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Fermi Files Definitive Consent Revocation Statement and Mails Letter to ShareholdersNo Special Meeting of Shareholders Has Been Called Toby Neugebauer Currently Does Not Have the Required Support to Call a Special Meeting of Shareholders Board Urges All Fermi Shareholders to Protect Their Investment by Returning the WHITE Consent Revocation Card Emphasizes Strong Momentum Behind Fermi 2.0 and Continued Advancement of Project Matador DALLAS, June 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Fermi Inc. (NASDAQ: FRMI) (LSE: FRMI), operating as Fermi America™ ("Fermi" or the "Company"), today announced that it is mailing a Consent Revocation Statement to shareholders enclosing a WHITE Consent Revocation Card in response to the consent solicitation by former Chief Executive Officer Toby Neugebauer seeking to call a Special Meeting of Shareholders ("Special Meeting").
The Company noted that at this time no Special Meeting has been called, as Mr. Neugebauer, who was terminated for cause, currently does not have the support required to call a Special Meeting. As a result, no Special Meeting date has been set for July 15, 2026, and no notice of a Special Meeting has been issued. If a Special Meeting is called, notice will be given by the Company in accordance with the Bylaws. The Board of Directors strongly urges all Fermi shareholders to sign, date and return the WHITE Consent Revocation Card to support the Company's continued execution of Fermi 2.0 and to protect the long-term value of their investment. PLEASE DO NOT SIGN OR RETURN ANY GREEN AGENT DESIGNATION CARDS sent to you by Toby R. Neugebauer, Vicksburg Investments Management LLC and Melissa A. Neugebauer 2020 Trust. The full text of Fermi's letter to shareholders is as follows: June 15, 2026 Dear Fermi Shareholder: Fermi is building on its entrepreneurial foundation and scaling the business to support long-term growth and execution. The Company is seeing real results across the business and achieving major construction, regulatory and financing milestones. Despite this meaningful momentum, Fermi's former CEO, Toby Neugebauer, is soliciting support to obtain the authority to call a Special Meeting in the hopes of filling the Fermi Board of Directors with his own hand-picked nominees to advance his personal agenda at your expense. TOBY NEUGEBAUER SHOULD NOT BE TRUSTED TO OVERSEE YOUR INVESTMENT The Board removed Mr. Neugebauer as CEO on April 17, 2026. An Independent Committee of the Board with guidance from an independent outside counsel subsequently terminated him for cause for the following reasons:
During Mr. Neugebauer's tenure, Fermi's stock declined more than 80% from its IPO. Now, he is trying to wrest back control of Fermi to force a sale at a price that is far below Fermi's intrinsic value. This would serve only to benefit a select few, namely Mr. Neugebauer and his affiliates, who received their stock pre-IPO for consideration at less than $0.01 per share, while locking in substantial losses for Fermi's public shareholders. At this time, you are being asked solely if you want the distraction of a Special Meeting a few months before our Annual Meeting. Mr. Neugebauer and his affiliates control approximately 40% of Fermi's shares and only need 50.1% of shareholders to support his solicitation. This is why Fermi's Board of Directors and management team strongly urge you to sign, date and return the WHITE Consent Revocation Card. By returning a WHITE card, you communicate that you want Fermi's Board and management team to remain focused on what matters most: maximizing long-term shareholder value by advancing tenant negotiations, executing construction milestones, hiring a permanent world-class CEO to lead Fermi into the future and scaling Project Matador into a generational asset. FERMI 2.0 IS DELIVERING TANGIBLE RESULTS AND GATHERING MOMENTUM Since Mr. Neugebauer's termination, commercial momentum has strengthened and engagement with prospective tenants and strategic partners has reaccelerated, reinforcing confidence in Fermi's strategyand our ability to deliver long-term shareholder value. Today, Fermi has:
Although no assurances can be made, the Company is increasingly confident it will announce one or more transactions with a tenant and/or joint venture partner. The Company urges shareholders not to support Mr. Neugebauer's actions when it is at a critical inflection point for delivering significant long-term value-enhancing benefits to its shareholders. DESPITE CLAIMS FROM MR. NEUGEBAUER, A SPECIAL MEETING HAS NOT BEEN CALLED While Mr. Neugebauer has suggested that a Special Meeting could be held on or around July 15, 2026, it is important to clarify that no Special Meeting has been called. Mr. Neugebauer currently does not have the support required to call a Special Meeting. No Special Meeting date has been set, and no notice of a Special Meeting has been issued. Shareholders should continue to rely only on formal communications from the Company and should not assume that a Special Meeting will occur on July 15 or any other date. As indicated above, in the weeks since Mr. Neugebauer's removal, the Company has remained actively engaged with a number of potential strategic counterparties regarding opportunities that could deliver substantial value to Fermi shareholders. The Company remains focused on pursuing opportunities that could meaningfully accelerate Project Matador's development and believes Mr. Neugebauer's efforts are destructive to these efforts. In addition, while the Board has determined that a forced sale at the Company's current valuation is not in shareholders' best interests, it has never taken the position that a sale would not be considered under the right circumstances. In fact, the Board has consistently stated that it would carefully consider all options to generate the highest level of long-term shareholder value. REJECT MR. NEUGEBAUER'S ATTEMPT TO IMPOSE HIS SELF-INTERESTED AND VALUE DESTRUCTIVE AGENDA ON THE COMPANY Do not entrust your investment in the Company to Mr. Neugebauer, and DO NOT SIGN OR RETURN ANY GREEN CONSENT CARDS. You have an important stake in our Company and in our future. Regardless of the number of shares you own, it is important for all Fermi shareholders to sign, date and return the WHITE Consent Revocation Card and discard Mr. Neugebauer's Green Consent Card. Thank you for your support. Sincerely, The Board of Directors Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. are serving as legal counsel to the Company. Fermi has also retained Alex Spiro of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan to assist with certain litigation matters. About Fermi America™ Forward-Looking Statements Additional Information and Where to Find It INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY THE CONSENT REVOCATION STATEMENT AND ANY SUCH DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) FILED BY FERMI AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ANY SOLICITATION. Investors and security holders may obtain copies of these documents and other documents filed with the SEC by Fermi free of charge through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed by Fermi are also available free of charge by accessing Fermi's website at www.fermiamerica.com. Participants in the Solicitation Contacts Media
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