2 May 2023
Fadel Partners, Inc.
('FADEL', the 'Company' or, together with its subsidiaries, the 'Group')
Issuance of Common Shares
Fadel Partners, Inc., a brand compliance, rights and royalty management software provider, is pleased to announce that on 28 April 2023 the Company issued 223,289 new depositary interests over common shares of $0.001 ("Common Shares"), at a price of 144 pence per share, by way of direct subscription ("Subscription"). The participants include friends, family and 34 employees.
The receipt of these funds will be used to repay $401,613 of the Fadel Loan, a loan between the Company and Tarek Fadel, as detailed in the Admission Document, published on 4 April 2023. Following the repayment, the remaining loan balance will be $162,396.
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for these Common Shares, which will rank pari passu with the Company's existing Common Shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM. Dealings in the new Common Shares on AIM are expected to commence at 8:00 a.m. on 5 May 2023.
Following Admission of the Common Shares, the Company will have 20,191,292 Common Shares with a nominal value of $0.001 each. Shareholders may use this figure of Common Shares as the denominator by which they are required to notify their interest in, or change their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Related Party Transaction
Vicary Gibbs, CFO has agreed to subscribe for 14,500 Common Shares for a total price of £20,880. As at the date of this announcement, Vicary holds 14,500 Common Shares representing approximately 0.07 per cent. of the Common Shares in issue. Vicary is a director of the Company and his participation in the Subscription is a related party transaction pursuant to AIM Rule 13.
The Independent Directors, being Tarek Fadel, Ken West, Sally Tilleray, George Kadifa and Joe Gruttadauria, consider, having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, finnCap Ltd, that the terms of Vicary's participation in the Fundraise are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.
Tarek Fadel, Chief Executive Officer, commented:
"We are delighted to announce that following our IPO, a significant number of FADEL employees expressed a strong desire to participate in the growth of our company. As a team we are convinced of the merits of our business and it is both gratifying and very encouraging that so many of our employees have taken part. Together we look forward to continued growth for all of our shareholders."
For further information please contact:
| Tarek Fadel, Chief Executive Officer Vicary Gibbs, Chief Financial Officer | Via Alma PR |
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| finnCap Limited (Nomad & Broker) | 020 7220 0500 |
| Jonny-Franklin Adams, Emily Watts, Abigail Kelly, Milesh Hindocha (Corporate Finance) | |
| Tim Redfern, Sunila De Silva (ECM) | |
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| 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.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Vicary Gibbs |
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer |
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification |
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
| a) | Name | Fadel Partners, Inc. |
| b) | LEI | 2138006CF39FSLKDRZ65 |
| 4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |
| a) | Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument | Common Stock of $0.001 per share |
| Identification code | ISIN: USU3033R1024 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of Ordinary Shares |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | 14,500 Ordinary Shares 144 pence |
| d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volume Price |
14,500 Ordinary Shares £20,880 |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 28 April 2023 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
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