VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Sep 30, 2016) - WesternOne Inc. ("WesternOne") (WEQ.TO) (TSX:WEQ.DB) announced today that it will hold a special meeting of shareholders to authorize WesternOne's board of directors to consolidate WesternOne's issued and outstanding common shares at a ratio to be determined by the board of directors but within the range of one post-consolidation common share for every 10 to 40 pre-consolidation common shares (the "Consolidation"). WesternOne currently has 595,596,747 common shares issued and outstanding.

The special meeting of shareholders will be held at the office of Farris, Vaughan, Wills and Murphy LLP, 25^th Floor, 700 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia at 10:00 am (Pacific Time) on October 28, 2016. Shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 27, 2016, will be entitled to receive notice and to vote at the special meeting.

WesternOne believes that it is desirable for its common shares to trade at a higher price per share. An increase in trading price of WesternOne's common shares that may result from the Consolidation could heighten the interest of the financial community in WesternOne and potentially broaden the pool of investors that may consider investing or may be able to invest in WesternOne, potentially increasing the trading volume and liquidity of WesternOne's common shares.

If the Consolidation is approved and, subject to the discretion of the board of directors of WesternOne to decide not to proceed with the Consolidation, implemented, the principal effect will be to proportionately decrease the number of issued and outstanding common shares of WesternOne, based on the Consolidation ratio chosen by the board of directors. If the Consolidation is not implemented by December 31, 2016, shareholder approval granted in respect of the Consolidation will be deemed to have been revoked and the board of directors of WesternOne will be required to obtain new shareholder approval if it wishes to implement a share consolidation.

The Consolidation is subject to the receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals, including approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange.

For additional information regarding the Consolidation, please refer to WesternOne's Notice of Special Meeting and Information Circular dated September 27, 2016, which is available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).

Forward-Looking Information

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