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22 May 2018

Tekcapital plc

("Tekcapital" or the "Company")

Salarius Ltd Appoints Directors

Tekcapital plc (AIM: TEK), the UK intellectual property (IP) investment group focused on creating marketplace value from university technology, announces that Salarius Ltd, the developer of Microsalt, a proprietary low-sodium salt product, has added Eduardo Souchon and Steve McCready to its board of directors. Salarius ltd is a 100% wholly owned Tekcapital portfolio company.

Mr. Souchon is a business, brand and marketing executive with two decades of experience in taking businesses focused on snacks (Pringles®), health products and office supplies to commercial success in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry and the retail industry. Eduardo has significant end-to-end experience in brand building, innovation, and strategy gained from Procter and Gamble and Office Depot.

Mr. McCready has 18 years of innovation-focused product development experience in multiple product categories, with particular expertise in process development, scaling, and commercialisation. Recently, Steve served as Director of Product Development at Albertson's Companies, Inc., a leading U.S. supermarket company with more than $60bn in sales and 2,300 locations. Previously, Steve held positions as a research scientist at White Wave and ConAgra Foods and was product development project leader at Nestlé Ice Cream Company.

Dr. Clifford Gross, director at Salarius Ltd., said: "We are very excited to add Eduardo and Steve to Salarius' Board of directors, and we look forward to creating market value from Salarius' patented technology. Together we plan to explore the possible development and launch of Neosnax™, a new, healthy choice snack food brand that has all of the flavor and roughly half the sodium of most currently available snack foods." 

About Salarius, Ltd.

Salarius has developed a patented process for producing nano particle edible salt crystals. The use of its edible salt crystals for topical food applications can deliver all of the flavour customers expect with about half of the sodium versus traditional salt. The mission of Salarius is to commercialize low-sodium Microsalt to improve the nutritional content of food and the health of individuals worldwide. To learn more, please visit www.salarius.co.

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