Mr. Benoit Veilleux reports

CHARBONE HYDROGEN LAUNCHES A TRANSACTION INDICATIVE OFFERS PROCESS AND APPOINTS MAXIM GROUP AS ITS EXCLUSIVE FINANCIAL ADVISOR

Charbone Hydrogen Corp. has executed an engagement letter to appoint Maxim Group LLC as Charbone's exclusive financial adviser to perform the advisory services in connection with a merger and acquisition transaction. The executed agreement between the parties will provide Charbone with the strong and experienced investment banking partner to lead the offers process to invite existing and potential partners to participate in a proposed transaction that is expected to be undertaken by the company with respect to the potential partnership or sale, in part or in whole, of certain of its developed projects and potential equity position in the company or its subsidiaries. Charbone and Maxim have launched the process where candidates, newly presented to or already in discussion with Charbone, will be invited to submit an indicative offer for the transaction no later than 5 p.m. EST on Dec. 15, 2023.

The coming closing of the transaction is part of Charbone's financing plan to complete its first project at Sorel-Tracy (Quebec, Canada), which is under construction and planned to be in production in the first semester of 2024 and to continue the development of a network of up to 15 facilities in Canada and the United States of production and distribution of renewable hydrogen by 2028.

About Charbone Hydrogen Corp.

Charbone is a green hydrogen group established in North America. The company's strategy is to develop modular and expandable hydrogen facilities and regional hubs. Charbone will be able to produce green dihydrogen molecules using reliable and sustainable energy in order to distinguish itself as a supplier of an ecological solution for industrial, commercial and mobility users.

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