Blaize Holdings, Inc. Announces Distribution of Series B Preferred Stock to Holders of its Common Stock Intended to Facilitate a Reverse Stock Split, if Necessary

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 16, 2026 -- Blaize Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BZAI, NASDAQ: BZAIW) (“Blaize,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our”), a leader in programmable, energy-efficient AI computing, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a dividend of one one-thousandth of a share of newly designated Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, for each outstanding share of Blaize common stock held of record on October 26, 2026. The outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock will vote together with the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock as a single class exclusively with respect to any proposal to adopt an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to reclassify the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock into a smaller number of shares of such common stock at a ratio specified in or determined in accordance with the terms of any such amendment (a “Reverse Stock Split Proposal”), as well as any proposal to adjourn any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of voting on the foregoing matter (an “Adjournment Proposal”), and will not be entitled to vote on any other matter, except to the extent required under the Delaware General Corporation Law. Subject to certain limitations, each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock will have 1,000,000 votes per share (or 1,000 votes per one one-thousandth of a share of Series B Preferred Stock).