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Skillsoft, a leading platform for transformative learning solutions, today announced a new integration with the talent intelligence hub from SAP SuccessFactors, a centralized system for skills intelligence. With this integration, businesses using SAP SuccessFactors solutions and Skillsoft will gain deeper insights into their workforce’s skills and be able to deliver personalized learning paths aligned with employees’ role requirements and career aspirations, as well as the needs of the business.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today released new research exploring organizations’ strategic priorities for 2025 and employees’ preparedness to achieve them. Based on a survey of more than 2,100 full-time employees in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany, the findings reveal that less than half (48%) of respondents have been informed of their organizations’ strategic goals and priorities for the coming year. Of those who have been informed, only 40% say they are extremely clear about their role in achieving these goals, and just a third believe their skills strongly align with them.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced it will release its third quarter fiscal 2025 financial results after market close on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. The Company will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results on the same day at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today released its 2024 IT Skills and Salary Report. Based on insights from more than 5,100 global IT decision-makers and professionals, the annual report examines the state of the IT industry and highlights the growing need for workforce upskilling and reskilling to keep pace with technological advancements.

Global Knowledge, part of Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), today announced that it has been named “Partner of the Year” by four prominent technology and skilling organizations. Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, CompTIA, and EC-Council have all recognized Global Knowledge for delivering exceptional technology, cybersecurity, and IT skills training that enables organizations and their workforce to successfully navigate today’s digital landscape.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today introduced several platform enhancements to help organizations transition to skills-based talent strategies. These enhancements, which are being showcased at Skillsoft Perspectives 2024, the company's annual customer conference, span the Skillsoft learning platform and benefit all users — from Chief People Officers and human resources teams to individual learners.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced a series of innovative features designed to make learning more intuitive, engaging, and impactful. These enhancements streamline the process for learners to earn new certifications, while also leveraging generative AI (GenAI) technologies to deliver a highly personalized and adaptive learning experience, accelerating the development of critical, in-demand skills.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today released new research exploring the current state of workplace skills and talent development programs. Based on a survey of 2,500 full-time employees in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and India, the findings reveal that 35% of respondents lack confidence that they have the skills required to succeed in their roles. Additionally, 41% expressed concerns about job security due to gaps in their skills.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today launched Skillsoft Compliance Suite, a new offering within the company’s compliance training solution that transforms how organizations develop the competencies needed to identify and mitigate business risk. Compliance Suite delivers several new features headlined by Dynamic Content, enabling learning administrators to easily deliver risk-based training programs tailored to each employee's role, geographic location, management responsibilities, required regulations, and beyond.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL) ("Skillsoft" or the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced that on August 28, 2024, the Compensation Committee of Skillsoft's Board of Directors granted restricted stock units ("RSUs") covering an aggregate of 50,000 shares of the Company's Class A common stock to two new employees. The RSUs were granted under Skillsoft's 2024 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan and offered as a material inducement to the hiring of the new employees as follows.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced it will release its second quarter fiscal 2025 financial results after market close on Monday, September 9, 2024. The Company will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results on the same day at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced that it has appointed Jim Frankola and Fahd Beg to the Company's Board of Directors, effective July 18, 2024.

Skillsoft Corp. (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, will host a virtual investor day today beginning at 9:00 a.m. EDT (Eastern Time). Skillsoft’s leadership team will provide details on the Company’s strategy, elaborate on operational priorities, and discuss the Company’s mid-term and long-term financial goals.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced a comprehensive generative AI (GenAI) skilling program developed in collaboration with Microsoft. Leveraging Skillsoft's AI Skill Accelerator, the program upskills organizations and their workforce to effectively use Microsoft AI — including Copilot and Azure Open AI — and GenAI technology more broadly to drive improved business productivity and innovation.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced the appointment of Darren Bance as General Manager of Skillsoft Global Knowledge. Mr. Bance brings more than 25 years of global leadership experience, with a focus on technical education and skilling initiatives within both the public and private sector.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced it will release its first quarter fiscal 2025 financial results after market close on Monday, June 10, 2024. The Company will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results on the same day at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced that it has achieved Workday Certified Integration Status. Skillsoft, which is a Workday, Inc. NASDAQ: WDAYNASDAQWDAY)

