Moolec Science Ltd. Announces LightJump Acquisition Company’s Shareholder Approval for Business Combination on Tuesday, December 27

• Moolec Science is a category creator in the alternative protein ecosystem using Molecular Farming, a disruptive technology producing animal proteins with plants.
  
  
• Following the closing of the Business Combination, the Combined Company’s shares are expected to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under ticker "MLEC”.
  
  
• Moolec Science expects to close the business combination on December 30, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.
  

WARWICK, United Kingdom, Dec. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Moolec Science Ltd. ("Moolec" or the "Company"), a science-based food ingredient company focused on producing animal proteins in plants through Molecular Farming, and LightJump Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: LJAQ; "LightJump"), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced that their previously announced business combination (the "Business Combination") was approved at a special meeting of stockholders (the "Special Meeting") of LightJump on December 27, 2022. Approximately 92% of the votes cast at the Special Meeting were in favor of the Business Combination. LightJump plans to file the results of the Special Meeting, as tabulated by an independent inspector of elections, on a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

Subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, the transaction is expected to close on December 30, 2022. The combined company will be Moolec Science SA (the “Combined Company”), and its shares and warrants are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbols “MLEC” and “MLECW”, respectively, starting January 2023.

Moolec is a Molecular Farming pioneer in the new food industry that uses plants to produce animal proteins. Molecular Farming technology enables the synthesis of animal proteins’ DNA in any seed crop, carefully selecting each protein for its ability to add value in terms of a targeted functionality trait such as clotting, taste, texture, or nutritional value. The resulting proteins can then be used as ingredients in consumer food products providing tastier, more functional, and affordable cruelty-free protein alternatives.

Molecular Farming is unique in its ability to capitalize on the scale that extensive agriculture entails to achieve affordability. It is also cost-efficient because it leverages biology, using plants and their inputs –sun energy, water, and soil– as small factories for the production of animal proteins. The plants are grown through traditional farming practices that result in economies of scale through high productivity volume production.

Moolec's Molecular Farming platform has the potential to modify and enhance other plants using animal proteins, which could allow the Combined Company to possibly consider other market opportunities.

Moolec is backed by Nasdaq-listed Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. (Nasdaq: BIOX), a fully integrated provider of crop productivity solutions enabling the transition to a carbon neutral agriculture; Theo I SCSp, a life sciences venture capital enterprise; and Union Group, a private equity management firm.

Commenting on today’s announcement, Moolec’s Chief Executive Officer, Director, and Co-Founder, Gastón Paladini said, “This is a very proud moment for Moolec Science, as we are expecting to be the first Molecular Farming food-tech company in the public markets. It is a step forward in the use of science in food that will help overcome the current worldwide food security crisis.”

About Moolec Science

Moolec is a science-based ingredient company focused on producing real animal proteins in plants through Molecular Farming, a disruptive technology in the alternative protein landscape. Its purpose is to upgrade taste, nutrition, and affordability of alternative protein products while building a more sustainable and equitable food system. The company’s technological approach aims to have the cost structure of plant-based solutions with the organoleptic properties and functionality of animal-based ones. Moolec’s technology has been under development for more than a decade and is known for pioneering the production of a bovine protein in a crop for the food industry. Moolec is run by a diverse team of Ph.Ds and Food Insiders, and operates in the United States, Europe, and South America. For more information, visit www.moolecscience.com.

About LightJump Acquisition Corp.

LightJump is a Delaware blank check company incorporated on July 28, 2020, formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more target businesses. For more information, visit www.lightjumpcap.com/lightjump-acquisition-corp.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Moolec Science Media Contacts

• Catalina Jones - [email protected]
• Edmond Lococo - [email protected]

Moolec Science and LightJump Investor Contact

• Martín Taraciuk - [email protected]
• Michael Bowen, ICR, LLC - [email protected]