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<li>Fardaday Future (FF) announced it lined up at least $100m in funding from two investors but gave little detail. Deal is set to close on or before August 8th. </li>
<li>Given that it's a senior secured convert deal, we doubt more than $100m-$200m can be raised, despite FF's release saying the deal has capacity for $600m.</li>
<li>FF only had $222m in cash in April after -$173m in FCF in Q1. They need $1bn to last through 2023. Anything less than $600m in funding would be negative.</li>
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Fardaday Future (FF) announced it lined up at least $100m in funding from two investors but gave little detail. Deal is set to close on or before August 8th. 
Given that it's a senior secured convert deal, we doubt more than $100m-$200m can be raised, despite FF's release saying the deal has capacity for $600m.
FF only had $222m in cash in April after -$173m in FCF in Q1. They need $1bn to last through 2023. Anything less than $600m in funding would be negative.


Faraday Future (FFIE) Claims It Lined Up Funding but Details Are Vague

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<li>Faraday Future (FF) announced that it has delayed the Q3 2022 launch of its first EV and is "continuing to engage" in fundraising talks. </li>
<li>FF says it needs $325m to last through the year or 47% of its market cap. A PIPE deal could be underway, albeit the 8-K filing was cautiously worded. </li>
<li>Depending on the agreement, it may pave the way for the recently deposed founder to place a crony on the Board, which could be negative for future funding. </li>
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Faraday Future (FF) announced that it has delayed the Q3 2022 launch of its first EV and is "continuing to engage" in fundraising talks. 
FF says it needs $325m to last through the year or 47% of its market cap. A PIPE deal could be underway, albeit the 8-K filing was cautiously worded. 
Depending on the agreement, it may pave the way for the recently deposed founder to place a crony on the Board, which could be negative for future funding. 


Faraday Future (FFIE) Delays New EV Launch; Says It Needs More Cash

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<li>The proxy fight between Faraday's founder and its Board has heated up further, with the founder making two 13D filings to the Board in just 3 days. </li>
<li>The founder wants to replace a certain Board member with a candidate of his choice and said he has third party investors willing to inject $100M+ if the Board agrees. </li>
<li>The Board never replied and this shows how tight the cash crunch at Faraday has become. Q2 cash should come to only $60M, or roughly 1 month of operations.</li>
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The proxy fight between Faraday's founder and its Board has heated up further, with the founder making two 13D filings to the Board in just 3 days. 
The founder wants to replace a certain Board member with a candidate of his choice and said he has third party investors willing to inject $100M+ if the Board agrees. 
The Board never replied and this shows how tight the cash crunch at Faraday has become. Q2 cash should come to only $60M, or roughly 1 month of operations.


Faraday Future's Proxy Fight Intensifies: $100M Financing Offer Ignored

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<li>Faraday has been actively looking for financing as cash on hand in April was only $222m and its cash-burn in Q1 ran at $173m.</li>
<li>On top of SEC &amp; DoJ investigations, Faraday's financing efforts are further hampered by a recent proxy battle against the Board of Directors launched by Faraday's founder.</li>
<li>Faraday "believes" it has enough cash to see the launch its first EV in Q3, but Q2 results may show it has little cash left for a successful ramp-up.  </li>
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Faraday has been actively looking for financing as cash on hand in April was only $222m and its cash-burn in Q1 ran at $173m.
On top of SEC &amp; DoJ investigations, Faraday's financing efforts are further hampered by a recent proxy battle against the Board of Directors launched by Faraday's founder.
Faraday "believes" it has enough cash to see the launch its first EV in Q3, but Q2 results may show it has little cash left for a successful ramp-up.  


Faraday Future (FFIE) Struggles to Finance Amid Internal "Civil War"

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In our next Webinar, we are excited to host Analyst Chris Redl (SC Capital) who will outline his stock picks in the global automotive sector. What do major automotive names look like amidst the EV revolution? Tune in to hear more.
The webinar was hosted on Wednesday, 29 June 2022, 17:00 SGT/HKT.
Subscribe to our podcast feed and listen on the go:
SC Capital has over 20 years' experience covering the global automotive industry both on the Sell-side (UBS &amp; Morgan Stanley) and Buy-side (Och-Ziff), along with a wealth of industry contacts. The current focus is on electric vehicle stocks &amp; their supply chains, aiming is to identify the winners and losers from a long/short perspective. This includes close coverage of legacy automakers as well. From time to time, SC Capital covers opportunistic events with stocks in the manufacturing sector, food &amp; beverage, healthcare, and tech.

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