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Remark Holdings Announces Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results

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Total Revenue for Q2 2024 Increased Sequentially by $3.3 Million, an 856% improvement over Q1 2024, and 16.8% Year over Year versus Q2 2023 as Revenue from North America  Scaled Rapidly

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Remark Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: MARK), a leading provider of artificial intelligence solutions, today announced its financial results for its second quarter fiscal 2024 ended June 30, 2024. For complete details of the consolidated financial statements and accompanying management’s discussion and analysis, please see Remark’s filings with the SEC (www.sec.gov).

Management Commentary
“We are excited to have completed our first project for the Clark County School District in Nevada,  the fifth largest school district in the U.S., which has opened the door to additional opportunities, not only with Clark County but with other educational institutions, law enforcement agencies and other government agencies throughout the U.S.,” said Kai-Shing Tao, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Remark Holdings. “We continue to work diligently to convert those opportunities to revenue by delivering what we believe are world-class computer vision solutions and customer service that provides large cost savings and improved security processes for our target markets,” concluded Mr. Tao.

Second Quarter 2024 Business Highlights 

Remark AI announced the Clark County School District Board of Trustees, which represents the fifth largest school district in the US including the city of Las Vegas, unanimously approved and awarded a one-year, $5 million weapons detection contract to Remark Holdings and two others. This win showcases our ability to scale and work closely with the largest school districts of comparable size in providing dependable AI-powered safety solutions. The contract includes nine one-year extension options, valued at $5 million annually.Remark AI showcased its Fire and Smoke, Smart City, and Smart Agent solutions at the NYC Smart City Expo (May 22-23) in conjunction with Oracle and NVIDIA. The success and uniqueness of our AI Products has led to additional POCs to help the top 100 US cities turn into a modern 21st century smart city.Remark AI completed its migration to the Microsoft Azure Platform, preparing Remark’s Smart Safety Platform (SSP) to be Marketplace ready, allowing Microsoft’s global salesforce to begin selling Remark’s SSP across multiple industry verticals and through established systems integrators.Completed POC at the headquarters train station for a large European railway system with over 600 stations, deploying our AI-powered passenger counting, fare evasion, fire and smoke detection, and unattended baggage detection analytics. The success of this POC has led to current contract negotiations to close a deal in the second half of 2024.Completed successful POC for Migrant Center in one of the largest Sanctuary Cities, where we deployed our AI powered facial recognition, fight warnings, fire and smoke detection, as well as weapons detection analytics. The success of this POC has led to preparations to deploy our technology across multiple city agencies as we negotiate to close a contract for the second half of 2024.

Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results 

Revenue for the second quarter of 2024 totaled $3.7 million, reflecting a 16.8% increase from $3.2 million during the same quarter in 2023.Remark recognized $3.7 million of revenue from a project for a large school district in the U.S.The company’s operating loss decreased by 18.8% to $3.2 million in the 2024 second quarter compared to $4.0 million during the same period of 2023.During the three months ended June 30, 2024, payroll-related expenses comprising Technology and development expenses decreased by $0.2 million due to staff reductions in China.During the three months ended June 30, 2023, Remark recorded an impairment of approximately $0.4 million related to certain prepaid expense amounts that were deemed unrecoverable. No such impairments were recorded during the three months ended June 30, 2024.Net loss totaled $5.3 million, or $0.12 per basic and diluted share, for the 2024 second quarter, compared to a net loss of $5.9 million, or $0.42 per basic and diluted share, in the same quarter of 2023.On June 30, 2024, the company’s cash balance totaled $0.4 million, compared to a cash balance of $0.1 million at the beginning of the period. Net cash used in operating activities was $6.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, a 17.0% increase compared to the $5.2 million Remark used in operating activities during the same period in 2023.In August 2024, the company resolved all outstanding events of default regarding their debt agreement with Mudrick Capital Management by entering into an agreement with Mudrick to exchange the existing non-convertible notes for convertible debentures.

Conference Call Information
Management will hold a conference call this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1:30 p.m. Pacific Time) to discuss the Company’s financial results and provide an update on recent business developments. A question and answer session will follow management’s presentation.

