Iconic Labs PLC New Consulting & Marketing Joint Venture (6597Z)

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Iconic Labs PLC

14 January 2020

14 January 2020

Iconic Labs Plc ("Iconic Labs" or the "Company")

New Consulting & Marketing Joint Venture

Iconic Labs Plc (LSE:ICON), a multi-divisional new media and technology business, is pleased to announce that it has created a 50/50 joint venture marketing services company with Bacchus Creative Entertainment ("Bacchus") called Coalition Media Limited ("Coalition").

Coalition has been established to utilise the industry leading expertise of the Iconic Labs team in understanding social media, digital content production and access to media platforms like GSN to assist clients of Bacchus. The Iconic Labs team will also utilise the expertise and contacts of the Bacchus team in creating music, managing events and procuring celebrity talent for potential clients of Iconic Labs.

Bacchus Creative Entertainment has expertise in music creation and supervision, strategic partnerships, celebrity procurement and event management. It has previously worked with clients including Jack Daniel's, Lotus F1 and Dior, and has worked with celebrities such as Kate Moss, Daft Punk and Emily Ratajkowski.

Under the terms of the agreement, Coalition's new board will include John Quinlan, Sam Asante and Liam Harrington from Iconic Labs and Damon Bryant and Edward Hoyland from Bacchus. The Joint Venture requires no financial investment from either party. Bacchus was previously introduced to Iconic Labs by David Sefton who helped facilitate the creation of the joint venture.

Iconic Chief Business Officer, Liam Harrington, said, "We are delighted to announce the creation of this Joint Venture. We believe this is the start of a complementary and strategically beneficial partnership that fully utilises our expertise in digital media and access to media platforms in addition to Bacchus's expertise in music and events as well as strong client base. We are confident that combining the expertise of both teams' will result in an exciting business and a strong pipeline of clients."

Bacchus partner, Damon Bryant, said, "We are delighted to be partnering with the team at Iconic Labs. As a creative agency with very diverse clients this partnership adds a new and very exciting dimension to what we can offer."

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For further information, please visit the Company's website www.iconiclabs.co.uk or contact:

 
 John Quinlan      Iconic Labs Plc          c/o SBP Tel: +44 (0) 20 
                                             7236 1177 
 Damon Heath       Shard Capital Partners   Tel: [phone] 
                    LLP 
 Simon Leathers    Shard Capital Partners   Tel: [phone] 
                    LLP 
 Isabel de Salis   St Brides Partners       Tel: [phone] 
                    Limited 
 David Penson      St Brides Partners       Tel: [phone] 
                    Limited 
 

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