Eight Capital Partners PLC Subsidiary Board Appointment

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Eight Capital Partners PLC

01 July 2022

1 July 2022

Eight Capital Partners plc

("ECP", "Eight Capital" or "the Company")

Subsidiary Board Appointment

Eight Capital (AQSE: ECP), the financial services fintech operating group that aims to source and deliver tech, fintech and other on-trend-sector transactions, is pleased to announce that its wholly owned independent corporate advisory subsidiary, Innovative Finance Srl ("InnFin"), has appointed Mr Luciano Maranzana to its board as Managing Director.

Mr Maranzana, 59, has enjoyed a highly successful professional career spanning nearly 30 years, primarily in real estate asset management including as managing Director, Italy and Spain for UK property group, Hammerson plc and as Fund Manager at Pirelli Real Estate Sgr. where he was responsible for a EUR750 million quoted real estate fund, launching, structuring and managing the property portfolio, investor relations and liquidity investments/divestments.

From 2005 to 2016 Mr Maranzana was Managing Director of Valore Reale Sgr Spa, a closed-end real estate fund management company, where under his leadership, the company grew from 5 to over 30 employees with 20 funds underwritten and fully invested with combined assets under management of more than EUR1.8 billion. Latterly, he was Development and Asset manager for Europa Risorse

He joins from Negentropy Capital Partners Italia, a London-based alternative investment management and advisory company focussed on opportunistic credit and real estate assets where he was a Director.

Commenting on Mr Maranzana's appointment, Eight Capital Executive Chairman, Dominic White said:

"I am delighted to welcome Luciano to the Innovative Finance Board, where his extensive cross-border asset management and portfolio investment experience and expertise will not only greatly strengthen the Innovative Finance offering. but will also add new, complementary skills the wider Group as we continue to transform and grow ECP into an international financial services operating business."

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About Eight Capital Partners:

Eight Capital Partners plc is an international financial services operating company focused on owning and operating businesses engaged in "Fintech" operations, from the digitisation of banking services, through to blockchain-backed decentralised finance companies and "crypto banks".

ECP provides equity, debt, and equity-related investment capital to companies seeking capital for growth and development, consolidation or acquisition, or pre-IPO financing. The Company seeks to generate an attractive rate of return for shareholders, predominantly through capital appreciation, by maximising the revenues, profits and value of its operating subsidiaries, and taking advantage of the increasing number of acquisition opportunities within the continuously developing global technology, media, telecoms and financial services sectors.

www.eight.capital

Eight Capital Partners operates two subsidiary businesses:

Epsion Capital:

Epsion Capital is an independent corporate advisory firm based in London with an extensive experience in UK and European capital markets. The team of senior and experienced ECM and M&A professionals is specialised across multiple markets, sectors and geographies and it prides itself on a commercial approach that allows the clients to achieve their growth ambitions. www.epsioncapital.com

Innovative Finance:

Innovative Finance is a corporate finance advisory business that develops mergers and acquisitions and financing solutions across multiple sectors, primarily in Europe, with access to international transactions. It is currently working on transactions in the USA and Europe which are linked to technological developments in the financial services industry, AI, cybersecurity, e-commerce and cannabis. www.innovfinance.com

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