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Ironclad Taps Former Qualtrics Executive as Chief Product Officer, Launches Strategic Alliance with KPMG Law

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With enterprise as the company’s fastest-growing segment, key executive hires and new partnerships continue to drive the company’s momentum upmarket and internationally

SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Ironclad, the leading digital contracting platform for modern businesses, today announced the addition of Michel Feaster, former Chief Product Officer for Research at Qualtrics, as its Chief Product Officer.

Feaster joins as a seasoned product strategist and enterprise software executive with nearly two decades of experience. As the former co-founder and CEO of Usermind, she created the customer journey orchestration category and established Usermind as the clear leader. Usermind was acquired by Qualtrics in 2021, where Michel served as the Chief Product Officer for Research.

Michel joins at a time when the company has seen rapid growth in enterprise users, due in large part to adding a Chief Revenue Officer, Jeremy Smith, to its leadership team last year. Smith, who most recently served as CRO at LaunchDarkly, and previously held leadership positions at companies like Flexport, ServiceNow, and Dell, has been critical to the company’s momentum over the past year—resulting in enterprise being the fastest-growing segment of users year over year. Feaster joins a bench of enterprise-minded C-suites with executive experience at companies like Twilio, Google, Salesforce, Zendesk, eBay, and Hootsuite.

“We’ve been laser-focused on building the most usable, impactful enterprise software on the market,” said Jason Boehmig, CEO and co-founder of Ironclad. “Enterprises are completing contracts up to 20 times faster when they use Ironclad. The deep product and go-to-market expertise brought by Michel and Jeremy will help us take that efficiency to new heights.”

“Ironclad is the rare enterprise-grade product that is both powerful yet easy-to-use,” said Feaster. “They’re also bringing AI to the industry in a way that is going to fundamentally change how companies interact not just with their contracts, but with the data and processes that support them. I couldn’t be more excited to join Jason, Cai, and the rest of the team and be a part of this journey.”

Ironclad brings speed and efficiency to enterprise contracting
Ironclad helps enterprise companies like Salesforce, Hubspot, and Zoom increase the speed and velocity with which they create, execute, and manage contracts. After 6 months of use, enterprise companies using Ironclad see a dramatic spike in productivity—averaging a 215% increase in workflows launched, completing those contracts 45% faster, and reducing the back and forth during contract negotiations by 25%.

Ironclad offers a comprehensive, standalone solution to speed up and streamline the entire contract lifecycle—from contract digitization and drafting to negotiation, analytics and visualization, signature, and, ultimately, management. Ironclad uses AI at every step of the contract lifecycle to generate and harness data, ingest and tag high-volume contract data, analyze and visualize that data, and connect it to the rest of the enterprise’s technology stack.

“Contracting is at the core of every business and underpins every relationship across the enterprise—from sales to procurement to HR and beyond,” said Smith. “The market for such a complex and ubiquitous challenge is massive and is one that Ironclad is poised to win. Ironclad’s diverse set of customers—from enterprise giants like Salesforce and Cisco to consumer household names like L’Oréal, demonstrates the level at which this company is operating.”

Ironclad expands partnerships with strategic KPMG Law Alliance
Earlier this month, Ironclad also announced a strategic alliance with KPMG Law, a global legal services provider, to help organizations across EMA regions transform their contract lifecycle management processes. KPMG Law’s Legal Operations Transformation Services (LOTS) team and contracting consulting divisions will assist joint clients in accelerating time to value, maximizing Ironclad’s generative AI offerings, and surfacing business insights from contract data.

“We are incredibly proud to partner with Ironclad to bring its market-leading, AI-powered contracting technology to our clients in the UK and EMA regions,” said Nicola Brooks, Partner at KPMG Law and Head of Legal Transformation, who leads KPMG’s Legal consulting and technology team. “Contracts are core to every business worldwide, and our clients, who range from mid-market to large-scale enterprises, can reap the benefits of faster contracting cycles, unified contracting data and analytics, scaled compliance, and more.”

Ironclad is also a Salesforce AppExchange ISV partner, offering a robust integration that allows users to effortlessly manage contracts within Salesforce and get a holistic view of contract data alongside customer relationship data. Within its Salesforce integration, Ironclad is the only CLM to offer Multi-Org Capabilities, allowing enterprises to easily connect all their Salesforce orgs under one unified Ironclad instance. The company also announced Two-Way Sync, a bi-directional synchronization that allows users to view real-time negotiation and contract data directly within Salesforce.

About Ironclad
Ironclad is the #1 contract lifecycle management platform for innovative companies, powering billions of contracts every year. Salesforce, L’Oréal, OpenAI, and other leading innovators use Ironclad to collaborate and negotiate on contracts, accelerate contracting while maintaining compliance, and turn contracts into critical carriers of operational business intelligence. It’s the only platform flexible enough to handle every type of contract workflow, whether a sales agreement, an HR agreement or a complex NDA. The company is backed by leading investors like Accel, Sequoia, Y Combinator, and BOND. For more information, visit www.ironcladapp.com or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

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BCE reports results of Series S and T preferred share conversions

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MONTRÉAL, Oct. 19, 2026 /CNW/ — BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) today announced that 400 of its 4,798,333 fixed-rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series T (“Series T Preferred Shares”) have been tendered for conversion on November 2, 2026, on a one-for-one basis, into floating-rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series S (“Series S Preferred Shares”). In addition, 676,765 of its 1,866,877 Series S Preferred Shares have been tendered for conversion on November 2, 2026, on a one-for-one basis, into Series T Preferred Shares. Consequently, on November 2, 2026, BCE will have 5,474,698 Series T Preferred Shares and 1,190,512 Series S Preferred Shares issued and outstanding. The Series T Preferred Shares and the Series S Preferred Shares will continue to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols BCE.PR.T and BCE.PR.S, respectively.