The live conference may be accessed via telephone or online webcast.
Date: Monday, August 19, 2024
Time: 4:30 p.m. Eastern time (1:30 p.m. Pacific time)
Toll-Free Number: 844.826.3033
International Number: 412.317.5185
Conference ID: 10191801
Online Webcast: https://viavid.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1684192&tp_key=c15745df1b

Participants are advised to log in for the live webcast 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

A replay of the call will be available after 7:30 p.m. Eastern time on the same day through September 2, 2024.
Toll-Free Replay Number: 844.512.2921
International Replay Number: 412.317.6671
Replay ID: 10191801

About Remark Holdings, Inc.
Remark Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: MARK) a member of the Oracle Partner Network, is a U.S.-based company that developed and sells the AI-powered analytics platform that brings valuable insights to the video feeds provided by current cameras and computer vision solutions through its integrated suite of AI tools that help organizations understand their customer behavior and demographics while providing real-time alerts to predetermined inspection and security parameters. Remark’s international team of sector-experienced professionals has created award-winning GDPR-compliant and CCPA-compliant video analytics solutions that service the government agencies, hospitality, public safety, retail, and transportation sectors. The company’s headquarters are in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, with operational offices in New York and international offices in London, England. For more information, please visit our home page at www.remarkholdings.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including information relating to future events, future financial performance, strategies, expectations, competitive environment, and regulations. Words such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions, as well as statements in the future tense, identify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including those discussed in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in Remark Holdings’ Annual Report on Form 10-K and Remark Holdings’ other filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements reflect Remark Holdings’ current views with respect to future events, are based on assumptions, and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Given such uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which represent Remark Holdings’ estimates and assumptions only as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, Remark Holdings undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements after the date hereof, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Fay Tian
Vice President of Investor Relations
F.Tian@remarkholdings.com
(+1) 626-623-2000
(+65) 8715-8007

REMARK HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

June 30, 2024

December 31, 2023

(Unaudited)

Assets

Cash

$                        438

$                        145

Trade accounts receivable, net

4,361

1,287

Inventory, net

646

750

Deferred cost of revenue, current

—

6,644

Prepaid expense and other current assets

492

614

Total current assets

5,937

9,440

Deferred cost of revenue, long-term

6,290

—

Property and equipment, net

634

189

Operating lease assets

372

517

Other long-term assets

71

90

Total assets

$                  13,304

$                  10,236

Liabilities

Accounts payable

$                  13,023

$                    9,348

Advances from related parties

1,036

1,595

Obligations to issue common stock

12,548

10,033

Accrued expense and other current liabilities (including $1,356 and $495 of delinquent payroll taxes as of June 30,
2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)

13,203

11,531

Contract liability

418

570

Notes payable (including a past due amount of $16,307 as of each of  June 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023)

16,496

16,463

Funds received in advance of potential financing

2,750

—

Total current liabilities

59,474

49,540

Operating lease liabilities, long-term

179

286

Total liabilities

59,653

49,826

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders’ Deficit

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; zero issued

—

—

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 175,000,000 shares authorized; 49,872,060 and 22,038,855 shares issued and
outstanding at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively

50

22

Additional paid-in-capital

391,538

379,244

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(1,217)

(1,186)

Accumulated deficit

(436,720)

(417,670)

Total stockholders’ deficit

(46,349)

(39,590)

Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit

$                  13,304

$                  10,236

 

REMARK HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2024

2023

2024

2023

Revenue

$                    3,699

$                    3,167

$                    4,086

$                    3,993

Cost and expense

Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)

2,925

2,511

3,275

2,966

Sales and marketing

269

387

569

753

Technology and development

366

567

712

736

General and administrative

3,294

3,244

6,317

6,077

Depreciation and amortization

58

25

122

71

Impairments

—

392

—

392

Total cost and expense

6,912

7,126

10,995

10,995

Operating loss

(3,213)

(3,959)

(6,909)

(7,002)

Other expense

Interest expense

(961)

(858)

(1,904)

(2,402)

Finance cost related to obligations to issue common stock

(925)

(1,050)

(10,072)

(4,626)

Other loss, net

(160)

(7)

(165)

(6)

Total other expense, net

(2,046)

(1,915)

(12,141)

(7,034)

Net loss

$                  (5,259)

$                  (5,874)

$                (19,050)

$                (14,036)

Other comprehensive income

Foreign currency translation adjustments

46

(227)

(31)

(545)

Comprehensive loss

$                  (5,213)

$                  (6,101)

$                (19,081)

$                (14,581)

Weighted-average shares outstanding, basic and diluted

45,683,329

14,132,862

39,928,507

13,819,643

Net loss per share, basic and diluted

$                     (0.12)

$                     (0.42)

$                     (0.48)

$                     (1.02)

 

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Arcfra Releases AECP 7.0 with Compute Edition for Existing SAN Infrastructure

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SINGAPORE, Nov. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Arcfra released Arcfra Enterprise Cloud Platform (AECP) 7.0, introducing AECP Compute Edition. Enterprises can replace VMware virtualization while retaining existing Fibre Channel and iSCSI storage arrays, fabrics and storage operating procedures.

