Jersey, Channel Islands, Feb. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 18 February 2026 | SAINT HELIER, Jersey | On 8 September 2025 CoinShares International Limited ("CoinShares") ((Nasdaq Stockholm: CS, OTCQX:CNSRF) announced a joint merger plan with Vine Hill Capital Investment Corp (NASDAQ:VCIC) ("Vine Hill") and Odysseus Holdings Limited ("Odysseus Holdings"), including a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Article 125 of the Jersey Companies Law ("Scheme of Arrangement") in order to facilitate a change of listing venue for CoinShares Shares from Nasdaq Stockholm to the Nasdaq Stock Market in the United States, or any other public stock market or exchange in the United States as may be agreed between CoinShares and Vine Hill (such joint merger plan and the Scheme of Arrangement being together the "Transaction").

Capitalised terms used in this announcement shall, unless otherwise defined, have the same meanings as set out in the Scheme Circular. All references to times in this announcement are to Jersey times unless stated otherwise.

Publication of the Scheme Circular

CoinShares are pleased to announce that a scheme circular in relation to the Scheme of Arrangement (the "Scheme Circular") has been published today by CoinShares setting out, amongst other things, a letter from the Chair of CoinShares which serves as an explanatory statement pursuant to Article 126 of the Jersey Companies Law, the terms and conditions of the Scheme of Arrangement, an expected timetable of principal events, notices of the Jersey Court Meeting and the Scheme General Meeting and details of the actions to be taken by CoinShares Shareholders.

The Scheme Circular will be made available in English, subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions, on CoinShares' website at https://investor.coinshares.com/us-listing and Odysseus Holdings' website at https://www.coinshares-bidco.com.

Action required

As further detailed in the Scheme Circular, in order to become Effective, the Scheme of Arrangement requires, amongst other things, the approval of a majority in number of Scheme Shareholders present and voting (and entitled to vote), either in person (or remotely via the Virtual Meeting Platform) or by proxy at the Jersey Court Meeting, representing not less than 75 per cent. of the voting rights of the Scheme Shares held and voted by such Scheme Shareholders at the Jersey Court Meeting (or any adjournment of the Jersey Court Meeting) and the passing of the Special Resolution at the Scheme General Meeting by the requisite majority.

Notices convening the Jersey Court Meeting and the Scheme General Meeting to be held at the offices of CoinShares at 2nd Floor, 2 Hill Street, St Helier Jersey JE2 4UA at 9.00 a.m. and 9.15 a.m. (or as soon thereafter as the Jersey Court Meeting concludes or is adjourned) on 19 March 2026, respectively, are set out in the Scheme Circular. The Meetings will be held as combined physical and online meetings (hybrid meetings), enabling CoinShares Shareholders to attend and participate in person or virtually through the electronic facilities that are being made available via the Virtual Meeting Platform. The notices for the meetings have been published in a separate press release by CoinShares.

Any changes to the arrangements for the Jersey Court Meeting and the Scheme General Meeting will be communicated to CoinShares Shareholders before the relevant Meeting, through CoinShares' website at https://investor.coinshares.com/us-listing and by announcement through Nasdaq Stockholm.

It is important that, for the Jersey Court Meeting in particular, as many votes as possible are cast so that the Court may be satisfied that there is a fair and reasonable representation of opinion of Scheme Shareholders.

Scheme Shareholders and CoinShares Shareholders are therefore strongly encouraged to submit proxy appointments and instructions for the Meetings as soon as possible and, in any event, so that the proxy appointment and instructions are received by Computershare no later than 48 hours before the relevant Meeting (or, in the case of any adjournment, not later than 48 hours before the time fixed for the adjourned Meeting, in each case excluding any part of such 48 hour period falling on a non-Jersey Business Day). Further detail on the deadlines for appointing proxies are set out in the Appendix to this announcement and in the Scheme Circular.