The Series T Preferred Shares will pay on a quarterly basis, for the five-year period beginning on November 2, 2026, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of BCE, a fixed cash dividend based on an annual fixed dividend rate of 5.523%.

The Series S Preferred Shares will continue to pay a monthly floating adjustable cash dividend for the five-year period beginning on November 2, 2026, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of BCE. The monthly floating adjustable dividend for any particular month will continue to be calculated based on the prime rate for such month and using the Designated Percentage for such month representing the sum of an adjustment factor (based on the market price of the Series S Preferred Shares in the preceding month) and the Designated Percentage for the preceding month.

About BCE
BCE is Canada’s largest communications company1, leading the way in advanced fibre and wireless networks, enterprise services and digital media. By delivering next-generation technology that leverages cloud-based and AI-driven solutions, we’re keeping customers connected, informed and entertained while enabling businesses to compete on the world stage. To learn more, please visit Bell.ca or BCE.ca.

1 Based on total revenue and total combined customer connections.

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3M announces collaboration with GSEO to advance Expanded Beam Optical manufacturing and development

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ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — 3M (NYSE: MMM) today announced a collaboration with Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd. (GSEO, Taiwan: 3406), an optical technology company, to advance technology development and manufacturing for 3M’s Expanded Beam Optical (EBO) solutions. In support of these efforts, 3M expects to make a strategic investment to acquire approximately 4.7% of GSEO’s common shares as part of the company’s private placement of newly issued shares, subject to customary closing conditions.

The collaboration brings together 3M’s EBO technology leadership, optical interconnect expertise, materials science, manufacturing scale and customer relationships with GSEO’s precision optics manufacturing capabilities and production scale. Together, the companies aim to support EBO commercialization and long-term capacity expansion to meet growing demand from hyperscale data centers and other advanced connectivity applications.

“3M is investing in capabilities and partnerships that can accelerate innovation for our customers,” said William Brown, 3M Chairman and CEO. “By selecting GSEO as a manufacturing partner and investing in the company, we are strengthening the path to scale next-generation optical connectivity solutions for high-performance data center infrastructure.”

GSEO’s existing precision optics manufacturing capabilities and technical development experience are expected to support manufacturing readiness for 3M’s EBO ferrules, co-packaged optics solutions and related optical interconnect applications. The collaboration is part of 3M’s broader EBO ecosystem strategy, which includes continued work with customers and partners across the optical interconnect market.

“GSEO is pleased to expand its relationship with 3M as we work together to advance optical interconnect solutions for next-generation data center infrastructure,” said Micro Kuo, GSEO CEO and President. “This collaboration brings together complementary technology and manufacturing strengths to support continued innovation and help meet the performance demands of high-growth connectivity markets.”

3M expects the strategic investment to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.

Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this release are considered “forward-looking statements” under the federal securities laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, and are intended to enjoy the protection of those laws. Forward-looking statements may appear throughout this release and are typically identified by the words “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “evaluate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “future,” “goal,” “guidance,” “impact,” “initial,” “intend,” “likely,” “may,” “outlook,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “probable,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “strategy,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and other words that are similar to, or have the opposite meanings of, those words. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, 3M assumes no duty to update those statements, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of those statements. Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and expectations of future events and trends that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including those described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of 3M’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

About 3M
3M (NYSE: MMM) is focused on transforming industries around the world by applying science and creating innovative, customer-focused solutions. Our multi-disciplinary team is working to solve tough customer problems by leveraging diverse technology platforms, differentiated capabilities, global footprint, and operational excellence. Discover how 3M is shaping the future at 3M.com/news.

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Scott Vicknair Personal Injury Lawyers Announces Second Annual Operation Fur-Ever Home Pet Adoption Event at Lafreniere Park

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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Scott Vicknair Personal Injury Lawyers is excited to announce the return of its second annual Operation Fur-Ever Home, a free community pet adoption event taking place on Saturday, November 14, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Lafreniere Park in Metairie, Louisiana.

The free, family-friendly event will give attendees the opportunity to meet adoptable pets from local animal shelters, learn about responsible pet ownership, and potentially welcome a new furry companion into their homes. Those who preregister for the event will also be entered for a chance to win a Soundcore speaker and a free pet adoption.

“Last year’s event was everything we hoped it would be, and we are incredibly excited to bring Operation Fur-Ever Home back for a second year,” said David Vicknair, founding partner of Scott Vicknair Personal Injury Lawyers. “There is something special about watching a family meet a pet that could become part of their lives for years to come. We wanted to create another opportunity to make those connections while supporting the organizations that work tirelessly to care for animals in our community.”

Building on the success of the first event, this year’s event continues the firm’s commitment to supporting local animal shelters and creating meaningful opportunities for families throughout Southeast Louisiana.

“Giving back to our community has always been an important part of who we are as a firm,” said Vicknair. “Whether we are helping students prepare for school, recognizing deserving teachers, or supporting local animal shelters, our goal is to make a positive difference in the communities we serve.”

Operation Fur-Ever Home is free and open to the public. Families, animal lovers, and anyone interested in adopting a pet are encouraged to attend and preregister.

About Scott Vicknair Personal Injury Lawyers

Scott Vicknair Personal Injury Lawyers is a New Orleans-based personal injury firm committed to providing exceptional legal representation while also investing in the communities it serves. Their experienced team of dedicated attorneys specializes in car accidents, personal injury, and wrongful death cases in New Orleans. With diverse personal and professional backgrounds, they craft legal strategies tailored to each client’s specific case and needs.

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