Banzai Announces Name Change to Parabolic Technologies, Inc. And Announces Reverse Stock Split

SEATTLE, Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Banzai International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PARA) (d/b/a “Parabolic” or the “Company”), a leading AI-powered agentic applications technology company, today announced that effective at market open on October 27, 2026, the Company’s corporate name will officially change to “Parabolic Technologies, Inc.” The Company will also effect a one-for-ten (1-for-10) reverse stock split of its outstanding Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock (together, the “Common Stock”).

Shareholders approved both the corporate name change and reverse stock split at a special meeting of shareholders that was held on October 16, 2026. 

The reverse stock split is primarily intended to increase the per share price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and maintain compliance with the Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Requirement, although neither outcome is guaranteed. The Company's Class A Common Stock will continue to trade under the symbol "PARA". Upon the effectiveness of the reverse stock split, every ten shares of issued and outstanding Common Stock before the open of business on October 27, 2026, will be combined into one issued and outstanding share of common stock, with no change in par value per share. The Company's Class A Common Stock will open for trading on Nasdaq on October 27, 2026, on a post-split basis but will trade under a new CUSIP Number, 06682J803.

As of October 21, 2026, there were 5,061,208 shares of Class A Common Stock and 149,821 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding. The number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock after the reverse stock split would be approximately 506,121 and 14,983 shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, respectively. No fractional shares will be issued as a result of the reverse stock split. Any fractional shares that would result from the reverse stock split will be rounded up to the nearest whole share.

The reverse stock split will affect all issued and outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock, as well as the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Company's stock options and warrants. In addition, the reverse stock split will correspondingly increase the respective aggregate exercise prices of our outstanding options and warrants. The reverse stock split will affect all holders of Common Stock uniformly and will not alter any shareholder's percentage interest in the Company's Common Stock, except to the extent that the reverse stock split results in some shareholders experiencing an adjustment of a fractional share as described above.

Shareholders holding share certificates will receive information from Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company's transfer agent, regarding the process for exchanging their existing stock certificates representing pre-split shares; shareholders need not take any action with respect to the Name Change. Shareholders with questions may contact our transfer agent by calling 800-509-5586.

About Parabolic

Parabolic builds agentic applications that power the future of business. We believe that the future of enterprise software will be agentic applications that are net-beneficiaries of AI transformation, and we focus on building, acquiring, and investing in those and related businesses. We have over 150,000 customers including Amazon, Dell, Salesforce, Aflac, Thermo Fisher Scientific, RBC Wealth Management, and Fitch Group. Learn more at www.parabolic.io. For investors, please visit ir.banzai.io.

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Investor Relations
Dean Ditto
Chief Financial Officer
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Paul Witkowski
Senior Director Financial Reporting
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