Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - January 16, 2026) - Cardiol Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDL) (TSX: CRDL) ("Cardiol" or the "Company"), a late-stage life sciences company focused on advancing the development of anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic therapies for heart disease, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with a sole underwriter and sole bookrunner pursuant to which the underwriter (the "Underwriter") has agreed to purchase for resale 10,384,616 units of the Company (the "Units") at a price of $1.30 per Unit (the "Offering Price") on a "bought deal" basis in a private placement offering ("Offering") for gross proceeds of $13.5 million. The Company has also granted the Underwriter the option to purchase up to an additional 10% of the number of Units sold in the Offering, being up to 1,038,462 Units, at the Offering Price to raise additional gross proceeds of up to $1,350,000, exercisable in whole or in part at any time up to 48 hours prior to the closing of the Offering to cover over-allotments, if any.