{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"73197","rtpr_id":"nGNX5VylhK","ticker":"OZSC","exchange":"OTC","all_tickers":["OZSC"],"title":"OZOP Energy Solutions, Inc. Highlights Expansion of Ballislife Drink in Central Florida","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-06-25T12:30:00.213Z","article_body":"WARWICK, NY, June 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ozop Energy Solutions, Inc.\n(OTC: OZSC, the “Company”) today highlighted the continued commercial\nexpansion of Ballislife Drink Inc., Varon USA’s joint venture with\nBallislife, Inc., as the brand advances its retail footprint across Central\nFlorida. Varon USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Varon Corp. Ozop and Varon\nCorp are currently completing customary pre-closing conditions in connection\nwith the previously announced transaction with OZOP.\n\nBallislife Drink Inc. has secured additional placement across approximately 95\nretail locations in Central Florida with one of the largest convenience store\noperators in North America, which operates more than 12,000 locations across\nthe United States. This placement is part of the Company’s continued rollout\nwith one of the largest convenience store operators in North America.\n\nThe Central Florida rollout is complemented by Ballislife Drink’s alignment\nwith NBA guard Desmond Bane, adding athlete-backed credibility as the brand\nenters high-volume, everyday consumption environments.\n\nCentral Florida represents a high-utility market for the brand, driven by\nyear-round consumption conditions, strong convenience store traffic, and a\nlarge base of active, on-the-go consumers. The expansion is intended to\nintroduce Ballislife Drink into high-traffic retail locations where hydration\nand functional beverage consumption are consistently elevated across\nday-to-day use occasions.\n\nBallislife Drink is a new age performance-formulated sports beverage designed\nto support endurance, hydration, and mental focus. The product combines beet\njuice concentrate for nitric oxide support, beta-alanine to help delay muscle\nfatigue, and a comprehensive electrolyte blend to optimize hydration and\nrecovery. B6 and B12 support energy metabolism, while L-theanine enhances\nfocus, all delivered without caffeine and with just 45 calories from organic\ncane sugar. The clean-label formula reflects growing consumer demand for\nfunctional, good-for-you sports beverages that go beyond traditional\nhydration. The brand is positioned for broad commercial expansion through\nathlete partnerships, digital engagement, and retail initiatives.\n\n“Central Florida is exactly the type of market we want to be in,” said\nBenjamin Schubert, Chief Executive Officer of Varon Corp. “You have\nconsistent demand for hydration, high daily traffic, and a consumer base that\naligns naturally with what we’re building. With NBA guard and Ballislife\nHydro equity partner Desmond Bane playing in Orlando, we have a unique\nopportunity to leverage his connection with the local fan base and basketball\ncommunity as we introduce the brand to new consumers. Expanding in a market\nwhere one of our partners has such a strong presence creates authentic\nawareness and helps accelerate our long-term growth strategy. Every new\nplacement strengthens retailer relationships and builds lasting momentum for\nthe business.”\n\nSince 2005 we, at Ballislife, have built one of the most engaged basketball\ncommunities in the world,” said Matt Rodriguez, CEO & Founder of Ballislife,\nInc. “The audience we have cultivated has supported us in multiple\ntouchpoints such as digital media, live in-person events and merchandise.\nBallislife Hydro represents a natural extension of that ecosystem by offering\nconsumers an affordable everyday consumable product that aligns with the\nperformance mindset and culture that define our community.\n\nAbout Ballislife Drink, Inc.\nBallislife Drink, Inc, formed in December 2025, is a joint venture entity with\nVaron USA and Ballislife Inc. Ballislife Inc., founded in 2005 by Matt\nRodriguez and Arek Kissoyan, has evolved from a grassroots “mixtape”\nbasketball outlet into a premier global basketball media, apparel, and live\nevents company headquartered in Irvine, California. Over the past two decades,\nBallislife has covered nearly every major high school and grassroots\nbasketball event in the United States, with content regularly featured by\nleading national media platforms and broadcast outlets.