Waterloo, Ontario – TheNewswire - December 1, 2021 - SponsorsOne Inc., (CSE:SPO)  (Frankfurt: 5SO), (CNSX:SPO.CN), (OTC:SPONF), a company that utilizes its proprietary platform that combines digital marketing, wholesale and retail distribution, branding, and operational & funding capital, giving it a competitive first-mover advantage in rapidly growing its proprietary brands focused in the Alcohol, Functional Beverage, and Hemp Sectors announced today that it has changed its auditor from PWC LLP (the "Former Auditor") to CLEARHOUSE LLP (the "Successor Auditor").

The Former Auditor resigned as auditor of the Corporation effective September 28, 2021 and the board of directors of the Corporation appointed the Successor Auditor as its auditor effective November 17, 2021 until the next Annual General Meeting of the Corporation. The Corporation is grateful to PWC LLP for its services as the Former Auditor.

The Corporation has sent a Notice of Change of Auditor (the "Notice") to the Former Auditor and to the Successor Auditor and has received a letter from each, addressed to the securities commissions in each of Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia and the Canadian Securities Exchange stating that they agree with the information contained in the Notice. The Notice together with the letter from the Former Auditor and the letter from the Successor Auditor have been reviewed by the Corporation's audit committee and its board of directors and are available on www.sedar.com.

There were no disagreements or unresolved issues with the Former Auditor on any matter of audit scope or procedures, accounting principles or policies, or financial statement disclosure. It is the Corporation's opinion that there have been no "reportable events" (as defined in National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligation) between the Corporation and the Former Auditor. The Former Auditor did not provide a modified opinion in their auditor's report for the financial statements of the Corporation fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020.

About SponsorsOne Inc.

SponsorsOne is the leader in the next evolution of brand creation and digital marketing through influencer marketing, storytelling, and digital-commerce with the SponsorCoin platform and its highly scalable – smart contract-based digital currency.  Combined, this allows the brands to build and manage exclusive and highly engaged communities of influencers (from pro to micro-influencers) within the social realm. The SponsorCoin platform provides data-driven marketing campaigns that will change the way brands connect with their customers.  SponsorCoin is a tool for brands to inspire real movements around their products and services. Their most valuable customers become their best salespeople, producing far higher ROI than current social media advertising methods. SponsorsOne, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, SponsorsOne Media Inc., provides full creative and Brand building/management services to all our Brands and manages the influencer communities for each Brand.  For making the Brand big, our wholly-owned subsidiary S1 Brands Inc., builds wholesale/retail distribution channels for the Brand, acting as a master distributor.  S1 Brands provides sales and marketing on behalf of the Brand to its vast network of national wholesalers and retailers and provides purchase order financing to assist the Brand in fulfilling every order.  Premier Beverage Consortium LLC, is a wholly-owned subsidiary and is brand building for the global spirits market with its flagship "Ready to Drink" product called Doc Wylder's.  HS Brands Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary and is brand building for the global Hemp Smokes market with the launch of multiple premium products such as Primero Hemp Smokes and Suede Hemp Smokes.  Ownership of the Brand combined with distribution, digital marketing innovation, and capital is the winning formula to build the next billion-dollar Brand. To learn more, please visit www.sponsorsone.com  

Contact: info@sponsorsone.com

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Gary Bartholomew, Executive Chairman

The Canadian Securities Exchange ("CSE") has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this Press Release.

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• risks associated with marketing and sale of securities 

• the need for additional financing requirements and access to capital, reliance on key personnel 

• the potential for conflicts of interest among certain officers or directors with certain other projects 

• the volatility of the volume and price of the Common Shares, the failure of the business strategy, the integrity of the Company's patents and proprietary intellectual property and competition. 

The Company cautions that the foregoing list of risk factors is not exhaustive and is subject to change and there can be no assurance that such assumptions will reflect the actual outcome of such items or factors. When relying on the Company's forward-looking statements and information to make decisions, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors, and other uncertainties and potential events, including the risk factors, set out in the Company's Listing Statement. The Company has assumed a certain progression, which may not be realized. It has also assumed that the material factors referred to above will not cause such forward-looking statements and information to differ materially from actual results or events.

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