RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, today announced that TruKKer Middle East, the Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) largest digital freight network, is modernizing its technology environment by migrating workloads to Tencent Cloud’s local cloud infrastructure in the Saudi Arabia Region while adopting CodeBuddy, Tencent Cloud’s AI-powered software development assistant, to enhance engineering productivity and support its DevOps transformation.

Building a Localized and Scalable Cloud Foundation

As an AI-powered freight ecosystem connecting shippers and carriers through its proprietary digital platform, TruKKer enables real-time freight matching and supply-demand optimization across Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and neighboring markets. With a carrier network of more than 75,000 trucks and over 1,200 enterprise customers spanning FMCG, retail, automotive, construction, and energy sectors, the company’s technology platform supports real-time freight matching, dispatch, tracking and settlement operations in the region around the clock.

To support its next phase of growth, TruKKer will leverage Tencent Cloud’s local infrastructure and portfolio of cloud computing, storage, networking, database, and AI capabilities to gain a scalable and reliable foundation that supports increasingly complex logistics operations. The migration is expected to reduce latency, enhance application responsiveness, strengthen service reliability, and support compliance with Saudi Arabia’s data residency requirements.

Accelerating Engineering Productivity with CodeBuddy

Alongside its cloud modernization initiative, TruKKer has adopted CodeBuddy, Tencent Cloud’s AI-powered software development assistant, as a strategic component of its DevOps transformation journey.

Embedded across the software development lifecycle, CodeBuddy supports engineering teams through AI-assisted code generation, code review, pull request analysis and CI/CD workflow optimization. The platform also helps automate routine development and operational tasks, including test generation, configuration updates, deployment validation and incident troubleshooting, reducing manual effort while improving development efficiency.

By integrating AI into daily development workflows, TruKKer aims to accelerate deployment cycles, improve engineering productivity, and enable teams to focus on strategic innovation and customer-facing initiatives. Combined with Tencent Cloud’s local cloud infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, CodeBuddy helps provide TruKKer with a modern technology foundation that supports faster innovation, greater operational efficiency and long-term business growth.

Rachel Xie, General Manager of Tencent Cloud MENA, Operations, Channel Development and Marketing of Tencent Cloud International, said: “As organizations across the Middle East continue to accelerate digital transformation, there is growing demand for trusted technology partners that can provide reliable local infrastructure, AI-powered innovation and strong technical support. We are pleased to support TruKKer through Tencent Cloud’s Saudi Arabia Region and AI solutions such as CodeBuddy, helping the company modernize its technology foundation, enhance engineering efficiency and accelerate innovation as it continues to scale across the region.”

Pradeep Mallavarapu, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of TruKKer Middle East, said: “Our goal is to continuously strengthen the technology foundation behind our digital freight ecosystem while delivering greater efficiency and visibility for customers and carrier partners. With Tencent Cloud’s local infrastructure and AI-powered solutions such as CodeBuddy, we can modernize our cloud environment, streamline software development workflows, and accelerate innovation across the business. This provides us with a strong foundation to support future growth and allows us to better serve customers across the region.”

The collaboration highlights Tencent Cloud’s continued investment in Saudi Arabia and its commitment to supporting enterprises with local cloud infrastructure, AI capabilities and comprehensive technology services. As demand for digital transformation and AI adoption continues to grow across the region, Tencent Cloud remains focused on helping enterprises build scalable, intelligent, and locally compliant technology environments that support long-term innovation and growth.

About Tencent Cloud

Tencent Cloud, one of the world’s leading cloud companies, is committed to creating innovative solutions to resolve real-world issues and enabling digital transformation for smart industries. Through our extensive global infrastructure, Tencent Cloud provides businesses across the globe with stable and secure industry-leading cloud products and services, leveraging technological advancements such as cloud computing, Big Data analytics, AI, IoT, and network security. It is our constant mission to meet the needs of industries across the board, including the fields of gaming, media and entertainment, finance, healthcare, property, retail, travel, and transportation. 

