LONDON, March 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VivoPower International PLC (NASDAQ:VVPR) ("VivoPower" or the "Company"), a leading B Corp-certified global developer and owner of powered land and data center infrastructure for AI compute applications, is pleased to announce that effective today, before the open of trading on the Nasdaq stock market, its stock will be traded under the new ticker "VIVO".

The Company has also officially completed its corporate name change to VivoPower PLC. Both the ticker and name change reflect the Company's strategic focus on building, owning, and leasing powered land and data center infrastructure for AI compute applications.

The name change does not affect the rights of shareholders, and no action is required from current shareholders.

VivoPower's core scope remains the provision of land, power, and real-estate infrastructure, while technology and operations remain under the domain of the lessor. The Company aggregates the scarcest input in the data center value chain—power-secured land—and monetizes these assets through long-term, bankable lease contracts with sovereign nations, hyperscalers, neocloud players, and other tenants.

About VivoPower

Originally founded in 2014 and listed on Nasdaq since 2016, VivoPower is an award-winning B Corporation with a global footprint spanning the United Kingdom, Australia, North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Today, VivoPower's mission is to be the independent, trusted partner for sovereign nations that develop and operate sustainable data center infrastructure, ensuring sovereign control over power, data, and national intelligence. In doing so, VivoPower helps sovereign nations bridge the gap between their energy assets and their AI ambitions by providing the Power-to-X infrastructure necessary to build and control their own domestic intelligence hubs.

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VivoPower Announces Effectiveness of New Stock Ticker "VIVO" and Corporate Name Change