Recommendation

The CoinShares Directors have obtained a fairness opinion dated 7 September 2025 issued by Eight Advisory UK Limited reflecting their opinion as of that date that, on the basis of the considerations therein, the Consideration to be paid by Odysseus Holdings is fair, from a financial point of view, to CoinShares.

Accordingly, the CoinShares Directors unanimously recommend that CoinShares Shareholders vote in favour of the Scheme at the Jersey Court Meeting and the Special Resolution to be proposed at the Scheme General Meeting, as the CoinShares Directors who are interested in CoinShares Shares have irrevocably undertaken to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings of, in aggregate, 23,778,129 CoinShares Shares, representing, in aggregate, approximately 36.029 per cent. of CoinShares' issued share capital as at the close of business on the Latest Practicable Date.

CoinShares Shareholders should carefully read the Scheme Circular in its entirety before making a decision with respect to the Scheme of Arrangement.

Timetable

The Scheme Circular contains an expected timetable of principal events in relation to the Scheme of Arrangement, which is also set out in the Appendix to this announcement. The Scheme remains conditional on, amongst other things, the approval of the requisite majority of Scheme Shareholders at the Jersey Court Meeting and the requisite majority of CoinShares Shareholders at the Scheme General Meeting. The Scheme of Arrangement is also subject to the satisfaction (or, where applicable, waiver) of the other Conditions and further terms, as described more fully in the Scheme Circular.

Subject to the satisfaction or (where applicable) waiver of the Conditions, the Scheme of Arrangement is expected to become Effective in Q2 2026 and, in any event, prior to the Long Stop Date.

If any of the key dates set out in the timetable change, CoinShares and Odysseus Holdings will announce such changes by announcement in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, with such announcements also being made available on CoinShares' website at https://investor.coinshares.com/us-listing and Odysseus Holdings' website at https://www.coinshares-bidco.com.

Information about the Transaction

Information about the Transaction is made available at www.coinshares-bidco.com.

If CoinShares Shareholders have any questions about this announcement, the Scheme Circular or the completion and return of the Forms of Proxy, please contact CoinShares' registrars, Computershare, on the shareholder helpline at +44 (0) 370 707 4040. The shareholder helpline will be available from 8.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. Monday to Friday (except public holidays in Jersey). Calls to the shareholder helpline from outside of Jersey will be charged at applicable international rates. Different charges may apply to calls made from mobile telephones and calls may be recorded and monitored for security and training purposes. Please note that Computershare cannot provide advice on the merits of the Scheme of Arrangement, nor give financial, tax, investment or legal advice. If the Scheme of Arrangement is sanctioned as outlined above, it is expected that the last day of dealings in, and registration of transfers of, CoinShares Shares on Nasdaq Stockholm is expected to be the Business Day prior to the date of the Sanction Hearing and no transfers will be registered after 6.00 p.m. on that date. It is intended that, subject to the Scheme of Arrangement becoming Effective, application will be made to Nasdaq Stockholm to delist CoinShares Shares from Nasdaq Stockholm, with effect from or shortly following the Effective Date, and steps will be taken to re-register CoinShares as a private limited company under the relevant provisions of the Jersey Companies Law.

About CoinShares

CoinShares is a leading global digital asset manager that delivers a broad range of financial services across investment management, trading, and securities to a wide array of clients that include corporations, financial institutions, and individuals. Founded in 2013, the firm is headquartered in Jersey, with offices in France, Stockholm, the UK, and the US. CoinShares is regulated in Jersey by the Jersey Financial Services Commission, in France by the Autorité des marchés financiers, and in the US by the Securities and Exchange Commission, National Futures Association and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. CoinShares is publicly listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm under the ticker CS and the OTCQX under the ticker CNSRF.

About Vine Hill

Vine Hill is a special purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") sponsored by an affiliate of Vine Hill Capital Partners and formed as part of a platform to sponsor a series of SPACs. Vine Hill completed its $220 million initial public offering in September 2024 and its stock currently trades on Nasdaq under the ticker "VCIC." Vine Hill Capital Partners is a premier alternative investment manager dedicated to helping businesses achieve their full potential and unlocking shareholder value through leveraging the public markets.