\n\nBallislife’s ecosystem includes more than 28 million followers across social\nplatforms, over 450 million video views per month, and more than 36 billion\nlifetime video views. Through marquee events such as the Ballislife\nAll-American Game, national high school and AAU tours, and partnerships with\nmajor brands, Ballislife has established itself as one of the most culturally\nembedded and commercially scalable platforms in basketball. In addition,\nBallislife hosts grassroots events with direct athlete and attendee\ntouchpoints to support on-the-ground brand integration at the cultural entry\npoint of basketball. \n\nThe platform’s highly engaged audience, deep grassroots integration, and\nauthentic athlete relationships create a uniquely powerful foundation for\nextending the brand into adjacent verticals, including functional performance\nbeverages that are part of Ballislife Drink, Inc.\n\nAbout Varon Corp\nVaron Corp (Varon) is the holding Company of its’ wholly owned subsidiaries\nVaron Wellness, Varon USA and Varon Spirits. Varon through Varon Wellness and\nVaron USA develops and operates brands across hydration, energy, recovery and\nsports- nutrition categories. Through Varon Spirits, the Company offers a\nlimited premium spirits business that provides brand optionality and\nexperiential reach.\n\nAbout Varon Wellness\nVaron Wellness operates established, high-velocity functional and performance\nbeverage brands with proven, repeat consumer demand and meaningful national\nretail presence in Canada, with a focused mandate across functional wellness,\nperformance, and sports hydration. The division includes Canadian distribution\nrights to Bucked Up, a recognized, culturally relevant performance energy and\nprotein brand with deeply established traction in fitness, athletic, and\nperformance-driven communities. Bucked Up\n(https://www.buckedup.com/; https://ca.buckedup.com/) is a sports nutrition\nand lifestyle brand focused on helping all athletes and individuals achieve\ntheir health and fitness goals. Offering over 500 different products ranging\nfrom supplements and energy drinks to apparel and accessories, Bucked Up is\ncommitted to providing customers with the best products available. Dedicated\nto using high-quality ingredients and non-proprietary blends, Bucked Up's\npre-workout is the #1 best-selling product in its class. The brand's products\nare now offered in over 75,000 stores worldwide.\n\nVaron Wellness also owns a 60% equity ownership in Vitagua, utilizing\nVaron’s proprietary, zero-sugar sparkling vitamin water brand purpose-built\nfor modern, health-conscious consumers at scale, as well as a strategic,\nhigh-impact minority investment in Unity Electro Fest (“Unity”). Unity is\na major Canadian music festival entity with large-scale attendance and\nnational visibility that provides an experiential, high-engagement platform\nutilized for mass product trial, consumer immersion, and powerful brand\nactivation. The division operates under Varon’s Elevated Wellness approach,\nprioritizing flavor-first, consumer-led formulations that deliver meaningful,\ncredible functional benefits, supported by disciplined execution, operational\nrigor, and scalable commercialization across expanding channels.\n\nAbout Varon USA\nVaron USA builds truly healthy, performance-driven functional beverages, not\n“better for you” alternatives. Combining cultural relevance at scale,\nbest-in-class marketing infrastructure, and products that taste exceptional\nwhile delivering real, measurable health benefits, Varon USA represents the\nCompany’s primary growth engine in the United States.\n\nThe division is focused on operating and partnership platforms supporting\nfunctional wellness, performance, and sports hydration brands that are deeply\nembedded within high-engagement, culture-defining ecosystems. The division\nincludes Ballislife Drink, Inc., a joint venture in which Varon USA holds a\n35% ownership interest, featuring Ballislife Functional Sports Drink, and is\naligned with Ballislife, one of the largest and most influential basketball\nmedia platforms globally. Varon USA is also aligned with SG Revive, a\nfunctional wellness beverage developed in partnership with ASA Entertainment,\na leader in youth culture and sports media.\n\nCollectively, these platforms reach tens of millions of highly loyal, deeply\nengaged consumers annually through dominant digital media channels,\nlarge-scale live events, broadcast exposure, and expansive youth initiatives,\nenabling Varon to systematically convert authentic cultural engagement into\nrepeat consumer demand, while maintaining discipline, scalability, and\nlong-term brand equity across a rapidly expanding national footprint.\n\nAbout Varon Spirits\nVaron Spirits is a boutique importer and agency representing a select roster\nof premium spirits brands. The business focuses on curating and distributing\ndistinctive spirits rooted in heritage, craftsmanship, and cultural relevance,\nincluding ultra-premium tequilas, vodkas, and select rare offerings. Varon\nSpirits operates under a focused, capital-light model aligned with the\nCompany’s broader lifestyle-driven beverage strategy.