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Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. Announces Completion of Acquisition by Mubadala Capital

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SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (“Clear Channel” or the “Company”), a leader in U.S. out-of-home advertising, today announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition by Mubadala Capital. The transaction, valued at approximately $6.2 billion, closed following the receipt of all applicable regulatory approvals and approval by Clear Channel stockholders.  

Concurrent with the completion of the transaction, Wade Davis has become Chief Executive Officer of the Company, succeeding Scott Wells, who has stepped down from his role as CEO and from the Board of Directors.  Mr. Wells will serve as an advisor to the Company to support a smooth transition. As previously announced, Mr. Davis has also joined the Board as Executive Chairman. 

In addition, John Halley will join Clear Channel as Chief Commercial Officer, working across all commercial activities.

With the completion of the acquisition, Clear Channel’s common stock will cease trading and will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.  

About Wade Davis 
Wade Davis is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of ForgeLight LLC, an operating and investment company focused on the media and consumer technology sectors, which he established in 2019. Through ForgeLight, he partnered with Searchlight Capital Partners and Liberty Global to acquire a controlling stake in Univision Communications in December 2020, assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer upon closing. He subsequently led the landmark merger of Univision with the entertainment assets of Mexico’s Grupo Televisa to create TelevisaUnivision, the world’s largest Spanish-language media company, and served as its Chief Executive Officer from January 2021 through September 2024.   He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the TelevisaUnivision Board of Directors.

Mr. Davis recently served as Executive Chairman of Lambda Technologies, a leading neo-cloud company building and operating AI factories and is a member of TWG Global’s Merchant Banking business. 

Prior to founding ForgeLight, Mr. Davis served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Viacom Inc. from November 2012 through December 2019, overseeing the financial strategy of one of the world’s largest multinational media and entertainment conglomerates. He joined Viacom in 2006 and held a succession of senior roles in mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, and corporate development before assuming the CFO position. Before Viacom, he spent more than a decade as an investment banker focused on the technology and media sectors.  

About John Halley
John Halley brings decades of media industry relationships and a proven track record of driving commercial growth at scale. Most recently, Mr. Halley served as President of Advertising at Paramount Global across a portfolio that includes CBS, Paramount+, Pluto TV, Nickelodeon, MTV, and Comedy Central. In this role, he led initiatives that redefined the company’s advertising offering and approach, with a focus on innovative products backed by robust data and measurement, helping to grow the company’s digital advertising business into a multibillion-dollar platform. 

About Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.  
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. is at the forefront of driving innovation in the out-of-home advertising industry. Clear Channel’s dynamic advertising platform is broadening the pool of advertisers using its medium through the expansion of digital billboards and displays and the integration of data analytics and programmatic capabilities that deliver measurable campaigns that are simpler to buy. By leveraging the scale, reach and flexibility of Clear Channel’s diverse portfolio of assets, we connect advertisers with millions of consumers every month. 

About Mubadala Capital
Mubadala Capital is a global alternative asset management platform that manages, advises, and administers over $755 billion in assets for clients and limited partners through its core alternatives businesses and strategic partnerships. As a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, Mubadala Capital combines the scale and stability of sovereign ownership with the agility and focus of a performance-driven global alternative asset management firm. 

Mubadala Capital’s core alternatives businesses manage and invest over $60 billion in assets across private equity, special opportunities with a focus on Brazil, credit, and venture capital, as well as Solutions and co-investment platforms. Additionally, Mubadala Capital maintains a portfolio of strategic businesses and partnerships in private wealth, public credit, insurance, and real estate, among other areas. 

With more than 250 professionals across offices in Abu Dhabi, London, New York, Rio de Janeiro, and San Francisco, Mubadala Capital serves as a partner of choice to institutional and private investors seeking differentiated risk-adjusted returns across private markets. 

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Forum Announces Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Release Date and Webcast Details

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PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Forum Markets, Incorporated (Nasdaq: FRMM), an innovator in sourcing and operating cash-generating assets in AI infrastructure, commercial aerospace and AI-powered consumer finance, today announced it expects to release its financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2026, before the U.S. markets open on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. McAndrew Rudisill, chairman and chief executive officer, and John Saunders, chief financial officer, will host a live webcast on the same day at 10:30 a.m. EST to discuss third quarter results and operational updates.

To register and listen to the live webcast, please use the link found here. A replay of the webcast will be available for approximately one year in the investor section of the company’s website.

About Forum Markets, Incorporated

Forum Markets, Incorporated (Nasdaq: FRMM) is an innovative company that sources and structures cash-generating assets with attractive risk-adjusted returns in AI infrastructure, commercial aerospace, manufactured housing finance and auto credit. The Company draws on proprietary origination pipelines and strategic co-investment partnerships to scale its portfolio and generate durable operating income. Forum integrates traditional asset management principles with hands-on operational execution as it builds a new framework for how real-world assets are owned, managed and monetized. For more information, please visit forum-markets.com.

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SAiMON Robotics Attends Ascend 2026 Conference to Evaluate Autonomous Aerial Platforms for Its Robots-as-a-Service Offering

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Company assessed NDAA-compliant, dock-based and long-range drone technologies as it broadens the systems available to public safety and security customers

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — SAiMON Robotics, which provides robots and drones to public safety and security organizations as a service, today announced the Company took part in Ascend 2026, Skydio’s invitation-only annual user conference, held September 23–24 in Summerlin, Nevada.