For more information on CoinShares, please visit: https://coinshares.com

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PRESS CONTACT

CoinShares

Benoît Pellevoizin

bpellevoizin@coinshares.com

M Group Strategic Communications

Peter Padovano

coinshares@mgroupsc.com

The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, at 08:00 CET on 18 February 2026.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

General

This communication is being made in respect of the proposed business combination (the "Business Combination" and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement among CoinShares, Vine Hill, Odysseus Holdings Limited ("Holdco") and the other parties thereto (collectively, the "Transactions")) among Vine Hill, CoinShares and Holdco. The information contained herein does not purport to be all-inclusive and none of Vine Hill, CoinShares, Holdco or their respective affiliates makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness or reliability of the information contained in this communication.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

The acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of CoinShares by Odysseus Cayman will be made solely by means of the Scheme Circular (and the accompanying Forms of Proxy), which will contain the full terms and conditions of the Scheme of Arrangement, including, if applicable, details of how to vote in respect of the Scheme of Arrangement. Any decision in respect of the Scheme of Arrangement should be made only on the basis of the information contained in the Scheme Circular.

CoinShares urges CoinShares Shareholders to read the Scheme Circular because it contains important information relating to the Scheme of Arrangement and the Transaction, including details of how to vote in respect of the Scheme of Arrangement. The statements contained in this announcement are made as at the date of this announcement, unless some other time is specified in relation to them, and the release of this announcement shall not give rise to any implication that there has been no change in the facts set forth in this announcement since such date.

This announcement does not constitute a prospectus or a prospectus equivalent document.

In connection with the Transactions, CoinShares, Vine Hill and Holdco plan to file a Registration Statement on Form F-4 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the "Registration Statement") with the SEC, which will include a preliminary proxy statement of Vine Hill and a prospectus of Holdco relating to the offer of the securities to be issued to Vine Hill's securityholders in connection with the completion of the Business Combination (the "Proxy Statement/Prospectus"). The definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents will be mailed to Vine Hill shareholders as of a record date to be established for voting on the Transactions and other matters as described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Vine Hill, CoinShares and/or Holdco will also file other documents regarding the Transactions with the SEC. This communication does not contain all of the information that should be considered concerning the Transactions and is not intended to form the basis of any investment decision or any other decision in respect of the Transactions. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION, SHAREHOLDERS OF VINE HILL AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES ARE URGED TO READ, WHEN AVAILABLE, THE PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH VINE HILL'S SOLICITATION OF PROXIES FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF ITS SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD TO APPROVE THE TRANSACTIONS AND OTHER MATTERS AS DESCRIBED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS BECAUSE THESE DOCUMENTS WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT VINE HILL, COINSHARES, HOLDCO AND THE TRANSACTIONS. Investors and security holders will also be able to obtain copies of the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and all other documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by Vine Hill, CoinShares and/or Holdco, without charge, once available, on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to: Vine Hill Capital Investment Corp., 500 E Broward Blvd, Suite 900, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394, or upon written request to CoinShares or Holdco at c/o CoinShares International Limited, 2nd Floor, 2 Hill Street, JE2 4UA St Helier Jersey, Channel Islands.

NEITHER THE SEC NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES REGULATORY AGENCY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THE TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN, PASSED UPON THE MERITS OR FAIRNESS OF THE TRANSACTIONS OR ANY RELATED TRANSACTIONS OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE IN THIS COMMUNICATION. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

Participants in the Solicitation

Vine Hill, CoinShares, Holdco and their respective directors, executive officers, certain of their shareholders and other members of management and employees may be deemed under SEC rules to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Vine Hill's shareholders in connection with the Transactions. You can find information about Vine Hill's directors, executive officers, certain of their shareholders and other members of management and employees and their interest in Vine Hill can be found in the sections entitled "Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance – Conflicts of Interest," "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters," and "Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions" of Vine Hill's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, which was filed with the SEC on March 26, 2025 and is available free of charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and at the following URL: sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2025396/000101376225002707/ea0234943-10k_vinehill.htm. Additional information regarding the interests of such participants will be contained in the Registration Statement when available.