\n\nAbout Ozop Energy Solutions.\nOzop Energy Solutions (Ozop Energy Solutions (http://ozopenergy.com/) is the\nparent company that oversees a wide variety of products in the renewable\nenergy sector. Our strategy focuses on capturing a share of the rapidly\ngrowing renewable energy market as a provider of assets and infrastructure\nneeded to store energy.\n\nThis press release should be read in conjunction with the Company’s public\nfilings which can be found at www.sec.gov\n\nSafe Harbor Statement\n“This press release contains or may contain, among other things, certain\nforward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve\nsignificant risks and uncertainties. Such statements may include, without\nlimitation, statements with respect to the company’s plans, objectives,\nprojections, expectations and intentions and other statements identified by\nwords such as “projects,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,”\n“should,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,”\n“estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “potential” or similar\nexpressions. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and\nexpectations of the company’s management and are subject to significant\nrisks and uncertainties, including those detailed in the company’s filings\nwith the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ\nsignificantly from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. These\nforward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that are\nsubject to change based on various factors (many of which are beyond the\ncompany’s control). The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update\nany forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future\nevents or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.”\n\nInvestor Relations Contact – Ozop\nThe Waypoint Refinery, LLC\n845-397-2956\nwww.thewaypointrefinery.com\nhttps://twitter.com/OzopEnergy\nhttps://www.facebook.com/OzopEnergy/\nhttps://x.com/benjamin_varon_\nwww.varoncorp.com\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/6ec5676a-a428-4640-9e42-4abd91b580f2)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNX5VylhK","title":"OZOP Energy Solutions, Inc. Highlights Expansion of Ballislife Drink in Central Florida","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"OZSC","created":"2026-06-25T12:30:00.213Z","tickers":["OZSC"],"exchange":"OTC","article_body":"WARWICK, NY, June 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ozop Energy Solutions, Inc.\n(OTC: OZSC, the “Company”) today highlighted the continued commercial\nexpansion of Ballislife Drink Inc., Varon USA’s joint venture with\nBallislife, Inc., as the brand advances its retail footprint across Central\nFlorida. Varon USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Varon Corp. Ozop and Varon\nCorp are currently completing customary pre-closing conditions in connection\nwith the previously announced transaction with OZOP.\n\nBallislife Drink Inc. has secured additional placement across approximately 95\nretail locations in Central Florida with one of the largest convenience store\noperators in North America, which operates more than 12,000 locations across\nthe United States. This placement is part of the Company’s continued rollout\nwith one of the largest convenience store operators in North America.\n\nThe Central Florida rollout is complemented by Ballislife Drink’s alignment\nwith NBA guard Desmond Bane, adding athlete-backed credibility as the brand\nenters high-volume, everyday consumption environments.\n\nCentral Florida represents a high-utility market for the brand, driven by\nyear-round consumption conditions, strong convenience store traffic, and a\nlarge base of active, on-the-go consumers. The expansion is intended to\nintroduce Ballislife Drink into high-traffic retail locations where hydration\nand functional beverage consumption are consistently elevated across\nday-to-day use occasions.\n\nBallislife Drink is a new age performance-formulated sports beverage designed\nto support endurance, hydration, and mental focus. The product combines beet\njuice concentrate for nitric oxide support, beta-alanine to help delay muscle\nfatigue, and a comprehensive electrolyte blend to optimize hydration and\nrecovery. B6 and B12 support energy metabolism, while L-theanine enhances\nfocus, all delivered without caffeine and with just 45 calories from organic\ncane sugar. The clean-label formula reflects growing consumer demand for\nfunctional, good-for-you sports beverages that go beyond traditional\nhydration. The brand is positioned for broad commercial expansion through\nathlete partnerships, digital engagement, and retail initiatives.