Boustead’s IPO Client Hempacco and Snoop Dogg Create Joint Venture to Launch Consumer Goods Powerhouse of Hemp and Hemp-Derived Products

Irvine, CA – February 7, 2023 – Boustead Securities, LLC (“Boustead”) IPO client Hempacco Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: HPCO) (“Hempacco” or the “Company”), a vertically integrated hemp manufacturing company, partners with entertainment icon and entrepreneur Calvin Broadus, Jr. p/k/a “Snoop Dogg” to develop a consumer-packaged goods line under the new company HPDG, LLC, furthering Hempacco’s mission of Disrupting Tobacco™.

HPDG, LLC, a newly formed California limited liability company, is owned by Hempacco and Snoop Dogg and will develop, manufacture, and market a line of various consumer packaged goods, including smokable hemp products, hemp paper, blunts, vapes, and edibles.

“I’ve been looking for the best team out there to produce hemp products with me, and this team has it all – the science, innovation, and the reach. I am excited to offer my Snoop Dogg products to my fans across the country through this partnership … and this is just the beginning,” said Snoop Dogg.

Hempacco not only supplies and produces rolling papers for some of the largest brands in the world but also has extensive R&D capabilities with its team of chemists and innovative services, including vending machine kiosks. Hempacco operates out of a 50K square foot facility which is NSF, GMP, and FDA-certified (Certified Organic), ensuring the highest standards when it comes to consumer products.

“We are so honored and excited to partner with Snoop Dogg and to bring his vision of cannabis through our new joint venture with hemp products to all fifty states across the United States,” said Sandro Piancone, CEO of Hempacco. “We will bring and use our technology for hemp smokables, hemp paper, and our technology for low odor smell and flavoring of terpenes both on the flower and the filters and work with him to design exciting new products for the marketplace.”

About Hempacco

Hempacco Co., Inc.’s goal is Disrupting Tobacco’s™ nearly $1 trillion industry with herb and hemp-based alternatives to nicotine cigarettes by manufacturing and marketing herb, spice, and cannabinoid smokables and rolling paper. Hempacco owns The Real Stuff™ functional hemp cigarette and rolling paper brand.

Hempacco’s operational segments include:

1. Manufacturing of smokables and hemp rolling paper
2. Smokable technology development
3. The Real Stuff™ brand of functional smokables and rolling paper

Learn more at www.hempaccoinc.com

Order products at https://realstuffsmokables.com/

About Snoop Dogg

An Entertainment Industry Mogul, Snoop Dogg has reigned for nearly three decades as an unparalleled force who has raised the bar as a globally recognized innovator. Snoop Dogg is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, DJ, media personality, businessman, and Icon. In addition to his extensive work in music, Snoop Dogg is a serial entrepreneur with endeavors in Web 3.0, tech, entertainment, lifestyle, global consumer brands, food/beverage, and cannabis industries.

About Boustead Securities, LLC

Boustead Securities, LLC is an investment banking firm that executes and advises on IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, capital raises and restructuring assignments in a wide array of industries, geographies and transactions, for a broad client base. Boustead’s core value proposition is the ability to create opportunity through innovative solutions and tenacious execution. With experienced professionals in the United States, Boustead’s team moves quickly and provides a broad spectrum of sophisticated financial advice and services. Boustead is a majority-owned subsidiary of Boustead & Company Limited, a diversified non-bank financial institution. For more information visit please visit: www.boustead1828.com

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