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Fountain Asset Corp. Announces Private Placement
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 22, 2018) - Fountain Asset Corp . (TSXV: FA) ("...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Fountain Asset Corp. Announces Private PlacementToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 22, 2018) - Fountain Asset Corp. (TSXV: FA) (\"Fountain\" or the \"Company\") today announces that it has closed a private placement of 4,500,000 subordinate voting shares (\"Shares\") to Delavaco Group at a price of $0.45 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $2,025,000 (the \"Offering\").The Offering was completed after the receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. All Shares issued pursuant to the Offering will be subject to a statutory hold period of 4 months plus one day from the date of distribution.In connection with the private placement to Delavaco Group, Fountain has agreed to appoint Mr. Michael Galloro, as Delavaco's nominee, to its board of directors on or before the Company's next Annual General Meeting. Mr. Galloro is an accomplished financial executive with over 20 years of experience. He gained public markets experience engaged as a Vice President of Finance for a TSXV listed company operating in the payment processing industry.  He then pursued a consulting career focused primarily on the small and mid-cap space working closely with emerging private and publicly listed companies operating globally assisting with financings, M&A, corporate structuring and go public transactions, both in Canada and the US.  Mr. Galloro earned his Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA) designation while working in the financial institutions practice for KPMG LLP and has his Honours Bachelor of Accounting (BAcc) Degree from Brock University.\"We are very pleased with this private placement. We believe adding certain investors to the Company's shareholder base will enhance Fountain's ability to source new potential investment opportunities,\" said Andrew Parks, CEO of Fountain Asset Corp.The net proceeds from the Offering will be used to fund Fountain's merchant banking activities, including investing in public and private companies in the form of common equity, preferred shares, convertible debentures and secured bridge loans.About Fountain Asset Corp. Fountain is a merchant bank which provides equity financing, bridge loan services (asset back/collateralized financing) and strategic financial consulting services to companies across ma...