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MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) (“MariaDB” or the “Company”) announces that Meridian BidCo LLC (“Bidco”), an affiliate of K1 Investment Management, LLC, put out a press release on the date hereof (the “Bidco press release”) relating to the unsolicited offer (the “Offer”) by Bidco to purchase all of the issued and to be issued ordinary shares of $0.01 each (nominal value) of the Company (the “MariaDB Shares”). The Offer was settled in accordance with its terms on July 25, 2024. Bidco now owns 61,263,283 MariaDB Shares, representing 88.70% of the issued share capital of MariaDB as of July 22, 2024.

MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) (“MariaDB” or the “Company”) announces that Meridian BidCo LLC (“Bidco”), an affiliate of K1 Investment Management, LLC, put out a press release on the date hereof (the “Bidco press release”) relating to the unsolicited offer (the “Offer”) by Bidco to purchase all of the issued and to be issued ordinary shares of $0.01 each (nominal value) of the Company (“MariaDB Shares”). According to the Bidco press release, as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on July 23, 2024 (the “Expiration Time”), all remaining conditions to the Offer were satisfied, fulfilled or, to the extent permitted, waived. Accordingly, Bidco announced that the Offer has now become unconditional in all respects and is now closed to further acceptances with effect from the Expiration Time.

On 11 July 2024, MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) (“MariaDB” or the “Company”) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) an amendment to its amended and restated Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 previously filed with the SEC on June 24, 2024 (“Amendment No. 6”).

On 5 July 2024, MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) (“MariaDB” or the “Company”) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) an amendment to its amended and restated Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 previously filed with the SEC on June 24, 2024 (“Amendment No. 5”).

On 24 June 2024, Meridian Bidco LLC (“Bidco”) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and mailed to the shareholders of MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) (“MariaDB” or the “Company”) an amended and restated Tender Offer Statement and Rule 13e-3 Transaction Statement on Schedule TO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), of which an amended and restated offer document forms a part (the “Amended and Restated Offer Document”), and a Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3, in respect of its offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of MariaDB (the “Offer”).

MariaDB plc (NYSE:MRDB) today filed its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, which ended March 31, 2024.

The Board of MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) (“MariaDB” or the “Company”) confirms that the Irish Takeover Panel has consented, at the request of the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") made in accordance with Rule 2.6(c) of the Irish Takeover Rules, to a further 48 hour extension to 5:00 pm (New York time) on April 24, 2024 (the "Further Extended Deadline") of the deadline by which K1 Investment Management LLC ("K1") is to either (i) announce a firm intention to make an offer for the Company in accordance with Rule 2.7 of the Irish Takeover Rules or (ii) announce that it does not intend to make an offer for the Company, in which case the announcement will be treated as a statement to which Rule 2.8 of the Irish Takeover Rules applies.

The Board of MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) (“MariaDB” or the “Company”) confirms that the Irish Takeover Panel has consented, at the request of the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") made in accordance with Rule 2.6(c) of the Irish Takeover Rules, to the extension to 5:00 pm (New York time) on Monday, April 22, 2024 (the "Further Extended Deadline") of the extended deadline of 12 April 2024 granted by the Panel on 29 March 2024, by which K1 Investment Management LLC ("K1") is to either (i) announce a firm intention to make an offer for the Company in accordance with Rule 2.7 of the Irish Takeover Rules or (ii) announce that it does not intend to make an offer for the Company, in which case the announcement will be treated as a statement to which Rule 2.8 of the Irish Takeover Rules applies.

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The Board of MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) (“MariaDB” or the “Company”) confirms that the Irish Takeover Panel has consented, at the request of the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") made in accordance with Rule 2.6(c) of the Irish Takeover Rules, to the extension to 5:00 pm (New York time) on Friday, April 12th, 2024 (the "Extended Deadline") of the deadline provided for in Rule 2.6(a) of the Irish Takeover Rules, by which K1 Investment Management LLC ("K1") is to either (i) announce a firm intention to make an offer for the Company in accordance with Rule 2.7 of the Irish Takeover Rules or (ii) announce that it does not intend to make an offer for the Company, in which case the announcement will be treated as a statement to which Rule 2.8 of the Irish Takeover Rules applies.

