Mr. Raveel Afzaal reports

NEXT HYDROGEN REPORTS Q1 2022 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Next Hydrogen Solutions Inc. has released its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.

"The buildout and installation of our multiplatform test infrastructure in the first quarter was a huge milestone towards the company's product development road map," said Raveel Afzaal, president and chief executive officer of Next Hydrogen. "In addition, our new relationships with Black & Veatch and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority puts Next Hydrogen in an excellent position to participate in future large-scale multi-megawatt green hydrogen solutions."

Q1 2022 financial highlights

• Revenue was $40,795 for the three-month period, compared with nil in the prior year, supported by the company's acquisition of CleanFuel Systems Inc. during the previous year.
• Net loss was $3.7-million for the three-month period, compared with a loss of $2.2-million in the prior year.
• Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) was a loss of $2.6-million, compared with a loss of $1.7-million in the prior year.
• Cash balance was $35-million as of March 31, 2022, compared with $39.2-million as of Dec. 31, 2021.

Management is also proud to highlight a number of recent developments that demonstrate significant recent progress:

• The company signed a memorandum of understanding with Black & Veatch, a global engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company, to develop a complete, large-scale, and integrated multimegawatt green hydrogen solution and identify areas of deeper collaboration and specific global opportunities. Next Hydrogen's unique hydrogen technology expertise and Black & Veatch's vast customer network and engineering leadership will offer an integrated hydrogen solution to clients worldwide.
• Next Hydrogen joined a coalition of 40 partners that will work together, through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, to become one of at least four regional clean hydrogen hubs designated through the U.S. federal Clean Hydrogen Hubs program included in the federal 2021 bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to advance a vision that enables a long-term sustainable clean hydrogen industry in the U.S. Northeast. The coalition will be competitively positioned to advance a vision that enables a long-term sustainable clean hydrogen industry in the Northeast region and to develop a proposal in response to the United States Department of Energy (DOE) financing opportunity announcement, with $8-billion in financing available.
• The company completed the installation of multiple test platforms at its new 27,000-square-foot facility in Mississauga, Ont. The test infrastructure includes bench scale test stands for qualification testing of new materials and performance characterization, pilot scale test equipment for validating new electrolyzer designs, durability and lifetime characteristics, and a factory acceptance test stand, which is capable of testing commercial systems before they are shipped out to customers. This critical capability is expected to significantly accelerate the deployment of its new product lines in a reliable and cost-effective manner.
• The company successfully upgraded its U.S. listing to the OTCQX under the symbol NXHSF, which is the highest market tier of OTC Markets and requires companies to meet high financial standards, follow best practice corporate governance and demonstrate compliance with applicable securities laws.

For a more detailed discussion of Next Hydrogen's first quarter results, please see the company's financial statements and management's discussion and analysis, which are available on the company's website and SEDAR .

About Next Hydrogen Solutions Inc.

Founded in 2007, Next Hydrogen is a designer and manufacturer of electrolyzers that use water and electricity as inputs to generate clean hydrogen for use as an energy source. Next Hydrogen's unique cell design architecture supported by 39 patents enables high current density operations and superior dynamic response to efficiently convert intermittent renewable electricity into green hydrogen on an infrastructure scale. Following successful pilots, Next Hydrogen is scaling up its technology to deliver commercial solutions to decarbonize transportation and industrial sectors.

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