Month: September 2026

NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Creatd, Inc. (OTCQB: CRTD) (“Creatd” or the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a premium tender offer for the shares of its subsidiary Vocal, Inc. (“Vocal”) held by investors who participated in Vocal’s Regulation Crowdfunding (“Reg CF”) offering. Creatd expects to begin the tender offer in the coming weeks.

The tender offer is part of Creatd’s continuing effort to strengthen its balance sheet and simplify its capital structure. The complete terms of the offer will be set out in the tender offer documents, which will be provided to Vocal’s Reg CF shareholders when the offer begins.

“Vocal’s Reg CF shareholders were early believers in the platform, and this offer gives them the opportunity to recognize a premium to their initial investment,” said Jeremy Frommer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Creatd. “It is another step in simplifying our capital structure as we continue advancing our uplisting objectives.”

Important Information

This press release is for informational purposes only. It is not an offer to purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell, any securities of Vocal or Creatd. Any tender offer will be made only through the tender offer documents, which shareholders should read carefully when they become available.

Forward Looking Statements

Any statements that are not historical facts and that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance are forward-looking statements. These include statements about the timing, terms and completion of the proposed tender offer and the Company’s uplisting plans. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied because of risks and uncertainties, including those described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required by law.

About Creatd

Creatd, Inc. (OTCQB: CRTD) acquires, builds, and scales technology-driven businesses within a diversified portfolio, leveraging a shared services platform to accelerate growth and drive monetization. For more information, contact ir@creatd.com.

About Vocal

Vocal is a creator publishing platform that gives writers and storytellers the tools, audience, and monetization to share their work and earn from it. As Creatd’s majority-owned flagship asset, Vocal reaches a broad monthly audience across dozens of owned-and-operated communities and is committed to remaining a verified-human platform in an era of synthetic content.

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BAYONNE, N.J., Sept. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BCB Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), (NASDAQ: BCBP), the holding company for BCB Community Bank (the “Bank”), announced today that the Bank has entered into definitive agreements to sell several portfolios of certain problem loans, most of which are rated criticized or classified under the Bank’s internal risk rating system. Between September 21 and September 24, 2026, the Bank entered into definitive agreements with six different purchasers providing for the sale of loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of approximately $205.3 million as of June 30, 2026.

The portfolios being sold consist of commercial and multifamily real estate loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of approximately $180.7 million, commercial and industrial (C&I) loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of approximately $14.8 million, and construction loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of approximately $9.8 million, in each case, as of June 30, 2026. None of the Bank’s business express loans are included in the portfolios. The estimated pre-tax loss attributable to these loan sales is $43.3 million, which will be recorded in the third quarter of 2026.

Closing has occurred with respect to five of the six loan sale transactions, with the last transaction expected to close before the end of the third quarter of 2026. Each definitive agreement is independent of the others, and the closing of any one agreement was not conditioned on the closing of any other.

Hilltop Securities Inc. served as financial advisor and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP served as legal counsel to the Bank in connection with the successful execution of these transactions.

Thomas M. O’Brien, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank, stated, “Since I joined the Company, we have moved quickly to reassess our credit risk ratings and take decisive action on our legacy credit challenges. We committed to aggressively address these issues and to put transparent, actionable solutions in place promptly, and the sale transactions we are announcing today, covering approximately $205 million in problem loans, reflect that commitment in practice. We believe these sales meaningfully de-risk our balance sheet and remove a significant source of uncertainty, allowing us to focus our energy on building a stronger, more sustainable, and profitable institution going forward.”

About BCB Bancorp, Inc.

Established in 2000 and headquartered in Bayonne, N.J., BCB Community Bank is the wholly-owned subsidiary of BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCBP). The Bank has twenty-two branch offices in Bayonne, Edison, Hoboken, Fairfield, Holmdel, Jersey City, Lyndhurst, Maplewood, Monroe Township, Newark, Plainsboro, River Edge, Rutherford, South Orange, Union, and Woodbridge, New Jersey, and four branches in Hicksville and Staten Island, New York. The Bank provides businesses and individuals a wide range of loans, deposit products, and retail and commercial banking services. For more information, please go to www.bcb.bank.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release, like many written and oral communications presented by BCB Bancorp, Inc., and our authorized officers, may contain certain forward-looking statements regarding our prospective performance and strategies within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are including this statement for purposes of said safe harbor provisions. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe future plans, strategies, and expectations of the Company, are generally identified by use of words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “seek,” “strive,” “try,” or future or conditional verbs such as “could,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” or similar expressions. Our ability to predict results or the actual effects of our plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Accordingly, actual results may differ materially from anticipated results.

