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PURSUANT TO THE MARKET ABUSE (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS
(SI 2019/310) ("UK
MAR").
6 February
2025

Codex Acquisitions
plc
Entry into Acquisition
Agreement and Update
Codex Acquisitions plc (LSE: CODX)
("Company" or "Codex") is pleased to announce that it
has entered into an English law governed acquisition
agreement (cast as a deed)
with certain vendors, dated 5 February 2024, to acquire the entire
share capital of Technologies New Energy S.A. ("TNE"), a sociedade anónima incorporated in
Portugal operating in the renewable energy sector, for £28,000,000
to be settled by way of the issue and allotment of new ordinary
shares of nominal value £0.10 each in the capital of the Company
("Ordinary Shares") at a
reference price of £0.20 per share ("Acquisition"), conditional on admission
of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company to listing on
the equity shares (transition) category of the Official List of the
Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") ("ES(T)C Listing") and to trading on the
main market for listed securities ("Main Market") of London Stock Exchange
plc ("London Stock
Exchange") ("Admission").
The Acquisition Agreement contains
an Admission long stop date of 28 February 2025 (which may be
extended by mutual agreement of the parties).
The Company has also entered into an English law
governed amendment (cast as a deed), dated
5 February 2025 ("FAA Deed of
Amendment") to the financial advisory agreement, dated 2 March 2022
("Financial Advisory
Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company will pay Codex
Capital Partners Limited ("Codex
Capital") the previously agreed amount of £107,000 (plus
value added tax) transaction success fee 12 months after
Admission in such instalments as deemed
reasonable by the Company in light of the enlarged group's working
capital position from time to time, rather than on
Admission.
The Company continues to
constructively engage with the FCA with respect to the approval of
its prospectus relating to, inter
alia, the Acquisition and Admission, and the eligibility for
an ES(T)C Listing of the enlarged group, and to progress with
associated workstreams.
The Company intends to proceed as
quickly as possible towards Admission, however, there can be no
certainty that Admission will occur or, therefore, that the
Acquisition will be completed.
Prior to Admission, the Company will
pre-emptively change its name, logo, TIDM and website - details of
which will be announced in due course. The Company's LEI
(213800VBVRGDTYL9Y928), and the Ordinary Shares' ISIN
(GB00BNVRHQ51) and SEDOL code (BNVRHQ5) shall not be
affected.
Further announcements will be made
in due course, as appropriate.
Julio Perez, Non-Executive Director of the
Company, said: "We are excited to announce
the execution of the Acquisition Agreement, which marks a critical
milestone in connection with TNE's listing on the Main Market of
the London Stock Exchange by way of a reverse
takeover. We are committed to
successfully finalising this transaction and look forward to our
ongoing collaboration with TNE."
Ricardo Eiras, CTO of TNE,
said: "TNE remains fully
committed to completing this transaction with Codex and values
their consistent cooperation and support throughout this
process."
For the purposes of UK MAR, the
person responsible for arranging release of this announcement on
behalf of the Company is Julio Perez, Non-Executive
Director.
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Enquiries:
Codex Acquisitions plc
Julio Perez,
Non-Executive Director
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Tel: +44 (0)20 8682 0582
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP is acting as legal
adviser.
Important legal Information
Entry by the Company and Codex
Capital into the FAA Deed of Amendment constitutes a material
change to the terms of the Financial Advisory Agreement,
Accordingly, Kate Osborne and Julio Perez, as independent directors
of the Company ("Independent
Directors") (excluding James Lawson-Brown who is a statutory
director of Codex Capital, who is a "related party" (as such term
is defined in International Financial Reporting Standards as
adopted in the UK)) have complied with the material related party
transaction requirements in DTR 7.3. The Independent Directors
determined the entry by the Company into the FAA Deed of Amendment
to be fair and reasonable from the perspective of the Company and
its holders of Ordinary Shares who are not related
parties.
The information contained in this
Announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport
to be full or complete, nor does this Announcement constitute or
form part of any invitation or inducement to engage in investment
activity. No reliance may be placed by any person for any purpose
on the information contained in this Announcement or its accuracy,
fairness, or completeness. The contents of this Announcement are
not to be construed as legal, financial or tax advice.
This Announcement may include
forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations
and projections about future events. These statements may include,
without limitation, any statements preceded by, followed by or
including words such as "target", "believe", "expect", "aim",
"intend", "may", "anticipate", "estimate", "plan", "project",
"will", "can have", "likely", "should", "would", "could" and any
other words and terms of similar meaning or the negative thereof.
These forward-looking statements are subject to risks,
uncertainties and assumptions about the Company, TNE, the
Acquisition and Admission. In light of these risks, uncertainties
and assumptions, the events in the forward-looking statements may
not occur. Past performance cannot be relied upon as a guide to
future performance and should not be taken as a representation that
trends or activities underlying past performance will continue in
the future. No representation or warranty is made or will be made
that any forward-looking statement will come to pass. The
forward-looking statements in this Announcement speak only as at
the date of this Announcement.