Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited Portfolio Update (6856M)
January 10 2019 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 6856M
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited
10 January 2019
10 January 2019
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited ("Hipgnosis" or the "Company")
Portfolio Update
The Board of Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited and its Investment
Adviser, The Family (Music) Limited, are pleased to announce that
the Company has acquired six music catalogues since its IPO in July
2018.
The catalogues acquired to date comprise 1,230 songs in total.
The songs in the portfolio have achieved 1,646 Top 10 chart
positions around the world including 402 Number 1's. 20 songs were
Number 1's in both the US and UK with over 107 Top 10 chart
positions in those markets, many of which are Grammy Award winners
or nominees. The catalogues acquired to date comprise songs written
for more than 100 recording artists.
While the Company is constrained by confidentiality undertakings
as to disclosing the valuation multiples paid for each catalogue, a
total of GBP73.0 million has now been invested on an aggregate
multiple of 12.2x historic annual net income. The Company's target
returns, as set out in its IPO prospectus, remain unchanged.
For further information, please contact:
The Family (Music) Limited Tel: +44 (0)1481 742742
Merck Mercuriadis
N+1 Singer Tel: +44 (0)20 7496
James Maxwell / James Moat (Corporate 3000
Finance)
Alan Geeves / James Waterlow / Sam Greatrex
(Sales)
The Outside Organisation Tel: +44 (0)7711 081
Alan Edwards / Nick Caley 843
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited
(www.hipgnosissongs.com)
Hipgnosis, which was founded by Merck Mercuriadis, is a Guernsey
registered investment company established to offer investors a
pure-play exposure to songs and associated musical intellectual
property rights. In its Initial Public Offering on the Specialist
Fund Segment of the London Stock Exchange's main market on 11 July
2018, the Company raised approximately GBP200m gross equity
capital.
About The Family (Music) Limited
The Company's Investment Adviser is The Family (Music) Limited,
which was founded by Merck Mercuriadis, former manager of globally
successful recording artists, such as Elton John, Guns N' Roses,
Morrissey, Iron Maiden and Beyoncé, and hit songwriters such as
Diane Warren, Justin Tranter and The-Dream, and former CEO of The
Sanctuary Group plc. The Investment Adviser has assembled an
Advisory Board of highly successful music industry experts which
include award winning members of the artist, songwriter,
publishing, legal, financial, recorded music and music management
communities, all with in-depth knowledge of music publishing.
Members of The Family (Music) Limited Advisory Board include Nile
Rodgers, The-Dream, Giorgio Tuinfort, Bill Leibowitz, Ian Montone,
and Jason Flom.
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