PARIS, NEW YORK and SINGAPORE, July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Generation Essentials Group. $(TGE)$ (the "Company" or "TGE"), a global media, entertainment and experiencing company, covering high fashion, arts, lifestyle, cultural, entertainment as well as F&B, today announced its intention to implement a business expansion and acquisition strategy in sectors with strategic adjacency. It may take the form of TGE sponsoring and listing a series of special purpose acquisition companies (each a "SPAC"), which then seeks to conduct various "de-SPAC" business combinations with to-be-identified acquisition targets, each represents a platform extension, positioning TGE to accelerate growth in different focuses and various area outside of its current core competency as of now, creating synergies and enlarging overall values to shareholders in accretive ways. Potential areas of focus will be in the media (lifestyle, sports, movies etc), entertainment (film studio, production company, post production areas etc), streaming platforms (music, videos, podcasts etc).

TGE will be seeking, through a series of SPACs or other means, various an acquisition targets that are complementary to its existing portfolio, creating synergies across the broader TGE ecosystem. TGE Founder and Director Dr. Calvin Choi noted "an acquisition strategy like this will give TGE an advantage to accelerate its expansion and embrace new values and segments, enlarging the company's global influences and presence."

About The Generation Essentials Group

The Generation Essentials Group, jointly established by AMTD Group, AMTD IDEA Group (NYSE: AMTD; SGX: HKB) and AMTD Digital Inc. (NYSE: HKD), is headquartered in France and focuses on global strategies and developments in multi-media, entertainment, and cultural affairs worldwide as well as hospitality and VIP services. TGE comprises L'Officiel, The Art Newspaper, movie and entertainment projects. Collectively, TGE is a diversified portfolio of media and entertainment businesses, and a global portfolio of premium properties.

About AMTD Group

AMTD Group is a conglomerate with a core business portfolio spanning across media and entertainment, education and training, and premium assets and hospitality sectors.

About AMTD IDEA Group

AMTD IDEA Group (NYSE: AMTD; SGX: HKB) represents a diversified institution and digital solutions group connecting companies and investors with global markets. Its comprehensive one-stop business services plus digital solutions platform addresses different clients' diverse and inter-connected business needs and digital requirements across all phases of their life cycles. AMTD IDEA Group is uniquely positioned as an active super connector between clients, business partners, investee companies, and investors, connecting the East and the West. For more information, please visit www.amtdinc.com or follow us on X (formerly known as "Twitter") at @AMTDGroup.

About AMTD Digital Inc.

AMTD Digital Inc. (NYSE: HKD) is a comprehensive digital solutions platform headquartered in France. Its one-stop digital solutions platform operates key business lines including digital media, content and marketing services, investments as well as hospitality and VIP services. For AMTD Digital's announcements, please visit https://ir.amtdigital.net/investor-news.

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SOURCE AMTD Digital; AMTD IDEA Group; The Generation Essentials Group

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