Terry Erisman, EVP of Corporate Development, GridGain Systems
    ° “Real World Transformation with Z Digital Integration Hub” by Mythili Venkatakrishnan, Distinguished Engineer at IBM, and Sean Ashley, Assistant Vice President, Consumer Business and Digital Technology, M&T Bank
    ° “An Innovative Approach to Progressive Core Modernization in Banking” by Venkataraman Balasubramanian, Chief Technology Officer at Zafin, and Mythili Venkatakrishnan, Distinguished Engineer at IBM

• A webinar recording on DIH entitled “How to Drive Superior Customer Experiences at Massive Scale with In-Memory Computing” by Tech Mahindra’s Stalin Rajkumar, Global Practice Head – Digital Process Transformation, and Jayanarayan Mehanathan, Senior Solution Architect, along with GridGain’s Terry Erisman, EVP of Corporate Development, and Nikita Ivanov, CTO
• An application note titled “Powering Your Digital Transformation with a Digital Integration Hub”
• A blog post titled “GridGain’s Digital Integration Hub for Next Gen Telcos” by Lalit Ahuja, Vice President of Solutions & Services at GridGain

Additional Resources

To learn more about the GridGain in-memory computing platform:  

• Read the “Introducing the GridGain In-Memory Computing Platform” white paper
• Gain knowledge from the GridGain Developer Portal and GridGain webinars
• See how GridGain helps CTOs & CIOs, Architects, Business Decision Makers and Developers
• Read GridGain customer success stories and industry use cases

About GridGain Systems

GridGain Systems is revolutionizing real-time data access and processing by offering an in-memory computing platform built on Apache^® Ignite^®. Common use cases for the GridGain platform include application acceleration and as a digital integration hub for real-time data access across data sources and applications. GridGain solutions are used by global enterprises in financial services, software, e-commerce, retail, online business services, healthcare, telecom, transportation and other major sectors, with a client list that includes ING, Raymond James, American Express, Société Générale, Finastra, IHS Markit, ServiceNow, Marketo, RingCentral, American Airlines, Agilent, and UnitedHealthcare. GridGain delivers unprecedented speed, massive scalability, and real-time data access for both legacy and greenfield applications. Deployed on a distributed cluster of commodity servers, GridGain software can reside between the application and data layers (RDBMS, NoSQL and Apache^® Hadoop^®), requiring no rip-and-replace of the existing databases, or it can be deployed as an in-memory database. For more information, visit gridgain.com.

CONTACT:

Terry Erisman
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SHARC International Systems Inc. (CSE:SHRC) (FSE:IWIA) (OTCQB:INTWF) (the “Company” or “SHARC Energy”) has been selected to be part of a Canadian government Clean Tech Accelerator program that will market Canada’s leading clean-technology companies to global markets.

Only nine Canadian companies were selected for a five-month Canadian Technology Accelerator (“CTA”) program, which will focus on business opportunities in Southeast Asia through a series of virtual meetings.

Led by the Canadian Trade Office in Singapore, the CTA program allows chosen companies to access potential investments, pilot projects, partnerships and long-term sales in Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines, four of the ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) countries.

According to a report published by the International Energy Agency (“IEA”), the ASEAN region is one of the world’s hottest areas, which caused a demand growth for space cooling of 7.5 times over the last 30 years. The temperature in this region keeps rising, as well as household income, leading to an increase in energy consumption and peak electricity demand. By 2040, cooling will account for 30% of peak electricity demand in ASEAN countries, and an additional 200 GW energy capacity will be required to meet the growing energy demand from ACs. These market trends support the adoption of high-efficient cooling technologies, making SHARC Systems a good fit. Our SHARC Systems can provide a super-efficient and climate-friendly district cooling solution through wastewater thermal energy exchange, and a process called heat rejection, as well as district heating and hot water production.

“We are honoured to have been chosen by the Canadian Technology Accelerator to bring our technology to global markets,” said Hanspaul Pannu, SHARC Energy’s CFO. “By recovering or rejecting the thermal energy from the wastewater we send down the drain every day, our made-in-Canada technology will have a significant role in reducing a building’s energy costs and its carbon footprint.”

SHARC Energy’s wastewater energy recovery technology — which exchanges the thermal energy from wastewater that is sent down the drain and turns it into heating and cooling — is already being used in Canada, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. Designed for both individual buildings and district energy systems, SHARC Energy’s technology is highly scalable and is being applied to both new and retrofitted buildings. “The nine companies taking part in the Southeast Asia program clearly demonstrate Canada’s leadership position in the cleantech sectors,” said Tegan Watson, Trade Commissioner, Canadian Technology Accelerator, Singapore. “It’s an exciting time to showcase Canadian innovation and know-how.”

