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12 January 2024

Tekcapital Plc

("Tekcapital", the "Company" or "the Group")

Loan Agreement with Innovative Eyewear Inc

Tekcapital Plc (AIM: TEK) the UK intellectual property investment group focused on creating valuable products that can improve people's lives, announces that it has entered into a loan agreement with Innovative Eyewear Inc and Tekcapital Europe ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tekcapital plc.

The amount of the loan is £600,000, the term of the loan is 90 days, and the annual interest rate is 10% (the "Loan"). The Loan is unsecured and is being used by Tekcapital to contribute towards the proposed placing and Admission to trading on AIM of MicroSalt plc.

Tekcapital currently owns approximately 87% of the share capital of MicroSalt plc and 92% of MicroSalt Inc. its U.S. subsidiary. 

About Tekcapital plc

Tekcapital creates value from investing in new, university-developed discoveries that can enhance people's lives and provides a range of technology transfer services to help organisations evaluate and commercialise new technologies. Tekcapital is quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM: symbol TEK) and is headquartered in the UK. For more information, please visit www.tekcapital.com.

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Tim Thompson/Andrea Seymour/Fergus Mellon        

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