About TruKKer

Founded in 2016, TruKKer was built to bring structure, transparency, and control to a fragmented freight industry across the EMEA region and beyond.

What began as a technology-driven method to connect shippers with reliable trucking capacity has evolved into a comprehensive digital freight ecosystem. Today, TruKKer connects 75,000+ verified trucks across 3 continents, serving critical industries such as FMCG, construction, oil & gas, chemicals, and retail across the EMEA.

At the core of TruKKer is a cloud-native, AI-enabled platform that unifies freight procurement, execution, tracking, documentation, and payments into one intelligent control layer. This gives shippers certainty, visibility, and cost control, while enabling carriers to access consistent loads and faster, transparent earnings.

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OSLO, Norway, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Aker Solutions continued to deliver solid financial results in the third quarter of 2026. Several milestones have been met across the project portfolio in the period. The company now expects 2026 revenue to be between NOK 53 and 55 billion with an EBITDA margin between 7.5 and 8.0 percent excluding net profit from SLB OneSubsea.

3Q 2026 Financial Highlights
(excluding special items)

Revenue NOK 13.5 billionEBITDA NOK 1.3 billionEBITDA margin 9.6 percentEarnings per share NOK 1.45Order intake NOK 5.4 billion (0.4x book-to-bill)Order backlog NOK 69.3 billionNet cash position NOK 5.8 billion, including investments in liquid funds

“During the quarter, we have met several important milestones in our project portfolio. Combined with solid financial performance, this reflects the expertise and dedication of our people”, said Paal Eikeseth, Chief Executive Officer of Aker Solutions.

“At the same time, we are transforming how we execute projects. By standardizing solutions, moving from documents to data and applying decades of project knowledge to AI-supported digital tools, we are building a more agile, efficient and competitive Aker Solutions”, said Eikeseth.

Key Developments

Revenue in the third quarter was NOK 13.5 billion, in line with expectations following peak activity in 2025. Underlying EBITDA was NOK 1.3 billion and EBITDA margin for the quarter was 9.6 percent, or 7.7 percent excluding net profit from SLB OneSubsea. Order intake for the quarter was NOK 5.4 billion, and the secured backlog at the end of the quarter stood at NOK 69.3 billion.

The net cash position increased to NOK 5.8 billion in the quarter, including investments in liquid funds. Working capital improved by NOK 677 million, while CAPEX was NOK 67 million. Aker Solutions received NOK 137 million in quarterly dividends from SLB OneSubsea during the period.

Operationally, Aker Solutions met several important milestones in its project portfolio, including the sail-away of Aker BP’s Valhall PWP and Hugin B topside platforms. In addition, the Life Cycle segment delivered strong operational performance across their portfolio of frame agreements and modification projects.

SLB OneSubsea, where Aker Solutions owns 20 percent, also delivered improved financial results. Revenue was USD 1.1 billion, an increase of 12 percent compared to the same period last year. The underlying EBITDA margin in the quarter was 18.5 percent. SLB OneSubsea is on track to deliver on its order intake ambitions, positioning the company for growth from 2027 onwards. Based on its robust financial position, SLB OneSubsea is expected to distribute dividends of around USD 400 million to its shareholders in 2026, in line with full-year distribution in 2025.

Outlook and Guidance

Aker Solutions expects full-year 2026 revenue to be between NOK 53 and 55 billion, with an EBITDA margin between 7.5 and 8.0 percent excluding net profit from SLB OneSubsea.

For 2027, Aker Solutions expects revenue to decline to between NOK 35 and 40 billion, with an EBITDA margin between 7.0 and 8.0 percent excluding net profit from SLB OneSubsea.

Aker Solutions is taking action to reshape the business, reduce the cost base and align capacity with the lower activity expected in 2027, while improving competitiveness.

Contact:

Preben Ørbeck
investor relations
preben.orbeck@akersolutions.com 
+47 470 10 611

Hallvard Norum
media contact
hallvard.norum@akersolutions.com 
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The transaction demonstrates how Mirae Asset Securities’ US$3 billion structured note programme can extend into on-chain distribution, establishing a model for a broader range of structured products over time while showcasing its advanced tokenisation capabilities and long-term commitment to expanding into digital assets.