Since 2013, the CTA program has supported the international scale-up of high-growth, high-potential Canadian firms in the sectors of cleantech, as well as life sciences and digital and information communication technologies. To date the CTA program has had 574 participants, collectively garnering $646 million in capital, $238 million in revenue and created 1,128 strategic partnerships and 2,529 new jobs.

“We’re seeing significant growth in the Southeast Asian cleantech sector and that includes growth in demand for circular economy and energy efficiency technologies,” said Lynn McDonald, Canadian High Commissioner in Singapore. “There’s a great opportunity for Canadian innovation to address some of the region’s most pressing environmental issues.”

The CTA program has also partnered with industry-leading organizations at the forefront of cleantech innovation. The nine companies in this year’s program will benefit from the expertise of New Energy Nexus, SecondMuse and the EcoLabs Centre of Innovation for Energy. New Energy Nexus is an international non-profit that supports clean energy entrepreneurs with funds, accelerators, and networks. SecondMuse is an impact and innovation company that builds resilient economies by supporting entrepreneurs and the ecosystems around them. The EcoLabs Centre of Innovation for Energy is designed to build and accelerate deep-tech energy innovation capabilities in Singapore to support the nation’s energy transition.

About SHARC International Systems

SHARC International Systems Inc. is a world leader in thermal heat recovery. SHARC systems recycle thermal energy from wastewater, generating one of the most energy efficient and economical systems for heating, cooling & hot water preheating for commercial, residential and industrial buildings, reducing their carbon footprint. SHARC is publicly traded in Canada (CSE: SHRC), the United States (OTCQB: INTWF) and Germany (Frankfurt: IWIA).

Further information about the Company is available on our website at www.SHARCenergy.com or SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“Lynn Mueller”

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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, please contact:

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Investor Relations
SHARC International Systems Inc.
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SHARC International Systems Inc. 
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Energy
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Energy
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NEWARK, Calif., Nov. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Teneobio, Inc., a clinical stage next generation, multi-specific antibody therapeutics company, announced today that in 2020, Poseida exercised four options to commercial licenses for Teneobio human heavy chain only domain antibodies, UniDabs®, to develop novel CAR T therapies. Poseida will apply licensed UniDab binders, which possess significant advantages over traditional single chain variable antibody fragment (scFv) binders, to develop its next generation CAR-T therapies. Targets were not disclosed.

This announcement follows the expansion of a commercial license agreement between the companies that was announced in August of 2018. Under the terms of that agreement, Teneobio would generate multiple UniDab product candidates using its proprietary UniRat® transgenic human antibody ‘heavy-chain only’ rodent platform and its state-of-the-art sequence-based discovery engine, TeneoSeek. Poseida would have exclusive global licensing rights for the clinical development and commercialization of specific UniDabs for CAR cell therapies.

Teneobio Inc. receives commercial licensing fees for these milestones and is eligible to receive future research, development and regulatory milestone payments per UniDab candidate, with total potential earnings of over $250 million for CAR-T therapies developed by Poseida. Teneobio would also receive royalties on worldwide net sales of each CAR-T therapy.

“We are excited that Poseida has exercised multiple commercial license options on UniDabs to create the next generation of cell therapies,” said Omid Vafa, CBO of Teneobio. “UniDabs have been preclinically and clinically validated as excellent human single domain antibody targeting moieties of CAR T-cells. They have demonstrated both in vivo specificity and robust efficacy. Their advantageous smaller in size, and superior developability relative to standard scFv’s make them ideal for CAR T-cell products.”

Eric Ostertag, CEO of Poseida, added, “We have evaluated a large number of binding technologies for use in our CAR-T platforms and view single domain antibodies as one of the most superior. In our view, the fact that Teneobio’s VH binders are fully human makes them a better option than camelid VHH single domain antibodies.”

About Teneobio, Inc.

Teneobio, Inc. is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing a new class of biologics, Human Heavy-Chain Antibodies (UniAb^®), for the treatments of cancer, autoimmunity, and infectious diseases. Teneobio’s discovery platform, TeneoSeek, comprises genetically engineered animals (UniRat^® and OmniFlic^®), next-generation sequencing, bioinformatics and high-throughput vector assembly technologies. TeneoSeek rapidly identifies large numbers of unique binding molecules specific for therapeutic targets of interest. Versatile antibody variable domains (UniDab^®) derived from UniAb^® can be assembled into multi-specific and multivalent therapeutic proteins, surpassing limitations of conventional antibody therapeutics. Teneobio’s “plug-and-play” T-cell engaging platform includes a diverse set of anti-CD3 antibodies for therapeutics with optimal efficacy and reduced toxicity.

Teneobio partners include AbbVie, Janssen, GSK, Kite, Poseida, Intellia, and ArsenalBio.  For more information, please visit www.teneobio.com.

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