The Albany Gazette - The Proof Economy Needs Infrastructure, Not Promises - And SMX's $111.5 Million Equity Purchase Agreement Builds It

SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) did not wait for the world to catch up. It built technology capable of marking, tracking, and authenticating materials at the molecular level, giving physical goods the kind of identity that data has enjoyed for decades. Throughout the year, the Company watched gold refiners, plastics processors, textile manufacturers, mineral suppliers, and national regulators move toward a convergence point: a global shift toward the Proof Economy.

But technology alone cannot build a new global operating layer. Infrastructure does. And infrastructure requires capital that scales with the transformation's speed and ambition. That is why SMX's $111.5 million equity purchase agreement with Target Capital 1, LLC stands as the defining development of the Company's year. It is more than access to capital. It is access to infrastructure.

A Transformative Deal

The agreement gives SMX full discretion over capital deployment, beginning with an $11.5 million promissory note and extending into an equity line of up to $100 million. No minimum drawdowns. No penalties for restraint. No operational restrictions. For a Company architecting systems across multiple continents, the structure is not just favorable. It is foundational.

The timing couldn't be more precise. As countries roll out plastics passports, as metals markets overhaul authenticity frameworks, as industries integrate molecular identity into compliance, and as recycling infrastructures transition toward verified recovery, SMX now has the capital architecture required to support systems-not just partners.

The agreement also empowers SMX to allocate a portion of net proceeds toward digital reserve assets. This strengthens SMX's long-term financial resilience and reflects a treasury strategy aligned with a decentralized, data-centric future. It is a structural reinforcement designed to match the durability of the systems SMX is helping build.

SMX's role in this transition is no longer limited to technological enhancement. It is shifting into system design, system activation, and system support. The equity purchase agreement makes that possible by enabling SMX to scale infrastructure in gold, plastics, textiles, minerals, and regulated supply chains without forcing trade-offs between regions or sectors.

Proof, Not Promises

The Proof Economy does not require more promises. It requires architecture. And architecture requires a company capable of mobilizing capital, deploying technology, and simultaneously supporting national and industrial ecosystems. The $111.5 million agreement empowers SMX to do exactly that.

As the world enters 2026, SMX stands positioned to turn its global partnerships into the foundation stones of a new industrial era: one built on molecular truth, authenticated materials, and systems that measure performance rather than narrate it. The equity purchase agreement is not just a capital event. It is the blueprint for the infrastructure layer the Proof Economy needs.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words "anticipate," "believe," "contemplate," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "intends," "may," "will," "might," "plan," "possible," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "would" and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: the ability of SMX to satisfy the conditions under the Equity Purchase Agreement, the Promissory Note and related agreements; successful launch and implementation of SMX's joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX's strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX's ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX's ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX's ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX's product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX's business model; developments and projections relating to SMX's competitors and industry; and SMX's approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company's shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX's products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX's filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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