\n\n“Central Florida is exactly the type of market we want to be in,” said\nBenjamin Schubert, Chief Executive Officer of Varon Corp. “You have\nconsistent demand for hydration, high daily traffic, and a consumer base that\naligns naturally with what we’re building. With NBA guard and Ballislife\nHydro equity partner Desmond Bane playing in Orlando, we have a unique\nopportunity to leverage his connection with the local fan base and basketball\ncommunity as we introduce the brand to new consumers. Expanding in a market\nwhere one of our partners has such a strong presence creates authentic\nawareness and helps accelerate our long-term growth strategy. Every new\nplacement strengthens retailer relationships and builds lasting momentum for\nthe business.”\n\nSince 2005 we, at Ballislife, have built one of the most engaged basketball\ncommunities in the world,” said Matt Rodriguez, CEO & Founder of Ballislife,\nInc. “The audience we have cultivated has supported us in multiple\ntouchpoints such as digital media, live in-person events and merchandise.\nBallislife Hydro represents a natural extension of that ecosystem by offering\nconsumers an affordable everyday consumable product that aligns with the\nperformance mindset and culture that define our community.\n\nAbout Ballislife Drink, Inc.\nBallislife Drink, Inc, formed in December 2025, is a joint venture entity with\nVaron USA and Ballislife Inc. Ballislife Inc., founded in 2005 by Matt\nRodriguez and Arek Kissoyan, has evolved from a grassroots “mixtape”\nbasketball outlet into a premier global basketball media, apparel, and live\nevents company headquartered in Irvine, California. Over the past two decades,\nBallislife has covered nearly every major high school and grassroots\nbasketball event in the United States, with content regularly featured by\nleading national media platforms and broadcast outlets.\n\nBallislife’s ecosystem includes more than 28 million followers across social\nplatforms, over 450 million video views per month, and more than 36 billion\nlifetime video views. Through marquee events such as the Ballislife\nAll-American Game, national high school and AAU tours, and partnerships with\nmajor brands, Ballislife has established itself as one of the most culturally\nembedded and commercially scalable platforms in basketball. In addition,\nBallislife hosts grassroots events with direct athlete and attendee\ntouchpoints to support on-the-ground brand integration at the cultural entry\npoint of basketball. \n\nThe platform’s highly engaged audience, deep grassroots integration, and\nauthentic athlete relationships create a uniquely powerful foundation for\nextending the brand into adjacent verticals, including functional performance\nbeverages that are part of Ballislife Drink, Inc.\n\nAbout Varon Corp\nVaron Corp (Varon) is the holding Company of its’ wholly owned subsidiaries\nVaron Wellness, Varon USA and Varon Spirits. Varon through Varon Wellness and\nVaron USA develops and operates brands across hydration, energy, recovery and\nsports- nutrition categories. Through Varon Spirits, the Company offers a\nlimited premium spirits business that provides brand optionality and\nexperiential reach.\n\nAbout Varon Wellness\nVaron Wellness operates established, high-velocity functional and performance\nbeverage brands with proven, repeat consumer demand and meaningful national\nretail presence in Canada, with a focused mandate across functional wellness,\nperformance, and sports hydration. The division includes Canadian distribution\nrights to Bucked Up, a recognized, culturally relevant performance energy and\nprotein brand with deeply established traction in fitness, athletic, and\nperformance-driven communities. Bucked Up\n(https://www.buckedup.com/; https://ca.buckedup.com/) is a sports nutrition\nand lifestyle brand focused on helping all athletes and individuals achieve\ntheir health and fitness goals. Offering over 500 different products ranging\nfrom supplements and energy drinks to apparel and accessories, Bucked Up is\ncommitted to providing customers with the best products available. Dedicated\nto using high-quality ingredients and non-proprietary blends, Bucked Up's\npre-workout is the #1 best-selling product in its class. The brand's products\nare now offered in over 75,000 stores worldwide.\n\nVaron Wellness also owns a 60% equity ownership in Vitagua, utilizing\nVaron’s proprietary, zero-sugar sparkling vitamin water brand purpose-built\nfor modern, health-conscious consumers at scale, as well as a strategic,\nhigh-impact minority investment in Unity Electro Fest (“Unity”). Unity is\na major Canadian music festival entity with large-scale attendance and\nnational visibility that provides an experiential, high-engagement platform\nutilized for mass product trial, consumer immersion, and powerful brand\nactivation. The division operates under Varon’s Elevated Wellness approach,\nprioritizing flavor-first, consumer-led formulations that deliver meaningful,\ncredible functional benefits, supported by disciplined execution, operational\nrigor, and scalable commercialization across expanding channels.