11 December 2025

Eight Capital Partners plc 

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

Strategy Update and Director Dealing

Eight Capital Partners plc (AQSE: ECP) provides the following update on its strategy and activities and the entry on the share register of two new European family-office shareholders.

Launch of New Business Operations

Following the appointment of three new directors on 20 October 2025, the Board has undertaken a review of ECP's business. As a result, ECP intends to supplement its current business model by establishing an integrated mid-market specialist merchant banking advisory and investment business operation, focusing on Europe, the Middle East and Asia ("EMEA").

This strategy aligns ECP with growing market demand, as the Board believes that mid‑market companies across the EMEA region are underserved by traditional financial institutions. This provides an opportunity for ECP to develop a dedicated platform combining advisory, capital access and investment expertise.

This strategy will be developed across three core business lines:

1.    Investment Management

ECP intends to launch its own private equity and private debt funds, initially through partnerships with regulated fund managers. The first fund launches are targeted for H1 2026.

2.    Advisory Services via Eight Capital Advisors LLP

The Company recently incorporated Eight Capital Advisors LLP, a wholly owned subsidiary headquartered in London, with an office in Hong Kong to follow. This advisory business will provide:

·      M&A and capital markets advisory services;

·      fund advisory and structuring services;

·      cross‑border capital introduction between Europe, Switzerland, the Middle East and Asia; and

·      advisory support to ECP's own investment funds.

This will allow ECP to connect high‑growth companies with global pools of capital while offering its investors proprietary deal flow and merchant banking opportunities.

3.    Digital Asset Management

ECP is assembling a sector‑expert digital assets team to develop and distribute digital asset investment products, provide advisory services and build a regulated market‑facing presence in this fast‑growing asset class.

The Board considers that these initiatives will help form the foundation of a broader long‑term objective, creating a vertically integrated financial services platform spanning advisory, wealth and asset management, and capital markets. Where required, ECP will obtain the necessary regulatory permissions either by applying directly for authorisations, acquiring entities that already hold the relevant licences, or entering into strategic partnerships with appropriately regulated firms to ensure full regulatory coverage across all business lines.

The execution of this strategy will be led by the newly appointed Executive Chairman, Federico Bazzoni, who brings over 30 years' experience building and scaling financial institutions across Europe and Asia.

Entry of Family Office Shareholders

Following the Company's announcement of 20 October 2025 and the recent Board appointments, on 10 December 2025, two European family offices, Monfor SA and D4R SA, acquired substantial shareholdings in the Company through acquisitions from existing shareholders ("Acquisitions"). Following these acquisitions, the substantial shareholdings are as follows:

These sophisticated investors bring strategic support for ECP's expansion across Europe and Asia and represent an aligned, long‑term‑oriented shareholder group.

The Company intends to raise additional capital from existing and new shareholders to accelerate the rollout of the merchant banking strategy. Further announcements related to the capital raising will be made in due course.

Federico Bazzoni, Executive Chairman, commented, "My vision is to establish Eight Capital as an integrated and influential platform connecting capital and investment opportunities across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

"We are implementing our strategy in structured phases: beginning with cross‑border capital advisory through Eight Capital Advisors and progressing toward the launch of private equity and private credit funds. This will position ECP at the centre of a powerful ecosystem of companies, investors and financial partners.

"These initiatives are strongly supported by our long‑term aligned shareholder base and by new institutional and family office investors who bring strategic depth to the Company. Their commitment underlines the belief in our direction and the scale of opportunity ahead."

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.

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About Eight Capital Partners

Eight Capital Partners plc is an emerging merchant banking and investment group operating across Europe and Asia, focusing on advisory, private markets and digital asset solutions to support mid-market companies and create sustainable value for shareholders.

ECP seeks to grow its group revenue in these high-growth 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 business:

Eight Capital Advisors LLP

Eight Capital Advisors LLP is the advisory arm of Eight Capital Partners plc, specialising in cross-border corporate finance, capital markets advisory and capital introduction between Europe and Asia. The firm supports high-growth companies and provides deal origination and advisory services to ECP's investment activities

Epsion Capital

Epsion Capital is an independent corporate advisory firm based in London with an extensive experience in UK and European capital markets. www.epsioncapital.com

Forward Looking Statements

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