A list of the names of the directors, executive officers, other members of management and employees of CoinShares and Holdco, as well as information regarding their interests in the Business Combination, will be contained in the Registration Statement to be filed with the SEC. Additional information regarding the interests of such potential participants in the solicitation process may also be included in other relevant documents when they are filed with the SEC.

No Offer or Solicitation

The information contained in this communication is for informational purposes only and is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the Transactions and shall not constitute an offer to sell or exchange, or a solicitation of an offer to buy or exchange the securities of Vine Hill, CoinShares or Holdco, or any commodity or instrument or related derivative, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, sale or exchange would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom. Investors should consult with their counsel as to the applicable requirements for a purchaser to avail itself of any exemption under the Securities Act.

Overseas Shareholders

The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in jurisdictions other than Jersey, the Cayman Islands, Sweden or the United States and the availability of the Scheme of Arrangement to CoinShares Shareholders who are not resident in Jersey, the Cayman Islands, Sweden or the United States, may be restricted by the laws of those jurisdictions and therefore persons into whose possession this announcement comes should inform themselves about and observe such restrictions. In particular, the ability of persons who are not resident in Jersey, the Cayman Islands, Sweden or the United States to vote their CoinShares Shares with respect to the Scheme of Arrangement at the Jersey Court Meeting, or to execute and deliver Forms of Proxy appointing another to vote at the Jersey Court Meeting on their behalf, may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdictions in which they are located. Further details in relation to Overseas Shareholders are contained in the Scheme Circular. Any failure to comply with any such restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the companies and persons involved in the Transaction disclaim any responsibility or liability for the violation of such restrictions by any person.

Unless otherwise determined by Odysseus Holdings, and permitted by applicable law and regulation, the Scheme of Arrangement will not be made available, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in, into or from a Restricted Jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws or regulations of such jurisdiction and no person may vote in favour of the Scheme of Arrangement by any such use, means, instrumentality or from within a Restricted Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction if to do so would constitute a violation of the laws of that jurisdiction. No invitation may be made to the public in the Cayman Islands to subscribe for the securities offered hereby, and this announcement and the Scheme of Arrangement may not be issued or passed to any such person. Scheme Shareholders who are in any doubt regarding such matters should consult an appropriate independent professional adviser in the relevant jurisdiction without delay.

Accordingly, copies of this announcement and all documents relating to the Transaction are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed, transmitted or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws in that jurisdiction, and persons receiving such documents (including, without limitation, agents, custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or otherwise forward, distribute or send them in, into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws in that jurisdiction. Doing so may render invalid any related purported vote in respect of the Scheme of Arrangement.

Further details in relation to Overseas Shareholders are contained in the Scheme Circular.

This announcement and any accompanying documents have been prepared for the purposes of complying with Jersey, Cayman Islands, Swedish and U.S. law and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws of other jurisdictions.

The Transaction shall be subject to the applicable requirements of Nasdaq Stockholm, the Takeover Rules for Nasdaq Stockholm and the Jersey Companies Law.

Sanctions Disqualified Shareholders

Sanctions Disqualified Shareholders should refer to paragraph ‎28 of Part 1 (Letter from the Chair of CoinShares) of the Scheme Circular in respect of the implications of the Scheme of Arrangement and the Transaction on their holdings of Scheme Restricted Shares.

