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Halo Collective Inc (4)
Symbol	HALO
Shares Issued	150,810,195
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Halo Collective appoints Niu to board

2023-05-03 18:28 ET - News Release

Rowell Torres Subject: Halo - Press Release re Changes to Board of Directors [DRAFT](56542949.2) Word Document File: '\\swfile\EmailIn\20230503 150515 Attachment Halo - Press Release re Changes to Board of Directors [DRAFT](56542949.2).docx' HALO COLLECTIVE ANNOUNCES CHANGE TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS Toronto, ON, May 3, 2023. Halo Collective Inc. (NEO: HALO, OTCQB: HCANF, FSE: A9K0) ("Halo" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announced that Alson Niu has been appointed to the Halo board of directors (the "Board"). Mr. Niu will replace Anmol Sidhu, who has resigned as a director of the Corporation due to personal reasons. The Board would like to thank Mr. Sidhu for his contributions and wishes him all the best in his future endeavors. Effective May 2, 2023, Mr. Niu will join the Board as an independent director. Mr. Niu is multi-disciplined business professional with experience in the private equity and investment sectors. As the Managing Partner of Conquest Capital, he has led successful companies that have resulted in increased efficiency and productivity. His expertise can help guide companies in their financial planning and growth strategies, resulting in overall brand growth and increased market share. Mr. Niu also serves as an advisor for Evolve Branding, specializing in branding and online marketing. About Halo Collective Halo is focused on the United States West Coast, where it has vertically integrated operations covering the entire value chain from seed to sale. Halo cultivates, extracts, manufactures, and distributes quality cannabis flower, pre-rolls, vape carts, edibles, and concentrates. Halo sells these products under a portfolio of brands, including Hush(TM), Winberry Farms(TM), its retail brand Budega(TM), and license agreements with FlowerShop*. In addition, Halo has opened two dispensaries in Los Angeles under the Budega(TM) brand in North Hollywood and Hollywood, with plans to open one more in Hollywood in 2023. In the non-THC sector, Halo is expanding into health and wellness categories, including CBD and functional supplements such as nootropic nutraceuticals and non-psychotropic mushrooms. Halo, through a series of acquisitions, has product offerings in the form of beverages (H2C Beverages), dissolvable strips (Dissolve Medical), capsules (Hushrooms(TM)), and topical supplements (Hatshe) with proposed national distribution via a strategic agreement with SWAYEnergy Corporation. Halo has successfully acquired and integrated a variety of companies which were subsequently reorganized to create Akanda Corp. (NASDAQ: AKAN), an international medical cannabis and wellness company, of which Halo is the largest shareholder. Halo has also acquired a range of software development assets, including CannPOS, Cannalift, CannaFeels, and a discrete sublingual dosing technology, Accudab. Halo intends to reorganize these entities (including their intellectual property and patent applications) into a subsidiary called Halo Tek Inc. and to complete the distribution of the shares of Halo Tek Inc. to shareholders on record at a date to be determined. For further information regarding Halo, see Halo's disclosure documents on SEDAR at www.sedar.com Connect with Halo Collective: Email | Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram Contact Information Halo Collective Inc. Investor Relations ir@haloco.com www.haloco.com/investors For additional information please contact the Company at (541) 646-5694 or ir@haloco.com. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information and Statements This press release contains certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and may also contain statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking information and forward-looking statements are not representative of historical facts or information or current condition, but instead represent only Halo's beliefs regarding future events, plans or objectives, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of Halo's control. Generally, such forward-looking information or forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or may contain statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "will continue", "will occur" or "will be achieved". Forward-looking information may relate to anticipated events or results including, but not limited statements relating to the appointment of any new directors, the opening of retail dispensary stores, management's plans regarding its portfolio of cannabis businesses, Akanda's proposed operations and the proposed spin-off of Halo-Tek Inc. By identifying such information and statements in this manner, Halo is alerting the reader that such information and statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such information and statements. In addition, in connection with the forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release, Halo has made certain assumptions. Although Halo believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing, and the expectations contained in, the forward-looking information and statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and statements, and no assurance or guarantee can be given that such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information and statements. Should one or more of the assumptions underlying the forward-looking information or statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and Halo does not undertake to update any forward-looking information and/or forward-looking statements that are contained or referenced herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking information and statements attributable to Halo or persons acting on its behalf is expressly qualified in its entirety by this notice.