Month: September 2026

DENVER, Sept. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ArrowMark Financial Corp., (NASDAQ: BANX) (“ArrowMark Financial”), today announced that BANX’s estimated and unaudited Net Asset Value (“NAV”) as of August 31, 2026, was $21.00.

This estimated NAV is not a comprehensive statement of our financial condition or results for the month end.

About ArrowMark Financial Corp.
ArrowMark Financial Corp. is an SEC registered non-diversified, closed-end fund listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “BANX.” Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income. BANX pursues its objective by investing primarily in regulatory capital securities of financial institutions. BANX is managed by ArrowMark Asset Management, LLC. To learn more, visit ir.arrowmarkfinancialcorp.com, or contact Destra at 877.855.3434 or by email at BANX@destracapital.com.

Disclaimer and Risk Factors:
There is no assurance that ArrowMark Financial will achieve its investment objective. ArrowMark Financial is subject to numerous risks, including investment and market risks, management risk, income and interest rate risks, banking industry risks, preferred stock risk, convertible securities risk, debt securities risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, leverage risk, non-diversification risk, credit and counterparty risks, market at a discount from net asset value risk and market disruption risk. Shares of closed-end investment companies may trade above (a premium) or below (a discount) their net asset value. Shares of ArrowMark Financial may not be appropriate for all investors. Investors should review and consider carefully ArrowMark Financial’s investment objective, risks, charges and expenses. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

The Annual Report, Semi-Annual Report and other regulatory filings of the Company with the SEC are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on the BANX’s website at ir.arrowmarkfinancialcorp.com.

Contact:
BANX@destracapital.com

FREDERICK, Md., Sept. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc.^® (“TOMI”) (NASDAQ: TOMZ), a global leader in disinfection and decontamination solutions, and Carbonium Core, Inc. (“Carbonium”), today announced that they have mutually agreed to terminate their previously announced definitive Merger Agreement, orginally dated June 28, 2026.

The decision to terminate the agreement was approved by TOMI’s Board of Directors on September 20, 2026. Both parties concluded that proceeding with the business combination is no longer in the best strategic or financial interest of their respective stakeholders.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each party is responsible for its own fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.

Dr. Halden Shane, CEO of TOMI Environmental Solutions commented, “TOMI has never been in a stronger position. Driven by the global adoption of our SteraMist solution, our business is delivering exceptional high-margin, recurring revenue growth and a healthy pipeline. Walking away cleanly from this transaction is in the best interest of our shareholders as we can now put refreshed focus on driving continued improvement in our operating results while protecting our clean capital structure. With our healthy backlog, the back half of the year should contribute to a strong 2026 for shareholders. In addition, we continue to pursue strategic partnerships with major players in our industry to expand market reach and sales opportunities.”

About TOMI™ Environmental Solutions, Inc.: Innovating for a safer world®

TOMI™ Environmental Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: TOMZ) is a global decontamination and infection prevention company providing environmental disinfection and bio-decontamination solutions through manufacturing, sales, and licensing of its Binary Ionization Technology® (BIT®) platform. Developed under a defense grant with DARPA, BIT® utilizes low-percentage hydrogen peroxide to produce ionized hydrogen peroxide (iHP®) fog. SteraMist® products serve hospitals, laboratories, government and military installations, cruise ships, office buildings, schools, restaurants, food processing facilities, and residences, delivering protection against a broad range of bacteria, viruses, mold, mycotoxins, and biological and chemical warfare agents. For additional information, please visit https://www.steramist.com or contact us at info@tomimist.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections of future performance based on management’s judgment, beliefs, current trends, and anticipated product performance. These forward looking statements include expectations regarding operating results and backlogs. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, our ability to acquire new customers and expands sales; our ability to maintain and manage growth and generate sales, our reliance on a single or a few products for a majority of revenues; the general business and economic conditions; and other risks as described in our SEC filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 filed by us with the SEC and other periodic reports we filed with the SEC. The information provided in this document is based upon the facts and circumstances known at this time. Other unknown or unpredictable factors or underlying assumptions subsequently proving to be incorrect could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance, or achievements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. All information provided in this press release is as of today’s date, unless otherwise stated, and we undertake no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.

INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT:  

John Nesbett/Zach Nevas

IMS Investor Relations  

tomi@imsinvestorrelations.com  

LIMASSOL, Cyprus, Sept. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Toro Corp. (NASDAQ: TORO) (“Toro,” or the “Company”), a global energy transportation services provider, announces that, in relation to the previously announced spin-off of its wholly owned subsidiary, AI OKTO CORP. (“AI OKTO”), the record date has been set to October 1, 2026 (the “Record Date”), and the Company expects to complete the distribution of AI OKTO common shares on or about October 8, 2026. In the spin-off, Toro shareholders will receive one common share of AI OKTO for every eight Toro common shares held at the close of business on the Record Date.

