AKR Ackroo Inc

Ackroo Inc. (TSX-V: AKR; OTC: AKRFF) (the “Company”), a loyalty marketing, payments and point-of-sale technology and services provider, announces changes to their board of Directors. Each of Francis Shen, Jason Donville and Kristaps Ronka will step down from the board effective immediately to be replaced by new board members.

“As we look forward with Ackroo, we collectively agreed to make changes to our Board of Directors to align with our strategic direction,” said Steve Levely, CEO of Ackroo. “We felt that the vision would be best served with attracting new board members with strong strategic alignment as we plan for the next phase of growth at Ackroo. I would like to thank each of Kristaps, Jason and Francis for their involvement and support of Ackroo and wish them the best of luck with their other endeavors.”

The company has already identified qualified candidates who have skills and experiences that are highly relevant to advance Ackroo’s vision and expects to announce new additions to its Board of Directors in the coming weeks.

About Ackroo

Through vendor and industry consolidation, Ackroo provides marketing, payment and point-of-sale solutions for merchants of all sizes. Ackroo’s self-serve, data driven, cloud-based marketing platform helps merchants in-store and online process and manage loyalty, gift card and promotional transactions at the point of sale. Ackroo’s payment services provide merchants with low-cost payment processing options through some of the world’s largest payment technology and service providers. Ackroo’s hybrid management and point-of-sale solutions help manage and optimize the general operations for niche industry’s including golf clubs, automotive dealers and more. All solutions are focused on helping to consolidate, simplify and improve the merchant marketing, payments and point-of sale ecosystem for their clients. Ackroo is headquartered in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. For more information, visit: www.ackroo.com.

For further information, please contact:

Steve LevelyChief Executive Officer | AckrooTel: 416-360-5619 x730Email: slevely@ackroo.com

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