Uranium Energy (UEC) Announces Receipt of New Denison Proposal to Acquire UEX Corporation

Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE American: UEC) (the "Company" or "UEC") announces that it has received a notice from UEX Corporation ("UEX") that Denison Mines Corp. ("Denison") has made a new non-binding proposal to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of UEX ("UEX Shares") pursuant to a plan of arrangement (the "New Denison Proposal"). UEX has further advised UEC that the board of directors of UEX (the "UEX Board") has determined to unilaterally postpose the special meeting of securityholders of UEX originally scheduled for today, Tuesday, August 9, 2022 to Monday, August 15, 2022 to consider whether the New Denison Proposal constitutes a "Superior Proposal" as defined in the arrangement agreement dated June 13, 2022, as amended June 23, 2022 and August 5, 2022, among UEX, UEC and the UEC 2022 Acquisition Corp. (the "Arrangement Agreement").

Amir Adnani, President and CEO, stated "The new non-binding Denison offer is 5% more dilutive to its shareholders compared to UEC's superior bid. The Denison offer is also inferior as it introduces deal uncertainties for UEX shareholders, that is why we are extremely disappointed in the actions of the UEX board in delaying the shareholder vote. More than 38% of eligible securities have already voted on the UEC proposal with 93.4% voting in favour. We look forward to new shareholder meeting at or earlier than August 15, 2022. As previously mentioned, UEC's accepted offer doubles UEC's uranium resource at only 14.2% dilution to our existing shareholders on a pro forma basic shares basis."

UEC's offer and amended agreement announced on August 8, 2022 is superior to the New Denison Proposal in all respects:

• Superior Financial Consideration. The implied value of The New Denison Proposal is not reflective of Denison's current share price given the 20% dilution Denison would undertake if it were to complete a transaction with UEX.
• Quicker Path to Completion. UEX securityholders were scheduled to vote on UEC's proposed acquisition of the UEX Shares based on the Revised UEC Offer on Tuesday August 9, 2022, with closing of the transaction (subject to court approval and the satisfaction or waiver of closing conditions customary for a transaction of this nature) anticipated within days of the UEX securityholder vote.
• New Denison Proposal is Financially Inferior, Uncertain and Remains Subject to the Execution of a Definitive Agreement. The Denison Proposal, remains subject to, among other things, the execution of a definitive agreement, the preparation of an information circular providing disclosure on the proposed transaction, court and regulatory approvals, and the calling of a new securityholders meeting to approve the transaction. As such, a closing of any deal with Denison is likely to take UEX shareholders into Q4 2022.

Under the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, if the UEX Board determines that the New Denison Proposal is a Superior Proposal and makes a determination to accept, approve, recommend or enter into an agreement in respect of the New Denison Proposal, UEX is required to immediately provide notice to UEC, upon receipt of which UEC has the right, for a period of five business days from receipt of UEX's notice, to offer to amend the terms of the Arrangement Agreement. In the event that UEC elects not to offer to amend the Arrangement Agreement and if UEX terminates the Arrangement Agreement in order to enter into an agreement with Denison, then UEX is required to pay to UEC a termination fee in the amount of US$8.8 million.

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