Montreal, Quebec--(Newsfile Corp. - February 11, 2026) - On February 11, 2026, Deep Grains Holdings Ltd ("DGH"), directly, and Maximilien Xavier Desmarais ("Max Desmarais"), indirectly (DGH and Max Desmarais, collectively the "Acquirors"), have acquired an additional 18,072,000 common shares (the "Common Shares") of Vertiqal Studios Corp. (TSX: VRTS) (the "Issuer") (the "Transaction"). Immediately prior to the Transaction, the Acquirors collectively had direct beneficial ownership and control and direction over 110,552,253 Common Shares (composed of 37,541,000 issued and outstanding Common Shares and a convertible debenture of the Issuer with principal amount of $1,343,988 issued in November 2022 (the "Convertible Debenture") which is automatically convertible on surrender of the Convertible Debenture certificate into 73,011,253 Common Shares (after taking into account (i) the fact that Max Desmarais has accepted to forgo and release the Issuer for an amount of $19,312 in principal amount on the Convertible Debenture and (ii) accrued interests on the Convertible Debenture in an amount of $277,143.33 also convertible into Common Shares) representing 11.86% of the Issuer's issued and outstanding Common Shares calculated on a partially diluted adjusted basis (i.e.