HONG KONG, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Mirae Asset Securities (HK) Limited (“Mirae Asset Securities”) today announced the completion of a tokenised funding note issuance to eligible institutional investors on Solana, a public blockchain network, expanding the digital distribution of its structured products. The transaction was supported by Marketnode, a Singapore-regulated digital market infrastructure operator acting as an authorised distributor.

The transaction involved USD-denominated six-month floating rate notes issued in Hong Kong under Mirae Asset Securities’ US$3 billion Guaranteed Structured Note Programme, with Mirae Asset Securities managing token issuance, payments, and lifecycle management of the tokenised notes.

This milestone highlights Mirae Asset Securities’ robust in-house tokenisation capabilities and operational readiness to power end-to-end digital asset lifecycles. By leveraging its proprietary digital infrastructure, Mirae Asset Securities continues to lead the capital markets’ transition into next-generation financial architectures, actively expanding its footprint across the digital asset ecosystem.

The transaction demonstrates how established structured products can be extended into digitally native distribution, enabling eligible institutional investors to hold the notes in tokenised form on public blockchain infrastructure such as the Solana network. Its successful execution provides a scalable model that Mirae Asset Securities can extend to a broader range of structured products over time.

Kelly Sohn, Head of Digital Assets at Mirae Asset Securities, said: “Mirae Asset has always looked to the future of financial markets and how innovation can create better ways to serve investors. Extending our structured note capabilities into digitally native channels is a natural progression of our strategic focus on digital assets. By building robust internal tokenisation capabilities and leveraging next-generation blockchain infrastructure, we are establishing a flexible foundation to expand our digital product suite and serve institutional investors across global markets.”

Lu Yin, Head of APAC at the Solana Foundation, said: “Public blockchain infrastructure becomes meaningful to capital markets when it can support the products and workflows institutions already use. We’re proud to support this transaction and demonstrate how Solana can connect established financial markets with a growing digitally native ecosystem.”

Andrew Scott, Head of Digital Assets at Marketnode, said: “The next stage of tokenisation is about distribution. Financial institutions already know how to manufacture sophisticated investment products; the opportunity is to connect those products with new institutional investors and new channels. Mirae Asset’s structured note programme shows how established product capabilities can extend into digitally native markets and reach new pools of demand.”

Important Note: This press release is for information only and does not constitute an offer, solicitation or invitation to buy or sell any securities. The notes were offered by way of private placement to eligible professional investors (as defined in Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Ordinance) only and have not been authorised by or registered with Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission.

About Mirae Asset Securities (HK) Limited

Mirae Asset Securities (HK) Limited (SFC CE No.: BJB333) is a member of the Mirae Asset Financial Group. Its parent company, Mirae Asset Securities Co., is one of the largest securities firms in South Korea. Established in Hong Kong, Mirae Asset Securities (HK) Limited serves as an important platform for connecting clients to global markets, supported by Mirae Asset’s international network, investment expertise and long-standing commitment to innovation.

Guided by the Mirae Asset 3.0 vision, Mirae Asset Securities (HK) Limited is focused on building a client-first, future-ready financial services platform in Hong Kong. As a Permanent Innovator, Mirae Asset continues to develop responsible, trusted and globally connected investment solutions, while contributing to the long-term development of Hong Kong as an international financial centre and regulated digital asset hub.

About Marketnode

Marketnode is Asia-Pacific’s digital market infrastructure (DMI) operator, backed by Euroclear, HSBC, SGX Group and Temasek. Our unique combination of data, networks and access capabilities enables financial institutions to turn data into operational intelligence, streamline transactions over shared networks and shorten time to market for funds, structured products and credit in traditional and digitally native formats. For more information, visit www.marketnode.com.

About the Solana Foundation

The Solana Foundation is a non-profit foundation based in Zug, Switzerland, dedicated to the decentralization, adoption, and security of the Solana ecosystem.

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