Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited FTSE 250 Index Inclusion (0587F)
March 05 2020 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 0587F
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited
05 March 2020
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited ("Hipgnosis" or the "Company")
FTSE 250 Index Inclusion
The Board of Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited and its Investment
Adviser, The Family (Music) Limited, are pleased to announce that
FTSE Russell has confirmed that Hipgnosis will be added as a
constituent of the FTSE 250 Index effective from after the market
close on 20 March 2020.
Merck Mercuriadis, Founder, said , "This is a tremendous
achievement in only 20 months and I would like to thank our
investors and our incredible songwriters for their belief and
helping us to firmly establish proven SONGs as an asset class. We
now have a strong track record in raising money, investing it in
great songs, managing them well and paying dividends. We have a
tremendous pipeline in place to continue, in what are very
challenging times, to give the financial community access to these
wonderful assets that have very low correlation to wider
markets."
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 / Jérémie Birnbaum
(Corporate Finance)
James Bouverat (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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