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Celebrity Chefs Raise Awareness of Global Hunger in Rise Against Hunger’s Fourth Annual ‘Chef Showdown’ Competition

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Hosted in honor of World Food Day, the competition will feature cooking videos from renowned chefs shared across Rise Against Hunger’s social media channels to generate awareness about global hunger.

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Rise Against Hunger, the international nonprofit organization, is bringing together chefs across the globe, from Texas, Alabama, the Philippines and Italy, to compete in its fourth annual It Starts With a Meal™️ Chef Showdown. Hosted on social media from October 7-11, 2024, the virtual cooking competition commemorates World Food Day, the holiday established by the United Nations and recognized annually on October 16.

The five chef competitors and teams have created dishes inspired by the countries and regions where Rise Against Hunger works to alleviate hunger. Starting today, October 7, through October 11, these dishes will be highlighted through cooking videos released on Rise Against Hunger’s Instagram and Facebook pages. Each video also addresses global food insecurity and Rise Against Hunger’s mission to drive awareness and action.

This social media campaign will engage the celebrity chefs’ more than 470,000 collective followers and Rise Against Hunger’s 59,000 followers. People will vote by liking, commenting or sharing their favorite video. The chef who receives the highest engagement by October 16, World Food Day, will win the Golden Whisk Award.

The participating chefs are:

Nacho Aguirre and Susana Mijares — Husband and wife duo Nacho and Susana are owners of the beloved Délice Chocolatier & Patisserie in San Antonio, Texas. They are also Food Network stars, with Nacho competing in the “Spring Baking Championship” and serving as a judge for “Candy Land,” and Susan winning season 12 of the network’s “Halloween Wars.” They are competing in the Chef Showdown for the third year in a row.JR Royol — Hailing from the Philippines and competing in the Chef Showdown for the first time, JR hosts the culinary show “Farm to Table” and won the first season of “Master Chef Philippines.” He also has a special connection to Rise Against Hunger’s work, serving as the chef at Anihan, a restaurant at the Good Food Farm, a working farm and agri-tourism resort operated by Rise Against Hunger Philippines.Nicole McLaughlin — From Birmingham, Alabama, Nicole is the reigning 2023 and 2022 champion of the Chef Showdown. Returning to compete for a third-time win, she is the producer and star of Allrecipe’s food series “You Can Cook That.” With over 20 years of experience in the culinary industry, Nicole has been featured on “The Today Show” and has a large Instagram following of over 133,000.Michelle Adrillana — From the Philippines, Michelle is a chef, food and beverage consultant, content creator and advocate for Filipino cuisine. She is competing in the Chef Showdown for the third consecutive year.Cristina Bowerman — Cristina is a Michelin-star-rated chef at Glass Hostaria in Rome, Italy. With a passion for creating dishes that blend flavors from around the world, she is competing in the Chef Showdown for the second time.

The It Starts With a Meal™️ Chef Showdown is one of Rise Against Hunger’s signature campaigns, enabling people to engage with the organization’s mission of ending global hunger each year. Last year’s Chef Showdown campaign reached 22.6 million through earned media and social media, and the videos received over 28,960 views and 4,010 engagements.

About Rise Against Hunger

Rise Against Hunger, an international humanitarian organization, is growing a global movement to end hunger by nourishing lives, empowering communities and responding to emergencies. Through a global network based in the U.S. and with six international offices, the organization provides volunteer-packaged meals and other assistance for people facing hunger today. Rise Against Hunger has facilitated volunteer packaging of more than 600 million meals to be distributed to countries around the world. In addition to providing immediate nourishment, the organization works with local leaders to implement sustainable agriculture and income-generating projects that support long-term solutions to food security and empower communities to thrive. To learn more about Rise Against Hunger’s efforts to end hunger worldwide, please visit www.riseagainsthunger.org.

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Hannah Payne, Rise Against Hunger, 1 (919) 839-0689 6, hpayne@riseagainsthunger.org, https://www.riseagainsthunger.org/

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TriNetX’s Founding CEO Announces Plans to Step Down

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After 11 Years, Gadi Lachman to Conclude Operating Role, Remain on TriNetX’s Board

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — TriNetX, the largest global source of real-world data, today announced that Gadi Lachman, the Company’s Founder, President and CEO, will step down from his operating role on March 31, 2025. Gadi founded TriNetX in 2014 and has served as President and CEO in the succeeding 11 years. Gadi will continue to serve on TriNetX’s Board of Directors and will be an Advisor to Carlyle, TriNetX’s majority investor.