The most significant factors that could cause future results to differ materially from those anticipated by our forward-looking statements include the global impact of the military conflicts in the Ukraine and the Middle East, the potential impact of any future Federal budget stalemate in Congress, global tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, higher inflation levels, and general economic concerns, all of which could impact economic growth and could cause increased loan delinquencies, a reduction in financial transactions and business activities, including decreased deposits and reduced loan originations. Other factors that could cause future results to vary materially from current management expectations as reflected in our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: our ability to manage liquidity and capital in a rapidly changing and unpredictable market, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages; unfavorable economic conditions in the United States generally and particularly in our primary market area; the Company’s ability to effectively attract and deploy deposits; changes in the Company’s corporate strategies, the composition of its assets, or the way in which it funds those assets; shifts in investor sentiment or behavior in the securities, capital, or other financial markets, including changes in market liquidity or volatility; the effects of declines in real estate values that may adversely impact the collateral underlying our loans; increase in unemployment levels and slowdowns in economic growth; our level of non-performing assets and the costs associated with resolving any problem loans including litigation and other costs; the impact of changes in interest rates and the credit quality and strength of underlying collateral and the effect of such changes on the market value of our loan and investment securities portfolios; the credit risk associated with our loan portfolio; changes in the quality and composition of the Bank’s loan and investment portfolios; changes in our ability to access cost-effective funding; deposit flows; legislative and regulatory changes, including increases in Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, insurance rates; monetary and fiscal policies of the federal and state governments; changes in tax policies, rates and regulations of federal, state and local tax authorities; demands for our loan products; demand for financial services; competition; changes in the securities or secondary mortgage markets; changes in management’s business strategies; changes in consumer spending; our ability to hire and retain key employees; the effects of any reputational, credit, interest rate, market, operational, legal, liquidity, or regulatory risk; expanding regulatory requirements which could adversely affect operating results; civil unrest in the communities that we serve; and other factors discussed elsewhere in this report, and in other reports we filed with the SEC, including under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2025, and our other periodic reports that we file with the SEC.

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CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Computer Modelling Group Ltd. (“CMG” or the “Company”) (TSX: CMG), today announced that it has taken up and paid for 4,444,444 of its common shares (“Shares”) at a price of C$4.50 per Share (the “Purchase Price”) under CMG’s substantial issuer bid (the “SIB”) to repurchase for cancellation a number of its Shares for an aggregate purchase price not to exceed C$20 million.

Final Results of SIB

The Shares purchased under the SIB represent an aggregate purchase price of approximately C$19,999,998 and approximately 5.7% of the total number of CMG’s issued and outstanding Shares as of September 21, 2026. After giving effect to the SIB, CMG will have approximately 73.6 million Shares issued and outstanding.

Based on the final calculations of Olympia Trust Company (the “Depositary”) as depositary for the SIB, a total of 4,657,844 Shares were tendered to the SIB pursuant to auction tenders and purchase price tenders, of which 3,933,679 Shares were taken up and purchased. Since the SIB was oversubscribed, shareholders who made auction tenders at or below the Purchase Price and shareholders who made, or were deemed to have made, purchase price tenders had approximately 84% of their successfully tendered Shares purchased by CMG (other than “odd lot” tenders, which were not subject to proration). In addition, 8,966,715 Shares were tendered pursuant to proportionate tenders, of which 510,765 Shares were taken up and purchased.

Payment and settlement of the purchased Shares will be effected by the Depositary on or about September 30, 2026 in accordance with the SIB and applicable law. Any Shares not purchased, including Shares invalidly tendered, will be returned to shareholders promptly by the Depositary.

The full details of the SIB are described in the offer to purchase and issuer bid circular dated August 14, 2026, as well as the related letter of transmittal and notice of guaranteed delivery, copies of which were filed and are available under our profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

To assist shareholders in determining the tax consequences of the SIB, CMG estimates that for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada), the paid-up capital per Share is approximately C$1.025. Given that the Purchase Price exceeds the paid-up capital per Share, shareholders who have sold Shares to CMG under the SIB will be deemed to have received a taxable dividend as a result of such sale for Canadian federal income tax purposes equal to the amount by which the Purchase Price exceeds the paid-up capital per Share. The dividend deemed to have been paid by CMG to Canadian resident persons is designated as an “eligible dividend” for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada) and any corresponding provincial and territorial tax legislation.

The “specified amount” for purposes of subsection 191(4) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) is C$3.89, being the closing trading price for the Shares on the TSX on September 21, 2026.

Shareholders should consult with their own tax and other advisors with respect to the income tax consequences of the disposition of their Shares under the SIB.

This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell Shares.

Forward-Looking Information

Certain information in this press release may constitute “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. All information contained in this press release, other than statements of current and historical fact, is forward-looking information, including statements regarding the terms of the SIB (including the timing of payment and settlement of Shares purchased under the SIB), the number of Shares expected to be issued and outstanding after completion of the SIB, and other statements that are not historical facts (collectively, “forward-looking information”). Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by use of words such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “believe”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “intend”, “plan”, “would”, “could”, “should”, “continue”, “goal”, “objective”, “remain” and other similar terminology.

Forward-looking information is not, and cannot be, a guarantee of future results or events. Forward-looking information is necessarily based on a number of opinions, estimates, and assumptions that the Company considered appropriate and reasonable as of the date such statements are made. Although the forward-looking information contained herein is based upon what the Company believes are reasonable assumptions, actual results may vary from the forward-looking information contained herein. Certain assumptions made in preparing the forward-looking information contained herein include, without limitation, that all reported tenders were validly made and the absence of changes to applicable laws, regulations or policies affecting issuer bids. Inherent in the forward-looking information are known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results or performance to differ materially from any results or performance expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Details of these risks are described in the Company’s annual publicly filed documents, including the Annual Information Form for the year ended March 31, 2026 (which are available on the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca).

Investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information as a prediction of actual results. The forward-looking information reflects management’s current expectations and beliefs regarding future events and performance and is based on information currently available to management. Although we have attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information contained herein, there are other factors that could cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. The forward-looking information contained herein is current as of the date of this press release and, except as required under applicable law, we do not undertake to update or revise it to reflect new events or circumstances.

About CMG

CMG (TSX: CMG) is a global software and consulting company that combines science and technology with deep industry expertise to solve complex subsurface and surface challenges for the energy industry around the world. CMG is headquartered in Calgary, AB, with offices globally. For more information, visit www.cmgl.ca.

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