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TORONTO, April 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stack Capital Group Inc. (the "Company") (TSX:STCK & TSX:STCK.WT.A, TSX:STCK.WT.B & TSX:STCK.WT.C) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced "best efforts" brokered concurrent private placement (the "Private Placement") for total gross proceeds to the Company of $31,250,025 pursuant to the terms of an amended and restated agency agreement (the “Amended Agency Agreement”) whereunder the Private Placement was increased from $21,250,000 plus a 20% Agents (as defined below) option (the “Agents’ Option”) to $26,041,687 plus the Agents’ Option that was exercised in full pursuant to the Amended Agency Agreement.

The Private Placement was led by Canaccord Genuity Corp., as lead agent and sole bookrunner, together with a syndicate of agents including Raymond James Ltd., TD Securities Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, as co-lead managers, and Wellington-Altus Private Wealth Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and Ventum Capital Markets (collectively, the "Agents"). Under the Private Placement, the Company issued 1,666,668 units (the "Units") at a price of $18.75 per Unit (the "Offering Price") for gross proceeds of $31,250,025. Combined with the closing of the Company’s "best efforts" brokered private placement of Units at the Offering Price on March 31, 2026 (the "LIFE Offering"), the Company issued an aggregate of 2,133,334 Units at the Offering Price for gross proceeds of $40,000,000.

Members of Company management subscribed for approximately $1,000,000 of Units under the Private Placement.

In addition, the Company obtained conditional approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") for the listing of the Unit Shares, Warrants not subject to a statutory hold period under Canadian securities laws, and the Warrant Shares (each as defined below) under the Private Placement, subject to final approval of the TSX. The Warrants not subject to a statutory hold period under Canadian securities laws will be listed under the symbol STCK.WT.C. The Company has applied to the TSX to list the Warrants subject to a statutory hold period expiring four months and one day following the date of distribution to list once the hold period has expired. Such listing will be subject to TSX approval.

Each Unit consisted of one common share (a "Common Share" and the Common Shares comprising the Units being the "Unit Shares") and one-quarter of one Common Share purchase warrant of the Company (each whole warrant, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one Common Share (a "Warrant Share") for a period of 24 months following the closing date of the LIFE Offering at an exercise price of $23.00 per Warrant Share, subject to adjustment in certain events.

The Private Placement was made to purchasers resident in: (i) certain provinces of Canada, by way of available prospectus exemptions in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws; and (ii) in the United States on a private placement basis pursuant to available exemptions from the registration requirements of applicable United States securities laws.

All Unit Shares and Warrants comprising the Units, including the underlying Warrant Shares, issued to Canadian investors are subject to a statutory hold period expiring four months and one day following the date of distribution. All Unit Shares and Warrants comprising the Units, including the underlying Warrant Shares issued to United States investors pursuant to Ontario Securities Commission Rule 72-503 - Distributions Outside Canada are not subject to a statutory hold period under Canadian securities laws and are immediately freely tradeable under applicable Canadian securities legislation.

The net proceeds of the Private Placement will be used for investments in accordance with the Company's investment principles and general corporate and working capital purposes.

At the closing of the Private Placement, the Company paid to the Agents a cash fee equal to 5.0% of the gross proceeds raised in connection with the Private Placement, excluding president’s list investors, for which no commission was paid to the Agents.

Certain insiders of the Company purchased an aggregate of 53,300 Units under the Private Placement, which constitutes a “related party transaction” as defined under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). However, the Company relied on exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 based on the fact neither the fair market value of the Units subscribed for by the insiders, nor the consideration for the Units paid by such insiders, exceeded 25% of the Company’s market capitalization as at the date of the announcement of the Private Placement.

No securities regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved of the contents of this news release. This news release is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities of the Company in the United States of America. The Units, Unit Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction or for the account or for the benefit of U.S. Persons (as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S under the 1933 Act) or persons in the United States unless registered under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from such registration is available.

About Stack Capital Group Inc.

The Company is an investment holding company and its business objective is to invest in equity, debt and/or other securities of growth-to-late-stage private businesses. Through the Company, shareholders have the opportunity to gain exposure to a diversified private investment portfolio; participate in the private market; and have liquidity due to the listing of the Common Shares on the TSX. At the same time, the public structure also allows the Company to focus its efforts on maximizing long-term performance through a portfolio of high growth businesses, which are not widely available to most Canadian investors. SC Partners Ltd. acts as the Company's administrator and is responsible to source and advise with respect to all investments for the Company.

Forward looking and other cautionary statements

Certain information in this news release constitutes forward-looking statements under applicable securities law. Any statements that are contained in this news release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often identified by terms such as "may", "should", "anticipate", "expect", "intend" and similar expressions. Forward-looking information contained or referred to in this news release includes, but may not be limited to, the business of the Company, the Company's ability to obtain the final approval of the TSX, the proposed use of proceeds of the Company from the Private Placement and the listing of the Warrants subject to a statutory hold period on the TSX.

Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. The material assumptions supporting these forward-looking statements include, among others, that the Company will receive the necessary final approval for the Private Placement from the TSX and that the Company will receive TSX approval to list the additional Warrants currently subject to a statutory hold period. Additional risk factors that may impact the Company or cause actual results and performance to differ from the forward looking statements contained herein are set forth in the Company's most recent annual information form under the heading "Risk Factors" (a copy of which can be obtained under the Company's profile on www.sedarplus.com).

Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive. Readers are further cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are placed will occur. Such information, although considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. Except as required by applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

For more information, please visit our website at www.stackcapitalgroup.com or contact:
Brian Viveiros
VP, Corporate Development, and Investor Relations
647.280.3307
brian@stackcapitalgroup.com