SolarWindow Update on Market Transaction Restrictions in the Company’s Stock Pending Filing of Forms 10-K and 10-Q

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. (symbol: WNDW; www.solarwindow.com) (the “Company”) issued the following statement to its stockholders about the warning posted by the OTC Markets regarding purchase and sale transactions in the Company’s Stock, which the Company believes is based on its inability to timely file its Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. The Company believes this is a direct result of the failure of the South Korean management, led by Mr. John Rhee, the Representative Director (“Rhee”) of the Company’s indirect, wholly owned subsidiary, SolarWindow Asia Co. Ltd. (the “Korean Subsidiary”), to provide the financial, banking and transactional documents (collectively, the “Required Information”) required by the Company’s auditors in order to complete the audit for the August 31, 2022 fiscal year (the “Annual Audit”).

The Company, through its officers, directors, counsel and auditors, has made numerous requests to Rhee to produce the Required Information for its Annual Audit. Despite these repeated requests beginning in May 2022, including a direct communication by the Company’s auditors on October 17, 2022, Rhee and the management of the Korean Subsidiary, have failed to deliver the requested documentation and information, including, but not limited to such basic information as the Korean Subsidiary’s monthly banking statements.

The Company has taken legal action permitting it to hold, and it will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting for the removal of Rhee and Rhee appointed directors and auditor from the Korean Subsidiary. At the same time, the Company has engaged in discussions with Rhee, and will continue its efforts to secure his cooperation in obtaining the Required Information in order to expedite the completion and filing of the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, and Form 10-Q for the period ended November 30, 2022.

At all relevant times, Rhee was (and as of today still is) the Representative Director of the Korean Subsidiary. He also served as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) from July 1, 2020 to December 18, 2022. As a member of the Company’s Board and Representative Director of the Korean Subsidiary, Rhee has certain responsibilities, including, but not limited to (1) oversight of the Korean Subsidiary’s financial reporting and record maintenance, (2) responsibility for the management of the Korean Subsidiary’s operations, (3) oversight of the Korean’s Subsidiary’s compliance with applicable Korean and US laws, and (4) continuing obligation to keep the Company’s Board apprised of the foregoing in order to ensure compliance with the Company’s ongoing disclosure obligations.