The release adds controls for server utilization, stronger host and guest security, unified infrastructure management and application load balancing. AECP VDI Standard also launches with this release for Omnissa Horizon environments.

Retain Existing Storage

Compute Edition uses Arcfra’s Virtualization Cluster File System (VCFS) to provide shared VM datastores on existing SAN infrastructure. Native capabilities include snapshots, clones, space reclamation, and live storage migration. Compute and storage can expand independently, with support for up to 64 hosts and 4,096 VMs per datastore. VCFS requires no controller VM, preserving host resources for workloads.

Improve Capacity and Performance

Administrators can configure memory overcommit for individual VMs while reserving memory for critical applications. Overcommitted VMs remain eligible for live migration, distributed resource scheduling and high availability. Administrators can enable Boost I/O acceleration for individual VMs, directing acceleration and associated CPU overhead to high I/O workloads.

Strengthen Security

AECP 7.0 adds VM Secure Boot and virtual Trusted Platform Modules for Windows 11, BitLocker and Credential Guard across external storage and HCI deployments. Host protections include Secure Boot, software integrity verification and hardening. New clusters enable the host firewall by default, with automatic rules for cluster services.

Simplify Operations and Networking

Arcfra Operation Center 4.10 manages Compute Edition and hyperconverged infrastructure clusters from one console. Updates include capacity forecasting, traffic visualization and Japanese language support in key interface areas. VMTools upgrades independently of the platform. Arcfra Network Service 3.6 adds Layer 7 load balancing alongside existing Layer 4 capabilities, supporting application and connection traffic without a separate load balancing product for those workloads.

Support Horizon Desktops

AECP VDI Standard combines Arcfra’s Omnissa-certified virtualization and block storage components in HCI mode. Customers can replace vSphere and vSAN while retaining Horizon workflows. Licensing is based on CPU cores without storage capacity charges, and local read I/O helps reduce network pressure during desktop boot and login peaks.

Preserve Backup Workflows

Customers can retain existing backup software, repositories and retention policies. Converged deployments support agentless protection with Commvault, Veeam and NetBackup. For Compute Edition, Arcfra plans NetBackup support in November 2026, then Commvault/Veeam in December 2026.

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Huawei’s 7th Global Installer Summit: Meeting the Best Installers, Building New Home Energy Ecosystem for a Greener Future

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DONGGUAN, China, Nov. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — From October 21–23, 2026, Huawei’s 7th Global Installer Summit convened over 1,000 partners and installers from 54 countries and regions to discuss strategies, new products and solutions, industry trends, and business models, exploring the future green energy ecosystem.

At the summit, Huawei Digital Power released its comprehensive installer strategy and debuted the groundbreaking new product, reinforcing its commitment to low-carbon generation, mobility electrification, and all-intelligence. It is driving renewables with grid-forming and AI, powering safer mobility through full electrification, and maximizing tokens per watt.

Having already empowered over 4.3 million homeowners worldwide, the company is streamlining the installer journey from faster installations to reliable support through strategic services that handle technical complexities. The centerpiece of the event was the launch of the industry’s first Full-SiC all-in-one system, the LUTERRA™ S2. Designed for maximum efficiency and ease, it features complete wireless communication, a single SKU to cut logistic and stocking costs, installation in under 10 minutes, 10% more usable capacity, and 43% greater lifetime energy. From faster installations to reliable support and new service opportunities, Huawei handles the complexity — so installers can serve customers better and build a business that lasts.

As the summit’s highlight, Huawei FusionSolar hosted its first global installation race with 48 teams from 36 countries. Competitors experienced the LUTERRA S2’s unmatched efficiency firsthand, with the Spanish champion team finishing in an impressive 2 minutes and 32 seconds, widely praising its game-changing installation speed.

