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The Alkaline Water Company Inc.
 (NASDAQ: WTER) (CSE: WTER)

Founded in 2012, The Alkaline Water Company Inc. (NASDAQ: WTER) (CSE: WTER) is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. Its flagship product, Alkaline88®, is a leading premier alkaline water brand available in bulk and single-serve sizes, along with eco-friendly aluminum packaging options. With its innovative, state-of-the-art proprietary electrolysis process, Alkaline88® delivers perfect 8.8 pH balanced alkaline drinking water with trace minerals and electrolytes and boasts the company’s trademarked label ‘Clean Beverage’. Quickly being recognized as a growing lifestyle brand, Alkaline88® launched A88 Infused™ in 2019 to meet consumer demand for flavor-infused products. A88 Infused™ flavored water is available in six unique all-natural flavors, with new flavors coming soon. Additionally, in 2020, the company launched the A88CBD™ brand, featuring a broad line of topical and ingestible products. These products are made with lab-tested full and broad-spectrum hemp and include salves, balms, lotions, essential oils, bath-salts, CBD infused drinks, tinctures, capsules, gummies and powder packs.

Investment Considerations

• The Alkaline Water Company Inc. is a leading producer of premium bottled alkaline and flavored water sold under the brand names Alkaline88® and A88 Infused™, respectively.
• The company has become known for its innovative, state-of-the-art proprietary electrolysis beverage process that enhances its products with trace Himalayan minerals and electrolytes and delivers perfect 8.8 pH balanced alkaline drinking water.
• The company’s two leading products – Alkaline88 and A88 Infused – are available at more than 70,000 major retail locations across the United States.
• The Alkaline Water Company reported record sales in March and April 2020, surpassing March and April 2019 numbers by 114% and 171% respectively.
• The company recently launched a new product line: A88CBD. This line of CBD-infused products includes tinctures, capsules, gummies, salves, balms, hand and foot lotions, essential oils, bath bombs and bath salts, as well as CBD-infused drinks, water and beverage shots.
• The Alkaline Water Company has implemented an aggressive growth strategy with numerous organic initiatives focused on national, multichannel mass-market expansion.
• Annual bottled water sales have now surpassed soda consumption. Some research indicates that the global bottled water market will reach an estimated $280 billion this year, while the CBD market is forecast to top $20 billion by 2024.

Recent Coverage

InvestorNewsBreaks - The Alkaline Water Company Inc.'s (NASDAQ: WTER) (CSE: WTER) Alkaline88(R) Now Ranks as Country's 8th Largest Enhanced Water

September 29, 2021 9:45 AM

The Alkaline Water Company (NASDAQ: WTER) (CSE: WTER), the country’s largest independent alkaline water company and The Clean Beverage Company(TM), today shared highlights from the most recent Nielsen data for the 52-week and four-week periods ending Sept. 11, 2021. According to the four-week data, Alkaline88(R) is now the 8th largest enhanced water in the country in the all-important grocery channel. The company’s unit growth in grocery outpaces the entire category by 12.6 times over the last year and 32 times over the past four weeks. “The Alkaline Water Company continues to grow and gain market share in the value-added water category,” said WTER president and CEO Ricky Wright. “According to Nielsen total U.S. food data for the 52-week period ended Sept. 11, 2021, we’re outpacing the category growth by 2.8x in dollar volume and 12.6x in unit volume. Over the past four-week period, the company has improved its position even further, becoming the eighth largest company in the category after surpassing LifeWTR, a PepsiCo brand. We are outpacing the category by 23.8% in dollar volume and 31% in unit volume. Over the past four weeks, growth has accelerated, and we are back within our 35-50% target growth range. Our overall dollar volume growth is 39.4% compared to this same period a year ago and we’ve also picked up .6% in market share, outperforming all but one of the other top-ten brands.”

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