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London – September 11, 2026 -- Brightstar Lottery PLC (NYSE: BRSL) launched a tender offer for any and all Regulation S interests in its outstanding €500,000,000 2.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2028, offering holders €990.00 per €1,000 in nominal value plus accrued interest.

Brightstar plans a new euro-denominated benchmark bond due 2032 to fund the buyback

The company simultaneously announced a benchmark offering of euro-denominated senior secured notes due 2032, guaranteed on a senior basis by certain wholly-owned subsidiaries. Brightstar has applied to list the new notes on the Official List of Euronext Dublin and admit them to trading on the Global Exchange Market. Completion of the new bond sale is a condition to the tender offer, though Brightstar retains sole discretion to waive that requirement.

New York – September 10, 2026 -- Bluerock Private Real Estate Fund (NYSE: BPRE) has lifted its distribution rate to 7.0% of net asset value as of June 2026, up from 5.25% at its December 2025 listing, following four separate increases in six months.

Fund schedules October 6 webinar to detail capital rotation progress

BPRE will host a semi-annual progress report webinar on October 6, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. ET titled "BPRE Strategic Roadmap: A Progress Report." Chief Investment Officer Ryan MacDonald and Head of Listed Products Steven Baffico will present updates on the Fund's two-pillar strategy: shifting capital out of legacy core+ institutional real estate holdings into specialty direct property investments, and sustaining distribution growth.

Singapore – September 10, 2026 -- Lion Group Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: LGHL) will change the ratio of its American Depositary Shares to Class A ordinary shares, effectively executing a one-for-twenty reverse ADS split on or about September 10, 2026.

Lion resets ADS ratio from 292,500 to 5.85 million shares per ADS

The trading platform operator will move its ADS Ratio from the current one ADS representing 292,500 Class A ordinary shares to one ADS representing 5,850,000 Class A ordinary shares. Par value on the underlying shares remains US$0.0000001. The change affects only the ADS-to-share ratio; no Class A ordinary shares will be issued or cancelled as a result.

Stockholm – – September 10, 2026 -- EQT AB has completed its share buyback program after repurchasing 4,368,899 own ordinary shares for a total of SEK 1,448,620,146.93, the private equity firm confirmed.

EQT finalizes buyback authorization after hitting maximum share count

Between August 31 and September 4, 2026, EQT repurchased 707,203 ordinary shares (ISIN: SE0012853455) on Nasdaq Stockholm, closing out a program launched July 20, 2026. The initiative, announced May 12, 2026, authorized purchases of up to 4,368,899 shares for a maximum of SEK 2,500,000,000, carried out under the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014 and Commission Delegated Regulation No 2016/1052.

Gothenburg – September 10, 2026 -- AB SKF's Board of Directors has proposed the distribution and listing of SKF Vertevo, the group's Automotive business, with a shareholder vote set for an Extraordinary General Meeting on October 1, 2026.

SKF Vertevo listing targeted for December 1, 2026 on Nasdaq Stockholm

Subject to shareholder approval at the EGM and customary regulatory clearances, shares in SKF Vertevo are expected to begin trading on Nasdaq Stockholm on December 1, 2026. The move follows the completed operational separation of the Automotive business, which has been running as a standalone unit within the SKF Group ahead of the formal split.

Gothenburg – September 10, 2026 -- AB SKF has called an Extraordinary General Meeting for 1 October 2026 to approve the distribution of all shares in SKF Vertevo AB, the entity housing SKF's Automotive business, to existing shareholders ahead of a planned Nasdaq Stockholm listing.

SKF sets a 5-to-1 share ratio for the Vertevo distribution

Under the Board's proposal, shareholders will receive one series A share in SKF Vertevo for every five series A shares held in SKF, and one series B share for every five series B shares. Fractional entitlements will be pooled, sold on Nasdaq Stockholm via Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, with proceeds distributed pro rata through Euroclear, free of commissions.

Shanghai – September 09, 2026 -- Harbour BioMed (HKEX: 02142.HK) shares became eligible for trading under the Shanghai-Hong Kong and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programs, opening direct access for qualified mainland Chinese investors effective immediately.

Market capitalization crosses HK$10 billion threshold

The inclusion follows the Company's market capitalization steadily surpassing HK$10 billion, placing it among large- and mid-cap biopharmaceutical issuers on the Hong Kong exchange.

First-half 2026 revenue rises 20.9% to $122.5 million

Harbour BioMed recorded total revenue of approximately US$122.5 million in the first half of 2026, up 20.9% year-over-year. Adjusted net profit reached approximately US$71.6 million, marking seven consecutive profitable half-years. Cash and cash equivalents stood at approximately US$359.2 million as of June 30, 2026.

Hong Kong – September 09, 2026 -- A coalition of seven institutions including HSBC, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Temasek-backed GenZero has launched the Green Accelerator (GA), a non-profit platform designed to convert green technology projects in emerging markets into investment-ready assets for multilateral development banks, sovereign wealth funds and commercial lenders.

Stockholm – September 09, 2026 -- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson repurchased Class B shares between August 31 and September 4, 2026, lifting its treasury stock holding to 105,668,676 Class B shares.

Ericsson executes buybacks under a SEK 15 billion program launched in April 2026

The transactions form part of a share buyback program of up to SEK 15,000,000,000 that Ericsson announced on April 16, 2026. The program runs from April 23, 2026, through March 31, 2027, at the latest, and is being carried out on Nasdaq Stockholm by Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE on Ericsson's behalf.

Board plans to propose cancellation of repurchased shares at 2027 AGM

Ericsson's Board of Directors intends to propose to the 2027 Annual General Meeting that the repurchased shares be cancelled, except for those retained to fulfil obligations under the company's share-related incentive programs.

Vancouver – September 09, 2026 -- Inturai Ventures Corp. (CSE: URAI) (OTC: URAIF) (FSE: 3QG0) has closed the final tranche of its non-brokered private placement, bringing total gross proceeds from the offering to $963,713.70.

Final tranche adds $22,714.05 to funding round

The company issued 151,427 Units at $0.15 per Unit in the second and final tranche, completing an offering that in aggregate saw 6,424,758 Units sold since inception.

Each unit pairs a share with a two-year warrant priced at $0.25

Every Unit comprises one common share and one warrant, with the warrant exercisable for 24 months at $0.25 per share. The warrants carry an accelerated expiry clause: if Inturai's share price closes at or above $0.35 for five consecutive trading days, the company can trigger a 30-day exercise window before expiry.