New York and Dallas, 07 October 2025 The partnership features a preferred equity financing facility of up to $US5.0 billion from MAM, dedicated to supporting the development, ownership, and operation of high-performance computing (HPC) data centers designed to serve hyperscale and artificial intelligence (“AI”) clients. Funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management (“MAM”) agreed to initially invest up to $US900 million, which is expected to fund Applied Digital’s first two High Performance Computing (“HPC”) data center developments. MAM will have the right to provide up to $US4.1 billion of additional capital to finance Applied Digital’s HPC data center pipeline. Today, MAM reached financial close for its previously announced partnership with Applied Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: APLD) (“Applied Digital” or the “Company”). The partnership features a preferred equity financing facility of up to $US5.0 billion from MAM, dedicated to supporting the development, ownership, and operation of high-performance computing (HPC) data centers designed to serve hyperscale and artificial intelligence (“AI”) clients. Applied Digital is nearing completion of the first 100MW building of the planned 400MW AI Factory campus in Ellendale, North Dakota (“Polaris Forge 1”), which is expected to be operational in the fourth quarter of 2025. The full 400MW campus has been leased to CoreWeave, Inc., a U.S.-based, publicly-traded cloud computing company which provides GPU infrastructure to hyperscale and AI customers. Applied Digital has also started work on its second campus in near Harwood, North Dakota (“Polaris Forge 2”), which is expected to be over 200MW and to commence operations by the end of 2026. At financial close, MAM funded $US112.5 million, with the remaining $US787.5 million to be funded over time as construction progresses at Polaris Forge 1 and project finance is put in place, and as further leasing occurs at Polaris Forge 2 and other locations in the Company’s pipeline. As the partnership secures additional leases, MAM will have the right to invest above the initial $900 million commitment up to an aggregate of $US5.0 billion of cumulative preferred equity in partnership with Applied Digital. "As the demand for AI and HPC capacity continues to accelerate, we believe Applied Digital will distinguish itself as a valuable partner to hyperscale customers, with its differentiated portfolio of near-term power availability that has been built by a pioneering leadership team,” said Anton Moldan, Senior Managing Director of Macquarie Asset Management. “We are excited to partner with Applied Digital to build and scale its HPC data center platform. Our global experience as an owner and manager of some of the largest private data center platforms in the world positions us as an ideal partner to help Applied Digital become an industry-leading data center platform.” “Securing this funding at the asset level is especially important in an asset-heavy business like ours. It gives us the capital to complete Polaris Forge 1 and provides a clear path to scale additional campuses.  With MAM’s support, we’re able to strengthen our balance sheet and accelerate the build-out of our AI Factory platform. With MAM’s expertise and relationships, we believe Applied Digital is well positioned to remain as one of the fastest-growing developers in the U.S,” said Wes Cummins, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Digital. Source Link: https://www.macquarie.com/ie/en/about/news/2025/mam-closes-first-investment-in-partnership-with-applied-digital-providing-up-to-us5billion-in-funding-to-support-high-performance-computing-growth.html

Zurich, 08 Oct 2025 UBS announces its intention to redeem the total outstanding EUR 1,250,000,000 0.250% Fixed Rate/Fixed Rate Callable Senior Notes due November 2026 with ISIN CH1142231682 (the "Senior Notes") on the optional redemption date, 3 November 2025. The last trading day of the Senior Notes will be 30 October 2025. The Senior Notes were issued by UBS Group AG on 3 November 2021 and are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. UBS also announces its intention to redeem the total outstanding CHF 275,000,000 3.00% Tier 1 Capital Notes with ISIN CH0506668869 (the "Tier 1 Notes") on the First Call Date, 13 November 2025. The last trading day of the Tier 1 Notes will be 11 November 2025. The Tier 1 Notes were issued by UBS Group AG on 13 November 2019 and are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Source Link: https://www.ubs.com/global/en/investor-relations/press-releases/overview-news-display-ndp/en-20251008-redemption.html?caasID=CAAS-ActivityStream

October 10, 2025 Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces the 2024 annual reports competition. The Competition is being held from October 10 to December 31, 2025 and is aimed at developing the practice of preparing non-financial reporting in Kazakhstan. Any legal entities registered in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan can take part in the competition. Judges of the competition will assess annual reports and sustainable development reports of legal entities admitted to the competition for 2024. The winners and prize-winners of the competition will be awarded with diplomas and certificates. To be admitted to the competition, legal entities have to submit the following documents no later than November 10, 2025: 1) an application for participation in the competition according to the form see more 2) the annual report for 2024 in Russian, as well as in English and Kazakh, if available; 3) the 2024 Sustainability Report in Russian, if available, as well as in English and Kazakh, if available. Applications for participation in the competition are submitted by sending a signed electronic version of the application in PDF and DOC format to monitoring@kase.kz or via the link see more If, for any reason, the application for participation in the competition does not include online links to the annual report/sustainability report for 2024, or if they are inactive, such reports will be sent electronically in PDF format to monitoring@kase.kz or provided on an electronic medium at the location of KASE. Stages of the competition: - accepting applications for the competition; - evaluation of materials by the expert commission; - the winners of the competition are determined by the expert commission; - rewarding the winners of the competition. Main nominations: 1) The best annual report in the financial sector; 2) The best annual report in the non-financial sector; 3) The best Sustainability report in the financial sector; 4) The best Sustainability report in the non-financial sector. KASE may announce additional nominations for the competition during its implementation in order to encourage the achievements of individual participants. A participant of the competition may be suspended from participation in the competition at any stage in case of discovering the fact that this participant of the competition provided inaccurate information, as well as unethical behavior on his part during the period of the competition. The competition terms can be found at see more Source Link: https://kase.kz/en/information/news/show/1552676