BigRep SE
Notes to the annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024
(Expressed in EUR)
1. GENERAL
BigRep SE (formerly SMG Technology Acceleration SE and hereinafter the “Company” or “Parent”) was
incorporated on 27 July 2023 (date of incorporation per the deed of incorporation in front of the notary)
in Luxembourg as a European company (“Société Européenne” or “SE”) based on the laws of the Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg (“Luxembourg”). The Company is registered with the Luxembourg Trade and
Companies Register (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, in abbreviated “RCS”) under the number
B279346 since 7 August 2023 for an unlimited period. The Company is a listed entity with its class A
shares traded in the regulated market of Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol “7GG” since 27
October 2023. Effective 31 July 2024, the Class A shares of the Company are trading on the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange under the new trading symbol “B1GR”. The Class A Warrants are not admitted to
trading or listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
On 25 July 2024, the name of the Company was changed from SMG Technology Acceleration SE to
BigRep SE, and the articles of association of the Company were fully restated, effective as of that date.
The registered office of the Company is located at 9, rue de Bitbourg, L-1273 Luxembourg.
The Company’s governing bodies are the Management Board, the Supervisory Board and the
shareholders’ meeting. The Company is managed by its Management Board under the supervision and
control of the Supervisory Board. This two-tier governance structure was resolved by an extraordinary
shareholders’ meeting of the Company held on 25 September 2023.
Until 30 July 2024, the Management Board was composed of four members: Dr. Stefan Petrikovics
(Chief Executive Officer), René Geppert (Chief Operating Officer), George Aase (Chief Financial Officer)
and Werner Weynand (Chief Administration Officer). On 30 July 2024, Dr. Stefan Petrikovics, René
Geppert, George Aase, and Werner Weynand resigned from the Management Board, and Dr. Sven
Thate (Chief Executive Officer) and Dr. Reinhard Festag (Chief Financial Officer) were appointed to the
Management Board. On 1 November 2024, Dr. Sven Thate resigned from the Management Board, and
Thomas Janics-Jakomini was appointed to the Management Board.
Until 30 July 2024, the Supervisory Board was composed of Ewald Weizenbauer (Chairman), Rhett
Oudkerk Pool, Benoît de Belder and Dr. Geza Toth-Feher Lord of Kennal. On 30 July 2024, Ewald
Weizenbauer, Rhett Oudkerk Pool, Benoît de Belder and Dr. Geza Toth-Feher Lord of Kennal resigned
from the Supervisory Board and Dr. Peter Smeets (Chairman), Florian Hampel (Vice-Chairman), Philipp
Prechtl, Tommy Grosche and Isabella de Krassny were appointed to the Supervisory Board. The Audit
Committee is composed of Philipp Prechtl (Chairman of the Audit Committee) and Florian Hampel.
The Company has been originally established for the purpose of acquiring one operating business with
principal business operations in a member state of the European Economic Area (the “EEA Member
States”), the United Kingdom or Switzerland that is based in the technology sector, which encompasses
primarily the following verticals: additive manufacturing/3D printing, software as a service (SaaS), and
digital infrastructure/blockchain-based technologies, through a merger, capital stock exchange, share
purchase, asset acquisition, reorganization, or similar transaction and forming a business combination
with such operating business (the “Business Combination”). The Company will not conduct operations
or generate operating revenue unless and until the Company consummates the Business Combination.
The Company will have 12 months from the date of the admission to trading (the “Business Combination
Deadline”) to consummate a Business Combination.
On 20 December 2023, the Company has signed a Business Combination Agreement with BigRep
GmbH, which was later supplemented with an Amendment Agreement dated 28 May 2024. On 29 July
2024, the Company completed its business combination with BigRep following the extraordinary general
meeting of shareholders.
Upon closing of the Business Combination on 29 July 2024, the above Company’s purpose ceased to
apply. Pursuant to article 2 of the current articles of association, the Company’s purpose is now the
creation, holding, development and realization of a portfolio, consisting of interest and rights of any kind
and of any other form of investment in entities in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and in foreign entities,
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