Delota Corp.: Delota Reports Second Quarter Revenue of $9.8 Million and Over $0.3 Million of Adjusted EBITDA

Highlights:

• Total revenue of $9.8 million for Q2 2025, reflecting YoY growth of 18% from the comparative quarter
  
  
  • 41.6% gross profit margin for Q2 2025
    
    
  • Positive Adjusted EBITDA of $315,574 for Q2 2025
    
    
• Total revenue of $19.6 million for the Six Months Ended 2025, reflecting YoY growth of 24% from the comparative period
  
  
  • 40.7% gross profit margin for the Six Months Ended 2025
    
    
  • Positive Adjusted EBITDA of $420,940 for the Six Months Ended 2025
    
    
• Segmented revenue for the Six Months Ended 2025:
  
  
  • Vape - B2C: $15.5 million, B2B: $2.4 million
    
    
  • Cannabis - B2C: $1.7 million
    
    
• Continues to execute on defined expansion plan; opened two additional 180 Smoke Vape Stores in Ontario, expanding retail presence to 31 locations solidifying 180 Smoke's position as the largest omni-channel specialty vape retailer in Ontario¹
  
  
• Increased customer loyalty accounts to over 245,000 members across online and brick-and-mortar platforms

Vaughan, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 1, 2024) - Delota Corp. (CSE: NIC) (FSE: S62) ("Delota" or the "Company"), a leading Canadian omni-channel retailer of nicotine vape and alternative tobacco products, is pleased to report it has filed its quarterly financial statements, management discussion and analysis, and associated certifications (collectively, the "Quarterly Filings") for the three and six months ended July 31, 2024. The Quarterly Filings may be accessed under the Company's SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca.

Cameron Wickham, CEO of Delota, commented, "I am very pleased with our second quarter financial results, and improved adjusted EBITDA. The Company is at an inflection point, in which our platform is fully ready to support growth and expansion to become a national specialty vape retailer. As we continue to scale the business, our bottom line will continue to improve with healthy gross margins of approximately 40%. We continue to execute on our defined expansion plan opening two additional 180 Smoke Vape Stores within the quarter. Since the beginning of 2024, we have added almost 30,000 new loyalty customers across the platform, now having over 245,000 loyalty accounts. Looking at the second half of the year, we will continue to scale the business organically across Ontario and look at consolidation opportunities to build our footprint across Canada, targeting the west coast."

Financial Highlights:

• Total revenue of $9,757,783 for the three months ended July 31, 2024 ("Q2 2025"), reflecting YoY growth of 18% as compared to the three months ended July 31, 2023
  
  
  • 41.6% gross profit margin for Q2 2025
    
    
  • Positive Adjusted EBITDA of $315,574 for Q2 2025
    
    
• Total revenue of $19,641,666 for the six months ended July 31, 2024 ("Six Months Ended 2025"), reflecting YoY growth of 24% as compared to the six months ended July 31, 2023
  
  
  • 40.7% gross profit margin for the Six Months Ended 2025
    
    
  • Positive Adjusted EBITDA of $420,940 for the Six Months Ended 2025
    
    
• Segmented Revenue for the Six Months Ended 2025:
  
  
  • Vape - B2C: $15,472,965, B2B: $2,425,337
    
    
  • Cannabis - B2C: $1,743,364

Other Highlights:

• On August 26, 2024, the Company opened an additional 180 Smoke Vape Store located at 499 Main Street South, Unit 60D, Shoppers World, Brampton, expanding 180 Smoke's brick-and-mortar presence to 31 locations across Ontario.
  
  
• On July 25, 2024, the Company opened a 180 Smoke Vape Store located at 70 Joseph Street, Parry Sound.
  
  
• On April 11, 2024, the Company provided a corporate update on its significant growth and progress.
  
  
• On April 2, 2024, the Company changed its stock symbol from "LOTA" to "NIC" on the Canadian Securities Exchange. The new stock symbol is intended to better align with its mission of becoming the largest national specialty retailer of nicotine vape and alternative tobacco products.
  
  
• On February 5, 2024, the Company completed debt settlements in the amount of $215,000 with certain creditors of the Company to preserve cash for working capital through the issuance of 1,535,715 units of the Company at a price of $0.14 per unit.

Select Financial Information

The following selected financial information as at and for the six months ended July 31, 2024 and the year ended January 31, 2024 are derived from the Company's consolidated financial statements.

		Six Months Ended July 31, 2024			Year Ended January 31, 2024
		$			$
Revenue		19,641,666			34,069,680
Net income (loss)		(167,016	)		(1,992,576	)
Net earnings (loss) per share - basic and diluted		(0.01	)		(0.07	)
Working capital (deficit)		(854,417	)		(771,198	)
Total assets		14,423,833			13,735,729
Total non-current liabilities		6,106,756			6,565,672
Total liabilities		13,969,884			13,351,331
Capital stock		7,832,560			7,592,481
Warrant reserve		99,398			99,398
Contributed surplus		503,493			507,005
Accumulated deficit		(7,981,502	)		(7,814,486	)
Shareholders' equity (deficiency)		453,949			384,398

Adjusted EBITDA

The Company's "Adjusted EBITDA" is a non-IFRS metric used by management that does not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and may not be fully comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Management defines Adjusted EBITDA as the net income (loss) reported, before income taxes and other expense (income) items such as finance costs, finance income, gains and losses related to derivative liability valuations, and adjusted for share-based compensation, depreciation and amortization expenses, gains and losses related to the revaluations of its right-of-use assets and lease liabilities and foreign exchange differences.

The reconciliation of net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA is presented below.

		Three Months Ended July 31, 2024			Three Months Ended July 31, 2023			Six Months Ended July 31, 2024			Six Months Ended July 31, 2023
		$			$			$			$
Net income (loss) for the period - as reported		341,172			(162,549)			(167,016	)		(487,173	)
Depreciation and amortization		131,282			146,341			263,892			292,100
Interest and accretion expenses		203,927			32,352			407,845			62,088
Stock-based compensation		4,663			218,981			7,817			218,981
Fair value adjustment of derivative liabilities		(340,970	)		-			(47,139	)		-
Deferred tax recovery		(15,944	)		(15,944	)		(31,888	)		(31,888	)
Lease adjustments		(15,459	)		74,106			(28,800	)		(10,645	)
Foreign exchange loss		6,903			6,962			16,229			13,329
Adjusted EBITDA		315,574			300,249			420,940			56,792

About Delota Corp.

Delota is the largest omni-channel specialty vape retailer in Ontario with a mission of becoming one of the largest national specialty retailers of nicotine vape and alternative tobacco products. The Company's growth strategy includes aggressively growing its flagship brand, 180 Smoke Vape Store, by expanding its retail footprint organically in Ontario and select provinces across Canada, strengthening its national e-commerce platform, and through strategic M&A to accelerate growth and market consolidation. The Company is committed to expanding its nicotine product assortment, enhancing customer experience, and growing its loyalty accounts, which now exceeds 245,000 members.

Investors interested in learning more about Delota can visit www.delota.com.

For further information, please contact:

Delota Corp.

Julia Becker
Capital Markets
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Cameron Wickham
Executive Vice Chair and CEO
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¹ Based on number of retail stores in Ontario.

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SOURCE: Delota Corp.