“It has been an honor to build TriNetX and be part of such an outstanding team. I want to thank TriNetX’s employees, customers, and shareholders for the support they have shown me. With the talent and passion of our people I am immensely confident in TriNetX’s continued success,” said Lachman. “Together, we have built the largest global platform for clinical research, with data from over 25 countries and tens of millions of queries a month. Our solutions are moving clinical research to a whole different level and saving lives on a massive scale, across all therapeutic areas.”

During the transition period, Jeff Margolis, a current TriNetX Director, will serve as Executive Chairman to ensure continuity in leadership and governance while a CEO search is conducted.

Margolis said, “I have had the distinct privilege of serving on the Board alongside Gadi and partnering with him for 11 years. On behalf of the Board, we thank Gadi for shaping and leading TriNetX to become the world’s top ecosystem of real-world data and real-world evidence serving life sciences and the broader healthcare industry. I look forward to working with him and the rest of the Board over the next months to execute a successful transition of leadership.”

Joe Bress, Partner and Global Co-Head of Healthcare for Carlyle, TriNetX’s lead investor, added, “We have been thrilled to partner with Gadi since our initial investment in TriNetX over four years ago. Thanks to his disciplined leadership, TriNetX is one of the few companies that has sustained profitability even during periods of high growth. Gadi has built the company up to an exciting point, paving the way for a new leader to take the business into its next chapter of growth and success.”

Through this leadership transition, TriNetX remains steadfast in its mission to advance global healthcare through the power of real-world data. The Board, leadership team, and employees are united in their commitment to driving continued innovation and delivering success for customers and partners, all while building on Gadi’s exceptional legacy.

About TriNetX, LLC

TriNetX is a global network of healthcare organizations and life sciences companies dedicated to advancing real-world research and expediting the development of new therapies. Through its self-service, HIPAA-, GDPR-, and LGPD-compliant platform of federated deidentified and anonymous electronic health record datasets and consulting partnerships, TriNetX empowers its global community to improve clinical trial protocol design, streamline trial operations, refine safety signals, and enrich real-world evidence generation. For more information, please visit TriNetX at www.trinetx.com or follow TriNetX on LinkedIn.

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Michelle Fleming, Chief Marketing Officer
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Stellus Private Credit BDC Announces $0.36 First Quarter 2025 Regular Dividend, Payable Monthly in Increments of $0.12 in January, February, and March 2025

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HOUSTON, Jan. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Stellus Private Credit BDC (“the Company”) announced that its Board of Trustees has declared a monthly dividend of $0.12 for each of January, February, and March, totaling $0.36 per share in the aggregate for the first quarter of 2025. The regular dividend of $0.36 per share will be paid to shareholders of record in January, February, and March 2025.

Summary of First Quarter 2025 Regular Monthly Dividends

Declared

Record Date

Payment Date

Amount per Share

1/9/2025

1/10/2025

1/31/2025

$0.12

1/9/2025

2/3/2025

2/28/2025

$0.12

1/9/2025

3/3/2025

3/31/2025

$0.12

About Stellus Private Credit BDC

The Company is an externally-managed, closed-end, non-diversified investment management company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company’s investment objective is to maximize the total return to its stockholders in the form of current income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in private middle-market companies (typically those with $5.0 million to $50.0 million of EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization)) through first lien (including unitranche) loans, second lien loans and unsecured debt financing, with corresponding equity co-investments. The Company’s investment activities are managed by its investment adviser, Stellus Private BDC Advisor, LLC.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements included herein may contain “forward-looking statements” which relate to future performance or financial condition. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release, including statements about COVID-19 and its impacts, may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission including the final prospectus that will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release.

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Stellus Private Credit BDC
W. Todd Huskinson, Chief Financial Officer
(713) 292-5414
thuskinson@stelluscapital.com

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MongoDB, Inc. to Present at the 27th Annual Needham Growth Conference

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NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB) today announced that Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Michael Gordon, and Senior Vice President of Finance, Serge Tanjga, will present virtually at the 27th Annual Needham Growth Conference.

The MongoDB presentation is scheduled for Thursday, January 16, 2025, at 3:45 p.m. Eastern Time. A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the Events page of the MongoDB investor relations website at https://investors.mongodb.com/news-events/events. A replay of the webcast will also be available for a limited time.

About MongoDB
Headquartered in New York, MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. Built by developers, for developers, MongoDB’s developer data platform is a database with an integrated set of related services that allow development teams to address the growing requirements for today’s wide variety of modern applications, all in a unified and consistent user experience. MongoDB has tens of thousands of customers in over 100 countries. The MongoDB database platform has been downloaded hundreds of millions of times since 2007, and there have been millions of builders trained through MongoDB University courses. To learn more, visit mongodb.com.

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ICR for MongoDB
646-277-1251
ir@mongodb.com

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