\n\nAbout Varon USA\nVaron USA builds truly healthy, performance-driven functional beverages, not\n“better for you” alternatives. Combining cultural relevance at scale,\nbest-in-class marketing infrastructure, and products that taste exceptional\nwhile delivering real, measurable health benefits, Varon USA represents the\nCompany’s primary growth engine in the United States.\n\nThe division is focused on operating and partnership platforms supporting\nfunctional wellness, performance, and sports hydration brands that are deeply\nembedded within high-engagement, culture-defining ecosystems. The division\nincludes Ballislife Drink, Inc., a joint venture in which Varon USA holds a\n35% ownership interest, featuring Ballislife Functional Sports Drink, and is\naligned with Ballislife, one of the largest and most influential basketball\nmedia platforms globally. Varon USA is also aligned with SG Revive, a\nfunctional wellness beverage developed in partnership with ASA Entertainment,\na leader in youth culture and sports media.\n\nCollectively, these platforms reach tens of millions of highly loyal, deeply\nengaged consumers annually through dominant digital media channels,\nlarge-scale live events, broadcast exposure, and expansive youth initiatives,\nenabling Varon to systematically convert authentic cultural engagement into\nrepeat consumer demand, while maintaining discipline, scalability, and\nlong-term brand equity across a rapidly expanding national footprint.\n\nAbout Varon Spirits\nVaron Spirits is a boutique importer and agency representing a select roster\nof premium spirits brands. The business focuses on curating and distributing\ndistinctive spirits rooted in heritage, craftsmanship, and cultural relevance,\nincluding ultra-premium tequilas, vodkas, and select rare offerings. Varon\nSpirits operates under a focused, capital-light model aligned with the\nCompany’s broader lifestyle-driven beverage strategy.\n\nAbout Ozop Energy Solutions.\nOzop Energy Solutions (Ozop Energy Solutions (http://ozopenergy.com/) is the\nparent company that oversees a wide variety of products in the renewable\nenergy sector. Our strategy focuses on capturing a share of the rapidly\ngrowing renewable energy market as a provider of assets and infrastructure\nneeded to store energy.\n\nThis press release should be read in conjunction with the Company’s public\nfilings which can be found at www.sec.gov\n\nSafe Harbor Statement\n“This press release contains or may contain, among other things, certain\nforward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve\nsignificant risks and uncertainties. Such statements may include, without\nlimitation, statements with respect to the company’s plans, objectives,\nprojections, expectations and intentions and other statements identified by\nwords such as “projects,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,”\n“should,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,”\n“estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “potential” or similar\nexpressions. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and\nexpectations of the company’s management and are subject to significant\nrisks and uncertainties, including those detailed in the company’s filings\nwith the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ\nsignificantly from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. These\nforward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that are\nsubject to change based on various factors (many of which are beyond the\ncompany’s control). The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update\nany forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future\nevents or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.”\n\nInvestor Relations Contact – Ozop\nThe Waypoint Refinery, LLC\n845-397-2956\nwww.thewaypointrefinery.com\nhttps://twitter.com/OzopEnergy\nhttps://www.facebook.com/OzopEnergy/\nhttps://x.com/benjamin_varon_\nwww.varoncorp.com\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/6ec5676a-a428-4640-9e42-4abd91b580f2)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-06-25T12:30:00.31666115Z","server_sent_at_ms":1782390600316},"received_at":"2026-06-25T12:30:00.368Z","source_url":"https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/06/25/3317533/0/en/OZOP-Energy-Solutions-Inc-Highlights-Expansion-of-Ballislife-Drink-in-Central-Florida.html"},"analysis":{"id":"62561","press_release_id":"73197","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Energy Equipment & 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