Additional information regarding AI OKTO and the proposed spin-off transaction may be found in AI OKTO’s registration statement on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The proposed distribution and spin-off remain subject to, among other things, the registration statement on Form 20-F being declared effective and the approval of the listing of AI OKTO’s common shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”). There can be no assurance that the distribution or the spin-off will occur or, if they do occur, of their terms or timing. A copy of the registration statement on Form 20-F is available at www.sec.gov. The information in the filed registration statement on Form 20-F is not final and remains subject to change.

As a result of “due bill” trading procedures expected to be established by Nasdaq, Toro common shares are expected to trade with due bills from the Record Date through and including the date of the distribution of the AI OKTO common shares. Accordingly, holders of Toro common shares as of the Record Date will need to hold such shares through and including the distribution date in order to receive the AI OKTO common shares distributed in the proposed spin-off.

This would mean that holders who purchase Toro common shares during the due bill period (even if the trades are to be settled after the due bill period) will be entitled to receive the spin-off distribution with respect to those shares. Conversely, sellers who sell Toro common shares during the due bill period (even if the trades are to be settled after the due bill period) will not be entitled to the spin-off distribution with respect to those shares.

Due bills obligate a seller of securities to deliver the distribution payable on such securities to the buyer. The due-bill obligations are customarily settled between the brokers representing buyers and sellers of the securities. The Company has no obligation for either the amount of the due bill or the processing of the due bill. Buyers and sellers of Toro’s common shares should consult their brokers before trading to ensure they understand the effect of Nasdaq’s due-bill procedures.

About Toro Corp.

Toro Corp. is a global energy transportation services provider, operating a modern fleet of oceangoing vessels. The Company’s fleet comprises four MR tanker vessels and two LPG carriers transporting refined petroleum products and petrochemical gases worldwide.

Toro is incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The Company’s common shares trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “TORO.”

For more information, please visit the Company’s website at www.torocorp.com. Information on our website does not constitute a part of this press release.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts, and include statements relating to the expectation and timing of the completion of the spin-off transaction, the transaction terms, and Nasdaq trading procedures. We are including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words “believe”, “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “plan,” “potential,” “will,” “may,” “should,” “expect,” “pending” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including, without limitation, our management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these forward-looking statements, including these expectations, beliefs or projections. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward‐looking statements include the effects of the proposed spin-off, our business strategy, expected capital spending and other plans and objectives for future operations, as well as those factors discussed under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2025 and/or our other filings with the Commission which can be obtained free of charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Except to the extent required by applicable law, we disclaim any intention or obligation to update publicly or revise any forward‐looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

CONTACT DETAILS

For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations
Toro Corp.
Email: ir@torocorp.com

INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH SEDAR+

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES

OTTAWA, Ontario, Sept. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (TSX: MNT/MNT.U) The Royal Canadian Mint (the “Mint”) announced today that it has launched a follow-on offering of exchange-traded receipts (“ETRs”) under the Mint’s Canadian Gold Reserves program (the “Offering”). The Mint’s outstanding ETRs are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canadian and U.S. dollars under the symbols “MNT” and “MNT.U”, respectively.

Each ETR provides its holder with direct legal and beneficial ownership in physical gold bullion held in the custody of the Mint at its facilities in Ottawa, Ontario. The ETRs to be issued under the Offering will be identical to and fully fungible with the ETRs currently outstanding. The net proceeds of the Offering will be used to purchase gold bullion on behalf of the purchasers of the ETRs.

Subject to certain restrictions, ETR holders are entitled to redeem their ETRs for physical gold bullion with a minimum purity of 99.99% or for cash.

The size of the Offering and the price per ETR will be determined at the time of pricing. The closing of the Offering is expected to occur on or about September 24, 2026 and will be subject to market and other customary conditions, including approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The Offering is being made by a syndicate of underwriters co-led by TD Securities Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc. The Offering is being made on a prospectus-exempt basis pursuant to the terms of exemptive relief orders issued in favour of the Mint by the Ontario Securities Commission.

Important information about the ETRs and the Offering is contained in the information statement dated September 21, 2026 (the “Information Statement”). The Information Statement will be accessible on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and on the Mint’s website at www.reserves.mint.ca. Purchasers will be notified of the availability of the Information Statement through their investment dealer. In addition, a copy of the Information Statement may be obtained, without charge, from TD Securities Inc. (sdcconfirms@td.com by email or (289) 360-2009 by telephone) or National Bank Financial Inc. (NBF-Syndication@bnc.ca by email or (416) 869-8414 by telephone).

ETR holders have no recourse to the Mint or the Government of Canada for any loss on their investment.

