Fluent Announces Receipt of Exemptive Relief Relating to Annual General and Special Meeting; Extension of Proxy Deposit Deadline

TORONTO, July 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FLUENT Corp. (CSE: FNT.U) (OTCQB: CNTMF) (“FLUENT” or the “Company”), a vertically-integrated, multi-state cannabis company, announces that, further to its news releases dated April 30, 2026 and July 17, 2026 relating to the proposed acquisition of the Company by Vireo Growth Inc. (“Vireo”) by way of a plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”), the Company has received a discretionary exemption from the Ontario Securities Commission (the “OSC”) from a certain requirement of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”) in connection with the previously announced annual general and special shareholder meeting to, among other things, approve the Arrangement (the “Meeting”). The Meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. (Toronto time) on July 28th, 2026 at the offices of Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Suite 3200, Bay Adelaide Centre – North Tower, 40 Temperance St., Toronto, Ontario.