SPARQ Obtains Regulatory Certification for Its Q2000 QUAD Microinverter and Enters into Manufacturing Agreement with Ti-Lane

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 26, 2022) - SPARQ Corp. (TSXV: SPRQ) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, SPARQ Systems Inc. ("SPARQ"), has obtained regulatory certification for its new Q2000 QUAD microinverter on July 22, 2022. The Q2000 microinverter is the industry's first highest power rating microinverter that produces electrical energy from four photovoltaic ("PV") panels of 550W+ each, without any power clipping under all operating conditions. Moreover, the built-in advanced software algorithms allow the Q2000 microinverter to seamlessly operate in grid-tied, standalone or dual-mode PV applications.

Praveen Jain, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, commented, "This is a major milestone for the Company to launch a more powerful and multi-mode microinverter, which addresses the need for a residential PV system to operate in both grid-tied and off-grid modes. This will provide a better utilization of the PV installation and give increased return on investment to the home owner."

Further to its press release dated March 24, 2022, the Company also announces that on June 16, 2022, SPARQ entered into a manufacturing agreement (the "Manufacturing Agreement") with Ti-Lane Precision Electronic Company Limited ("Ti-Lane"), whereby Ti-Lane has agreed to manufacture and supply to SPARQ QUAD microinverters of various ratings at Ti-Lane's facility based in GuangDong Province, China. The Manufacturing Agreement has an initial term of three years and will automatically renew for additional one year terms after expiration of the initial term unless terminated earlier by either SPARQ or Ti-Lane. The construction of Ti-Lane's manufacturing facility is expected to be completed in August 2022 and the volume production is expected to commence in Q4 2022.

The Manufacturing Agreement constitutes a "related party transaction", as such term is defined in Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61- 101") as Robbie Luo is an officer and shareholder of Ti-Lane and a director of the Company. The Company is relying on exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements provided under MI 61-101.

ABOUT SPARQ

SPARQ designs and manufactures next generation single-phase microinverters for residential and commercial solar electric applications. SPARQ has developed a proprietary PV solution called the Quad; the Quad inverter optimizes four PV modules with a single microinverter, simplifying design and installation, and lowering cost for solar power installations when compared to existing market offerings.

SPARQ's head office is located at 945 Princess Street, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 0E9.

Cautionary Note

Certain statements contained in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements." All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this press release, including, without limitation, those regarding the expected completion of Ti-Lane's manufacturing facility, the quantity of units to be manufactured for SPARQ on a monthly basis, and technical, financial and business prospects of the Company, future financial position and results of operations, strategy, proposed acquisitions, plans, objectives, goals and targets, and any statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words "believe", "expect", "aim", "intend", "plan", "continue", "will", "may", "would", "anticipate", "estimate", "forecast", "predict", "project", "seek", "should" or similar expressions or the negative thereof, are forward-looking statements. These statements are not historical facts but instead represent only the Company's expectations, estimates and projections regarding future events. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual results may differ materially from what is expressed, implied or forecasted in such forward-looking statements.

Additional factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially include, but are not limited to the risk factors discussed in the Company's filing statement dated December 23, 2021. Management provides forward-looking statements because it believes they provide useful information to investors when considering their investment objectives and cautions investors not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements and other cautionary statements or factors contained herein, and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, the Company. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect subsequent information, events or circumstances or otherwise, except as required by law.

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For more information, please contact:

SPARQ Corp.
Dr. Praveen Jain
Chief Executive Officer
Email: pjain@sparqsys.com
Tel: 343.477.1158

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