BT Brands Reports 2025 Results, Delivers 138% EBITDA Growth and Advances Transformational Aero Velocity Merger

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Company Executes Operating Turnaround While Positioning for Growth with Aerospace and AI Platform Transition MINNETONKA, Minn., March 30, 2026 --( BUSINESS WIRE )--BT Brands, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBD and BTBDW) ("BT Brands" or the "Company") today reported financial results for the 52 weeks ended December 28, 2025, highlighting an operating turnaround and continued progress toward its proposed transformational merger with Aero Velocity, Inc. 2025 Highlights and recent developments include: During 2025, the Company improved performance through the closure of underperforming locations, tighter labor and food cost controls, and continued focus on operating efficiency with notable success at Burger Time and Pie In The Sky. These actions resulted in overall improved restaurant-level margins and a substantially lower operating loss despite lower revenue. Transformational Upside: Aero Velocity Merger BT Brands continues to advance its previously announced definitive merger agreement with Aero Velocity, Inc., which is expected to reposition the Company into a high-growth technology and infrastructure platform focused on AI-driven analytics and drone-based inspection services. Following the closing, all restaurant assets and related liabilities will be distributed to BT Brands' pre-merger shareholders. The post-merger company is expected to operate as Aero Velocity Inc. and remain listed on Nasdaq, subject to stockholder approvals, regulatory approval, and customary closing conditions. Gary Copperud, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, said: "The year marked a turning point for BT Brands. We significantly improved our operating performance through disciplined execution and cost control. At the same time, we are advancing toward completing our proposed merger with Aero Velocity, an emerging leader in the fast-growing drone and services market." Kenneth Brimmer, Chief Financial Officer, added: "Our focus on improving profitability, strengthening our balance sheet, and taking a disciplined approach to capital allocation drove meaningful improvement in 2025. With the Aero Velocity opportunity ahead, we believe the Company is well positioned for its next phase of growth." Outlook BT Brands enters 2026 with an improved operating base, positive EBITDA, and a transformational strategic opportunity. Management remains focused on improving restaurant profitability and cash flow, advancing the Aero Velocity transaction, and enhancing shareholder value. The Company is not providing formal financial guidance at this time. Financial Results Follow: Restaurant-level EBITDA To supplement the consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, the Company uses restaurant-level EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), which is not a measure defined by GAAP. This non-GAAP operating measure is useful to management and, the Company believes, investors because it provides a means to gauge the overall profitability of recurring, controllable core restaurant operations. Restaurant-level EBITDA should not be considered a substitute for or superior to operating income, which is calculated in accordance with GAAP. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding the benefits of the proposed transaction with Aero Velocity, the anticipated timing of the transaction, the products and services offered by Aero Velocity and the markets in which it operates. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions. They are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied, including risks related to the completion of the proposed transaction, failure to obtain stockholder approvals, failure to satisfy other closing conditions, changes in market conditions, integration risks, and the risks described in BT Brands’ SEC filings available at www.sec.gov . These statements speak only as of the date hereof, and the companies disclaim any obligation to update them except as required by law. Additional Information and Where to Find It In connection with the proposed transaction, BT Brands has filed a registration statement on Form S-4, subject to amendment, with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), Investors and security holders are urged to read the registration statement, proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents filed or to be filed with the SEC when they become available because they will contain important information about BT Brands, Aero Velocity and the proposed transaction. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of these documents, when available, through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov . Participants in the Solicitation BT Brands, Inc. and Aero Velocity Inc. and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Additional information regarding these persons and their interests in the proposed transaction is included in the Form S-4 and other relevant documents filed with the SEC. No Offer or Solicitation This communication is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260330172405/en/ Contacts CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Kenneth Brimmer 612-229-8811

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