Labels Tactic a "White Flag" Following Prolonged Equity Collapse and No Clear Recovery Plan

Calls Into Question Board's Competence Ahead of May 14 Election

NEW YORK, April 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rezolve Ai PLC (NASDAQ:RZLV), a global leader in AI-powered commerce, today responded to the Commerce.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMRC) Board of Directors' adoption of a stockholder rights plan ("Poison Pill" or "Rights Plan").

Rezolve Ai views this as a transparent attempt by a failing Board to entrench itself and prevent Commerce.com shareholders from acting on an offer that presents material upside. Commerce.com's claim of a 47% discount is based on a single day's closing price. It ignores Rezolve Ai's Wall Street analyst consensus target of $11.00, the company's contracted 2026 revenue of $232 million, full-year guidance of $360 million representing 7.5 times year-on-year growth, and the materially higher trading multiple a combined platform of this scale and trajectory would command. Valuing a transformational combination by a historic spot price is misleading and obscures the opportunity from the very shareholders Commerce.com's Board claims to be protecting.

The Commerce.com Board has presided over a 96% decline in the company's stock price from its post-IPO peak. Their shareholders are now stuck in an illiquid position, with limited ability to exit at the current $2.50 share price. The Board is now seeking to prevent shareholders from considering a value-maximizing exchange offer by threatening to impose massive dilution on any potential acquiror. Through the adoption of the Poison Pill, the Commerce.com Board is effectively forcing shareholders to remain under the stewardship of the directors responsible for the tremendous erosion in shareholder value.

With the election of directors scheduled to occur on May 14, 2026 at Commerce.com's 2026 annual meeting, Rezolve Ai believes shareholders will soon have an opportunity to express their views on the Board's failure of leadership and vision and the need for transformational change.