The Board of MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) (“MariaDB” or the “Company”) confirms that on March 26, 2024, it received an unsolicited non-binding indicative proposal from Progress Software Corp. (“Progress”) to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the Company (the “Possible Offer”). Progress provides software that enables organizations to develop and deploy their mission-critical applications and experiences, as well as effectively manage their data platforms, cloud and IT infrastructure. Progress publicly announced such offer on March 26, 2024. The Board of MariaDB is reviewing and taking advice regarding the Possible Offer. The Possible Offer may or may not lead to an offer being made for the entire share capital of the Company. There can be no certainty that any offer will be made.

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The Board of MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) (“MariaDB” or the “Company”) confirms that on February 15, 2024, it received an unsolicited non-binding indicative proposal from K1 Investment Management LLC (“K1”) to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the Company (the “Possible Offer”) through K5 Private Investors, L.P. (“K5”), a fund controlled by K1. K1 publicly announced such offer on February 16, 2024. The Board of MariaDB is reviewing and taking advice regarding the Possible Offer. The Possible Offer may or may not lead to an offer being made for the entire share capital of the Company. There can be no certainty that any offer will be made.

MariaDB plc (NYSE:MRDB) today filed its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024, which ended December 31, 2023.

MariaDB plc (NYSE:MRDB) today announced that it has completed a spinoff of its geospatial business to CubeWerx, an independent entity and leader in geospatial products and services.

MariaDB plc (NYSE:MRDB) today announced that the $26.5 million senior secured promissory note entered into with RP Ventures LLC (“the RPV Note”) that was due January 10, 2024, has been amended, and the RPV Note will now expire on January 31, 2024.

MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) today announced that it has filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023 with the SEC. The report is available on the Securities & Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) website at https://www.sec.gov and on MariaDB’s Investor Relations website at https://investors.mariadb.com under Financials.

MariaDB plc (NYSE:MRDB) today announced that it has completed the spinoff of its SkySQL business to SkySQL Inc., a new independent entity founded by the former MariaDB team that built and supported the SkySQL product. Moving forward, the new company, SkySQL Inc., will assume development, sales and support of the SkySQL DBaaS.

MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) announced entry into a $26.5 million senior secured promissory note with RP Ventures LLC. The senior secured promissory note expires on January 10, 2024.

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MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) (the “Company”), in accordance with Rule 2.12 of the Irish Takeover Rules, confirms that as of September 22, 2023 its issued ordinary share capital was comprised of 67,713,368 ordinary shares, nominal value $0.01 per share (the "Ordinary Shares"). The Ordinary Shares are admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MRDB. The International Securities Identification Number for these securities is IE0008908NI4.

MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) (the “Company”) today announced that it was notified on September 19, 2023 (the “Notice”) by the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) that the Company is not in compliance with Section 802.01B of the NYSE Listed Company Manual because the Company’s average global market capitalization over a consecutive 30 trading-day period was less than $50 million and, at the same time, the Company’s last reported stockholders’ equity was less than $50 million.

The Board of MariaDB plc ("MariaDB" or the "Company") (NYSE: MRDB) notes the announcement made by Runa Capital II (GP) on September 15, 2023 and confirms that it has received an unsolicited non-binding indicative proposal from Runa Capital II (GP) as general partner of Runa Capital Fund II, L.P. on behalf of itself and its other investment affiliates ("Runa") to acquire 100% of the issued ordinary shares of the Company other than those shares already owned by Runa (the “Possible Offer”). The Board of MariaDB is reviewing and taking advice regarding the Possible Offer. The Possible Offer may or may not lead to an offer being made for the entire share capital of the Company. There can be no certainty that any offer will be made. A further announcement will be made if and when appropriate.

MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) today announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, which ended June 30, 2023.

MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) today announced that it will report financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2023 which ended June 30, 2023 on Monday, August 14, 2023 after market close.

