Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited Appointment of Non-Executive Director (7666U)
November 27 2019 - 2:01AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 7666U
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited
27 November 2019
27 November 2019
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited ("Hipgnosis" or the "Company")
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited is pleased to announce the
appointment of Sylvia Coleman as an independent Non-Executive
Director of the Company.
Initially a lawyer with Stephenson Harwood, Sylvia has since
spent most of her career in the Music Industry serving, across 25
years, as Senior Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs at
EMI Music and prior to that, Sony Music where she was responsible
for overseeing the Company's International and European legal and
business affairs respectively. Most recently, she co-founded
BPureSounds, a boutique urban music IP rights company which
launched earlier this year.
Additionally Sylvia was a Non-Executive Director of FTSE 250
bwin.party digital entertainment plc until its acquisition by GVC
Holdings plc. She also served as a long-standing Chairman of
Chickenshed Theatre Company, a not for profit music and theatre
company for young people celebrating diversity and inclusion and
was on the Board of Reprieve, a charitable human rights
organisation. She also co-founded Ceroc Enterprises, a dance
company franchising a contemporary dance phenomenon across the
UK.
Save as disclosed above, there are no further details to
disclose under paragraphs 9.6.13 R (1) to (6) of the Listing Rules
in respect of Sylvia Coleman.
Merck Mercuriadis, Founder of The Family (Music) Limited and
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, said:
"I am delighted to welcome Sylvia to our board. She has had
incredible experience in her career innovating on behalf of both
rights owners and artists and I am certain her contributions will
be very meaningful to the continued success of Hipgnosis."
For further information, please contact:
The Family (Music) Limited Tel: +44 (0)1481 742742
Merck Mercuriadis
N+1 Singer - Joint Corporate Broker Tel: +44 (0)20 7496
James Maxwell / James Moat (Corporate 3000
Finance)
Alan Geeves / James Waterlow / Sam Greatrex
(Sales)
J.P. Morgan Cazenove - Joint Corporate Tel: +44 (0)20 7742
Broker 4000
William Simmonds / Ed Murray / Jérémie
Birnbaum (Corporate Finance)
James Bouverat / Eddie Nissen (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. The Company has raised a total of over GBP625
million (gross equity capital) through its Initial Public Offering
on 11 July 2018, and subsequent issues in April 2019, August 2019
and October 2019. In September 2019, Hipgnosis transferred its
entire issued share capital to the Premium listing segment of the
Official List of the FCA and to the London Stock Exchange's Premium
segment of the Main Market.
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, Starrah, Nick Jarjour, David
Stewart, Bill Leibowitz, Ian Montone, and Jason Flom.
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