Six global installer representatives shared compelling success stories at the summit:

A French installer highlighted a shift from traditional resale to a subscription platform model connecting homeowners, installers, banks, and grid operators.Three Thai representatives discussed integrating PV, ESS, chargers, and green finance to transition from single products to smart home ecosystems.A Mexican installer showcased benchmark practices overcoming industrial energy challenges through compliance and collaboration.A Brazilian installer demonstrated absolute reliability by installing the region’s first Huawei BESS at their own factory before making any customer sales.

More than an industry event, this summit serves as a strategic meeting point for global installer partners to align on common visions and jointly shape the roadmap for sustainable development. Looking ahead, Huawei will continue to work with installers—driven by technological innovation and ecosystem co-building—to advance the global green transition.

LUTERRA S2 will soon launch in Europe in November and in the Asia-Pacific region in December. Stay tuned for more.

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HashKey On-Chain and RD Technologies Form Deep Partnership to Support On-Chain Testing for RDUSD

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On-Chain Ecosystem Drives Institutional Adoption of RDUSD Across Cross-Border Trade, Financing, and Corporate Payments

HONG KONG, Nov. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HashKey On-Chain, an on-chain financial infrastructure provider, announced a major strategic partnership with RD Technologies. The two parties will engage in a series of technical and ecosystem explorations centered around RDUSD. Leveraging HashKey On-Chain’s full-stack comprehensive strengths in connecting on-chain infrastructure with institutional financial service ecosystems, the collaboration will span digital asset on-chain trading, settlement, treasury management, and asset tokenization. Together, they aim to drive the expansion of the US dollar stablecoin RDUSD from digital asset trading into real-world business scenarios such as cross-border trade, corporate payments/collections, and institutional finance.

HSK Chain Plans to Support RDUSD On-Chain Testing

RDUSD is a US dollar stablecoin supported by RD Technologies and issued by Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., a US federally regulated bank. Anchorage Digital Bank N.A. is the first federally chartered digital asset bank in the US, specializing in providing secure digital asset custody and financial services for institutional clients. RDUSD is designed to comply with the regulatory framework under the US GENIUS Act. As a digital US dollar settlement instrument, it is committed to satisfying institutional clients’ needs to optimize treasury management in real-world operations while providing fiat-anchored support for asset tokenization.

As a core component of this collaboration, RDUSD will be deployed on HSK Chain. HSK Chain is an institutional-grade Ethereum Layer 2 that provides auditable, high-performance infrastructure support for the on-chain deployment, circulation, and smart contract execution of RDUSD. Currently, the HSK Chain ecosystem features over 200 projects with an on-chain RWA (Real World Asset) size exceeding US$300 million, covering asset classes such as money market funds, ETFs, and precious metals. It has also established a CeDeFi partnership with Morpho to explore institutional fund onboarding and on-chain yield opportunities. Following the deployment and launch of RDUSD, both parties will further drive its integration into HSK Chain’s existing ecosystem, exploring technical applications in native scenarios such as on-chain lending, trading, RWA subscriptions, and settlement. HSK Chain will also provide technical development support for RDUSD’s deployment and multi-platform integration.

RDUSD to Be Implemented Across HashKey On-Chain’s Diverse Scenarios

Relying on HashKey On-Chain’s three core technical application platforms, RDUSD will gradually be integrated into the following scenarios:

HashKey Trading Portal (HTP): In asset trading scenarios, RDUSD will be used for the trade settlement of various tokenized RWA products, providing stable and efficient settlement support for the on-chain circulation of real-world assets.

HashKey On-Chain Trade Finance Platform: RDUSD is expected to serve as a medium aimed at delivering 24/7, more efficient, and cost-effective on-chain clearing and settlement for cross-border import and export enterprises. Combined with the tokenization of trade assets (such as electronic bills of lading), it will support smart contract-driven Delivery vs. Payment (DvP) and act as a settlement tool for licensed financial institutions conducting disbursements and repayments for trade financing based on real trade backgrounds.

HashKey Settlement Platform (HSP): Both companies will explore further integrating RDUSD into relevant settlement protocols to provide global enterprises and cross-border payment service providers with payment, collection, and settlement services, as well as cash pooling and disbursement channel support. In addition to enhancing international corporate treasury management efficiency, this will reserve capacity for emerging scenarios such as automated AI agent payments.

These scenarios will also address the needs of RD Technologies and its partners in cross-border trade payments and treasury management, bridging corporate payments with on-chain finance to serve the real-economy operations of Asia-based cross-border institutions.