MariaDB plc (NYSE:MRDB) today announced that DealerTeam, a cloud-based dealership management system built on Salesforce®, is driving MariaDB Enterprise Server in the cloud deployed on MariaDB SkySQL running on AWS. By selecting MariaDB Enterprise Server as a fully managed cloud database service, DealerTeam aids its car dealerships with a better process and workflow management by connecting all departments with a 360-degree view of any customer.

MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) today announced that it was notified on June 28, 2023 by the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) that the company is not in compliance with Section 802.01C of the NYSE Listed Company Manual because the average closing price of the company's ordinary shares was less than $1.00 per share over a consecutive 30 trading-day period. The notice does not result in the immediate delisting of MariaDB’s ordinary shares from the NYSE.

MariaDB plc (NYSE:MRDB) today announced Paul O’Brien has been appointed as the company’s new CEO and will serve as a member of the board of directors, effective May 26, 2023. Michael Howard, the company’s current CEO, will remain on the board of directors to provide strategic planning and oversight. The board has also appointed Tom Siegel as chief revenue officer (CRO) to lead the sales, consulting, support and training teams, and Jonah Harris as chief technology officer (CTO), effective June 5, 2023.

MariaDB OpenWorks 2023 -- MariaDB plc (NYSE:MRDB) today, at its global user conference OpenWorks 2023, unveiled its vision to bring the power of distributed SQL through its award-winning Xpand database to both the MariaDB/MySQL and PostgreSQL communities.

MariaDB OpenWorks 2023 - MariaDB plc (NYSE:MRDB), a new generation cloud database company, today announced the winners of its inaugural Wavemaker Awards at its global user and developer conference, OpenWorks 2023. The Wavemaker Awards celebrate an extraordinary set of MariaDB customers and partners for their exceptional use of MariaDB database products to accelerate innovation and drive business transformation.

MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) today announced its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2023, which ended March 31, 2023.

MariaDB plc (NYSE:MRDB), a new cloud database company, today announced that its distributed SQL database, Xpand, was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® in the Customer Data Platform category in The 21st Annual American Business Awards®.

MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) today announced that it will report financial results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2023 which ended March 31, 2023 on Monday, May 8, 2023 after market close.

MariaDB plc (NYSE:MRDB) today announced that MariaDB SkySQL, a second generation cloud database service, has expanded its observability service to include MariaDB Community Server deployments. SkySQL brings a single view to all MariaDB databases a customer has deployed regardless of which cloud infrastructure or on prem environment they are running on, increasing efficiency and making it possible to more rapidly identify problems, patterns and anomalies.

MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) today announced the appointment of Conor McCarthy as chief financial officer (CFO), effective April 10, 2023. McCarthy, who has over 30 years leading finance organizations at high-growth companies, brings significant experience scaling software-as-a-service (SaaS) businesses.

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MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) today announced the immediate availability of a new release of MariaDB SkySQL, a second generation cloud database service. SkySQL offers fully managed databases including its flagship distributed SQL product MariaDB Xpand for maximum resilience and scalability.

MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) today announced that it will host its global user conference, OpenWorks, on May 9-10, 2023. The event will feature two days of sessions and a keynote from CEO Michael Howard – available virtually and live from New York City. OpenWorks 2023 will feature a first look at new innovations coming to the world of open source databases in the cloud, including demonstrations of SkySQL, MariaDB’s second generation cloud database.

MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB), a new generation cloud database company, announced that its fully managed cloud database service SkySQL has won the prestigious 2023 DEVIES Award for Data Storage & Management. MariaDB accepted the DEVIES Awards, the world’s largest developer technology awards event, at DeveloperWeek live on February 15.

MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) today announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, which ended December 31, 2022.

MariaDB plc (NYSE:MRDB), a new generation cloud database company, today announced the completion of its previously announced business combination with Angel Pond Holdings Corporation (“APHC”), a previously publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, resulting in a combined company that is an Irish public limited company renamed MariaDB plc (“MariaDB” or the “Company”).

MariaDB® Corporation today announced that Cruise.co.uk, a leading online cruise travel agent in the UK, has booked MariaDB SkySQL as its fully managed cloud database service. With SkySQL, Cruise.co.uk gains big benefits with seamless migration and faster performance. Furthermore, SkyDBAs serve as their personal consultants for 24/7 proactive, expert care of its databases, enabling Cruise.co.uk to reduce costs and focus on booking their customers the best cruise deals.

