J-Star Announces Approval of Dual Class Share Structure by Shareholders

TAICHUNG CITY, Taiwan, Dec. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- J-Star Holding Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:YMAT) ("J-Star" or the "Company"), a leading provider of innovative carbon fiber and composite solutions across a wide range of applications including personal sports equipment, healthcare products, automobile parts, resin systems, and research and development services, today announced the results of the shareholder votes from its 2025 general meeting of shareholders (the "Meeting"). The Meeting was conducted on December 9, 2025.

At the Meeting, shareholders of the Company approved the proposals that:

• The amendment of the Company's authorized share capital by:
  1. re-designating and re-classifying 17,200,387 issued ordinary shares of US$0.50 par value each (the "Ordinary Shares") as 17,200,387 Class A Ordinary Shares of US$0.50 par value each, with the rights of the existing Ordinary Shares remaining unchanged;
  2. re-designating and re-classifying 11,702,430 authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares of US$0.50 par value each as 11,702,430 Class A Ordinary Shares;
  3. cancelling 6,097,183 authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares and creating 6,097,183 Class B Ordinary Shares of US$0.50 par value each (each Class B Ordinary Share being entitled to ten (10) votes) (the "Share Capital Reorganisation").
• Increasing the authorized share capital of the Company, immediately following the Share Capital Reorganisation, from US$17,500,000 (divided into 28,902,817 Class A Ordinary Shares of US$0.50 each and 6,097,183 Class B Ordinary Shares of US$0.50 each) to US$65,000,000 (divided into 30,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of US$0.50 each and 100,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of US$0.50 each) by creating an additional 1,097,183 Class A Ordinary Shares and 93,902,817 Class B Ordinary Shares (the "Increase of Authorized Share Capital").
• Adoption of the Fifth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association ("Fifth Restated M&A") of the Company in substitution for the existing memorandum and articles of association, effective immediately after the Share Capital Reorganisation and Increase of Authorized Share Capital.
• The Company will repurchase 4,888,092 Class A Ordinary Shares held by New Moon Corporation and 1,209,091 Class A Ordinary Shares held by Mr. Jing-Bin Chiang, and issue 4,888,092 Class B Ordinary Shares to New Moon and 1,209,091 Class B Ordinary Shares to Mr. Chiang.
  
  
  
  

The Company plans to file the Fifth Restated M&A with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands on December 10, 2025, and expects that the re-classified Class A Ordinary Shares to commence trading on Nasdaq on or around December 11, 2025.

About J-Star Holding Co., Ltd.

J-Star (NASDAQ:YMAT) is a holding company with operations conducted through subsidiaries in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Samoa with its headquarters in Taiwan. J-Star's predecessor group was established in 1970, and has accumulated over 50 years of know-how in material composites industry. J-Star develops and commercializes the technology on carbon reinforcement and resin systems. With decades of experience and knowledge in composites and materials, J-Star is able to apply its expertise and technology to design and manufacture a great variety of lightweight, high-performance carbon composite products, ranging from key structural parts of electric bicycles and sports bicycles, rackets, automobile parts to healthcare products. Visit j-starholding.com and ymaunivers.com to learn more.

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