The ETRs have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of the ETRs in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

Additional information on the Canadian Gold Reserves program and the ETRs is available on the Canadian Gold Reserves’ website at www.reserves.mint.ca and on the Mint’s issuer profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

About the Royal Canadian Mint

The Royal Canadian Mint is the Crown corporation responsible for the minting and distribution of Canada’s circulation coins. The Mint is one of the largest and most versatile mints in the world, producing award-winning collector coins, market-leading bullion products, as well as Canada’s prestigious military and civilian honours. As an established London Good Delivery and COMEX-approved refiner, the Mint also offers a full spectrum of best-in-class gold and silver refining services. The Mint has issued exchange-traded receipts under its Canadian Gold Reserves (TSX: MNT/MNT.U) and Canadian Silver Reserves (TSX: MNS/MNS.U) programs, which provide holders with direct legal and beneficial ownership in physical bullion held in the custody of the Mint at its facilities. For more information on the Mint, its products and services, visit www.mint.ca.

Certain information in this news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws in Canada. The forward-looking information in this news release includes, without limitation, statements regarding the terms of the Offering. All forward-looking information is given pursuant to the safe harbour provisions of applicable Canadian securities legislation. The words “anticipates”, “believes”, “budgets”, “could”, “estimates”, “expects”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “may”, “might”, “plans”, “projects”, “schedule”, “should”, “will”, “would” and similar expressions identify forward-looking information, although not all forward-looking information contains these identifying words. The forward-looking information reflects management’s current beliefs with respect to anticipated events, are based on assumptions developed using information currently available to the Mint’s management and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations generally. Although the Mint believes that the forward-looking information is based on information and assumptions which are current, reasonable and complete, these statements are necessarily subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking information should not be read as guarantees of future events, performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of whether, or the times at which, such events, performance or results will be achieved. All the information in this news release containing forward-looking information is qualified by these cautionary statements.

For additional information on risk factors that have the potential to affect the ETRs, the Canadian Gold Reserves program or the Mint, reference should be made to the Information Statement, which may be accessed in the manner described above. Readers are urged to consider the risks, uncertainties, and assumptions carefully in evaluating the forward-looking information and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such information and statements.

Except as required by law, the Mint undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking information as a result of new information, future events or otherwise after the date hereof.

For more information, please contact:

Media Inquiries  Alex Reeves Senior Manager, Public Affairs  Royal Canadian Mint 613-884-6370 reeves@mint.ca	Investor Relations Frank Caterina Program Associate, ETR Investor Relations Royal Canadian Mint 1-866-677-1477 reserves@mint.ca

This achievement places the Waterless Beauty pioneer among a very small group of beauty companies with their own biodynamic agricultural resources at the source of their beauty

SANTA MONICA, CA, Sept. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Oliveda International, Inc. (OTCID: OLVI) today announced that olive groves owned by its Olive Tree People Inc. subsidiary have successfully completed their Demeter certification audit, placing the Waterless Beauty pioneer among a very small group of beauty companies worldwide with their own biodynamic agriculture resources at the source of their beauty.

Most beauty companies buy ingredients.  OLIVE TREE PEOPLE grows them.

Very few beauty companies in the world can say what OLIVE TREE PEOPLE can say today:
Our beauty begins on our own land, with our own trees — and our first olive groves have now successfully completed their Demeter audit with outstanding results.  Formal certification is pending completion of the certification process.

This places OLIVE TREE PEOPLE among a remarkably small group in the global beauty industry: companies whose relationship with nature doesn’t begin with purchasing a botanical ingredient from a supplier, but with their own agricultural resources at the very source.

For more than 20 years, OLIVE TREE PEOPLE has cultivated and protected mountain olive trees in Andalusia, Spain — not simply as inspiration for its products, but as the agricultural origin of its beauty philosophy and many of its most important ingredients.

The company doesn’t simply know where its ingredients come from.

It knows the land.
It knows the trees.
It grows them.

For OLIVE TREE PEOPLE, agriculture has never been a supplier story.

IT IS WHERE BEAUTY BEGINS.

The soil.
The trees.
The leaves.
The olives.
The harvest.
The extraction.
The formulation.
The skin.
One living cycle.

FROM A DEMETER FARM AT 16 TO HIS OWN OLIVE GROVES

For founder Thomas Lommel, the moment closes a circle that began decades before OLIVE TREE PEOPLE existed.  At 16 years old, while attending a Waldorf school in Germany, Lommel completed his first agricultural internship on a Demeter farm.

What began there as an encounter with a radically different understanding of agriculture — one in which soil, plants, animals and people are understood as parts of one living agricultural organism — would eventually become part of the philosophy behind his life’s work.