Rita Liu, CEO of RD Technologies, stated:

“The close collaboration between HashKey On-Chain and RD Technologies has always been a key focus for both parties. RDUSD brings a fresh highlight to this partnership. We look forward to combining our respective strengths in cross-border payments and digital assets to propel the technical application of RDUSD across diverse scenarios—such as on-chain trading, settlement, and treasury management—to better serve corporate demands and the real economy.”

Rachel Qiu, Head of Business Development at HashKey Group and COO of HashKey On-Chain Business Group, stated:

“The upcoming deployment of RDUSD on HSK Chain marks the first step in our collaboration. Moving forward, leveraging HashKey On-Chain’s extensive experience in on-chain business, we will partner with RD Technologies to drive the gradual integration of compliant stablecoins into real-world commercial and financial activities, providing institutional users with more comprehensive digital asset services. In areas such as cross-border trade and corporate payments, HashKey On-Chain is well-equipped to provide the requisite technology and application platforms to support efficient, compliant on-chain clearing and settlement, ultimately fostering the growth of the on-chain ecosystem.”

This strategic collaboration surrounding RDUSD represents a vital step for HashKey On-Chain as it continuously enhances its institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure. In the future, HashKey On-Chain will continue to join forces with industry partners like RD Technologies to explore the long-term value of stablecoins in cross-border payments, global treasury management, and real-world asset tokenization. By extending stablecoins deeper into the real economy and institutional finance, the partnership aims to deepen the integration between traditional finance and the on-chain economy, jointly building next-generation financial infrastructure.

About HashKey On-Chain

HashKey On-Chain is the core business group of HashKey Group dedicated to building and operating full-stack on-chain financial infrastructure. By coordinating five major business matrices—tokenized asset issuance (HIP), trading (HTP), payments (HSP), public chain (HSK Chain), and on-chain staking (HashKey Cloud)—it leverages a high-efficiency technical foundation to deliver end-to-end solutions for institutional clients, forging a solid bridge between traditional financial capital and the crypto economy.

About RD Technologies

RD Technologies is a Hong Kong-based global fintech group providing innovative digital financial services to enterprises through its licensed entities. The group is dedicated to building next-generation financial infrastructure that connects traditional finance (Web2) with Web3. As one of the first participants in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (HKMA) Stablecoin Issuer Sandbox, RD Technologies consistently balances compliance with innovation. To date, the group has raised over US$90 million in total funding. Its investors include prominent industry and strategic figures such as HashKey Group, HSG (Sequoia China), ZA Global, Solana Foundation, Guotai Junan International, China Harbour, Bright Venture Capital, Hivemind Capital, Eternal Digital, Junshi Investment, and Aptos Labs.

Disclaimer

This material is provided for general information only and does not constitute an offer, solicitation, recommendation or investment advice in respect of any securities, tokenised assets, stablecoins or financial products, nor a public offering, solicitation or invitation to invest in any jurisdiction. It is intended only for professional investors meeting applicable legal and regulatory requirements (where applicable). Non-professional investors should not rely on its contents in making any investment decisions. Regulated activities that require a licence are provided only by entities within the group holding the relevant licences within the scope permitted by their licences, and are subject to applicable laws and regulations. The on-chain infrastructure, protocol frameworks, technology platforms and related collaboration arrangements described herein are technical infrastructure or technical service platforms; they are not licensed corporations of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, and their activities do not themselves constitute regulated activities under the Securities and Futures Ordinance. Any reference to a platform, product, service, business scenario or collaboration arrangement is for illustration only and should not be regarded as any commercial commitment, service assurance or future business arrangement; descriptions of application scenarios such as cross-border trade, corporate payments, treasury management, trade finance, corporate treasury management, on-chain settlement and on-chain finance reflect only potential application directions or technical exploration. Whether the relevant projects can be implemented depends on technical conditions, market demand, collaboration arrangements and regulatory requirements. The issuance, reserve management, redemption and related compliance matters of any stablecoin referred to herein (where applicable) are the responsibility of the relevant issuer and service providers; the HashKey Group and its related entities do not participate. Stablecoins, tokenised assets and digital assets all involve risks; their prices and values may fluctuate significantly, and investors may lose all or part of their principal. Past performance is not a guarantee of future performance. Before making any investment decision, investors should review the relevant product documents and risk disclosures and seek independent professional advice. This material has not been reviewed or approved by any regulatory authority. In the event of any ambiguity or inconsistency between the Chinese and English versions, the Chinese version shall prevail.

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