BinDawood Holding Co. — Capital/Financing Update 2022

Jul 27, 2022

BinDawood Holding Company announces the latest update on its previous announcement which is related to its wholly owned subsidiary, Future Retail for Information Technology Company, entering into exclusive negotiations for the potential acquisition of a majority stake in "Ykone", a subsidiary of TF1 group, a French leader in content production, publishing and distribution.

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BinDawood Holding Company announces the latest update on its previous announcement which is related to its wholly owned subsidiary, Future Retail for Information Technology Company, entering into exclusive negotiations for the potential acquisition of a majority stake in "Ykone", a subsidiary of TF1 group, a French leader in content production, publishing and distribution.

Element List	Explanation
Date of Posting the Previous Announcement of Development on Tadawul's Website	2022-07-24 Corresponding to 1443-12-25
URL of the Previous Announcement	Click Here
Change on the Development	BinDawood Holding Company (“BDH”) through its wholly owned subsidiary, Future Retail for Information Technology Company (Future Technology Retail (“FTR”), a technology and retail solutions investment company, announces the approval by the Board of Directors of BinDawood Holding Company of the acquisition of an 80.5% stake in Ykone, a subsidiary of TF1 Group, a French leader in content production, publishing and distribution. The transaction will be completed through FTR’s newly established French subsidiary company.

FTR has the option to buy an additional 4.9% of shares in Ykone with the balance to be held by the Founder and key management, who will continue to remain heavily involved in driving its growth and profitability.

Ykone is a profitable international influencer marketing agency with a proprietary technology offering, focused on travel, beauty, fashion and luxury brands, with a presence in Europe, Asia, the US and the Middle East. It provides end to end services on strategy, talent management, content production and monitoring to more than 200 leading brands across the globe including the MENA region. This strategic investment will position BinDawood Holding to maximize on the growth of retail ecommerce through digital marketing, and to further deepen its e-commerce value chain.

BDH will provide financial and commercial support to Ykone to further improve its technological platform, to diversify into other industry segments and verticals and to gain deeper access to the Middle East markets where it has already achieved some success and penetration. Influencer marketing is now considered to be at the heart of e-commerce and is set to grow to approximately $16.4 Billion in 2022, with the Middle East witnessing growing social media influencer activity because of its young demographic profile and the high penetration of smart phone users. Financial Impact on the change BDH will benefit from the increase in the value of the investment in Ykone and also be able to use Ykone’s international experience of working with major brands to improve the manner in which it targets its e-commerce customers. Additional Information There are no related parties involved in the transaction Attached Documents  

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