Additional Information for U.S. Investors

The Scheme of Arrangement relates to the securities of a Jersey company and is proposed to be effected by means of a scheme of arrangement under the Jersey Companies Law. This announcement and certain other documents relating to the Transaction have been or will be prepared in accordance with Jersey law disclosure requirements, format and style, all of which differ from the disclosure and other requirements of United States securities laws. A transaction effected by means of a scheme of arrangement is not subject to the tender offer rules or the proxy solicitation rules under the U.S. Exchange Act. Accordingly, the Transaction is subject to the disclosure requirements of and practices applicable in Jersey to schemes of arrangement, which differ from the disclosure requirements of the United States tender offer and proxy solicitation rules. Except in relation to Non-IFRS financial measures, any financial statements or other financial information included in this announcement and the Scheme Circular has been or will have been prepared in accordance with (i) with respect to CoinShares, accounting standards applicable in Jersey, which may not be comparable to financial information of U.S. companies or companies whose financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and (ii) with respect to the Vine Hill Group, U.S. GAAP and the auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB"). U.S. GAAP differs in certain significant respects from accounting standards applicable in Jersey. None of the financial statements or other financial information relating to CoinShares in this announcement and the Scheme Circular has been audited in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States.

Odysseus Cayman, its nominees, or their brokers (acting as agents), may from time to time make certain purchases of, or arrangements to purchase, CoinShares Shares outside of the United States, other than pursuant to the Scheme of Arrangement, until the date on which the Scheme of Arrangement becomes Effective, lapses or is otherwise withdrawn. Also, in accordance with Rule 14e-5(b) of the U.S. Exchange Act, these purchases may occur either in the open market at prevailing prices or in private transactions at negotiated prices and comply with applicable law, including the U.S. Exchange Act. Any information about such purchases will be disclosed as required in Jersey and Sweden and the United States.

It may be difficult for U.S. holders to enforce their rights and claims arising out of the U.S. federal securities laws, since CoinShares and Odysseus Holdings are located in countries other than the U.S, and all of their officers and directors are residents of countries other than the U.S. holders may not be able to claim against a non-U.S. company or its officers or directors in a non-U.S. court for violations of U.S. securities laws. Further, it may be difficult to compel a non-U.S. company and its affiliates to subject themselves to a U.S. court's judgement. In addition, it may be difficult or impossible for CoinShares U.S. Shareholders to effect service of process within the United States upon Odysseus Cayman or CoinShares, as applicable, their respective officers or directors or the experts named herein, or to realise, against them, upon judgments of courts of the United States based on civil liabilities, whether or not predicated solely upon United States federal and state securities laws. In addition, CoinShares U.S. Shareholders should not assume that the courts of Jersey: (a) would enforce judgments of United States courts obtained in actions against such persons based on civil liabilities; or (b) would enforce, in original actions, liabilities against such persons based on civil liabilities, in either case whether or not predicated solely upon U.S. federal and state securities laws.

Scheme Shareholders who are citizens or residents of the United States should consult their own legal and tax advisers with respect to the legal and tax consequences of the Scheme of Arrangement in their particular circumstances.

Forward-Looking Statements

This communication includes "forward-looking statements" with respect to Vine Hill, CoinShares and/or Holdco within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements include all statements other than statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, the timing of, and the satisfaction of closing conditions to, completion of the Transaction. The expectations, estimates and projections of the businesses of CoinShares and Vine Hill may differ from their actual results and consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "according to estimates", "anticipates", "assumes", "believes", "could", "estimates", "expects", "forecasts", "intends", "is of the opinion", "may", "plans", "potential", "predicts", "projects", "targets", "to the knowledge of", "should", "will", "would", or the negatives of these terms, variations of them or similar terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words.

Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may adversely affect CoinShares' and Holdco's ability to implement and achieve their plans and objectives set out in such forward-looking statements and which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding CoinShares' and Holdco's present and future policies and plans and the environment in which CoinShares and Holdco will operate in the future. Many actual events or circumstances are outside of the control of CoinShares, Holdco or Vine Hill. Furthermore, certain forward-looking statements are based on assumptions or future events which may not prove to be accurate, and no reliance whatsoever should be placed on any forward-looking statements in this communication. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (1) the Transactions not being completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect the price of Vine Hill's and/or CoinShares' securities; (2) the Transactions not being completed by Vine Hill's business combination deadline; (3) failure by the parties to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the Transactions, including the approval of Vine Hill's and CoinShares' shareholders and obtaining the requisite Acts of the Royal Court of Jersey; (4) failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the Transactions, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of CoinShares and Holdco to grow and manage growth profitably, build or maintain relationships with customers and retain management and key employees, capital expenditures, requirements for additional capital and timing of future cash flow provided by operating activities and the demand for digital assets, including cryptocurrencies and blockchain-related alternative investments, including those offered by, or underlying those offered by, CoinShares and Holdco; (5) the level of redemptions by Vine Hill's public shareholders which will reduce the amount of funds available for CoinShares and Holdco to execute on their business strategies and may make it difficult to obtain or maintain the listing or trading of Holdco ordinary shares on a major securities exchange; (6) failure of Holdco to obtain or maintain the listing of its securities on any securities exchange after the closing; (7) costs related to the Transactions and as a result of Holdco becoming a public company that may be higher than currently anticipated; (8) changes in business, market, financial, political and regulatory conditions; (9) volatility and rapid fluctuations in the market prices of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies and blockchain-related alternative investments, including those offered by, or underlying those offered by, CoinShares and/or Holdco; (10) failure of CoinShares' and/or Holdco's digital asset investment products to track their respective target benchmarks; (11) regulatory or other developments that negatively impact demand for the products and services provided by CoinShares and/or Holdco; (12) the outcome of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the inability to consummate the Business Combination; (13) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Vine Hill, CoinShares, Holdco and/or any of their respective affiliates or others; (14) changes to the proposed structure of the Business Combination that may be required or appropriate as a result of applicable laws or regulations; (15) the risk that the Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations of Vine Hill and/or CoinShares as a result of the announcement and consummation of the Business Combination; (16) treatment of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies and blockchain-related alternative investments, including those offered by, or underlying those offered by, CoinShares and/or Holdco, for U.S. and foreign tax purposes; (17) challenges in implementing CoinShares and/or Holdco's business plan due to operational challenges, significant competition and regulation; (18) being considered to be a "shell company" or "former shell company" by the securities exchange on which Holdco ordinary shares will be listed or by the SEC, which may impact the ability to list Holdco ordinary shares and restrict reliance on certain rules or forms in connection with the offering, sale or resale of Holdco's securities; (19) trading price and volume of Holdco ordinary shares may be volatile following the Transactions and an active trading market may not develop; (20) Holdco shareholders may experience dilution in the future due to the exercise of a significant number of existing warrants and any future issuances of equity securities of Holdco; (21) investors may experience immediate and material dilution upon the closing as a result of the Vine Hill Class B ordinary shares held by Vine Hill Capital Sponsor I LLC, since the value of the Holdco ordinary shares received by Vine Hill Capital Sponsor I LLC in exchange for such Vine Hill Class B ordinary shares is likely to be substantially higher than the nominal price paid for them, even if the trading price of Holdco ordinary shares at such time is substantially less than the price per share paid by investors; (22) conflicts of interest that may arise from investment and transaction opportunities involving Holdco, CoinShares, their respective affiliates and other investors and clients; (23) digital asset trading venues may experience greater fraud, security failures or regulatory or operational problems than trading venues for more established asset classes; (24) risks relating to the custody of CoinShares' and Holdco's digital assets, including the loss or destruction of private keys required to access its digital assets and cyberattacks or other data loss relating to its digital assets, which could cause CoinShares or Holdco, as applicable, to lose some or all of its digital assets; (25) a security breach, cyber-attack or other event where unauthorized parties obtain access to CoinShares' or Holdco's digital assets, as a result of which CoinShares or Holdco may lose some or all of their digital assets temporarily or permanently and their financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected; (26) the emergence or growth of other digital assets, including those with significant private or public sector backing, including by governments, consortiums or financial institutions, could have a negative impact on the value of digital assets and adversely affect CoinShares' and/or Holdco's business; (27) potential regulatory changes reclassifying certain digital assets as securities could lead to the CoinShares' and/or Holdco's classification as an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and could adversely affect the market price of CoinShares' and/or Holdco's digital assets and the market price of CoinShares or Holdco listed securities; and (28) other risks and uncertainties included in (x) the "Risk Factors" sections of the Vine Hill Annual Report on Form 10-K and (y) other documents filed or to be filed with or furnished or to be furnished to the SEC by Holdco, CoinShares and/or Vine Hill. The foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. You should not place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. None of Vine Hill, CoinShares or Holdco undertakes or accepts any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in their expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except as required by law. Past performance by Vine Hill's, CoinShares' or Holdco's management teams and their respective affiliates is not a guarantee of future performance. Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on the historical record of the performance of Vine Hill's, CoinShares' or Holdco's management teams or businesses associated with them as indicative of future performance of an investment or the returns that Vine Hill, CoinShares or Holdco will, or are likely to, generate going forward.

