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Revised Voting by Proxy Deadline

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RNS Number : 1643Z
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited
12 September 2022
 

LEI: 213800XJIPNDVKXMOC11

12 September 2022

 

HIPGNOSIS SONGS FUND LIMITED

 (the "Company" or "Hipgnosis")

 

Revised Voting by Proxy Deadline

On 3 August 2022, the Company posted Notice of its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") to be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 21 September 2022 at United House, 9 Pembridge Road, Notting Hill, London, W11 3JY.

The UK Government have announced that Monday, 19 September 2022 will be a national bank holiday to coincide with the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

As this date coincides with the deadline for returning completed and signed proxy votes in respect of the AGM, the Company has extended this deadline by 24 hours to 10:00am on Tuesday, 20 September 2022.

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Hipgnosis Song Management Limited

Merck Mercuriadis / Rufina Pavry / Giles Croot

 

Tel: +44 (0) 20 454 1530; +44 (0)20 452 1511

Singer Capital Markets - Joint Corporate Broker

James Maxwell / James Moat / Amanda Gray (Corporate Finance)

Alan Geeves / James Waterlow / Sam Greatrex (Sales)

 

Tel: +44 (0)20 7496 3000

J.P. Morgan Cazenove - Joint Corporate Broker

William Simmonds / Jérémie Birnbaum (Corporate Finance)

James Bouverat (Sales)

 

Tel: +44 (0)20 7742 4000

RBC Capital Markets - Joint Corporate Broker

Elliot Thomas / Max Avison (Corporate Finance)

Lisa Tugwell / Anastasia Mikhailova (Sales)

 

Tel: +44 (0)20 7635 4000

Ocorian - Company Secretary & Administrator

Lorna Zimny

 

Tel: +44 (0) 28 9693 0222

The Outside Organisation

Alan Edwards / Nick Caley

 

Tel: +44 (0)7711 081 843

FTI Consulting

Neil Doyle/ Paul Harris/ Laura Ewart

Tel: +44 (0)7771 978220; +44 (0)7809 411882; +44 (0)7761 332646

 

All US music publicity enquiries

Fran Defeo

Tel: +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 almost £1.3 billion (gross equity capital) through its Initial Public Offering on 11 July 2018, and subsequent issues in April 2019, August 2019, October 2019, July 2020, September 2020, February 2021 and July 2021. 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, and in March 2020 became a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Since April 2021, the Company has been resident in the UK for tax purposes and is recognised as an investment trust under applicable HMRC regulations.

About Hipgnosis Song Management Limited

The Company's Investment Adviser is Hipgnosis Song Management 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 Hipgnosis Song Management Limited Advisory Board include Nile Rodgers, The-Dream, Giorgio Tuinfort, Starrah, David A. Stewart, Poo Bear, Bill Leibowitz, Ian Montone and Rodney Jerkins.

 

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