Monkey Rock Group, Inc. (MKRO) Announces Strategic Development Initiatives in Advanced Materials and Digital Luxury Manufacturing

Monkey Rock Group, Inc. (the “Company”) today announced two strategic development initiatives as part of its ongoing corporate restructuring program. The initiatives are intended to expand the Company’s industrial development platform through the potential integration of advanced materials capabilities, design assets, and selected manufacturing relationships.

The Company’s broader industrial strategy includes the development and evaluation of technologies focused on advanced nano-powder manufacturing using waste-recycled inputs. The Company believes these capabilities may support future applications across multiple industrial sectors, subject to technical validation, commercial feasibility, and applicable regulatory requirements.

Strategic Entry into the Fashion Industry

On April 19, 2026, the Company entered into an option agreement with Cruciani, an Italian fashion manufacturer founded in 1992 by Luca Caprai in Umbria, Italy and known for luxury cashmere, silk knitwear, and high-end accessories. Pursuant to the terms of that agreement and subject to the Company’s internal approvals, capital allocation decisions, the satisfaction of applicable conditions, completion of due diligence, negotiation and execution of definitive agreements, and other customary requirements, the Company currently expects to make an initial strategic contribution of up to USD 50,000,000 to support the potential integration of Cruciani into the Company’s platform.

In addition, a principal shareholder affiliated with the AVIS Umbrella has indicated an intention, subject to definitive documentation and applicable transfer arrangements, to contribute a proprietary portfolio of more than 47,000 original design works developed over two decades for potential commercialization and scale-up within the proposed manufacturing platform.

Advanced Manufacturing Initiative

The Company’s strategic initiative is designed to explore alternatives to certain conventional textile-based production methods through the integration of:

• graphene-enabled nanomaterials

• advanced 3D kinetic fusion manufacturing processes

• sustainable, waste-derived nano inputs

The Company believes that, if successfully developed and commercialized, these capabilities may support the development of alternative materials and production methods intended to improve product performance, resource efficiency, and sustainability outcomes.

Addressing Key Industry Challenges

The global fashion industry remains associated with significant environmental and labor-related challenges, including resource-intensive production, waste generation, chemical-heavy processing, and inefficiencies in traditional manufacturing cycles.

The Company’s initiative is intended to address, among other things:

• high levels of resource consumption and waste generation

• chemical-intensive textile processing

• inefficient and unsustainable production cycles

• persistent labor and human rights concerns within parts of the global supply chain

By introducing engineered nano-based material alternatives to certain conventional inputs, the Company aims to support the development of a more circular and sustainable manufacturing model, although no assurance can be given that these objectives will be achieved.

Workforce Development and Social Impact

The Company also announced a collaboration with Friends of St. Carlo Acutis, Inc., a California faith-based nonprofit youth organization inspired by the life and example of St. Carlo Acutis, to support youth training and re-skilling initiatives relating to digital manufacturing, advanced materials, and next-generation industrial technologies in connection with the Company’s planned integration of Cruciani. The Company has begun recruiting and hiring young adult workers through this initiative and has authorized up to 20 positions to staff certain operations at Cruciani in Umbria, Italy.

Through this initiative, the parties intend to support programs designed to:

• expand workforce training opportunities for young adults in roles connected to the Company’s operations

• support transitions from traditional labor-intensive roles to digital production environments

• help develop a new generation of technology-driven manufacturing specialists

• encourage entrepreneurship and practical skills development in emerging industrial sectors

Strategic Outlook

The Company believes that the planned integration of advanced materials, design assets, and industrial production capabilities may create new opportunities at the intersection of sustainability, technology, and design.

The Company intends to continue evaluating deployment of this model across selected international markets as part of its broader industrial expansion strategy, subject to market conditions, operational readiness, financing availability, counterpart performance, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

The Company will make any additional disclosures required under applicable securities laws and OTC Markets requirements as material developments occur.

Management Team

Monkey Rock Group, Inc.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the Company’s restructuring program, strategic plans, expected contributions and investments, potential acquisition activity, technology development, commercialization efforts, workforce initiatives, and future operational performance.

These statements are based on current expectations, assumptions, and available information and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, including without limitation: the ability to satisfy the terms and conditions of the option agreement; the availability and allocation of capital; the completion of due diligence; the negotiation and execution of definitive agreements; the receipt of required approvals; the successful transfer or licensing of assets; technical feasibility and product development risks; supply chain and manufacturing risks; intellectual property risks; regulatory developments; market acceptance; labor and training execution risks; general economic conditions; and volatility in the public markets, including the OTC market. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by these forward-looking statements.

This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.