VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SHARC International Systems Inc. (CSE: SHRC) (FSE: IWIA) (OTCQB: INTWF) ("SHARC Energy" or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has filed financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026. All figures are in Canadian Dollars and in accordance with IFRS unless otherwise stated.

Second Quarter Financial Highlights:

• As of August 25, 2026, the Company has a Sales Pipeline¹ of $17.9 million and Sales Order Backlog² of $5.4 million. These figures represent decreases of 6% and 21% from the Company’s June 1, 2026 disclosure. The main reason for the decrease in backlog was a cancellation of a large District Energy project in Ontario. The combined Sales Pipeline and Sales Order Backlog remains strong at approximately $23.3 million.
• Since the beginning of 2026, the Company has secured approximately $5.1 million in SHARC Energy equipment orders, representing an increase of 59% from the $3.4 million Sales Order Backlog reported in the Company’s final disclosure of 2025. The orders span multiple geographic markets and end-use applications and reflect the continued maturation of the Company’s Sales Pipeline.
• Revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2026 (“Q2 2026”) was $0.27 million, compared with $0.85 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 (“Q2 2025”), a decrease of approximately 68%. The Company continues to experience quarter-to-quarter revenue variability resulting from the timing of project milestones, production schedules and equipment deliveries due to larger and more complex projects.
• Gross margin for Q2 2026 was 41.4%, compared with approximately 44.0% in Q2 2025. Gross margins continue to vary on product mix, project scope, geography and the stage of completion of individual projects.
• During Q2 2026, the Company reported a net loss of $0.92 million and an Adjusted EBITDA³ loss of $0.77 million, compared with a net loss of $0.82 million and Adjusted EBITDA loss of $0.50 million during Q2 2025.
• Revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2026 was $0.76 million, compared with $1.86 million during the corresponding period of 2025. The Company reported a net loss of $1.83 million and an Adjusted EBITDA loss of $1.53 million, compared with a net loss of $1.74 million and Adjusted EBITDA loss of $1.14 million for the first six months of 2025.
• The Company ended the quarter with $1.40 million of cash and positive working capital of approximately $0.56 million, compared with cash of $0.26 million and negative working capital of approximately $0.17 million at December 31, 2025.
  
• During the first six months of 2026, the Company completed a $2.5 million non-brokered private placement of unsecured convertible debentures, strengthening the Company’s liquidity and providing additional capital to support operations and execution of its Sales Order Backlog and Sales Pipeline.
  

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¹ Sales Pipeline is a non-IFRS measure. Please see discussion of Alternative Performance Measures and Non-IFRS Measures in the Q2 2026 MD&A.
² Sales Order Backlog is a non-IFRS measure. Please see discussion of Alternative Performance Measures and Non-IFRS Measures in the Q2 2026 MD&A.
³ Adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS measure. Please see discussion of Alternative Performance Measures and Non-IFRS Measures in the Q2 2026 MD&A.

Michael Albertson, President of SHARC Energy, said “While our second quarter revenue reflects the timing of project execution and equipment deliveries, the underlying commercial indicators of the business remain encouraging. Our $5.4 million Sales Order Backlog is 59% higher than the backlog reported at the end of 2025, while our $17.9 million Sales Pipeline has been maintained despite approximately $5.1 million of new equipment orders being secured since the beginning of the year.

The ability to convert opportunities into orders while continuing to replenish the pipeline is an important indicator of the underlying demand for SHARC Energy’s technology. Our current backlog provides significantly greater forward revenue visibility than the Company has historically had, although the timing of individual projects and revenue recognition will continue to create variability between reporting periods.

The first half of 2026 also demonstrated the increasing diversity of the markets where our technology can be deployed. Projects include district energy, transportation infrastructure, wastewater treatment, multi-family residential and U.S. government-affiliated applications. At the same time, the commercial introduction of the MANTA system expands our addressable market into additional wastewater, hydronic and thermal energy applications, including wastewater treatment facilities, data centers and district heating and cooling systems.

We continue to see opportunities developing across both our established markets and newer applications for our technology. Our focus remains on working with customers, engineering partners and representatives to advance projects through the sales cycle, convert backlog into deliveries and continue building the pipeline behind it.”

Shane Dungey, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice Chair of SHARC Energy, commented “The commercial progress Michael and the team have made provides a strong foundation as we enter this next phase for SHARC Energy. The $2.5 million financing completed during the first half of the year has strengthened our liquidity, and as at June 30, 2026, the Company had approximately $1.4 million of cash and positive working capital of approximately $0.56 million.

Following the recently announced leadership changes, our priorities are straightforward: disciplined execution, converting the existing backlog into revenue, maintaining appropriate cost and capital discipline, and ensuring that the Company is positioned to capitalize on the opportunities being developed across its markets.

An important part of that work will also be evaluating opportunities to evolve and innovate our business model with the objective of developing more consistent and recurring sources of revenue over time. As our projects have become larger and more complex, the timing of project milestones and equipment deliveries has historically resulted in variability between reporting periods. We believe there are opportunities to complement our existing equipment sales model in ways that can provide greater revenue visibility, and reduce the impact of that variability as the business grows.

