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Banzai Completes $32.7 Million Debt and Liability Elimination Through August 31, 2025

$10.7 Million Repaid Year to Date and $32.7 Million Since September 2024 Obligation

Debt Reduction Initiatives Adding Material Benefit to Net Income and Shareholders鈥� Equity

SEATTLE, Sept. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (NASDAQ: BNZI) (鈥淏anzai鈥� or the 鈥淐ompany鈥�), a leading marketing technology company that provides essential marketing and sales solutions, today announced that it has paid off approximately $10.7 million of outstanding debt obligations year to date through August 31, 2025, and $32.7 million since September 2024.

The Company completed the debt repayment pursuant to the $24.8 million debt payoff and restructuring agreements . On it had paid off ahead of schedule approximately $20.3 million of outstanding debt obligations in total through the first quarter of 2025. Payments now include complete satisfaction of debts owed to a number of key parties, as well as partial satisfaction of debts to additional parties.

鈥淭hroughout 2025 we have been highly focused on debt elimination initiatives to satisfy our outstanding obligations to several key vendors and creditors, positioning us for sustainable profitability in the future,鈥� said Joe Davy, Founder and CEO of Banzai. 鈥淎s we continue execute on our repayments ahead of schedule, we have seen meaningful improvements to both net income and shareholders鈥� equity. Through the second quarter, we accomplished a $35 million year-over-year improvement in stockholders鈥� equity to a positive $3.2 million as of June 30, 2025. Through August 31, we made further progress, bringing our total debt elimination to $32.7 million. We believe these efforts will continue to improve our financial strength, balance sheet and flexibility as we move forward on our acquisition strategy and organic growth initiatives to support future growth and create long term shareholder value.鈥�

About Banzai

Banzai is a marketing technology company that provides AI-enabled marketing and sales solutions for businesses of all sizes. On a mission to help their customers grow, Banzai enables companies of all sizes to target, engage, and measure both new and existing customers more effectively. Banzai has over 140,000 customers including RBC, Dell Technologies, New York Life, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Thinkific, and ActiveCampaign. Learn more at . For investors, please visit .

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