22 August 2025
TruSpine Technologies plc
("TruSpine" or the "Company")
Result of GM
Change of Name
TruSpine Technologies Plc, the medical device company focused on the spinal (vertebral) stabilisation market, announces that at its GM held earlier today all resolutions were duly passed.
Change of Name
Once the change of the Company's name to TSP Advanced Technologies plc takes effect, the Company's ticker for AQSE will remain as TSP. The Company's new website address, containing the information required to be published pursuant to Rule 4.14 of the AQSE Growth Market Access Rulebook, will be announced in due course. The Company's LEI, ISIN and SEDOL remain unchanged.
Adoption of Bitcoin Treasury Policy
Following shareholder approval at the GM, the Company intends to maintain a balanced treasury comprising both traditional cash reserves and bitcoin holdings. The Board is actively exploring fundraising avenues to support this strategy and anticipates commencing bitcoin acquisitions in due course.
Expansion of Intellectual Property Portfolio
Following shareholder approval at the GM, the Company will pursue the acquisition of third-party intellectual property assets, including patents, know-how, and related rights, in order to enhance and complement its existing portfolio. The Board believes that broadening the Company's intellectual property base will strengthen its competitive position, support ongoing research and development initiatives, and facilitate the progression of its existing spinal stabilisation products towards commercialisation.
Details of the votes received will be available shortly on the Company's website.
The Directors of the Company are responsible for the release of this announcement.
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| TruSpine Investor Hub |
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| TruSpine Technologies Plc |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7118 0852 |
| Geoff Miller, Non-executive Chairman |
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| Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (AQSE Corporate Adviser) |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7213 0880 |
| Liam Murray / Ludovico Lazzaretti |
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| Peterhouse Capital Limited (Broker & Financial Adviser) |
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| Lucy Williams / Duncan Vasey
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| Novus Communications (PR and IR) |
Tel: +44 (0)1273 704 473 |
| Alan Green / Jacqueline Briscoe |
Important Notices
TruSpine Technologies plc (the "Company") intends to hold treasury reserves and surplus cash in bitcoin. Bitcoin is a type of cryptocurrency or crypto asset. Whilst the Board of Directors of the Company considers holding bitcoin to be in the best interests of the Company, the Board remains aware that the financial regulator in the UK (the "Financial Conduct Authority" or "FCA") considers investment in bitcoin to be high risk. At the outset, it is important to note that an investment in the Company is not an investment in bitcoin, either directly or by proxy. However, the Board of Directors of the Company consider bitcoin to be an appropriate store of value and growth for the Company's reserves and, accordingly, the Company is materially exposed to bitcoin. Such an approach is innovative, and the Board of Directors of the Company wish to be clear and transparent with prospective and actual investors in the Company on the Company's position in this regard.
The Company is neither authorised nor regulated by the FCA and cryptocurrencies (such as bitcoin) are unregulated in the UK. As with most other investments, the value of bitcoin can go down as well as up, and therefore the value of bitcoin holdings can fluctuate. The Company may not be able to realise any future bitcoin exposure for the same as it paid in the first place or even for the value the Company ascribes to bitcoin positions due to these market movements. As bitcoin is unregulated, the Company is not protected by the UK's Financial Ombudsman Service or the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Nevertheless, the Board of Directors of the Company has taken the decision to invest in bitcoin, and in doing so is mindful of the special risks bitcoin presents to the Company's financial position. These risks include (but are not limited to): (i) the value of bitcoin can be highly volatile, with value dropping as quickly as it can rise. Investors in bitcoin must be prepared to lose all money invested in bitcoin; (ii) the bitcoin market is largely unregulated. There is a risk of losing money due to risks such as cyber-attacks, financial crime and counterparty failure; (iii) the Company may not be able to sell bitcoin at will. The ability to sell bitcoin depends on various factors, including the supply and demand in the market at the relevant time. Operational failings such as technology outages, cyber-attacks and comingling of funds could cause unwanted delay; and (iv) crypto assets are characterised in some quarters by high degrees of fraud, money laundering and financial crime. In addition, there is a perception in some quarters that cyber-attacks are prominent which can lead to theft of holdings or ransom demands. The Board of Directors of the Company does not subscribe to such a negative view, especially in relation to bitcoin. However, prospective investors in the Company are encouraged to do their own research before investing.
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