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today unveiled Interactive Skill Benchmarks (ISBs). A first-of-its-kind capability and the newest addition to Skillsoft's Skill Benchmarks suite, ISBs provide a hands-on, dynamic approach to skill assessments built around demonstrable learning outcomes and on-the-job application.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced that it has been named a "Leader" in enterprise learning by three industry analyst firms. Constellation Research, Aragon Research, and Fosway Group have all positioned Skillsoft as a learning category leader highlighting the company's continued efforts toward innovation, depth and breadth of learning offerings, and customer satisfaction.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced a multi-year partnership with Year Up, the national workforce development organization. Through the partnership, more than 30,000 young adults enrolled with Year Up will gain access to Skillsoft’s learning platform to build the critical skills needed to gain employment at leading organizations within the technology, banking, and financial services industries.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL) (the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced that Ronald Hovsepian has been appointed as the Company’s Executive Chair and will serve as principal executive officer, effective as of April 16, 2024. This appointment follows Jeffrey R. Tarr’s decision to retire from his role as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors, also effective April 16, 2024. To ensure a smooth transition, Mr. Tarr will serve in an advisory capacity over the coming weeks.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today released its annual Women in Tech Report examining the current realities, needs, and opportunities for women in the technology industry. This year’s report reveals that nearly a third (31%) of women in tech are considering leaving their organization over the next 12 months due foremost to poor management, followed by a lack of training and for better compensation.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced that its AI-powered coaching solution, CAISY™, has been recognized with a 2024 AI Excellence Award by Business Intelligence Group. The award highlights Skillsoft’s innovative use of generative AI (GenAI) via CAISY to develop critical communication skills and more effective leaders across the workforce.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced it will release its fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2024 financial results after market close on Monday, April 15th, 2024. The Company will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results on the same day at 5:00pm Eastern Time.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today released its annual Lean Into Learning Report. As the global workforce experiences widespread disruption, the report examines the state of learning and most in-demand skills and competencies.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced new enhancements to its technology skilling solution, Codecademy. With deeper integration of generative AI (GenAI) into Codecademy, Skillsoft is providing a highly interactive and immersive learning experience to help organizations and learners build critical technology skills and succeed in the new era of AI.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today released its 2023 IT Skills and Salary Report. Based on insights from more than 5,700 global IT professionals, including leaders and staff members, the report examines the state of the IT industry, underscoring the pressing need for workforce upskilling and reskilling given the rapid advancement of AI and machine learning (ML) technologies.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced that Jeffrey R. Tarr, chief executive officer, and Rich Walker, chief financial officer, will participate in a fireside chat at this year’s Barclays Global Technology Conference. The fireside chat will take place at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA, on December 7, 2023 at approximately 4:55 p.m. ET.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today released findings from its latest Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Work Report. The study reveals that only 13% of surveyed working professionals say their organizations’ CSR commitments are driven by “doing the right thing,” a significant drop from 40% who said the same last year. Instead, as altruism of the past gives way to external pressures, half of respondents shared that corporate CSR efforts are now primarily driven by customer feedback, government mandates, and public perception.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced it will release its third quarter 2024 financial results after market close on Tuesday December 5th, 2023. The Company will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results on the same day at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced it has been recognized with two Training Magazine Network Choice Awards in the categories of Leadership Development and Learning Portal. Members of Training Magazine’s vast learning & development (L&D) community selected Skillsoft as one of the most effective solutions for delivering learning and enabling work through a people’s choice voting process.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced that it has completed the previously announced reverse stock split of its common stock at a ratio of 1-for-20. The reverse stock split became effective at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time today, and the Company’s common stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis at the market open on October 2, 2023.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 1-for-20 reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock. The reverse stock split will become legally effective at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 29, 2023. Skillsoft’s common stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis at the market open on October 2, 2023, with the new CUSIP number 83066P309 and will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SKIL”.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced the general availability of Skillsoft CAISY™ (Conversation AI Simulator), an enterprise AI-powered skills trainer. Harnessing OpenAI’s advanced technology, CAISY provides businesses with an experiential and emotionally safe training environment where employees can simulate important workplace conversations and develop critical communication skills to become more effective leaders.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced it will release its second quarter 2024 financial results after market close on Monday, September 11th, 2023. The Company will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results on the same day at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced significant enhancements to its technology skilling solution, now branded as Codecademy. Through an expanded content library of over 6,000 courses covering the most in-demand technology skills, new interactive learning and practice formats, and access to more than 500 Skill Benchmarks to assess, index, and track workforce skills development, Skillsoft’s enhanced Codecademy enterprise solution enables organizations to close skills gaps and harness the potential of new and emerging technologies, like generative AI, to drive growth.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced its ChatGPT Learning Journey, the first in a series of generative AI courses designed to equip organizations and the workforce with the skills required to use the technology productively and ethically. Coming on the heels of several AI-driven platform enhancements, this underscores Skillsoft’s continued commitment to helping organizations understand and harness the potential of AI to drive business growth.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced it will release its first quarter 2024 financial results after market close on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. The Company will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results on the same day at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today released its 2023 Women in Tech Report, which explores the top challenges and areas of opportunity for women working in the technology industry. The report highlights a growing gender imbalance, with nearly half (45%) of women technologists surveyed indicating that they are now outnumbered by men in the workplace by ratios of four-to-one or greater – a significant increase from 25% who said the same in 2021.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced that it will report its fiscal 2023 fourth quarter and full-year financial results on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, after market close. The Company will host a conference call and webcast at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the same day to discuss its financial results.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced results from three commissioned studies conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Skillsoft quantifying the Total Economic Impact™ and benefits of the company’s learning solutions. Forrester found that composite organizations representative of interviewed businesses using Skillsoft Leadership & Business, Technology & Developer, and Compliance solutions realized a 263% ROI, 274% ROI, and 317% ROI, respectively, over a three-year span.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today released its annual Lean Into Learning Report, which examines the state of digital learning, as well as the most in-demand skills and competencies for the future of work. As organizations place a greater emphasis on learning and development to drive workforce transformation, the report highlights a 37% year-over-year (YoY) increase in total time spent upskilling by the tens of millions of Skillsoft learners, with nearly 16 million badges issued (25% YoY increase) in recognition of their learning achievements.

