AUSTIN, TX, June 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Forward Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: FWDI) today confirms that it made a non-binding proposal to the Board of Directors of SkyAI, Inc. regarding an all-stock business combination under which SKYA stockholders would receive 0.367 newly-issued shares of Forward common stock for each share of SKYA common stock, representing a premium of approximately 20% to SKYA's closing share price of $1.29 on the day immediately preceding the date of our proposal, or $1.55 per share. SKYA did not respond to the proposal by its expiration at the close of business on Friday, June 12, 2026.