The SAiMON Robotics team used the conference to assess the latest in autonomous aerial technologies: drones that launch and return to a dock without an on-site pilot, long-range fixed-wing aircrafts, and software that dispatches a drone to verify an alarm before personnel respond. The evaluation supports the Company’s ongoing work to expand the platforms available to its customers, with a focus on systems that meet the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) requirements U.S. government agencies apply to drone procurement.

Under SAiMON Robotics’ “Robots-as-a-Service” (RaaS) model, customers contract for robots and drones as a service rather than buying, maintaining, and staffing the hardware themselves. The Company already operates autonomous drones for institutional customers in Mexico and the United States, supporting mission-critical operations such as wide-area surveillance, perimeter security, infrastructure monitoring, and the protection of strategic assets. These systems execute pre-programmed missions tailored to each customer’s operational requirements, combining autonomous capabilities with human oversight. Human operators direct and authorize every deployment.

“Public safety agencies want the reach of autonomous systems without the cost and complexity of owning a fleet,” said Heberto Molina, Chief Executive Officer of Saimon Robotics. “Ascend made clear how quickly dock-based operations are maturing. Our job is to evaluate those platforms against what our customers need and make the best of them available as a service.”

About SAiMON Robotics

SAiMON Robotics puts robots to work as a service. Its robots and drones operate in the field under an accessible rental model, starting in public and private security and scaling to logistics and industry. SAiMON Robotics is a SAiMON Group company.

For more information, please visit www.saimonrobotics.com.

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Phil.Denning@icrinc.com

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GeoComm and Mutualink Partner to Strengthen Indoor Location Intelligence for Emergency Response

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Collaboration combines indoor mapping expertise with interoperable communications to support coordinated emergency response in schools, hospitals, and other complex facilities.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. and WALLINGFORD, Conn., Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — GeoComm and Mutualink today announced a partnership focused on strengthening the indoor location information available to organizations preparing for and responding to emergencies. By pairing GeoComm’s public safety grade indoor maps with Mutualink’s interoperable communications, the companies are addressing a common gap: teams on different systems and in different agencies often lack clear building context when minutes matter.

Mutualink’s LNK360™ platform connects voice, radio, video, and data across systems during emergencies. Its RemoteView™ capability allows incident participants to view Smart Floor Plans alongside camera locations and live video. GeoComm Indoor Safety turns building records and floor plans into structured indoor GIS data, applying uniform features and public safety mapping standards. GeoComm converts a facility’s existing floor plans into indoor maps, including rooms, doors, exits, and points of interest such as utility shutoffs and AEDs. Those maps serve as the floor plan layer in RemoteView, so camera locations and live video appear on a detailed map of the building.

Indoor maps are most useful when responders can interpret them quickly and trust that they reflect the building as it exists today. Floor plans often come from different sources, use different symbols, and change as facilities are renovated. GeoComm turns building records and floor plans into structured indoor GIS data, applying consistent features and public safety mapping standards to help organizations manage that information across facilities.

“During an emergency, the people coordinating response need a clear understanding of where help is needed and how to reach it,” said T.J. Kennedy, President and CEO of GeoComm. “Our work with Mutualink brings together trusted indoor location intelligence and the communications that connect response teams. That combination can help organizations prepare more effectively and give responders better context when it matters.”

Keeping maps current is a continuing part of that work. GeoComm’s Map Data Manager gives facility teams a way to flag room name changes, layout updates, and other details that need attention. GeoComm reviews and incorporates those changes into the maps. Its Public Safety Content Library then provides a secure way to host indoor map content and make it available to authorized public safety applications and partners.

The need is especially clear in large or changing facilities. A campus may add a building, renumber rooms, or change an entrance that responders would use during an incident. Maintaining those details in a consistent indoor map helps emergency managers and response partners work from information that remains useful after an initial mapping project is complete.

For schools, hospitals, and other complex facilities, the partnership reflects a shared goal: strengthening the information people can use while coordinating an emergency response. Mutualink’s communications capabilities help participants connect across systems. GeoComm’s indoor mapping expertise helps give location information the consistency and care required for public safety use.

“When first responders arrive on scene, they need to know what they’re walking into,” said Chrissie Coffey, CEO of Mutualink. “Our partnership with GeoComm builds on Mutualink’s existing Smart Floor Plans by bringing more detailed, accurate, and actively maintained indoor mapping into RemoteView. Through GeoComm’s subscription-based mapping services, customers can keep building layouts, critical assets, and points of interest current as their facilities evolve. Combined with live video and interoperable communications, these capabilities strengthen emergency preparedness and give responders the situational awareness they need to make informed decisions when every second counts.”

About GeoComm

GeoComm provides public safety grade location data and maps that technology partners embed to bring operational context and trusted location intelligence into critical workflows. Through indoor and outdoor mapping, flexible integrations, and actively maintained data, GeoComm helps partners strengthen their platforms with better operational context and shared situational awareness. Together, these capabilities help partners deliver the shared operational picture agencies, organizations, and responders need, supporting faster, more informed decisions across critical operations. Learn more at geocomm.com

About Mutualink

Mutualink, Inc. delivers True Interoperability® for public safety, education, healthcare, critical infrastructure, and government. Its LNK360™ platform enables agencies and organizations to securely share radio, voice, video, text, and data on demand while maintaining control of their existing systems and the information they share. RemoteView™ provides first responders with access to live video and building floor plans before arriving on scene, while the Mutualink Go-Kit extends interoperable connectivity to virtually any location in minutes. Mutualink has earned certification under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s SAFETY Act and is trusted by federal, state, local, and tribal agencies, schools, and hospitals nationwide. Learn more at mutualinkusa.com

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