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VRRM VERRA Mobility, Corp. Governance Management Transition
Market cap : at edition (Oct 30, 2026) $508M

Verra Mobility Taps Alvarez & Marsal for Interim CFO, Liquidity Advisory

Verra Mobility has hired Matthew Kvarda, a Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal North America, as Interim CFO at a starting rate of $150,000 per month, with A&M simultaneously engaged to advise management on liquidity, business plan, and financial reporting matters. The engagement arrives four days after permanent CFO Craig Conti departed and just days into the tenure of new permanent CEO Jon Newhard, the company's second CEO change since May 2026. The broader backdrop includes the effective loss of Avis Budget Group — a customer that represented over 10% of revenue — two rounds of guidance cuts totaling more than $75 million in full-year revenue, and $104 million in goodwill and intangible asset impairments. A&M's prior Kvarda-led assignments include Revlon and 23andMe.

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FCN FTI Consulting, Inc. Portfolio Strategic Pivot
Market cap : at edition (Oct 30, 2026) $4.9B

FTI Consulting Cuts 4% of Staff, Slashes GAAP Earnings Guidance

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ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Governance Management Succession
Market cap : at edition (Oct 30, 2026) $11.5B

ELS Names Waite CEO as Nader Exits After 13 Years

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PBFS Pioneer Bancorp, Inc. Legal Litigation Loss
Market cap : at edition (Oct 30, 2026) $438M

Pioneer Bancorp Settles 2019-Era Lawsuits, Erasing a Quarter's Earnings

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PSIX POWER Solutions International, Inc. Governance Management Transition
Market cap : at edition (Nov 6, 2026) $827M

Power Solutions CFO Who Served as Interim CEO Resigns With No Named Successor

Xun (Ken) Li, CFO of Power Solutions International, notified the board on November 3, 2026 of his resignation effective November 27, citing a desire to pursue another professional opportunity; the company said the departure was not the result of any disagreement. Li had held both the CFO and Interim CEO titles simultaneously from May 2026 until Nan (Richard) Hu took over as permanent CEO on August 17. No replacement CFO has been named, leaving the company without a named finance chief roughly ten weeks into new executive leadership and amid an active MTL acquisition integration, ongoing capacity ramp-up, and a new $220 million credit facility carrying quarterly covenant tests.

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FERA Fifth Era Acquisition Corp I Distressed Listing At Risk
Market cap : at edition (Nov 6, 2026) $331M

FERA Falls Below Nasdaq Holder Minimum With Merger Pending

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ETD ETHAN ALLEN Interiors, Inc. Contested
Market cap : at edition (Nov 6, 2026) $522M

Activist DGB Wins Three of Five Ethan Allen Board Seats

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ACR ACRES Commercial Realty, Corp. M&A Post Merger Transition
Market cap : at edition (Nov 6, 2026) $205M

ACRES Cuts Repo Interest-Coverage Covenant After Merger Costs Crush Q3

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FOX FOX, Corp. M&A Post Merger Transition
Market cap : at edition (Nov 6, 2026) $28.5B

Fox Closes Roku Acquisition, Draws $10.4 Billion in New Debt

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PONO PONO Capital Four, Inc. M&A Deal Stress
Market cap : at edition (Nov 6, 2026) $174M

Blackstar Orbital Merger Valuation Slashed From $380M to $200M

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ORRF Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. Capital Capital Strategy Shift
Market cap : at edition (Nov 13, 2026) $867M

Orrstown Repositions AFS Securities Portfolio Under New CEO

Orrstown Financial Services announced on November 9, 2026 that it executed a "strategic repositioning" of a portion of its available-for-sale securities portfolio, five months after Adam Metz took over as CEO. The filing is a one-line reference to an attached press release whose text was not made available, leaving the dollar size of the repositioning — and any realized loss — undisclosed in the documents reviewed. At September 30, 2026, the AFS portfolio carried approximately $66 million in pre-tax unrealized losses ($985 million amortized cost versus $919 million fair value), setting the outer bound of potential one-time earnings exposure, though the actual repositioned amount could be a small fraction of that.

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ETD ETHAN ALLEN Interiors, Inc. Contested
Market cap : at edition (Nov 13, 2026) $446M

Ethan Allen CEO Exits Immediately as Activist Takes Executive Chair

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OPRX Optimizerx, Corp. Governance Management Transition
Market cap : at edition (Nov 13, 2026) $167M

OptimizeRx Cuts Revenue Guidance Again as Sales Fall for Third Straight Quarter

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XRX Xerox Holdings, Corp. Distressed Credit Pressure
Market cap : at edition (Nov 13, 2026) $136M

Xerox Swaps $174M of Debt at 30% Haircut, Doubles Interest Rate

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RMIX Suncrete, Inc. Governance Governance Change
Market cap : at edition (Nov 13, 2026) $613M

Suncrete Corrects Q3 Guidance Hours After Release, Cites Microsoft Outage

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GBLI Global Indemnity Group, Llc. Governance Leadership Transition
Market cap : at edition (Nov 13, 2026) $324M

Global Indemnity Installs New CEO Buss; Brown Exits With $4.3 Million

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APMD Apnimed, Inc. Turnaround Accounting Change
Market cap : at edition (Nov 13, 2026) $692M

Apnimed Restates First Post-IPO Earnings on $85 Million Gain Misclassification

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RILY BRC Group Holdings, Inc. Governance Governance Change
Market cap : at edition (Nov 13, 2026) $152M

BRC Group Eliminates Chief Accounting Officer Role, Strips Executive Status

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CTGO Contango Silver & Gold, Inc. Capital Serial Equity Issuance
Market cap : at edition (Nov 13, 2026) $437M

Contango Refreshes $75 Million ATM Alongside Weak Quarter and Debt Schedule

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DOUG Douglas Elliman, Inc. Governance Management Transition
Market cap : at edition (Nov 13, 2026) $155M

Douglas Elliman CFO and General Counsel Depart Simultaneously, Replaced Internally

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