FG Financial Group, Inc. Merchant Banking Platform Company FG Merger Corp. Has Completed Business Combination with iCoreConnect

FG Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:FGF) (the "Company"), today announced that its Merchant Banking platform company, FG Merger Corp. (FG Merger) (NASDAQ:FGMC), has completed its previously announced business combination with iCoreConnect Inc. (NASDAQ:ICCT), a market leading, cloud-based software and technology company focused on increasing workflow productivity and customer profitability through its enterprise and healthcare workflow platform of applications and services. FG Financial is a reinsurance and asset management holding company focused on collateralized and loss-capped reinsurance and merchant banking that allocates capital in partnership with Fundamental Global^®, a private partnership led by Kyle Cerminara and Joe Moglia, as well as other strategic investors.

The business combination was approved by FG Merger's stockholders at a meeting held on August 18, 2023. FG Merger now operates as iCoreConnect Inc. and began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker "ICCT" on Monday, August 28, 2023.

FG Financial Group has beneficial ownership of approximately:

• 220,000 common shares of iCoreConnect,
• 650,000 convertible preferred shares of iCoreConnect, and
• 1 million warrants exercisable into convertible preferred shares of iCoreConnect.

FG Financial Group's CEO Larry Swets, Jr. commented, "We are pleased with FG Merger's closing of this business combination with iCoreConnect, a market leading software company with an attractive, scalable business model positioned to take advantage of healthcare industry tailwinds. This is the third completed De-SPAC that FG Financial platform companies have concluded, and we remain dedicated to continuing to find unique opportunities to allocate capital within our Merchant Banking platform."

iCoreConnect, Inc. is a market leading, cloud-based software and technology company focused on increasing workflow productivity and practice profitability through its enterprise and healthcare workflow platform of applications and services. iCoreConnect is most notably known for its innovation in solving healthcare business problems. The company's philosophy places a high value on customer feedback, allowing iCoreConnect to respond to the market's needs. iCoreConnect touts a platform of 16 SaaS enterprise solutions and more than 100 agreements with state or regional healthcare associations across the country.

Since announcing the proposed business combination in January 2023, iCore has expanded its product offering of its cloud-based platform and grown its subscriber count by over 14%, with even more substantial growth anticipated from multiple wins among enterprise-level customers. The Company also added to its many partnerships with state and medical associations.

FG Financial Group, Inc.

FG Financial Group, Inc. is a reinsurance and asset management holding company focused on collateralized and loss capped reinsurance and merchant banking that allocates capital in partnership with Fundamental Global^®, a private partnership led by Kyle Cerminara and Joe Moglia, as well as other strategic investors. The Company's principal business operations are conducted through its subsidiaries and affiliates.

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