Eight Capital Ptnrs. - Delay to the publication of accounts & Suspension

01 July 2024

Eight Capital Partners plc

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

Temporary Suspension of trading on AQSE Growth Market pending publication of 2023 Annual Report & Accounts

Eight Capital Partners plc (AQSE: ECP), the financial services operating company that aims to grow revenue through businesses engaged in "Fintech" operations including in the digital banking and lending sectors, announces a delay to the completion and publication of its audited Annual Report and Accounts for the year to 31 December 2023. 

Accordingly, the Company no longer expects to be able to publish the 2023 Annual Report by 30 June 2024. Pursuant to Rule 5.1 of the AQSE Growth Market Rules, trading in the Company's ordinary shares on the AQSE Growth Market will be suspended with effect from 7.30 a.m. on 1 July 2024, pending publication of its 2023 Annual Report and Accounts.

The Company anticipates that it will be in a position to publish its final results shortly, following which trading in its shares will be restored.

A further announcement will be made in due course.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of the UK Market Abuse Regulation and the Directors of the Company are responsible for the release of this announcement.

About Eight Capital Partners:

Eight Capital partners plc is a financial services operating company that aims to grow revenue through businesses engaged in "Fintech" operations including in the digital banking and lending sectors.

ECP seeks to grow its group revenue in these high growth fintech sub-sectors, which it expects to also increase in value, such that they generate an attractive rate of return for shareholders, predominantly through capital appreciation.

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 focuses on investments in Europe which are linked to technological developments in the financial services industry. www.innovfinance.com