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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BROADWIND, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001120370
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NONFERROUS FOUNDRIES (CASTINGS) [3360]
		IRS NUMBER:				880409160
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		STREET 1:		3240 S. CENTRAL AVENUE
		CITY:			CICERO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60804
		BUSINESS PHONE:		708-780-4800

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		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60804

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BROADWIND ENERGY, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20080304

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TOWER TECH HOLDINGS INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20060210

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BLACKFOOT ENTERPRISES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000726

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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WM Argyle Fund, LLC
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<DESCRIPTION>DEFINITIVE ADDITIONAL PROXY SOLICITING MATERIALS
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<p style="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">On
May 15, 2023, WM Argyle Fund, LLC issued the following press release:</font></p>

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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><b>WM
Argyle Urges Broadwind Stockholders to Reject Flawed Analysis by Proxy Advisors</b></font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Milwaukee,
WI &#8211; May 15, 2023 &#8211; WM Argyle Fund, LLC (&#8220;WM Argyle&#8221; or the &#8220;Fund&#8221;), one of the largest investors
in Broadwind, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWEN) (&#8220;Broadwind&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) today urged stockholders to reject the recommendations
of proxy advisors ISS and Glass Lewis concerning the election of Broadwind&#8217;s Board of Directors.</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Stockholders
should make their own considered judgment and not blindly follow the proxy advisors&#8217; narrow, formulaic, and management-biased approach.</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Most
significantly, the proxy advisors failed to consider Broadwind&#8217;s weak first-quarter earnings report. The Company took a $3.2 million
tax credit in the quarter that masked yet another operating loss &#8211; a fact not considered by either advisory firm. Even worse, Broadwind
burned $11 million in cash during the quarter, leaving just $1.7 million in cash on hand.</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Both
proxy advisors use flawed methodologies that emphasize performance relative to peers, which can make weak performance appear better.
As a significant stockholder in Broadwind, we care about absolute performance and making the Company profitable.</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">While
we disagree with the advisors&#8217; voting recommendations, we were pleased that they recognized the validity of many of our criticisms
of the Board, its governance practices and its three long-tenured directors.</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">For
example, ISS<sup>1</sup> noted that:</font></p>

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<td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></td><td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&bull;</font></td><td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#8220;Performance
                                            over longer horizons is disappointing, and BWEN has historically struggled with profitability.&#8221;</font></td></tr></table>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></td><td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&bull;</font></td><td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#8220;&#8230;the
                                            recent [Board] additions could credibly be interpreted as reactive to the dissident's campaign.&#8221;</font></td></tr></table>

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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Glass
Lewis<sup>1 </sup>said:</font></p>

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<td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></td><td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&bull;</font></td><td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#8220;On
                                            board composition, we are sympathetic to the Dissident&#8217;s concerns regarding the tenures
                                            of Mr. Wagner and Mr. Reiland, who have served on the board for 12 and 15 years, respectively.&#8221;</font></td></tr></table>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></td><td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&bull;</font></td><td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#8220;Commenting
                                            on executive compensation, we echo the Dissident&#8217;s concerns with the upward adjustment
                                            to the payout of certain 2021 short-term incentive awards.&#8221;</font></td></tr></table>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></td><td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&bull;</font></td><td style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#8220;We
                                            believe there is some validity to certain of the Dissident&#8217;s more targeted points regarding
                                            performance&#8230;&#8221;</font></td></tr></table>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
agree with the proxy firms that the future of Broadwind is bright. That is why we cannot leave it in the hands of directors who have
failed stockholders for so long.</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">For
this reason, we urge stockholders to vote <b>FOR</b> our three candidates for the Board &#8211; Ryan Bogenschneider, Christine Candela
and James Robinson IV -- and to <b>WITHHOLD</b> their votes on the three opposed directors - David P. Reiland, Thomas A. Wagner and Cary
B. Wood - who are most responsible for Broadwind&#8217;s years-long underperformance.</font></p>

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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><sup>1
</sup>Permission to quote from the ISS or Glass Lewis report was neither sought nor obtained.</font></p>
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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><b>Additional
information regarding the WM Argyle Fund&#8217;s director nominees and its plan to improve Broadwind can be found at&nbsp;www.BWEN2023.com.</b></font></p>
<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><b></b></font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><b>About
WM Argyle Fund</b></font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">WM
Argyle Fund, LLC, which owns 207,200 of the outstanding common shares of Broadwind, Inc., is an investment fund specifically created
to invest in Broadwind. We believe the Company has been underperforming due to strategic errors, operational inefficiencies, and inattentive
governance. We are looking to ensure the long-term performance of the Company by reconstituting the Broadwind Board with new members.</font></p>

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Information</b></font></p>

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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.25in; background-color: #FEFEFE"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">WM
Argyle Fund, LLC, Jay Douglas Armburger, Ryan Bogenschneider, Christine M. Candela and James M. Robinson IV (collectively, the &#8220;Participants&#8221;)
have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) a definitive proxy statement and accompanying form of
GREEN universal proxy card to be used in connection with the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Broadwind, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;).
Information about the Participants and a description of their direct or indirect interests by security holdings is contained in the definitive
proxy statement filed by the Participants with the SEC. All stockholders of the Company are advised to read the definitive proxy statement
and other documents related to the solicitation of proxies by the Participants when they become available, as they will contain important
information, including additional information related to the Participants. The definitive proxy statement and an accompanying GREEN universal
proxy card will be furnished to some or all of the Company&#8217;s stockholders and are, along with other relevant documents, available
at no charge on the SEC website at <u>http://www.sec.gov/</u>.</font></p>

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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">InvestorCom
LLC<br >
John Glenn Grau, 203-972-9300<br >
<u>info@investor-com.com</u></font></p>

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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><b>Media</b></font></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Mahony
Partners<br >
Richard Mahony, 917-257-6811<br >
<u>info@mahonypartners.com</u></font></p>

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                                            you have any questions, require assistance with voting your proxy card,</i></font></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><i>or
    need additional copies of proxy material, please contact InvestorCom LLC</i></font></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><b><i>InvestorCom
    LLC</i></b></font></p>
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    CT 06820</font></p>
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