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Propelis expands beyond package design to help Korean brands build stronger consumer experiences

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Building on three years of local market experience through Marks & SGX, Propelis is expanding beyond package design to help Korean businesses deliver more connected brand experiences.

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Propelis, the global brand services group formed through the merger of SGK and SGS & Co, is strengthening its presence in South Korea as companies increasingly seek integrated partners that can build distinctive brands, create engaging consumer experiences and deliver consistent execution across every touchpoint. Bringing together expertise across brand strategy, creative, content, production and workflow technology, Propelis helps brands move seamlessly from brand creation through to market activation.

The deal, first announced in January 2025, gave the new entity combining SGK and SGS & Co an initial enterprise value of approximately US$900 million (approximately KRW 1.37 trillion) and projected more than US$50 million (approximately KRW 76.4 billion) in annual run-rate cost synergies over a 30-month expected integration period. Following the finalisation of the merger in May 2025, Propelis commenced operations with 10,000 employees across more than 30 countries, nearly US$1 billion (approximately KRW 1.53 trillion) in annual sales, and over 2,000 clients.

With more than 100 years of combined experience, Propelis brings together complementary expertise across brand strategy, creative development, consumer experiences, content production, packaging execution and workflow technology through businesses including SGX, Marks, Collide and 5Flow. Following the integration of Marks and SGK Global Creative Operations, Marks now brings together more than 2,100 creative specialists across 25 global hubs, combining greater scale with the entrepreneurial spirit, creative agility and fearless ambition that have long defined the business. This connected operating model helps brands simplify increasingly complex go-to-market processes while delivering consistent brand experiences from idea through to execution.

Building on three years of market experience in Korea, Marks Seoul has established itself as a trusted partner for both Korean and international brands, helping them create distinctive brand identities and meaningful consumer experiences across physical and digital channels. Since opening its Seoul office in 2023, the team has delivered brand strategy, consumer research, brand identity development, creative design, retail and experiential activations, digital content, packaging localisation, artwork production, print management, colour management and workflow consulting. Through Marks and SGX in Korea, clients continue working with the same local team while benefiting from Propelis’ expanded global network and specialist capabilities.

“The way brands are built today has fundamentally changed,” said Kathryn Sloane, Executive Managing Director, APAC MEA, Marks & SGX.

“Consumers don’t experience brands in silos – they move seamlessly between physical and digital environments, so every interaction needs to feel connected. Korean brands are increasingly looking for partners who can help shape those experiences, from strategy and identity through to content, retail and market execution, creating brands that are relevant, memorable and consistent wherever consumers engage with them.”

South Korea remains one of the world’s most digitally connected consumer markets, with the retail sector valued at approximately US$324 billion (approximately KRW 495 trillion). As brands respond to increasingly connected consumer journeys, they are seeking partners that can deliver cohesive brand experiences across physical and digital touchpoints. This is driving demand for integrated capabilities spanning brand strategy, creative development, content, production and market execution, enabling brands to move faster while maintaining consistency and local relevance.

“Our strength has always been our understanding of the Korean market and how consumers engage with brands,” said Reiko Nakamura, Managing Director, SGX Korea and Japan.

“Through Propelis, we are able to combine that local expertise with broader specialist capabilities to help clients create stronger consumer experiences from brand development and content through to retail activation and market execution while maintaining the consistency needed to grow across markets.”

Building on this end-to-end capability, Marks is helping Korean brands deliver more connected consumer experiences across physical and digital touchpoints. This integrated approach is already reflected in Marks’ work with Puma. Earlier this year, the Seoul team delivered the brand’s three-day Seoul Forest pop-up to launch its premium running line, managing everything from creative direction and merchandise design to on-site execution. The activation attracted more than 1,000 influencers and visitors, and the partnership has since expanded into Japan, demonstrating the team’s ability to deliver connected brand experiences that scale across markets.

Across the wider APAC region, Propelis will continue supporting brands operating across multiple markets through integrated capabilities spanning brand strategy, creative adaptation, content production, artwork management, packaging production, workflow consulting, transcreation and controlled AI applications, including quality checks, approval tracking and content testing.

About Propelis

Propelis is the global brand services group formed through the merger of SGK and SGS & Co. Bringing together specialist expertise across packaging, brand creation, content production, creative operations and workflow technology, Propelis helps brands simplify increasingly complex go-to-market processes while delivering consistent brand experiences across every customer touchpoint. With approximately 10,000 employees in more than 30 countries and over 2,000 clients worldwide, Propelis operates through specialist businesses including Marks, SGX, Collide and 5Flow.