No profit forecasts, estimates or quantified benefits statements

No statement in this announcement, or incorporated by reference in this announcement, is intended as a profit forecast, profit estimate or quantified benefits statement for any period and no statement in this announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings or earnings per share for CoinShares or Odysseus Holdings, as appropriate, for the current or future financial years would necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings or earnings per share for CoinShares or Odysseus Holdings.

Rounding

Certain figures included in this announcement have been subjected to rounding adjustments. Accordingly, figures shown for the same category presented in different tables may vary slightly and figures shown as totals in certain tables may not be an arithmetic aggregation of the figures that precede them.

Publication on website

A copy of this announcement, together with all information incorporated by reference into the Scheme Circular, will be, available, free of charge, subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions on CoinShares' website at https://investor.coinshares.com/us-listing and Odysseus Holdings' website at www.coinshares-bidco.com. Save as expressly referred to in this announcement, the content of CoinShares' website or Odysseus Holdings' website is not incorporated into, nor forms part of, this announcement.

Request to receive documents in hard copy form

A hard copy of this announcement or the Scheme Circular may be requested by contacting CoinShares' registrars, Computershare on +44 (0) 370 707 4040. Calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by provider. Calls outside Jersey will be charged at the applicable international rate. The Shareholder Helpline is open between 8.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m., Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays in Jersey). Different charges may apply to calls from mobile telephones and calls may be recorded and randomly monitored for security and training purposes. Please note the Shareholder Helpline cannot provide advice on the merits of the Scheme of Arrangement nor give any financial, investment, legal or tax advice.

General

If you are in any doubt as to the contents of this announcement or the action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own personal financial advice immediately from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial adviser.

APPENDIX

EXPECTED TIMETABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS

The following indicative timetable is based on CoinShares' current expected dates for the implementation of the Scheme of Arrangement and is subject to change. If any of the dates and/or times in this expected timetable change, the revised dates and/or times will be notified to CoinShares Shareholders by announcement through Nasdaq Stockholm, with such announcement being made available on CoinShares' website at https://investor.coinshares.com/us-listing.

References to times in this timetable are to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), unless otherwise stated.

Event	Time and/or date
Publication of the Scheme Circular	18 February 2026
Latest time for lodging Forms of Proxy for the:
Jersey Court Meeting (BLUE form)	9.00 a.m. on 17 March 2026⁽¹⁾
Scheme General Meeting (WHITE form)	9.15 a.m. on 17 March 2026⁽²⁾
Voting Record Time	6.30 p.m. on 17 March 2026⁽³⁾
Jersey Court Meeting	9.00 a.m. on 19 March 2026
Scheme General Meeting	9.15 a.m. on 19 March 2026⁽⁴⁾

The following dates are indicative only and are subject to change (including as may be agreed by CoinShares and Odysseus Cayman from time to time)
Last day of dealings in, and for the registration of transfers of, CoinShares Shares on Nasdaq Stockholm	D - 1 Business Day
Sanction Hearing (to sanction the Scheme)	currently expected to be held on 30 March 2026), subject to Court approval and the satisfaction (or, if applicable, waiver) of the relevant Conditions and, in any event, prior to the Long Stop Date ("D")⁽⁵⁾
Suspension of trading of CoinShares Shares on Nasdaq Stockholm	5.30 a.m. (Sweden time) on D

