• Transaction expected to expand GCL's bundled product offerings and have a positive impact on GCL's adjusted EBITDA

SINGAPORE, April 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GCL Global Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:GCL) ("GCL" or the "Company"), a leading provider of games and entertainment, today announced that its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary, Epicsoft Asia Pte. Ltd. (the "Offeror"), has made a voluntary conditional cash offer (the "Offer") of S$0.6029 per share (approximately US$0.4580 per share) (the "Offer Price") to acquire all of the issued and paid-up ordinary shares in the capital of Ban Leong Technologies Limited (SGX: B26) , excluding shares held in treasury (the "Shares") pursuant to Rule 15 of the Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers ("Code") and subject to the terms and conditions in the formal offer document (the "Offer Document") to be issued by the Offeror in accordance with the Code. Ban Leong Technologies Limited ("Ban Leong") is listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited ("SGX-ST") and is Singapore's leading distributor in computer hardware and I.T. accessories. On April 30, 2025, the Offeror made an announcement of the Offer (the "Offer Announcement") on the website of the SGX-ST. The Offeror is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of GCL Global Pte. Ltd. ("GGPL"), which is in turn an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.