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Gamehaus Announces Strategic Shift Toward AI-Generated Content

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Company to Concentrate Resources on Generative Content Tooling and the Creator Ecosystem; Existing Casual Game Portfolio to Be Managed for Cash Flow and Profitability

SHANGHAI, Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Gamehaus Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: GMHS) (“Gamehaus” or the “Company”), a technology-driven mobile game publisher, today announced a shift in its strategic focus toward artificial intelligence(“AI”)-generated content. Under the revised strategy, the Company will progressively optimize its third-party publishing business in casual titles, and in particular in the social casino category, and will direct its resources toward the development and distribution of AI-generated content.

In connection with this shift, the Company has begun managing its existing portfolio of casual and social casino titles on a cash flow- and profitability-oriented basis, with user acquisition and operating expenditure allocated according to return on investment rather than scale of installed base. This approach took effect during the current quarter and applies across the existing game portfolio.

The strategic shift reflects both the Company’s assessment of structural conditions in the casual publishing market and its view of the opportunity presented by generative technologies. In the casual category, user acquisition economics have been reshaped in recent years by several converging factors: the contraction of addressable audiences in mature markets, the reduction in attribution and targeting signal available to advertisers on major mobile platforms, and sustained competition for paid media inventory. Together, these factors have compressed the margin available at the publishing layer of the value chain. At the same time, the Company believes that generative technologies are altering the cost structure of content production itself — shortening development cycles, lowering the marginal cost of producing and iterating on content, and, most significantly, broadening the range of participants able to produce content at all.

Gamehaus intends to move into the content creation process by developing AI-based content generation tools and making them available to third-party creators, including game developers. These tools are designed to support content creation by both internal teams and external creators, and the Company ultimately expects its AI-powered content generation capabilities to enable a broader creator ecosystem to drive content production. The Company also expects to maintain a small-scale in-house development and testing function, principally to validate and refine its tools. The intended principal driver of content supply under this strategy is the creator economy those tools are designed to enable.

The Company’s initial focus within AI-generated content is casual mobile games. Earlier this year, Gamehaus completed a minority equity investment in a promising early-stage studio focused on AI-driven game generation, whose work includes AI-assisted art, asset and level generation pipelines for casual game content. The Company intends to leverage AI-powered content creation capabilities of this kind and combine them with its existing publishing infrastructure, user acquisition platform and live-operations function, which together serve a global user base across major mobile app stores.

Over time, the Company intends to position itself as an AI-enabled content generation and distribution platform. Gamehaus believes that the applicability of AI-powered generative tools is not limited to casual games, and that comparable changes in production economics are emerging in short-form animated drama and in interactive formats that combine short-form drama with gameplay. The Company is evaluating opportunities in these areas and will provide further information if and when there is a material development to report.

“We are choosing to build the Company around where content value is being created, rather than defending a position in a part of the value chain that is structurally narrowing,” said Mr. Yimin Cai, Chief Executive Officer of Gamehaus, “That means running our existing portfolio for cash flow and returns rather than for scale, and putting our resources behind the tools that let creators produce content. We do not think the winning position here is to make everything ourselves. We think it is to give a large number of creators the ability to make things they could not make before, and to distribute what they make.”

About Gamehaus

Gamehaus Holdings Inc. is a technology-driven global mobile game publisher dedicated to bridging creative studios and players worldwide. With a portfolio spanning mid-core and casual games, Gamehaus delivers full-stack publishing support across market insights, user growth, live-ops, data analytics and monetization optimization. With a vision to be the go-to partner for creative teams, the Company specializes in combining global publishing reach with AI- and data-powered solutions to help partners build lasting success. As part of its strategic evolution, the Company intends to increasingly focused on AI-generated content to enable scalable content production across a broad ecosystem of creators and game developers. For more information, please visit https://ir.gamehaus.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this announcement are forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the Company’s business plan and outlook. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on the Company’s current expectations and projections about future events that may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. Investors can find many (but not all) of these statements by the use of words such as “approximates,” “believes,” “hopes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may”, or other similar expressions in this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the Company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results due to various risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those described under the “Risk Factors” section in the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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NGP VAN Launches NGP VAN Interface, Bringing Agentic AI to Democratic and Progressive Campaigns Ahead of Midterm Elections

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today, NGP VAN, the leading technology provider for Democratic and progressive campaigns, announced the launch of NGP VAN Interface, the most powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) solution purpose-built for Democratic and progressive campaigns, nonprofits, unions, PACs, and advocacy organizations. As organizations look to adopt AI, many face a fundamental challenge: how to do so without compromising the security of their most valuable data. NGP VAN Interface addresses that challenge by providing a secure connection between AI tools and trusted NGP VAN platforms, enabling natural language workflows while preserving the permissioning, authentication, and security campaigns depend on. With NGP VAN Interface, the Democratic and progressive movement’s leading organizing and fundraising platform will be accessible to AI tools, unlocking major efficiencies ahead of the midterm elections. As part of the launch, NGP VAN is also investing in its first Forward Deployed Engineers, who will work directly with clients and partners to help campaigns integrate AI into their operations, accelerate adoption of these new capabilities and give campaigns every advantage possible heading into this fall’s elections..