We have a substantially larger order backlog than we did entering the year, a $17.9 million Sales Pipeline and an expanding portfolio of applications for SHARC Energy’s technology. Our focus for the balance of 2026 will be on translating those commercial opportunities into improved financial performance while continuing to build a stronger, more focused and increasingly predictable business for our customers, employees and shareholders.”

Q2 2026 Key Highlights and Subsequent Events

• Sales Order Backlog and Sales Pipeline. As of August 25, 2026, the Company reported a Sales Order Backlog of approximately $5.4 million and a Sales Pipeline of approximately $17.9 million. These represent increases of approximately 60% and 8%, respectively, from the Company’s December 1, 2025 disclosure.
• Approximately $5.1 million of Equipment Orders Secured in 2026. Since the beginning of 2026, the Company has secured approximately $5.1 million in SHARC Energy equipment orders. Projects include a Vancouver-based district energy system, a major U.S. West Coast airport, a Calgary wastewater treatment plant, a multi-family senior housing retrofit on Staten Island, New York, and the Naval Postgraduate School’s historic Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, California. These projects demonstrate both geographic and sector diversification across SHARC Energy’s addressable markets

• PIRANHA selected by National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) Project. SHARC Energy announced it has received a purchase order from the NLR for a PIRANHA HC for a program focused on advancing high-efficiency domestic hot water retrofit solutions for large institutional facilities, one of the most energy-intensive and difficult-to-modernize building systems across the Department of Defence (DoD), infrastructure. The initiative aims to validate scalable, cost-effective technologies that improve building performance, reduce operating costs, and enhance energy resilience. This project was completed and the equipment was shipped subsequent to June 30, 2026.
  
• $2.5M Convertible Debenture Financing Completed. During the first half of 2026, SHARC Energy completed a non-brokered private placement of unsecured convertible debentures for aggregate principal proceeds of $2.5 million. The debentures bear interest at 8.0% per annum, mature three years following issuance and are convertible into common shares at $0.125 per share, subject to the terms of the debentures.
  
• Commercial Launch of new product MANTA System. The Company is pleased to announce that it has secured a purchase order for its newly introduced MANTA system to be deployed at a Wastewater Treatment Plant in Calgary, Alberta.

• SHARC Systems Shipped to US Government-Affiliated Project. The Company announced the shipment of two SHARC 880 WET Systems to a U.S. government-affiliated project. Further information about the project will be released at a later stage.
  
• Strengthened Intellectual Property Portfolio. SHARC Energy has been granted patents covering its latest SHARC wastewater heat exchange system in the United States and Europe, complementing its existing Canadian patent. The Company has also pursued additional national-phase patent applications across several international markets.
  

• Executive Leadership Transition. Subsequent to quarter-end, the Board approved a series of executive leadership changes as part of the Company’s ongoing strategic evolution. Shane Dungey was appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice Chair, Michael Albertson was appointed President, and Board Chairman Fred Andriano was appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary. Lynn Mueller stepped away from his day-to-day responsibilities with the Company, with the Board intending to finalize a consulting agreement focused on business development and strategic growth initiatives, subject to Board ratification. The Company also concluded its contractual relationship with Hanspaul Pannu, former Chief Financial Officer.
  
  

For complete financial information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, please see the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements and Management Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

About SHARC Energy  
SHARC International Systems Inc. is a world leader in wastewater based thermal energy transfer. SHARC Energy's systems exchange thermal energy with wastewater, generating one of the most energy-efficient and economical systems for heating, cooling & hot water production for commercial, residential and industrial buildings along with thermal energy networks, commonly referred to as “District Energy”.

SHARC Energy is publicly traded in Canada (CSE: SHRC), the United States (OTCQB: INTWF) and Germany (Frankfurt: IWIA) and you can find out more on our SEDAR profile.

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ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Fred Andriano
Chairman

The Canadian Securities Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward-Looking Statements 
Certain statements contained in this news release may constitute forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is often, but not always, identified using words such as “anticipate”, “plan”, “estimate”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “intend”, “should”, and similar expressions. Forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking information. Forward-looking statements are provided for the purpose of assisting readers in understanding management’s expectations and plans and may not be appropriate for other purposes. SHARC Energy’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in this forward-looking information because of regulatory decisions, competitive factors in the industries in which the Company operates, prevailing economic conditions, and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. SHARC Energy believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking information are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking information should not be unduly relied upon. Any forward-looking information contained in this news release represents the Company’s expectations as of the date hereof and is subject to change after such date. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities legislation.

For investor inquiries, please contact:Shane DungeyChief Executive Officer (InSHARC EnergyTelephone: 403.389.9911Email: shane.dungey@sharcenergy.comFor media inquiries, please contact:John Louis FahieMarketingSHARC EnergyTelephone: 604.475.7710 Ext.109 Email: johnlouis.fahie@sharcenergy.com

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