API Technologies Receives New $2.1M Order for Optical Network Solutions

API Technologies Corp.

("API" or the "Company"), a leading provider of high performance RF/microwave, power, and security solutions for critical and high-reliability applications, today announced that it has received a new $2.1 million Power and Electromagnetic Integrated Solutions (EIS) order from a leading optical network company, host to the world's largest wireless, broadband, and telecom providers. The -48V DC Power Distribution Units are an integrated API Technologies solution, aimed at ensuring consistent clean power to the Optical Transport Network (OTN) and preventing system outages. The solution incorporates soft start, surge suppression, alarming, and EMI filtering capabilities to provide EMC protection and ensure consistent performance. “Consumers demand reliable access to mobile and broadband resources and our customers are under considerable pressure to deliver a high level of performance,” said Leonardo Marsala, General Manager, Power Solutions, API Technologies. “We are pleased our products serve a critical role in delivering exceptional network performance to some of the world's largest companies.” API Technologies products are used to deliver power and ensure consistent performance for network infrastructure equipment spanning a variety of applications, including communications, defense, data storage, alternative energy, medical, and oil and gas. To learn more about API Technologies' power products for optical networks, go to http://power.apitech.com/optical-network-power-products. To explore Electromagnetic Integrated Solutions, visit http://eis.apitech.com. About API Technologies Corp. API Technologies

is an innovative designer and manufacturer of high performance systems, subsystems, modules, and components for technically demanding RF, microwave, millimeter wave, electromagnetic, power, and security applications. A high-reliability technology pioneer with over 70 years of heritage, API Technologies products are used by global defense, industrial, and commercial customers in the areas of commercial aerospace, wireless communications, medical, oil and gas, electronic warfare, unmanned systems, C4ISR, missile defense, harsh environments, satellites, and space. Learn more about API Technologies and our products at www.apitech.com. Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements Except for statements of historical fact, the information presented herein constitutes forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions, government regulations, our ability to integrate and consolidate our operations, our ability to expand our operations in both new and existing markets, the ability of our review of strategic alternatives to maximize stockholder value and the effect of growth on our infrastructure. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material aspects from those currently anticipated. The forward-looking statements in this news release should be read in conjunction with the more detailed descriptions of the above factors located in our Annual Report on Form 10-K under Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” as well as those additional factors we may describe from time to time in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information in this release is as of the date hereof. We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the Company's expectations. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.