Atlas Engineered Products Ltd. Announces Upsizing of Private Placement Offering to $9.5 Million

June 18, 2024

June 18, 2024 – Nanaimo, British Columbia / Atlas Engineered Products Ltd. (“AEP” or the “Company”) (TSX-V:AEP; OTC Markets:APEUF) is pleased to announce the upsize of its previously announced brokered private placement offering (the “Concurrent Private Placement”) of common shares (the “Private Placement Shares”) in the capital of the Company to up to 7,074,100 Private Placement Shares of the Company at a price of $1.35 per Private Placement Share (the “Issue Price”) for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of up to $9,550,035. The Private Placement is being conducted by a syndicate led by Beacon Securities Limited (“Beacon”) and including Clarus Securities Inc., Comark Securities Inc., and Echelon Wealth Partners Inc. (together with Beacon, the “Underwriters”).

In addition to the Concurrent Private Placement, the Company and the Underwriters also intend to complete a bought deal private placement of 2,963,000 common shares of the Company (the “Offered Shares”), pursuant to Part 5A (the “Listed Issuer Financing Exemption”) of National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions at the Issue Price for gross proceeds of $4,000,050 (the “Offering”). In connection with the Offering, the Company has granted the Underwriters, an option (the “Underwriters’ Option”), exercisable, in whole or in part by Beacon by giving notice to the Company at any time up to 48 hours prior to the Closing Date (as defined below) to purchase up to an additional 741,000 Offered Shares at the Issue Price for additional gross proceeds of up to $1,000,350.

The Private Placement Shares will be offered for sale to purchasers resident in Canada and other qualifying jurisdictions. Any Private Placement Shares issued under the Concurrent Private Placement will be subject to a four-month hold period in Canada.

The closing of the Offering and the Concurrent Private Placement is anticipated to occur on or about June 26, 2024 (the “Closing Date”) and is subject to certain conditions including, but not limited to, the receipt of all necessary approvals including the conditional approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”). Closing of the Offering is not conditional upon the closing of the Concurrent Private Placement.

The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any state of the "United States" (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act), and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and the securities laws of any applicable state of the United States or an exemption from such registration requirements is available. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Atlas Engineered Products Ltd.

AEP is a growth company that is acquiring and operating profitable, well-established operations in Canada’s truss and engineered products industry. We have a well-defined and disciplined acquisition and operating growth strategy enabling us to scale aggressively and apply new technologies, giving us a unique opportunity to consolidate a fragmented industry of independent operators.

For additional information please contact:

Jake Bouma, Representative for AEP
Phone: 1-604-317-3936
Email: [email protected]

Company contact details:

Hadi Abassi, CEO & President, Founder
Atlas Engineered Products Ltd.
Email: [email protected]
250-754-1400
PO Box 37036 Country Club PO
Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N4
www.atlasengineeredproducts.com

FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION

Information set forth in this news release contains forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management’s current estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations; they are not guarantees of future performance. Although AEP believes that the expectations reflected in the forward looking statements are reasonable, there is no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct, or that such future events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. AEP cautions that all forward looking statements are inherently uncertain and that actual performance may be affected by a number of material factors, many of which are beyond AEP’s control. Such factors include, among other things: risks and uncertainties related to the housing market, changes in interest rates and other risks and uncertainties relating to AEP, including those described in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) for AEP’s three months ended March 31, 2024. Accordingly, actual and future events, conditions and results may differ materially from the estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking information. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, AEP undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information.

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