Codecademy, from Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), today announced enhancements to its product suite, including upgraded features for Codecademy Pro and a new upskilling product, Codecademy Plus. The expanded offerings bring a robust, end-to-end learning experience for professionals looking to start a new career in technology or strengthen their technical skillsets.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced it has entered into a content partnership with GoodHabitz, a provider of online skills training and professional development based in the Netherlands. Through this, Skillsoft and GoodHabitz will provide customers and learners with an even more comprehensive content library to support mental health and well-being in the workplace, as well as a broad range of skills, including personal productivity, leadership development, and communication.

(NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today released its new Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Work Report, benchmarking organizations’ current CSR initiatives and highlighting areas for opportunity and improvement. Based on insights from more than 1,000 working professionals, the report found that 72% of respondents’ organizations are investing more in CSR now than before the pandemic. Despite this positive trend, just over half (54%) say their organization has a formal CSR plan in place for the coming year.

Skillsoft Corp. (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced that Jeffrey R. Tarr, Chief Executive Officer, will present at this year’s Barclays Global Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Conference. The presentation is scheduled for December 8, 2022, at approximately 4:55 p.m. ET.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, is excited to announce it is a recipient of a 2022 Regional and Global AWS Partner Award, recognizing leaders around the globe playing a key role helping customers drive innovation and build solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Receiving the 2022 Training Partner of the Year in North America award recognizes Skillsoft’s significant contributions in accelerating organizations’ cloud transformation journeys by delivering courses and training individuals on AWS skills, competencies, and certifications.

Skillsoft Corp. (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced that it will report its fiscal 2023 third quarter financial results on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, after market close. The Company will host a conference call and webcast at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the same day to discuss its financial results.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today released its 2022 IT Skills and Salary Report exploring the most in-demand skills and certifications, average compensation, growth opportunities, and career sentiment amongst IT professionals. Comprising insights from nearly 8,000 respondents, the report reveals that 66% of IT decision-makers see skills gaps in their teams. While still a considerable challenge, this represents a 10% decrease from last year. However, the industry is facing another pressing challenge centered around talent attrition, with more than half (53%) of all respondents extremely or somewhat likely to look for a new job in the next 12 months.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced a new integration partnership with Coursera NYSE: COURNYSECOUR)