For decades, NGP VAN has powered the organizing, fundraising, and voter outreach efforts behind Democratic and progressive victories. As campaigns increasingly adopt AI to streamline operations and improve productivity, NGP VAN Interface provides a new way to securely bring those capabilities into the systems that natively house campaign data.

Until now, users have primarily interacted with NGP VAN through its web applications, APIs, and data products. Interface introduces a fourth interaction layer designed specifically for AI-powered assistants and automated workflows. The new platform includes an open-source Command Line Interface (CLI) that simplifies interactions with NGP VAN APIs, an MCP server with purpose-built authentication and permission controls for AI applications, and a proof-of-concept turnkey integration with Anthropic’s Claude.

Together, these capabilities enable users to complete common tasks through natural language prompts rather than navigating multiple interfaces or writing code, creating major new efficiencies for campaigns. NGP VAN Interface also supports an innovative new authentication model that enables workflows to run across multiple NGP VAN databases from a single user account and a single command, eliminating the need to switch between products or committees or to manage multiple API connections.

Several early partners are already using Interface to prototype AI-powered organizing and fundraising workflows ahead of the midterms and in preparation for the 2027-2028 election cycles, helping campaign staff automate repetitive administrative work and spend more time organizing supporters, engaging donors, and reaching voters.

“For more than 25 years, NGP VAN has built the tools that power the Democratic and progressive ecosystem,” said Chelsea Peterson Thompson, General Manager of NGP VAN. “Our mission has always been to put the best tools in the hands of our clients so they can make data-driven decisions and elect more Democrats up and down the ballot. NGP VAN Interface gives organizations a secure way to connect AI tools directly to their data in NGP VAN’s platforms. We understand that change requires investment and resources to support this exciting work across the ecosystem; we are investing in our first Forward Deployed Engineers to embed directly with our clients to build the next generation of skills necessary to win the critical elections ahead. As campaigns and organizations continue evaluating and adopting AI, we’re committed to ensuring the progressive movement has access to cutting-edge capabilities built with the privacy, governance, and environmental sustainability our mission demands.”

“In my time working with campaigns, I’ve seen organizers and finance staff do extraordinary things with limited resources and tight timelines,” said Sunil Sadasivan, Vice President of Engineering at NGP VAN. “I’ve spent my career helping teams work smarter, not harder – and the new wave of AI capabilities is the biggest leap on that front I’ve seen. What we believe at NGP VAN is that AI should meet campaigns where their data already lives. NGP VAN Interface gives AI tools a direct, purpose-built connection to our platforms, so the teams we work with can put these capabilities to work on the things that actually win — organizing, fundraising, and turning people out.” 

NGP VAN Interface is currently in closed beta. NGP VAN is actively seeking two types of partners: campaign and organizational users ready to put natural language AI workflows to work in NGP VAN’s platforms this cycle, and agencies and technology builders interested in co-developing agentic skills on top of Interface’s capabilities.

To learn more and apply for access, visit ngpvan.com/solutions/interface.

About NGP VAN
NGP VAN is the winningest technology platform in the history of democratic and progressive causes, working tirelessly to innovate and advance the technology our clients rely on to bolster our democracy. A proud unionized employer, we help power the trailblazers, campaigners, and advocates fighting up and down the ticket for equality, racial justice, reproductive freedom, democracy, climate reform, and more—including the national Democratic committees and progressive organizations, thousands of Democratic campaigns, hundreds of labor unions, advocacy organizations, progressive and non-partisan PACs, and other organizations.

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NGP VAN
press@ngpvan.com

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Bank of America Launches $250 Billion, 18-month Critical Infrastructure Finance Initiative in Honor of America’s 250th Anniversary

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Initiative aims to help strengthen and modernize America’s infrastructure, supporting energy security, U.S. job growth and economic competitiveness

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Bank of America’s Critical Infrastructure Finance Initiative to help drive transformative infrastructure investment across the United States, honoring America’s 250th anniversaryBank of America to support the development of digital, energy and power, and core infrastructure that enhances national competitiveness by strengthening energy security, accelerating technological leadership and enabling long-term economic growthInitiative to help create tens of thousands of jobs and advance community developmentCapital to be mobilized and deployed over 18 months, from America’s 250th year in 2026 through July 4, 2027

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, Bank of America today announced the Critical Infrastructure Finance Initiative to mobilize and deploy $250 billion to support U.S. infrastructure development through financing, investment and advisory solutions. The initiative reflects the company’s commitment to financing digital, energy and power, and core infrastructure development and modernization to help fuel America’s next era of economic growth, innovation and competitiveness. Capital will be mobilized and deployed from over 18 months, from America’s 250th year in 2026 through July 4, 2027.

