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NEWS OF NOTE No. 4 — Over $105 Million in Utah-Linked Public-Land Funding, Credit Capacity, Venture Deployment, Share-Exchange Activity and Defense-Tech Contracting, Plus Three Acquisition Stories

NEWS OF NOTE No. 4 — Over $105 Million in Utah-Linked Public-Land Funding, Credit Capacity, Venture Deployment, Share-Exchange Activity and Defense-Tech Contracting, Plus Three Acquisition Stories

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ✅ Salt Lake City, Utah-based PACS Group, Inc. plans to acquire operations tied to 34 skilled nursing facilities from Eduro Healthcare, while Salt Lake City-based Packsize has agreed to acquire the packaging business of Italy-based Panotec; ✅ Utah counties and local governments are slated to receive $53.

What Fervo Energy’s First Results Post-IPO Actually Tell us about Utah's Energy Ecosystem

What Fervo Energy’s First Results Post-IPO Actually Tell us about Utah's Energy Ecosystem

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ✅ Although Fervo Energy only reported $61,000 of first-quarter revenue, the larger Utah story includes — $2.2 billion of IPO proceeds, — $421.4 million of new project financing, and — Roughly $1.2 billion of expected near-term CapEx tied largely to its Utah-based Cape Station project.

Granite Lands ~$117MM UDOT Contract as it Deploys its Growing Utah Infrastructure Platform

Granite Lands ~$117MM UDOT Contract as it Deploys its Growing Utah Infrastructure Platform

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ✅ Granite has been awarded a Utah Department of Transportation contract priced at ~$117 million to extend the West Davis Corridor in West Point, Utah. ✅ The award comes roughly eight weeks after the 104-year-old, NYSE-listed infrastructure company acquired Provo, Utah-based Kenny Seng Construction, adding more

Nearly $40 Million in Utah-focused Deals, Announcements Regarding 14 Utah Entities, Including 7 Executive Changes — Say Hello to NEWS OF NOTE No. 3

Nearly $40 Million in Utah-focused Deals, Announcements Regarding 14 Utah Entities, Including 7 Executive Changes — Say Hello to NEWS OF NOTE No. 3

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ✅ L3Harris Technologies (Salt Lake City) has landed a $12.2 million U.S. Navy contract modification for work in Utah, while Salt Lake City-based Milestone Capital Partners closed $11.5 million of corporate notes; ✅ Ogden, Utah-based TAB Bank provided an $8 million working-capital facility to

The U.S. Army has Begun Exclusive Negotiations to Finalize Plans for Two Firms to Process Critical Minerals at Tooele Army Depot in Tooele County, Utah

The U.S. Army has Begun Exclusive Negotiations to Finalize Plans for Two Firms to Process Critical Minerals at Tooele Army Depot in Tooele County, Utah

Executive Summary: Two firms (one from Boca Raton, Florida and one from Sydney, Australia) have been conditionally selected by the U.S. Army "to design, finance, build, and operate critical mineral processing facilities on underutilized land on Army installations ..." to process and refine boron, dysprosium (Dy), and terbium

NEWS BRIEF: A Major Shareholder Plans to Sell 8 Million Common Shares of Pattern Stock in a Pattern Secondary Public Offering

NEWS BRIEF: A Major Shareholder Plans to Sell 8 Million Common Shares of Pattern Stock in a Pattern Secondary Public Offering

The stock sale gives a major Pattern shareholder a path to liquidity, but Pattern itself is not raising money through the transaction. 16 June 2026 — LEHI, Utah — Pattern Group (NASDAQ:PTRN) yesterday filed an S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an 8 million-

Lehi-Based Entrata Files to Go Public, Revealing a Profitable $509 Million Utah Software Platform

Lehi-Based Entrata Files to Go Public, Revealing a Profitable $509 Million Utah Software Platform

The Silver Lake-controlled property-management technology company has applied to list on the NYSE under the ticker ENT, giving Utah another potential public-market anchor in vertical software, AI-enabled property operations, and rental-housing infrastructure. LEHI, Utah, 1 June 2026 — After five-plus months of nibbling at the