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced the launch of Career Journeys, the company’s newest offering within Skillsoft Percipio. Blending live, on-demand, hands-on, and collaborative learning modalities, Career Journeys bring topic-specific skilling programs to the enterprise that enable learners to master mission- and job-critical skills and drive meaningful business transformation year-after-year.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a global leader in corporate digital learning, today announced that it has achieved Workday NASDAQ: WDAYNASDAQWDAY)

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a global leader in corporate digital learning, today announced the launch of Skill Benchmark Assessments, a new capability within the company’s immersive learning platform, Percipio, that enables organizations to determine their learners’ proficiency across the most in-demand technology, leadership, and business skills and deliver personalized development paths to expedite skill mastery.

SumTotal Systems, a Skillsoft (NYSESKIL) company and a global leader in talent acquisition, onboarding, learning management, and talent management solutions, today announced its advancement to Strategic Leader position in the Fosway 9-Grid™ for Learning Systems 2022. Following a period of sustained investment and growth, SumTotal has risen to Strategic Leader in 2022, from Strategic Challenger in 2021. Skillsoft also advanced in this year’s Fosway 9-Grid™, entering the Core Leader position.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a global leader in corporate digital learning, today announced it has been recognized as a Leader by independent industry research firms Aragon Research, Fosway Group, and IDC.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a global leader in corporate digital learning, today released its Lean Into Learning: 2021 Annual Learning Report, exploring the top challenges and opportunities facing today’s workforce, as well as trends in learning and development and the role it plays in transforming organizations and employees. With businesses prioritizing building future-fit, resilient teams, the report highlights a 55 percent year-over-year increase in the number of learners on the Skillsoft Percipio platform and a 45 percent increase in total hours of Percipio learning consumption in 2021.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a global leader in corporate digital learning, today announced it has entered into a content partnership with Udemy Business (Nasdaq: UDMY), a leading destination for learning and teaching online. Through this content partnership, Skillsoft will integrate Udemy Business’ content into Skillsoft’s Percipio next-generation platform, streamlining the learning experience across the enterprise and enabling learners to more effectively acquire new skills and develop existing ones.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a global leader in corporate digital learning, today released new research exploring the current state of women in tech including the challenges and barriers to inclusion they face and how employers can better support them. Findings from Skillsoft’s 2021 Women in Tech Report reveal that while female employees have gained hard-fought ground in the workplace, a large gap still exists when it comes to opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a global leader in corporate digital learning, today released its annual Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report, exploring the current state of skills gaps, training and development, compensation, and job satisfaction in the IT industry. Based on responses from more than 9,300 IT professionals, the report found that 76 percent of IT decision makers worldwide are facing critical skills gaps in their departments – a 145 percent increase since 2016. While still a significant challenge, this represents the second consecutive year of slight improvement (79 percent in 2019, 78 percent in 2020).

While COVID-19 led to drastic changes in the way organizations work, it also impacted the way in which employees learn and grow. Enterprise learners are now digitally dispersed and have an increased appetite for leveraging collaboration platforms to engage, learn and grow. In response to this, Skillsoft Corp. (NYSESKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a global leader in corporate digital learning, is releasing the Skillsoft Percipio for Microsoft Teams App, empowering organizations to foster a sense of community by enabling employees to access assignments, discuss important takeaways, and share courses they’ve discovered and found helpful — all within the flow of work.

Skillsoft (NYSESKIL), a leader in corporate digital learning, has today released its annual Global Knowledge 15 Top-Paying Certifications List, which reveals the most in-demand skills and technology areas for organizations, as well as the average salaries associated with them. Cybersecurity and cloud certifications lead the way in 2021, confirming how crucial risk management has become to organizations today.

Software Luxembourg Holding S.A. (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a global leader in digital learning and talent management solutions, and Churchill Capital Corp II (NYSECCX) (“Churchill II”), a special purpose acquisition company, today announced Skillsoft’s future executive leadership team, effective upon completion of the merger between Skillsoft and Churchill II. Following the closing, the combined company is expecting to promptly complete its planned acquisition of Global Knowledge Training LLC (“Global Knowledge”), a worldwide leader in IT and professional skills development, to create a global leader in corporate digital learning. The new company will operate as Skillsoft and is expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “SKIL.”