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Rapport Therapeutics Appoints Chief People Officer

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Rapport Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company leveraging the science of receptor-associated proteins (RAPs) to advance precision neuromedicines, today announced the appointment of Kathy Wilkinson as Chief People Officer.

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  • Rapport Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company leveraging the science of receptor-associated proteins (RAPs) to advance precision neuromedicines, today announced the appointment of Kathy Wilkinson as Chief People Officer.
  • “Bringing Kathy on board as our Chief People Officer is tremendously exciting as the Rapport team rapidly expands,” said Abraham Ceesay, Chief Executive Officer of Rapport.
  • “Any company’s success requires top talent and a vibrant culture, and Kathy has the experience and vision to ensure that Rapport will incorporate those two crucial ingredients as it advances its programs.
  • The 250-person company was spun out from bluebird bio, where Kathy served in a variety of human resource roles – most recently Chief People Officer – for nearly a decade.

Bluebird Network Completes New Mississippi River Crossing

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Bluebird Network , a communications infrastructure provider and operator of more than 11,000 miles of fiber and two data centers, announces the completion of a new fiber optic river crossing 100 feet below the Mississippi River, connecting the west bank of St. Louis and the east bank of Illinois.

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  • Bluebird Network , a communications infrastructure provider and operator of more than 11,000 miles of fiber and two data centers, announces the completion of a new fiber optic river crossing 100 feet below the Mississippi River, connecting the west bank of St. Louis and the east bank of Illinois.
  • “Network providers have a distinct advantage when controlling their own fiber in a new or existing market,” said Jamie Scott , Director of Outside Plant Engineering at Bluebird Network.
  • “The diversity and redundancy offered by a route like this is huge,” said Michael Morey , President and CEO of Bluebird Network.
  • While Bluebird isn’t publicly divulging the total fiber capacity of the project, they are saying it’s large and built for the future.

Blue Bird Announces Launch of Secondary Public Offering

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

The offering consists entirely of secondary shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder.

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  • The offering consists entirely of secondary shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder.
  • The Selling Stockholder will receive all of the proceeds from the offering.
  • The Company is not selling any shares of Common Stock in the offering and will not receive any proceeds from the offering.
  • The offering will be made only by means of a free writing prospectus, the prospectus and the related prospectus supplement.

Blue Bird Reports Fiscal 2024 First Quarter Record Results; Raises 2024 Guidance

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

With better line-of-sight into 2024, we are raising our fiscal 2024 full-year guidance to Net Revenue to $1.15-1.25 Billion, Adj.

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  • With better line-of-sight into 2024, we are raising our fiscal 2024 full-year guidance to Net Revenue to $1.15-1.25 Billion, Adj.
  • Additionally, Parts sales increased $1.7 million, or 7.7%, for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 compared with the first quarter of fiscal 2023.
  • Net income was $26.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2024, which was a $37.4 million increase from the first quarter of last year.
  • Blue Bird will discuss its first quarter 2024 results in a conference call at 4:30 PM ET today.

Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP Announces Investigation of Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD) (f/k/a Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp.)

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Friday, February 2, 2024

Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (“GPM”) announces its investigation of Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD) (f/k/a Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp.) concerning the Company and its directors’ and officers’ possible violations of state laws.

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  • Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (“GPM”) announces its investigation of Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD) (f/k/a Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp.) concerning the Company and its directors’ and officers’ possible violations of state laws.
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Blue Bird Announces Authorization of $60 Million Stock Repurchase Program

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, today announced that its Board of Directors authorized the company to repurchase up to $60 million in the aggregate of its outstanding common stock during the next 24 months.

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  • Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, today announced that its Board of Directors authorized the company to repurchase up to $60 million in the aggregate of its outstanding common stock during the next 24 months.
  • The repurchase program permits repurchases in open market or private transactions, including accelerated share repurchase transactions, block trades, or pursuant to trading plans intended to comply with SEC Rule 10b5-1.
  • “We are proud of Blue Bird’s continued strong performance and are excited to leverage our strong free cash flow generation again to return capital to our shareholders through this new stock repurchase program,” said Blue Bird CEO Phil Horlock.
  • The repurchase program does not obligate Blue Bird to acquire any specific amount of securities and can be modified or terminated at any time without notice.

Nuvve Celebrates 500th Electric School Bus EVSE Deployed in the K-12 Business Channel

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuvve Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: NVVE), a global technology leader accelerating the electrification of transportation through its proprietary vehicle-to-grid (V2G) platform, celebrated the 500th electric school bus EVSE to be deployed which will be managed through its proprietary GIVe™ bidirectional, smart-charging software platform.

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  • This new order from Orange Unified School District in Orange, California is for thirteen Nuvve Level 2 "PowerPort" chargers and three 60kW chargers.
  • This follows the district's 2021 purchase of fifteen Nuvve Level 2 PowerPort chargers which it currently uses for its fleet of 15 electric school buses purchased over 2021 and 2022 from Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses.
  • Two additional buses are on order and the district plans to continue expanding their ESB fleet in the future.
  • "Many Nuvve customers continue building their electric bus fleets after their first purchase and Orange Unified is no different," said Nuvve co-founder and CEO Gregory Poilasne.

Bluebird Network CEO Makes Titan 100 Hall of Fame List

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Bluebird Network , a communications infrastructure provider and operator of two data centers and more than 11,000 miles of fiber, is announcing its Chief Executive Officer Michael Morey , has been inducted into the Titan 100 Hall of Fame.

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  • Bluebird Network , a communications infrastructure provider and operator of two data centers and more than 11,000 miles of fiber, is announcing its Chief Executive Officer Michael Morey , has been inducted into the Titan 100 Hall of Fame.
  • Titan 100, a national program, celebrates the top 100 CEOs and C-level executives in various regions, both in private and public sectors.
  • These are the characteristics of a Titan who is a pillar of our community,” expressed Titan 100 Founder, Jaime Zawmon.
  • “I am deeply honored to accept the induction into the Titan 100 Hall of Fame on behalf of Bluebird Network,” says Morey.

Blue Bird to Report Fiscal 2024 First Quarter Results on February 7, 2024

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and cleaner-emission school buses, will release its fiscal 2024 first quarter financial results on February 7, 2024.

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  • Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and cleaner-emission school buses, will release its fiscal 2024 first quarter financial results on February 7, 2024.
  • The public is invited to attend an audio webcast in which Blue Bird executives Phil Horlock, CEO, and Razvan Radulescu, CFO, will discuss results.
  • Dial-in details and the webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investor Relations portion of Blue Bird’s website at http://investors.blue-bird.com .
  • Please click on the link in the Events box in the lower right corner of the Blue Bird Investor Relations landing page to access the webcast.

AST SpaceMobile CEO Publishes Letter to Shareholders

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, today announced that Abel Avellan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AST SpaceMobile, published a letter to shareholders.

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  • AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, today announced that Abel Avellan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AST SpaceMobile, published a letter to shareholders.
  • AT&T and Google join existing strategic investors Vodafone, Rakuten, American Tower and Bell Canada, industry leaders own over 20% of AST SpaceMobile (on a fully-diluted economic basis).
  • Google and AST SpaceMobile agreed to collaborate on product development, testing and implementation plans for SpaceMobile network connectivity on its Android and related devices.
  • With our new incremental cash, we continue to maintain momentum and we are also well positioned to finance AST SpaceMobile efficiently for shareholders.