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OnMobile Global Ltd. Capital/Financing Update 2021

Mar 31, 2021

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Capital/Financing Update

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March 31, 2021

ONMOBILE GLOBAL LIMITED Tower #1, 94/1 C & 94/2, Veerasandra Village, Attibele Hobli, Anekal Taluk, Electronic City Phase-1, Bangalore - 560100, Karnataka, India

P: +91 80 4009 6000 | F: +91 80 4009 6009 CIN - L64202KA2000PLC027860 Email - [email protected]

www.onmobile.com

To, The Secretary BSE Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers Dalal Street, Fort Mumbai-400 001 Scrip Code: 532944

The Secretary National Stock Exchange of India Limited Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra East Mumbai – 400 051 Scrip Code: ONMOBILE

Dear Sir/Madam,

Sub: Intimation under Regulation 30 of the Securities Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosures Requirements) Regulations, 2015

Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosures Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we hereby inform you that OnMobile Global Limited (“ Company ”), has agreed to acquire 10% equity stake in Tech4Billion Media Private Limited. The disclosure for the acquisition is enclosed as Annexure A.

In this regard, the Company would issue a press release, copy of which is enclosed as Annexure B .

Please take the above on record.

Thanking you,

Yours sincerely, For OnMobile Global Limited

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P.V. Varaprasad

Company Secretary

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Encl: a/a

Annexure A

Disclosure for the acquisition 10% of shares of Tech4Billion Media Private Limited

1. Name of the target entity, details in brief such
as size, turnover etc.;
Name: Tech4Billion Media Private Limited
The Company is engaged in the business of
providing, operating and managing a social
media application in the name of “Chingari
that provides end users a social video sharing
service through which people can record and
share short video clips
2. Whether the acquisition would fall within
related party transaction(s) and whether the
promoter/ promoter group/ group companies
have any interest in the entity being
acquired? If yes, nature of interest and details
thereof and whether the same is done at
“arms length”;
No
3. Industry to which the entity being acquired
belongs;
Indian short video sharing app
4. Objects and effects of acquisition (including
but not limited to, disclosure of reasons for
acquisition of target entity, if its business is
outside the main line of business of the listed
entity);
 Promoting
OnMobile’s
games
in
millions of videos on Chingari app
 Set up OnMobile’s games channel on
Chingari app and have access to
millions of Chingari users
5. Brief details of any governmental or
regulatory
approvals
required
for
the
acquisition;
Nil
6. Indicative time period for completion of the
acquisition;
Within 45 days
7. Nature of consideration - whether cash
consideration or share swap and details of the
same;
Cash consideration
8. Cost of acquisition or the price at which the
shares are acquired;
Confidential
9. Percentage of shareholding / control acquired
and / or number of shares acquired;
Percentage of shareholding: 10%
10. Brief background about the entity acquired in
terms of products/line of business acquired,
date of incorporation, history of last 3 years
turnover, country in which the acquired entity
has presence and any other significant
information(inbrief);
Tech4Billion Media Private Limited owns
“Chingari” application which is an Indian
video-sharing
social
networking
service
wherein people record and share short video
clips which is available in 148 countries in
Android app and133 countriesin ios.Through

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this “Chingari” app, users can upload videos in 14 languages including English, Hindi, Bangla, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Odia, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu. “Chingari” app was first launched in Google Play Store in November 2018 and later rebranded and redesigned in June 2020.

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Annexure B

Press Release

Onmobile leads $13 million investment round in Chingari Bangalore, April 1st 2021

OnMobile Global Limited (“OnMobile”), the global leader in mobile entertainment, and Chingari, India’s homegrown short-form video app announced today that OnMobile has led a $13 Million round in Chingari. This investment will allow Chingari to accelerate its growth from 56 Million users to over 100 million users. As part of the deal, OnMobile will integrate and distribute its direct-to-consumer gaming platform, ONMO, on the Chingari app and collaborate on other mobile product integrations to serve millions of users. Chingari will use the funds to enhance its content portfolio, hire top talent and accelerate its growing user base.

Other investors who participated in this round include Republic Labs US, Astarc Ventures, White Star Capital, India TV (Rajat Sharma), JPIN Venture Catalysts Ltd, ProfitBoard Ventures, and some large family office funds from the UK. Earlier last year Chingari had raised $1.4 Million from a series of Angels, including Jasminder Gulati, FJ Labs (Fabrice Grinda), Angelist, Utsav Somani’s iSeed, Village Global, and Blume Founders Fund.

Commenting on this investment, François-Charles Sirois, Executive Chairman of OnMobile, said, "We are very excited about this investment and partnership bringing millions of users to the new ONMO gaming service while providing immediate business value and increased user reach for both companies”

Krish Seshadri, CEO of OnMobile, said "The Chingari team has built a terrific product with great user retention and growth. ONMO gaming’s short format challenges and Chingari's short-form videos complement each other well"

“We couldn't have hoped for a better partner than OnMobile to help Chingari embody its vision and become a content super media app for Bharat, and help engage a billion Indians. With our visions aligned, this partnership promises to be a winning collaboration.", said Sumit Ghosh, Co-Founder & CEO of Chingari.

"We are thrilled to have Krish Seshadri join our board at Chingari. His vast business experience and working on mobile & social products will add

great value to the team," said Aditya Kothari, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Chingari.

About Chingari

Chingari that started as a short-form video app, has now positioned itself as a Content media super app for Bharat. Chingari not only offers shortform videos, but has carved its niche by also introducing Chingari Multiplex, and the first one in India to introduce Social Video Commerce. Now, With the strategic partnership of OnMobile Chingari would also be introducing gaming within the app.

About OnMobile

OnMobile [NSE India: ONMOBILE] [BSE Ltd: 532944], is a global leader in mobile entertainment. Headquartered in Bangalore, India and with offices globally, OnMobile offers a wide array of products such as Videos, Tones, Games & Contests. OnMobile has an addressable base of more than 1.68 billion mobile users and over 100 million active subscribers across several geographies based on current deployments. For further information, please visit www.onmobile.com For media queries, please contact: [email protected]