Fastening bracket of a modular fastening system for cladding panels for buildings, the fastening bracket having at least one connecting element adapted to be connected to a connecting receptacle on the rear side of the cladding panel , the connecting receptacle being shape-corresponding to the connecting element , wherein the height dimension (H) of the fastening bracket is smaller than the module height increment (M) of the facade system, i.e. smaller than the visible height dimension of the cladding panels plus a cladding panel joint width, the fastening bracket being connectable to a raster carrier belonging to the fastening system and adapted to be arranged substantially vertically along a building wall, the raster carrier having a regular longitudinal grid of continuously and uniformly spaced latching recesses to which the fastening bracket can be brought into engagement in a form-locking manner at least along the substantially vertical direction , and wherein the connection and the form-locking engagement of the two bodies "fastening bracket " and "raster carrier " is effected by hook elements arranged on the fastening bracket and by shape-corresponding latching recesses arranged on the raster carrier , characterized in that the fastening bracket has at least four connecting elements for suspending four cladding panels adjacent to one another in a gap intersection region, at least one resilient protrusion facing the raster carrier being formed on the fastening bracket , the resilient protrusion coming into form-locking latching engagement with one of the latching recesses of the raster carrier at least counter to the vertical direction when the fastening bracket is brought into form-locking engagement with the raster carrier along the vertical direction . the fastening bracket having at least one connecting element adapted to be connected to a connecting receptacle on the rear side of the cladding panel , the connecting receptacle being shape-corresponding to the connecting element , wherein the height dimension (H) of the fastening bracket is smaller than the module height increment (M) of the facade system, i.e. smaller than the visible height dimension of the cladding panels plus a cladding panel joint width, the fastening bracket being connectable to a raster carrier belonging to the fastening system and adapted to be arranged substantially vertically along a building wall, the raster carrier having a regular longitudinal grid of continuously and uniformly spaced latching recesses to which the fastening bracket can be brought into engagement in a form-locking manner at least along the substantially vertical direction , and wherein the connection and the form-locking engagement of the two bodies "fastening bracket " and "raster carrier " is effected by hook elements arranged on the fastening bracket and by shape-corresponding latching recesses arranged on the raster carrier , characterized in that the fastening bracket has at least four connecting elements for suspending four cladding panels adjacent to one another in a gap intersection region, at least one resilient protrusion facing the raster carrier being formed on the fastening bracket , the resilient protrusion coming into form-locking latching engagement with one of the latching recesses of the raster carrier at least counter to the vertical direction when the fastening bracket is brought into form-locking engagement with the raster carrier along the vertical direction . <EOS>