Vivakor Receives Nasdaq Panel Approval for Path to Continued Listing, Upon Compliance by April 30, 2026

Dallas, TX, March 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vivakor, Inc. (OTC: VIVK) (“Vivakor” or the “Company”), an integrated provider of energy transportation, storage, reuse, and remediation services, is pleased to announce that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the "Panel") has granted the Company’s request for continued listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market, provided the Company regains compliance with Nasdaq’s $1.00 minimum bid price requirement by April 30, 2026 (the “Bid Price Rule”). To regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock must be $1.00 or greater for ten consecutive trading days.

Upon confirmation that the Company has satisfied the Bid Price Rule on or before April 30, 2026, Vivakor’s common stock will be reinstated to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market. Following reinstatement, the Company will be placed on a one-year Mandatory Panel Monitor in accordance with Nasdaq procedures.

Vivakor Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James Ballengee commented, “We appreciate the Nasdaq Hearings Panel’s decision and the opportunity to demonstrate compliance with the bid price requirement. Our team remains focused on executing our strategy and taking the necessary steps to restore trading on Nasdaq while continuing to build value across our integrated energy transportation and infrastructure platform.”

In addition to the providing the Company a path forward to reinstate listing its common stock on Nasdaq, the Nasdaq Hearing Panel decision acted as a Public Reprimand Letter for the Company’s failure to obtain the required approval of its shareholders prior to issuing shares of its common stock in excess of 19.99% of its common stock for certain financings in violation of Nasdaq Listing Rules..

About Vivakor, Inc.

Vivakor, Inc. is an integrated provider of sustainable energy transportation, storage, reuse, and remediation services, operating one of the largest fleets of oilfield trucking services in the continental United States. Its corporate mission is to develop, acquire, accumulate, and operate assets, properties, and technologies in the energy sector. Vivakor’s integrated facilities assets provide crude oil and produced water gathering, storage, transportation, reuse, and remediation services under long-term contracts.

Once operational, Vivakor's oilfield waste remediation facilities will facilitate the recovery, reuse, and disposal of petroleum byproducts and oilfield waste products.

For more information, please visit our website: http://vivakor.com

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These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties discussed in Vivakor's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which factors may be incorporated herein by reference. Actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially, and potentially adversely, from any projections and forward-looking statements and the assumptions on which those forward-looking statements are based. There can be no assurance that the data contained herein is reflective of future performance to any degree. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a predictor of future performance as projected financial information and other information are based on estimates and assumptions that are inherently subject to various significant risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. All information set forth herein speaks only as of the date hereof in the case of information about Vivakor and the Endeavor Entities or the date of such information in the case of information from persons other than Vivakor and the Endeavor Entities, and we disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this communication. Forecasts and estimates regarding the Endeavor Entities industries and markets are based on sources we believe to be reliable; however, there can be no assurance these forecasts and estimates will prove accurate in whole or in part.

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