Global Water Technologies releases annual shareholder letter

January 1, 2026

Global Water Technologies releases annual shareholder letter

Dear Shareholders of Global Water Technologies,

Welcome to a new year as we close the chapter on a productive 2025 and prepare to build on our efforts to leverage innovative water technologies in ways that make a positive impact for both the economics and sustainable management of our world.

We successfully completed the Qualified Testing requirements for our team in the second year of the XPRIZE Water Scarcity competition, a 5-year global effort to create reliable, sustainable and affordable seawater desalination systems that is being sponsored by the Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative. In the coming months, an international team of judges will select 20 teams from around the world to move to the next stage of competition.

Indianapolis artist Sug. O’Shen created original art from our first water sample using her unique process of alcohol-based inks and evaporation for both fresh and salt water — creating the perfect abstraction of innovation in XPRIZE Water Scarcity.

As we stated previously, our intent for participating in the competition included both the opportunity to demonstrate new solutions and also the potential for mergers and acquisitions related to technologies and partners we identified through the process. While the past year was volatile in terms of deal flow in the capital markets and changing government programs that impacted some of our partners, we have made considerable progress in this area. We expect to continue discussions with both potential targets and strategic investors in the coming months.

The company also upgraded to the new OTCID category on OTC Markets and is one of only 1,279 stocks among the 12,264 securities quoted on the platform to maintain that level at the end of 2025.

In 2025, shares of Global Water Technologies traded between $0.015 and $0.066 with a closing price of $0.037 and volume of 2,582,138. In 2024, shares of Global Water Technologies traded between $0.017 and $0.2498 with a closing price of $0.0195 and volume of 1,901,800.

The number of common shares at December 31, 2025 was 31,123,955 and the number of free-trading shares remains at 5,895,503. The company has reserved 4.2 million shares for convertible promissory notes totaling $144,000. Additional shares may be issued as the company seeks adequate funding to execute its business plan and further upgrade its SEC compliance.

As always, we appreciate all our shareholders who continue to support the company and send best wishes to both those who joined us during the past year and the many who have been on this journey for a long time.

If you haven’t already seen the video highlighting our Global Water Technologies team, take a moment to watch the GWTR XPRIZE Water Scarcity video as we kick off an exciting 2026!


Sincerely,

Erik Hromadka
Chairman and CEO


FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT:
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