WALL FINANCIAL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES RENEWAL OF NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID

VANCOUVER, BC, March 13, 2024

The Bid, which will begin on March 18, 2024 and end no later than March 17, 2025, has been approved by the Company's board of directors (the "Board") and by the Exchange and will be made in accordance with the applicable rules and policies of the Exchange, and applicable Canadian securities laws. Under the Bid, Shares may be repurchased in open market transactions on the Exchange and/or alternative Canadian trading systems, or by such other means as may be permitted by the Exchange and applicable Canadian securities laws. The price which the Company will pay for any such Shares will be the prevailing market price at the time of purchase.

The average daily trading volume for the six months ended February 29, 2024 was 1,553. The total issued and outstanding common shares of the Company as of March 8, 2024 was 32,305,665 and the total public float as of March 8, 2024 was 6,721,427. The Company has determined the maximum number of Shares that may be purchased in one day will be 1,000 Shares.

The Company has entered into an automatic securities purchase plan (the "ASPP") with CIBC World Markets Inc. (the "Broker") to allow for the repurchase of Shares at times when the Company ordinarily would not be active in the market due to its own internal trading blackout periods, insider trading rules or otherwise. The ASPP provides a set of standard instructions to the Broker to make purchases under the NCIB in accordance with the limits and other terms set out in the ASPP. The Broker will determine the timing of these purchases in its sole discretion based on purchasing parameters set by the Company and subject to the rules of the Exchange, applicable securities laws, and the terms of the ASPP. The ASPP has been pre-cleared by the Exchange and will be implemented concurrent with the NCIB. All purchases made under the ASPP will be included in computing the number of shares purchased and cancelled by the Company under the NCIB. 

Outside of the restricted periods, the timing of purchases will be determined by management of the Company. Decisions regarding purchases will be based on market conditions, share price, best use of available cash, and other factors. The funding for any purchase pursuant to the Bid will be financed out of the working capital of the Company.

All Shares will be purchased for cancellation.

The Board believes the Bid will provide the Company with a flexible mechanism for: (a) managing and balancing its capital structure over the next 12 months; and (b) returning excess cash to shareholders who choose to participate in the Bid by selling their Shares. As a result, depending upon future price movements and other factors, the Board believes that the purchase of the Shares would be an appropriate use of corporate funds and in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. Furthermore, the purchases are expected to benefit all persons who continue to hold Shares by increasing their equity interest in the Company when the repurchased Shares are cancelled.