Surging demand for computing power, energy, manufacturing capacity, modern transportation systems and diversified supply chains is propelling a new wave of infrastructure investment across the United States. Bank of America is helping clients across these sectors access the capital they need through our global capital markets platform, advisory expertise and strong balance sheet support, driving investment and creating tens of thousands of jobs nationwide.

“We are proud of our long history supporting the American economy. As America marks its 250th year, this initiative reflects our confidence in the country’s future and the investments that will shape it,” said Jim DeMare, Co-President, Bank of America. “The infrastructure that powers our economy, strengthens our energy security and secures our technological leadership will drive growth, create jobs and define America’s next chapter.”

Financial activity – including primary market lending, investing, capital markets, banking and advisory solutions – will span three broad infrastructure categories:

Digital infrastructure, such as data centers and computing infrastructure (hardware, chips, and equipment), telecommunications and semiconductorsEnergy and power infrastructure, such as conventional and renewable power generation and energy storage, as well as other energy distribution systemsCore infrastructure, such as transportation, electric and energy transmission, grid optimization, water systems, critical minerals and mining, and other assets

“Meeting America’s growing infrastructure needs requires mobilizing capital at scale across increasingly interconnected sectors,” said Karen Fang, Global Head of Infrastructure & Sustainable Finance and Co-Head of Global Capital Solutions at Bank of America. “Delivering these projects requires integrated financing solutions spanning corporate and project-level capital in both public and private markets. By bringing together capital providers, developers, corporations and investors, we are focused on helping accelerate investment in infrastructure that drives economic growth and creates lasting value for communities.”

The effort will be led by Bank of America’s Global Capital Solutions (GCS) and Global Infrastructure & Sustainable Finance (GISFG) teams and is supported across all eight lines of business. Bank of America provides integrated financing, investment, advisory and supply chain solutions for clients at both the corporate and asset levels, and across public and private markets.

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Question: What is Bank of America announcing?

Answer: Bank of America announced the Critical Infrastructure Finance Initiative to mobilize and deploy $250 billion to support the development and modernization of American infrastructure, through financing, investment, advisory and supply chain solutions. The amount will be measured based on eligible activity over 18 months, from America’s 250th year, January 1, 2026 through July 4, 2027.

Question: What types of infrastructure are included?

Answer: Eligible activity spans three broad categories:

Digital infrastructure, such as data centers and computing infrastructure (hardware, chips, and equipment), telecommunications and semiconductorsEnergy and power infrastructure, such as conventional and renewable power generation and energy storage, as well as other energy distribution systemsCore infrastructure, such as transportation, electric and energy transmission, grid optimization, water systems, critical minerals and mining, and other assets

Question: How will progress toward the goal be measured?

Answer: Progress for this initiative will be measured solely based on eligible activity in primary market lending, investing, capital markets and advisory transactions, consistent with Bank of America’s methodology for its $1.5 trillion ten-year sustainable finance goal.

Question: Why is Bank of America announcing this now?

Answer: The $250 billion Critical Infrastructure Finance Initiative is in recognition of America’s 250th anniversary and reflects the important role private capital plays in financing the critical infrastructure that supports economic growth, innovation and competitiveness.

Question: How is the Critical Infrastructure Finance Initiative creating jobs?

Answer:

Infrastructure financing helps drive job creation across sectors including construction, manufacturing, technology and long-term operations. By providing capital for digital, energy and power, and core infrastructure projects, the initiative helps enable investments that support employment opportunities nationwide.Infrastructure investment and workforce development go hand in hand. Projects such as data centers, power generation facilities, grid modernization projects and transportation infrastructure require a highly skilled workforce to build, operate and maintain them. Alongside financing these investments, Bank of America supports workforce development through longstanding training, education and career pathway programs that help connect people to the skills and jobs these projects create.In 2025, Bank of America invested nearly $40 million in more than 730 workforce development partners including employers, nonprofits and community colleges across 97 U.S. markets. These partners estimate that the funding helped connect more than 90,000 people to employment opportunities and provided over 290,000 individuals with access to training, education and career-readiness programs.

Bank of America
Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving more than 69 million clients with approximately 3,500 retail financial centers, approximately 15,000 ATMs (automated teller machines) and award-winning digital banking with approximately 60 million verified digital users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. As the #1 small business lender in the United States (FDIC), Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 4 million small business households through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and more than 35 countries and/or jurisdictions. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Phone: 1.646.855.2314
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