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RNS Number : 1394F

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited

03 November 2022

LEI: 213800XJIPNDVKXMOC11

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited ("Hipgnosis" or the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

3 November 2022

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited announces that it has purchased 250,000 of its ordinary shares of no par value, as detailed below:

 
 Aggregate number of ordinary 
  shares purchased:              250,000 
 Price per share:                85.826p 
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 Trade date:                     2 November 2022 
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 Settlement date:                4 November 2022 
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The purchased ordinary shares will be held in treasury. Following completion of the above transaction, the Company will have 1,209,714,286 ordinary shares in issue, 1,209,714,286 voting rights and 1,500,000 ordinary shares held in treasury.

 
 
 For further information please contact: 
  Hipgnosis Song Management 
  Merck Mercuriadis 
  Chris Helm 
  Giles Croot (Media)                               +44 (0)20 4542 1511 
  Rufina Pavry (Investors )                         +44 (0)20 4542 1530 
 Singer Capital Markets - Joint Corporate 
  Broker 
  James Moat / James Maxwell / Alex Emslie 
  (Corporate Finance) 
  Alan Geeves / James Waterlow / Sam Greatrex 
  (Sales)                                          +44 (0)20 7496 3000 
 J.P. Morgan Cazenove - Joint Corporate Broker 
  William Simmonds / Jérémie Birnbaum 
  (Corporate Finance) 
  James Bouverat (Sales)                           +44 (0)20 7742 4000 
 RBC Capital Markets - Joint Corporate Broker 
  Elliot Thomas / Max Avison (Corporate Finance) 
  Lisa Tugwell / Anastasia Mikhailova (Sales)      +44 (0)20 7635 4000 
 Ocorian - Company Secretary & Administrator 
  Lorna Zimny                                      +44 (0) 28 9693 0222 
 The Outside Organisation 
  Alan Edwards / Nick Caley                        +44 (0)7711 081 843 
                                                   +44 (0)7771 978220; 
 FTI Consulting                                     +44 (0)7809 411882; 
  Neil Doyle / Paul Harris / Laura Ewart            +44 (0)7761 332646 
 All US music publicity enquiries 
  Fran Defeo                                       +1 917 767 5255

Notes to Editors

About Hipgnosis Songs Fund

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 GBP1.3 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 Hipgnosis Songs Fund'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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