Years later, that journey led him to the mountain olive trees of Andalusia and, ultimately, to OLIVE TREE PEOPLE.

“We do not take from nature and then attempt to give something back,” said Lommel. “We create a living cycle.”

That distinction is fundamental.

The olive groves are not a sustainability project attached to a beauty company.

They are part of the beauty company.

OLIVE TREE PEOPLE grows and protects its own olive trees, works with their leaves and olives, extracts bioactive substances at the heart of its formulations, and develops Waterless Beauty around the olive tree rather than around water as the primary ingredient.

BEAUTY HAS TALKED ABOUT FARM-TO-FACE.

OLIVE TREE PEOPLE ACTUALLY OWNS THE FARM.

Traceability has become a major word in beauty.

Brands talk about knowing where an ingredient was grown.

OLIVE TREE PEOPLE goes considerably further.

The company is vertically connected all the way back to the living tree.

From its own agricultural resources in Andalusia to extraction, formulation and finally the skin, the company is building a beauty model in which agriculture isn’t hidden somewhere at the beginning of a supply chain.

Agriculture is part of the brand itself, and now, with its first olive groves successfully completing their Demeter audit, that agricultural foundation is moving toward one of the world’s most demanding biodynamic standards.

For Lommel, this isn’t a new sustainability strategy.  It is the continuation of an idea that began when he was 16.

Beauty shouldn’t take something from nature and later ask how to compensate for it.

BEAUTY CAN BE A CIRCLE FROM THE BEGINNING.

So perhaps last Friday wasn’t really about passing an audit.  

It was about something much bigger:
One of the very few beauty companies in the world with its own agricultural resources taking those resources to an extraordinary biodynamic standard.

Rooted.
Living.
Circular.

And beginning with its own trees.

About Olive Tree People
Olive Tree People is a pioneer and leading force in waterless beauty. Instead of using the conventional water phase found in most skincare products, the company replaces water with its proprietary olive leaf cell elixir and combines it with powerful olive-tree ingredients, including Hydroxytyrosol.

Founded by olive tree farmer Thomas Lommel, Olive Tree People develops skincare, beauty and holistic experiences based on more than 20 years of work with mountain olive trees and the principles of Olive Tree Therapy.

About Oliveda International, Inc. 
Oliveda International, Inc. and its subsidiary, Olive Tree People Inc., as well as the European companies, Olive Tree People Europe AG, Oliveda Deutschland GmbH, and Olive Tree Farmers SL, were founded by the German real estate investor Thomas Lommel. The companies possess over 20 years of experience in management and organic certification growing mountain olive trees; in the extraction of first-class, internationally award-winning extra virgin olive oils; the extraction of hydroxytyrosol; and the production and distribution of cosmetic and holistic waterless products related to the olive tree.  Lommel is the inventor of the “Olive Tree Therapy 10 Years in 14 Days” as well as the inventor of olive matcha, which is based on the ground olive leaf. Also unique is the coffee replacement developed by Lommel, which is based on the olive leaf and hydroxytyrosol.  In addition, Lommel is successfully active in the rapidly growing mindfulness industry with the olive tree sound bath meditation he developed and the frequencies of his olive trees, which he makes available worldwide.

In addition to the registered beauty brands, Oliveda and LA Dope, as well as the brands Olive Rose, OLIVE re:connected to Nature, The Intuition of Nature, Olive Mush, Baby & Mom, and Is That Matty?, Lommel is the region’s largest conservationist and protector of over 30,000 one-hundred-year-old mountain olive trees. With his Thomas Lommel Foundation, he brings the water that he does not use into his waterless beauty products to the people of Africa by building water wells on site.

The company’s direct-to-consumer network includes tens of thousands of Waterless Beauty Consultants in North America and Europe. In addition to online sales and a Europe-wide branch network of thousands of retail stores, Oliveda Deutschland GmbH operates its own flagship stores in Berlin and Düsseldorf.

The brand’s treatment concepts are unique worldwide, and their effectiveness has been confirmed by conventional medicine.  Read our book The Olive Tree Therapy 10 Years in 14 Days. Waterless beauty has been called “The Next Big Thing” in articles in U.S. Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, Elle, Madame, Forbes, and many other industry publications, as well as by Mintel, a world-leading futurology institute.  Gigi Hadid and many other celebrities are already Oliveda fans and support its success.  Further information on Oliveda International, Inc. and its subsidiaries and associate companies and brands can be found at www.olivetreepeople.com

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain statements, estimates or projections that constitute “forward-looking statements” pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws. Generally, the words “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “project,” “will” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which may be found in the Company’s filings with OTC Markets Group Inc., that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s historical experience and present expectations or projections. Investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made.  The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or intention to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements unless otherwise required by law.

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CONTACT: OLVI Investor Relations
619-202-7456
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