One Media iP Group Plc - Subscription and proposed director appointments

18 December 2017 at 7am

One Media iP Group Plc

("One Media", the "Group” or the “Company")

Subscription, issue of equity and proposed director appointments

Investment by Lord Michael Grade and Ivan Dunleavy, designate non-executive directors

One Media iP Group Plc (AIM: OMIP), a digital media content provider that exploits intellectual property rights around music, video and copyright technology, is pleased to announce an equity investment totalling £375,000 gross in the Company by Lord Michael Grade and Ivan Dunleavy, and their proposed appointment as Non-executive Directors.

Lord Grade said: “I firmly believe the music industry has turned a corner – led by streaming services, which are seen as the basis of future growth by content owners. One Media is a very accomplished business with strong credentials, and we share the management team’s view of the music business’ development. I look forward to working closely with them and using my experience to add value and expedite the scale up of the business.”

“Our investment is a gesture of our firm commitment and a demonstration of our belief in One Media’s future prospects,” added Ivan Dunleavy. “We have a long-established relationship with Michael Infante and are impressed with how he has run this company and developed an excellent reputation in this industry. With music streaming set to grow, not only will this company benefit from sales of its portfolio of digital content, it is also able to provide a vital service to copyright owners through its in-house developed proprietary software, TCAT, which tracks and monitors where their music is made available for sale. We look forward to working with the One Media’s team to build on the strong foundations and advancing to the next stage of development.”

One Media is an owner and provider of digital music and video content. The Group operates in the $4.6bn global music streaming market, which Goldman Sachs analysts predict will grow to $28bn by 2030. In the UK alone, PwC estimate that digital music streaming will generate £520m this year and grow by a CAGR of approximately 22% to over £1bn by 2021, when it will account for 93% of all digital recorded music revenue. The Company has a catalogue of over 250,000 nostalgic music tracks from a range of genres from Soul to classical music and rock to pop from over the last 50 years, including artists such as Ricky Valance, Evelyn Thomas, Anita Harris, The Tremeloes, the Troggs and Marv Johnson. One Media looks to exploit its music tracks and over 10,000 hours of video by recompiling the content for sale through more than 600 digital music and video store groups worldwide such as iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and YouTube. In addition, its library of content is available for TV shows, movies, adverts and websites requiring synchronised music. One Media acquired the entire assets of Men & Motors from Granada/ITV in 2012 and now exploits the 3400 shows on YouTube and is looking to rework the format back to digital TV broadcast in the future.

Michael Infante, Chairman and Chief Executive of One Media, commented: “I am delighted to welcome Ivan Dunleavy and Lord Grade as investors into One Media. I am also excited by the wealth of experience that this will bring to the Company following their proposed appointment as non-executive directors. They have an exceptional track record, both individually and combined, with their partnership at Pinewood Studios overseeing a more-than fivefold increase in the value of that business. In 2018, both the music industry and One Media are poised to benefit from an uplift in the monetisation of content through streaming and we will also extend our reach with exciting initiatives such as TCAT. As a result, this is an opportune moment for us to appoint Ivan and Michael and to leverage their expertise.”

Proposed appointment of Directors

Following the completion of the requisite regulatory procedures, Lord Michael Grade and Ivan Dunleavy will be appointed as Non-executive Directors of the Company.

Lord Michael Grade

Lord Michael Grade has had a distinguished career as a television executive and businessman. His experience in broadcasting has encompassed leading roles at London Weekend Television, Channel 4 Television, the BBC and ITV as well as being the Chairman of Pinewood Group plc, Europe’s largest provider of stage and studio space.

Ivan Dunleavy

Ivan Dunleavy’s career in media spans more than 35 years, including 17 years as Chief Executive Officer of Pinewood Group. Prior to Pinewood, he was Chief Executive Officer of VCI plc, an audio-visual and audio publishing group.

A further announcement will be made upon completion of the requisite regulatory procedures.

Subscription and Total Voting Rights

The Company has raised £375,000 gross via a subscription for 15,000,000 new ordinary shares (“Subscription Shares”) in the Company at a price of 2.5 pence per share as set out below:-

Subscriber name	Number of Subscription Shares	% held of enlarged issued share capital
Lord Michael Grade	7,500,000	8.715%
Ivan Dunleavy	7,500,000	8.715%

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the 15,000,000 Subscription Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM (“Admission”). Admission is expected to occur on or around 21 December 2017. The Subscription Shares will rank pari passu with the Company’s existing ordinary shares.

Following Admission of the Subscription Shares, the total number of ordinary shares in issue will be 86,053,698. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.

For further information, please contact:

One Media iP Group Plc
Michael Infante, Chairman and Chief Executive Alice Dyson-Jones, Communications	[phone] [phone]
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (Nominated Adviser)
Liam Murray, Jo Turner	[phone]
Panmure Gordon (UK) Ltd (Broker)
Karri Vuori, James Stearns	[phone]
Luther Pendragon Ltd (Financial PR)
Harry Chathli, Claire Norbury	[phone]

Notes to Editors

Based at Pinewood Studios, One Media is an 'intellectual property' (IP) owner and/or controller of rights within the digital arena concerning music, video and digital distribution. It is a B2B (business-to-business) operation, that is consumer led which looks to exploit its catalogue of over 250,000 music tracks and over 10,000 hours of video by recompiling its content for download, streaming and sub licensing through over 600 digital music and video stores worldwide.

The Group has a team of Creative Technicians, all of whom are YouTube certified, who digitise the content, create the metadata, re-compile and prepare the digital music & video releases using bespoke in-house developed software. Additionally, One Media makes its library of content available for TV shows, movies, adverts and websites requiring synchronised music. One Media focuses on music performed by well-known artists from every genre, including pop, rock, reggae, R&B, children's music, karaoke, jazz, soul, blues, rap, hip-hop, gospel and world-music, plus stand-up comedy and spoken-word. In July 2014 the Group acquired, for a consideration of USD$1.6m, the Point Classics classical music library bringing the number to over 10,000 classical tracks now available to the Group for exploitation. The Group owns all the rights to the Men & Motors (originally Granada/ITV) TV shows originally aired on British TV between 1996 and 2010. Comprising over 3,500 shows, Men & Motors is available for viewing on the Group’s YouTube Channel.

Recently the Group has developed a content discovery and policing software service, 'Technical Copyright Analysis Tool' (TCAT), as a new service to record companies, publishers and law firms searching information of artists and tracks on legitimate digital stores. One Media has been previously eligible for Enterprise Investment Schemes ("EIS") and Venture Capital Trusts ("VCT").

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