Settlement of final trades in Euroclear Sweden of CoinShares Shares on Nasdaq Stockholm	D + 1 Business Day
CoinShares Shares to be repositioned from Euroclear Sweden's account in CREST to underlying beneficial holders' accounts in CREST	D + 2-5 Business Days
Last day for registration of transfers of, and disablement in CREST of CoinShares Shares	D + 6 Business Days
Scheme Record Time	6.00 p.m. on D + 6 Business Days
Effective Date	D + 7 Business Days⁽⁶⁾
Delisting of CoinShares Shares on Nasdaq Stockholm	by 5.30 a.m. (Sweden time) on D + 7 Business Days
Issue of New Odysseus Holdings Shares	at or shortly after 9.00 a.m. (New York time) on D + 7 Business Days
Listing of New Odysseus Holdings Shares on Nasdaq	at or shortly after 9.30 a.m. (New York time) on D + 8 Business Days
Long Stop Date	8 June 2026⁽⁷⁾

Notes

(1)             It is requested that BLUE Forms of Proxy for the Jersey Court Meeting be lodged not later than 9.00 a.m. on 17 March 2026 or, if the Jersey Court Meeting is adjourned, 48 hours prior to the time and date set for any adjourned Jersey Court Meeting (excluding any part of such 48-hour period falling on a non-working day). If the BLUE Form of Proxy for the Jersey Court Meeting is not returned by such time, it may be handed to a representative of CoinShares' registrars, Computershare, on behalf of the Chair of the Jersey Court Meeting, or to the Chair of the Jersey Court Meeting before the start of the Jersey Court Meeting (or any adjournment of it) and it will be valid.

(2)             In order to be valid, the WHITE Forms of Proxy for the Scheme General Meeting must be lodged not later than 9.15 a.m. on 17 March 2026 or, if the Scheme General Meeting is adjourned, 48 hours prior to the time and date set for any adjourned Scheme General Meeting (excluding any part of such 48-hour period falling on a non-working day).

(3)             If either the Jersey Court Meeting or the Scheme General Meeting is adjourned, the Voting Record Time for the relevant adjourned Meeting will be 6.30 p.m. on the date which is two days (excluding non-working days) prior to the date set for such adjourned Meeting.

(4)             To commence at 9.15 a.m. or, if later, as soon thereafter as the Jersey Court Meeting shall have concluded or adjourned.

(5)             The Sanction Hearing is currently expected to be held on 30 March 2026 at the Royal Court of Jersey, Royal Court House, Royal Square, St. Helier, Jersey JE1 1JG. These dates are indicative only and are subject to change and will depend, among other things, on the date upon which: (i) the Conditions are satisfied or (if capable of waiver) waived; (ii) the Court sanctions the Scheme; and (iii) the Court Order (and any act of court in connection with the Scheme) is delivered to the Jersey Registrar of Companies. Participants in the CoinShares Share Plan will be contacted separately to inform them of the effect of the Scheme on their rights under the CoinShares Share Plan, including details of any appropriate proposals being made and dates and times relevant to them. Scheme Shareholders are entitled to attend and be heard at the Sanction Hearing, should they wish to do so, in person or through their counsel.

(6)             Following sanction of the Scheme by the Court, the Scheme will become Effective in accordance with its terms upon a copy of the Court Order (and any act of court in connection with the Scheme) being delivered to the Jersey Registrar of Companies. This is presently expected to occur on 10 April 2026 being 7 Business Days after the Sanction Hearing, subject to satisfaction or (where capable of waiver), waiver of the Conditions.

(7)             This is the latest date by which the Scheme may become Effective. However, the Long Stop Date may be extended to such later date as CoinShares and Odysseus Cayman may agree (and as the Court may allow, should such approval be required).

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