MariaDB® Corporation today announced that Hit Labs, the creators behind the all-in-one communication platform Pronto, is powering its business with Xpand, MariaDB’s distributed SQL database, deployed on a fully managed cloud database service MariaDB SkySQL running on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Facing a fast-growing user base, Pronto turned to Xpand in SkySQL for its elasticity and high availability – making it easy to scale out and onboard millions of users. To give their team the ability to focus fully on delivering the best communications experience to their customers, Pronto also brought in SkyDBAs for proactive and expert care of its cloud databases.

MariaDB® Corporation today announced it has acquired CubeWerx, leaders in geospatial solutions, for an undisclosed amount. With the acquisition, MariaDB adds cloud-native, scalable geospatial capabilities that the company plans to offer through its fully managed cloud service MariaDB SkySQL. Applications that leverage geospatial data are truly transformative, enabling businesses to offer new products or services that are highly engaging and tailored to end users.

MariaDB® Corporation and Qlik® today announced a collaboration to power customer data migrations from legacy database architectures to MariaDB’s modern and scalable database solutions. Using Qlik’s Data Integration platform, customers can easily migrate data from any legacy database source, such as Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server, to MariaDB Enterprise Server, MariaDB Xpand distributed SQL database or MariaDB SkySQL cloud database service, delivering business-ready data at a fraction of the cost of legacy databases. The collaboration ensures high availability, scalability, continuous integration and replication of synced data across on-premises, hybrid and cloud in a few, simple steps.

MariaDB® Corporation today announced the appointment of Christine Napoli as chief financial officer, and Christine Russell as a new board member.

MariaDB® Corporation today announced it has joined the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) following its acquisition of geospatial solutions provider CubeWerx. MariaDB is raising the CubeWerx membership to technical committee member level. Through the OGC, MariaDB will work with the geospatial community to advance open geospatial standards to make information Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR).

MariaDB® Corporation today announced a database challenge to any company evaluating distributed SQL offerings. Compare Xpand, MariaDB’s distributed SQL database, in a proof of concept with another distributed SQL solution. If Xpand does not demonstrate better throughput and lower latency, MariaDB will donate $25K to either a nonprofit or to offset the infrastructure costs associated with running the test. The challenge applies to either Xpand deployed on a customer’s hardware or cloud infrastructure, or Xpand deployed in the cloud on MariaDB SkySQL.

MariaDB® Corporation today announced that its distributed SQL database MariaDB Xpand has won Foundry’s (formerly IDG Communications) InfoWorld 2022 Technology of the Year Award. Winners of this annual award are selected by InfoWorld editors and reviewers, and are considered the most exceptional products in the areas of software development, devops, cloud computing, data analytics and machine learning.

MariaDB® Corporation today announced that SkySQL, MariaDB’s cloud database that delivers dynamic scalability with distributed SQL, has been positioned by Gartner® as a Niche Player in the Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Database Management Systems.¹ The evaluation was based on specific criteria that analyzed the company’s overall completeness of vision and ability to execute.

MariaDB Corporation Ab and MariaDB Foundation today announced a new release model for MariaDB Community Server, often referred to as MariaDB Server, centered on the goal of delivering new features and innovation faster to the millions of MariaDB users around the world. Under the new model, new community server release series, such as MariaDB Community Server 10.6 or 10.7, occur once a quarter, rather than once a year, bringing more opportunities for new features and contributions to be delivered to the MariaDB user base.

MariaDB® Corporation today announced that it has received a Google Cloud Cross-Industry Customer Award for its success with MariaDB SkySQL running on Google Cloud. This award was presented at global digital experience, Google Cloud Next ’21, on October 12.

MariaDB® Corporation today announced major new updates to MariaDB SkySQL cloud database, including expanded support for Amazon Web Services (AWS). With this release, SkySQL gains new strength with transparent high availability that immunizes applications against database failures and Xpand, MariaDB’s distributed SQL database that delivers massive scalability. Xpand is now GA in SkySQL and is at least a third less expensive than other distributed SQL options in AWS or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).