• The agreement intends to establish long-term supply chain management services leveraging Trafigura’s worldwide capabilities and access to key resources.
• The Supply Chain Solution is expected to become operational starting in January 2024
• The agreement will increase e.GO’s supply chain reliability and significantly enhance e.GO’s ability to pursue its decentralized growth strategy.

Aachen, 28 February 2023 – Next.e.GO Mobile SE (“e.GO” or the “Company”), an innovative producer of urban electric vehicles, today announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Trafigura Pte. Ltd., a leading international commodity company, to establish a long-term supply chain management service agreement focused on the supply of aluminum and battery metals such as lithium, cobalt, and copper.

e.GO, based in Aachen, Germany, designs and manufactures battery electric vehicles for the urban environment, with a focus on convenience, reliability and affordability. The Company’s proprietary technologies and low capex MicroFactory production facilities have ushered in innovative solutions for producing electric vehicles. The Company is focused on true lifecycle sustainability of urban electro mobility with a view toward material science, production technology, robotics and digitization.

Under the MOU, Trafigura will supply 100% of e.GO’s requirements for transition and battery metals. The MOU also details the approach that will be taken for measuring carbon intensity for each source of metals across the supply chain and providing carbon declaration and transparency through the Agora supply chain emissions platform.

The long-term supply chain management service agreement between the two companies is expected to commence in January 2024 and will run for a minimum of five years, ending in January 2029. In addition, the MOU includes provisions for a supply credit facility.

“This partnership marks an important step forward for us at e.GO, as we work together with one of the leading and most resourceful partners in the industry to meet the increasing demand for electric vehicles and deliver on our mission of steadfast transition to a zero-emission urban mobility,” said Ali Vezvaei, Chairman of the Board at Next.e.GO Mobile SE.

About e.GO
Headquartered in Aachen, Germany, e.GO designs and manufactures battery electric vehicles for the urban environment, with a focus on convenience, reliability and affordability. e.GO has developed a disruptive solution for producing its electric vehicles using proprietary technologies and low cost Mi-croFactories, and has vehicles already on the road today. e.GO is helping cities and their inhabitants improve the way they get around and is making clean and convenient urban mobility a reality. Visit https://www.e-go-mobile.com/ to learn more.

As announced on July 28, 2022, e.GO has entered into a definitive agreement for a business combina-tion with Athena Consumer Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: ACAQ, ACAQ.U, ACAQ WS), a publicly-traded spe-cial purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) that would result in e.GO becoming a publicly listed compa-ny. Completion of the proposed transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, and is expected to occur in early 2023.

About Trafigura
Trafigura is a leading commodities group, owned by its employees and founded 30 years ago. At the heart of global supply, Trafigura connects vital resources to power and build the world. We deploy in-frastructure, market expertise and worldwide logistics network to move oil and petroleum products, metals and minerals, gas and power from where they are produced to where they are needed, forming strong relationships that make supply chains more efficient, secure and sustainable. We invest in re-newable energy projects and technologies to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy, includ-ing through joint ventures H2Energy Europe and Nala Renewables. The Trafigura Group also comprises industrial assets and operating businesses including multi-metals producer Nyrstar, fuel storage and distribution company Puma Energy, and our Impala Terminals joint venture. The Group employs over 12,000 people and is active in 156 countries.

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These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including: (i) changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions; (ii) the ina-bility of the parties to successfully or timely consummate the proposed Business Combination, includ-ing the risk that any required regulatory approvals are not obtained, are delayed or are subject to unan-ticipated conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the proposed Business Combination or that the approval of the stockholders of Athena or e.GO is not ob-tained; (iii) failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed Business Combination; (iv) risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect to e.GO; (v) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Athena and/or e.GO following the announce-ment of the Business Combination; (vi) future global, regional or local economic and market conditions; (vii) the development, effects and enforcement of laws and regulations; (viii) e.GO’s ability to grow and achieve its business objectives; (ix) the effects of competition on e.GO’s future business; (x) the amount of redemption requests made by Athena’s public stockholders; (xi) the ability of Athena or the combined company to issue equity or equity-linked securities in the future; (xii) the ability of e.GO and Athena to raise interim financing in connection with the Business Combination, including to secure an e.GO IP-backed note; (xiii) the outcome of any potential litigation, government and regulatory proceed-ings, investigations and inquiries; (xiv) the risk that the proposed Business Combination disrupts cur-rent plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation, (xv) costs related to the Business Combination, (xvi) the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic and (xvi) those factors dis-cussed below under the heading “Risk Factors” and in the documents filed, or to be filed, by Athena and Topco with the SEC. Additional risks related to e.GO’s business include, but are not limited to: the mar-ket’s willingness to adopt electric vehicles; volatility in demand for vehicles; e.GO’s dependence on the proceeds from the contemplated Business Combination and other external financing to continue its operations; significant challenges as a relatively new entrant in the automotive industry; e.GO’s ability to control capital expenditures and costs; cost increases or disruptions in supply of raw materials, semiconductor chips or other components; breaches in data security; e.GO’s ability to establish, main-tain and strengthen its brand; e.GO’s minimal experience in servicing and repairing vehicles; product recalls; failure of joint-venture partners to meet their contractual commitments; unfavorable changes to the regulatory environment; risks and uncertainties arising from the acquisition of e.GO’s predeces-sor business and assets following the opening of insolvency proceedings over the predecessor’s as-sets in July 2020; and e.GO’s ability to protect its intellectual property. If any of these risks materialize or our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements.

There may be additional risks that neither e.GO nor Athena presently know or that e.GO and Athena currently believe are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect e.GO’s and Athena’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this communication. e.GO and Athena anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause e.GO’s and Athena’s as-sessments to change. However, while e.GO and Athena may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, e.GO and Athena specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing e.GO’s and Athena’s as-sessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this communication. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.

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