Avant Brands Inc. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2026

Apr 8, 2026

AVANT BRANDS INC.

Notice of Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders

To be held on May 4, 2026, beginning at 1:00 p.m. (PDT)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general and special meeting (the “Meeting”) of shareholders (the “Shareholders”) of Avant Brands Inc. (the “Company”) will be held at the Summit Room, 7th Floor, 1700 Dickson Avenue, Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y 0L5, on May 4, 2026, beginning at 1:00 p.m. (PDT) for the following purposes, as more particularly described in the attached management information circular (the “Circular”):

1. to receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended November 30, 2025, together with the auditor’s report thereon;
2. to elect the directors of the Company for the ensuing year, as more fully described in the accompanying Circular;
3. to re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, as the auditors of the Company for the ensuing year; to authorize the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) to fix their remuneration; and to authorize the directors, in their discretion, to change auditors during the year, subject to compliance with the requirements of applicable securities law;
4. to consider and, if deemed advisable, pass, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution of Shareholders to ratify, confirm and approve the Company’s shareholder rights plan, as further described in the accompanying Circular; and
5. to transact such other business as may properly be brought before the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

The Board has fixed the close of business on March 25, 2026, as the record date (the “Record Date”) for determining Shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. Only Shareholders whose names have been entered in the register of Shareholders at the close of business on the Record Date will be entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting.

The Company strongly encourages each Shareholder to submit a form of proxy or voting instruction form in advance of the Meeting using one of the methods described below and in the Circular. Registered Shareholders should complete, date and sign a proxy form in advance of the Meeting and return it to Computershare Investor Services Inc. (“Computershare”), Attention: Proxy Department, by mail at: 320 Bay Street, 14th Floor, Toronto, ON M5H 4A6, Canada, by telephone at 1-866-732-VOTE (8683) (toll free) or by electronic voting using the 15 digit control number located at the bottom of your proxy at www.investorvote.com in each case by 1:00 p.m. (PDT) on April 30, 2026 or 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) before any adjournment or postponement of the Meeting. Votes cast electronically are in all respects equivalent to and will be treated in the exact same manner as votes cast via a paper proxy form. Further details on the electronic voting process are provided in the form of proxy. Beneficial shareholders (“Beneficial Shareholders”) who receive the Meeting materials through their broker or other intermediary should complete and return their form of proxy or voting instruction form in accordance with the instructions provided by their broker or intermediary. Shareholders are reminded to review the Circular prior to voting. “Beneficial Shareholders” means shareholders who do not hold common shares in their own name and “intermediaries” refers to brokers, investment firms, clearing houses and similar entities that own securities on behalf of Beneficial Shareholders.

The Board has fixed 1:00 p.m. (PDT) on April 30, 2026, or in the event of an adjournment or postponement of the Meeting, 48 hours before the time of the adjourned or postponed Meeting (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays), as the time before which proxy forms to be used or acted upon at the Meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof, must be deposited with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar, Computershare. Alternatively, a proxy form may be given to the Chair of the Meeting at which the proxy form is to be used. Late forms of proxy may be accepted or rejected by the Chair of the Meeting in his or her discretion, and the Chair is under no obligation to accept or reject any particular late form of proxy.

DATED at Kelowna, British Columbia, this 30th day of March, 2026.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

(signed) “Jurgen Schreiber”

Jurgen Schreiber
Chair of the Board