Tenet Announces On-Going Commitment to Securing Financing; Board Chair Carol Penhale Appointed as Interim CEO While Search for Permanent CEO Candidates Underway

Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – May 8, 2023) – Tenet Fintech Group Inc. (CSE: PKK) (OTC Pink: PKKFF) (“Tenet” or the “Company”), an innovative fintech technology services provider and operator of the Cubeler™ Business Hub, announces today that Carol Penhale, the Company’s Chair, has been appointed Interim CEO, while the Board remains committed in its on-going focus on securing financing for the Company.

Ms. Penhale will act as the Interim-CEO for a period of three months while the Company’s search continues for permanent Chief Executive Officer candidates since Mr. Wahidy has informed the Board that he would no longer serve as Acting CEO of the Company.

Ms. Penhale has spent more than 35 years in financial services in a variety of roles across capital markets, banks and asset management organizations including Broadridge Financial, Mackenzie Investments and DST International. Ms. Penhale has significant business experience, and a background in technology and data transformation initiatives in strategic consulting and interim C-level management roles. Her experience crosses many layers of financial services globally, including strategic planning, operations recalibration, systems development, program management, business development and customer experience handling enhancements. She has B.A. from the University of Toronto, a certificate from the University of Edinburgh and has a degree in programming and systems analysis from The Institute for Computer Studies.

The independent board members of the Company continue to have active discussions with various firms to assist the Company with its financing efforts. These firms recognize Tenet’s efforts to streamline operations to reduce the Company’s costs and the market opportunity that is available to Tenet.

“The Board is dedicated to ensuring that the Company improves its operational focus and financial position and looks forward to discussing the Company’s plans as soon as possible,” stated Carol Penhale, Chair of Tenet. “I am exceptionally pleased to be able to help support Tenet as Interim CEO and look forward to leading the Company in its on-going focus on securing financing.”

Forward-looking information

Certain statements included in this presentation constitute “forward-looking statements” under Canadian securities law, including statements based on management’s assessment and assumptions and publicly available information with respect to the Company. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The Company cautions that its assumptions may not materialize and that current economic conditions render such assumptions, although reasonable at the time they were made, subject to greater uncertainty. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “assumes,” “outlook,” “plans,” “targets”, or other similar words. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from the outlook or any future results, performance or achievements implied by such statements. Accordingly, readers are advised not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Important risk factors that could affect the forward-looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to, holding company with significant operations in China; general economic and business conditions, including factors impacting the Company’s business in China such as pandemics (ex.: COVID-19); legislative and/or regulatory developments; Global Financial conditions, repatriation of profits or transfer of funds from China to Canada, operations in foreign jurisdictions and possible exposure to corruption, bribery or civil unrest; actions by regulators; uncertainties of investigations, proceedings or other types of claims and litigation; timing and completion of capital programs; liquidity and capital resources, negative operating cash flow and additional funding, dilution from further financing; financial performance and timing of capital; and other risks detailed from time to time in reports filed by the Company with securities regulators in Canada, the United States or other jurisdictions. We refer potential investors to the “Risks and Uncertainties” section of the Company’s MD&A. The reader is cautioned to consider these and other risks and uncertainties carefully and not to put undue reliance on forward-looking information.

Forward-looking statements reflect information as of the date on which they are made. The Company assumes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect future events, changes in circumstances, or changes in beliefs, unless required by applicable securities laws. In the event the Company does update any forward-looking statement, no inference should be made that the Company will make additional updates with respect to that statement, related matters, or any other forward-looking statement.

All amounts are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.

About Tenet Fintech Group Inc.:

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Tenet Fintech Group Inc. is the parent company of a group of innovative financial technology (Fintech) and artificial intelligence (AI) companies. All references to Tenet in this news release, unless explicitly specified, includes Tenet and all its subsidiaries. Tenet’s subsidiaries provide various analytics and AI-based services to businesses and financial institutions through the Business Hub, a global ecosystem where analytics and AI are used to create opportunities and facilitate B2B transactions among its members. Please visit our website at: http://www.tenetfintech.com.

For more information, please contact:

Tenet Fintech Group Inc.
Christina Boyd, Director, Investor Relations
416-428-9954
cboyd@tenetfintech.com

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