Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited Conversion of C Shares & Update to Dividend Target (3996Y)
September 09 2020 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 3996Y
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited
09 September 2020
9 September 2020
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited ("Hipgnosis" or the "Company")
Conversion of C Shares and Update to Dividend Target
The Board of Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, the first and only UK
listed investment company offering investors a pure-play exposure
to songs and associated intellectual property rights, and its
Investment Adviser, The Family (Music) Limited, announce that the
Company has invested approximately 82% of the net proceeds from its
July C Share fundraising in accordance with its Investment
Objective and Policy. Accordingly, the Board is pleased to announce
that the Company intends to convert the C Shares (Ticker: SONC)
into Ordinary Shares (Ticker: SONG) (the "Conversion") in
accordance with the provisions of its articles of incorporation as
amended at the AGM held yesterday.
In addition, having substantially invested the C Share proceeds
into some of the finest Songs of the last 40 years, and with
streaming continuing to grow in line with pre-Covid 19
expectations, the Board is also delighted to announce an increase
in the Company's target dividend to 5.25p per Ordinary Share per
annum(1) . The Company will target the payment of four equal
quarterly dividends of 1.3125p per Ordinary Share commencing from
the next interim dividend for the period from 1 July 2020 to 30
September 2020 which is expected to be declared in October 2020.
This reflects the Board's, and the Investment Adviser's, confidence
in the uncorrelated and reliable nature of Songs' income during the
global Covid-19 crisis as well as the growth in global recorded
music revenues driven by streaming.
Conversion of C Shares
The Calculation Time, being the close of business on the date on
which the Conversion Ratio will be calculated, will be 30 September
2020. The calculation of the Conversion Ratio will be based on the
net assets attributable to the Ordinary Shares and C Shares as at
close of business on 30 September 2020. The Conversion Ratio is
expected to be announced with the Company's interim results in
December 2020, together with the expected date when such Conversion
will occur and the number of new Ordinary Shares to be issued.
Terms used in this announcement shall, unless the context
otherwise requires, bear the meanings given to them in the
Prospectus published by the Company on 27 September 2019.
Merck Mercuriadis, Founder of Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited and
The Family (Music) Limited, said:
" It's been a long summer focused on acquisitions and active
management but I'm delighted with our progress and look forward to
detailing it all for our investors at our Capital Markets Day on
Friday."
(1) This is a target only and there can be no assurance that the
target can or will be met and should not be taken as an indication
of the Company's expected or actual future results. Accordingly,
current and potential investors should not place any reliance on
this target when making an investment decision or assume that the
Company will meet this target or make any future distributions at
all and should decide for themselves whether or not the target
dividend yield is reasonable or achievable.
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)
Ocorian - Company Secretary & Administrator Tel: +44 (0) 1481 742614
Mariana Enevoldsen
The Outside Organisation Tel: +44 (0)7711 081
Alan Edwards / Nick Caley 843
FTI Consulting Tel: +44 (0)7771 978220;
Neil Doyle/ Paul Harris/ Laura Ewart +44 (0)7809 411882;
+44 (0)7761 332646
All US music publicity enquiries
Fran Defeo +1 917 767 5255
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 GBP860
million (gross equity capital) through its Initial Public Offering
on 11 July 2018, and subsequent issues in April 2019, August 2019,
October 2019 and July 2020. 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, Jason Flom, Rodney Jerkins,
Bjorn Lindvall and Chris Helm.
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