RNS Number : 7966W
Fadel Partners Inc.
20 April 2023
 

20 April 2023

Fadel Partners, Inc.

('FADEL', the 'Company' or, together with its subsidiaries, the 'Group')

Change of Investment Manager/ Holdings in Company

Fadel Partners, Inc., a brand compliance, rights and royalty management software provider, announces that on 18 April 2023 the Company was notified that effective from 18 April 2023 the investment manager agreement ("Investment Manager") for the common shares held by Impact Fund by MEVP Holding SAL ("Impact Fund") has transferred to Capital PE Holding SAL ("Capital PE").

The Investment Manager's obligations under the relationship and lock in agreements, as documented in the Company's Admission Document dated 2 April 2023 will transfer to Capital PE.

 

For further information please contact:

Tarek Fadel, Chief Executive Officer

Vicary Gibbs, Chief Financial Officer

Via Alma PR 



finnCap Limited (Nomad & Broker)

020 7220 0500

Jonny-Franklin Adams, Emily Watts, Abigail Kelly, Milesh Hindocha (Corporate Finance)


Tim Redfern, Sunila De Silva (ECM)




Alma PR

Tel: +44(0)20 3405 0205

Josh Royston

fadel@almapr.co.uk

Andy Bryant


Matthew Young


 

About FADEL Partners Inc.

FADEL is a developer of cloud based brand compliance and rights and royalty management software, working with some of the world's leading licensors and licensees across media, entertainment, publishing, consumer brands and hi-tech/gaming companies. The Group combines the power of rights management and content compliance with sophisticated content services, AI-powered visual search and image and video recognition.

FADEL has two solutions, being IPM Suite (rights and royalty management for publishers and licensing) and Brand Vision (an integrated platform for Brand Compliance & Monitoring that includes Content Services, Digital Rights Management, AI-Powered Content Tracking, a Brand Monitor, and 100 million Ready-to-License Images).

The Group's main country of operation is the United States, where it is headquartered in New York, with further operations in the UK, Lebanon, France, Canada and India. Founded in 2003 by Tarek Fadel (Chief Executive Officer), FADEL has since grown to a team of 116 full time employees, plus an additional pool of c.50-60 contractors.

For more information please visit the Group's website at: www.fadel.com.

 

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) i


1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii:

Fadel Partners, Inc.

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer

X

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify) iii:

X

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv

Name

Capital PE Holding SAL

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

Lebanon

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) v

Name

Impact Fund by MEVP Holding SAL

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

Lebanon

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi:

18/04/23

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):

18/04/23

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation


% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)

% of voting rights through financial instruments
(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)

Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)

Total number of voting rights held in issuer (8.A + 8.B) vii

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

29.0


29.0

5,796,821

Position of previous notification (if

applicable)

29.0




 

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached viii

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of
shares

ISIN code (if possible)

Number of voting rights ix

% of voting rights

Direct

(DTR5.1)

Indirect

 (DTR5.2.1)

Direct

(DTR5.1)

Indirect

(DTR5.2.1)

USU3033R1024


5,796,821


29.0











SUBTOTAL 8. A

5,796,821

29.0

 

 

B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
date
x

Exercise/
Conversion Period
xi

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is

exercised/converted.

% of voting rights


















SUBTOTAL 8. B 1



 

 

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
date
x

Exercise/
Conversion Period
xi

Physical or cash

Settlement xii

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights





















 

SUBTOTAL 8.B.2



 

 

 

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the

applicable box with an "X")

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer xiii


Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional rows as necessary)
xiv

X

Name xv

% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

Capital PE Holding SAL

29.0


29.0

MEVP Lebanon Holding SAL

29.0


29.0













 

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder


The number and % of voting rights held


The date until which the voting rights will be held



11. Additional information xvi

Change of investment manager

 

Place of completion

Beirut, Lebanon

Date of completion

18/04/23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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