Burnaby, B.C. – Photon Control Inc. (“Photon Control” or the “Company”) (TSX?V: PHO), a leading

developer of optical measurement technologies, provides an update to the lawsuit commenced in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against Photon Control R&D Ltd. (“Photon R&D”) and others announced by news release dated August 23, 2016. On September 1 and 2, 2016, the Company applied to the Supreme Court of British Columbia for interlocutory relief pending trial of the action given certain threats made in writing by Photon R&D in July 2016.  In view of that letter and in order to protect the Company’s legitimate business interests, the Court issued an oral judgment pending the conclusion of the litigation or other resolution of the matter, directing among other things,  the following:

a) that Photon R&D not dispose of or encumber any of the intellectual property which is contested between Photon Control and Photon R&D other than in the ordinary course of its business; and

b) that Photon R&