Acquired Sales Corp. Raises Capital at $3.18 Per Share

Acquired Sales Corp. (AQSP) today announced that it has completed the conversion of an aggregate of $381,113.41 of debt owed by it and by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cogility Software Corporation ("Cogility"), into 111,986 shares of common stock of AQSP, and that AQSP has sold 15,724 shares of its common stock for $50,000 in cash. AQSP also disclosed that it has agreed to purchase, when it is financially able to do so, a total of $525,000 of Cogility's debt in exchange for $262,500 in cash plus 82,548 shares of AQSP common stock. All of these transactions value AQSP's common stock at $3.18 per share.

Gerard M. Jacobs, CEO of AQSP and the former CEO of Metal Management, Inc. (NASDAQ) and Think Partnership, Inc. (AMEX), stated, "These transactions significantly deleverage AQSP's consolidated balance sheet, and give an indication of the shareholder value that we anticipate being created by our Cogility Software Corporation subsidiary (www.cogility.com) and by our pending acquisition of Defense Security & Technology Group, LLC (www.dstechgroup.com)."

About Acquired Sales Corp.

Acquired Sales Corp., Lake Forest, IL, owns Big Data management and Complex Event Processing analytics leader Cogility Software Corporation, San Jose, CA. AQSP has also signed a letter of intent to acquire Defense & Security Technology Group, LLC, Chantilly, VA, which collaborates with clients in supporting a number of programs across the military, intelligence, law enforcement, and commercial communities to help their leaders make distinctive decisions leading to substantial improvements in enterprise performance.

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