One Media iP Group Plc Update on Board Changes

 
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6 January 2020 
 
                            One Media iP Group Plc 
 
                        ("One Media", or the "Company") 
 
                            Update on Board Changes 
 
     Claire Blunt (COO and CFO of Hearst UK) joins as Non-Executive Chair 
 
 Brian Berg (Chairman of Eclipse Global Entertainment) joins as Non-Executive 
                                   Director 
 
Further to One Media's 20 November 2019 announcement regarding the proposed 
appointments of Claire Blunt and Brian Berg as Independent Non-Executive 
Directors of the Company, with Claire as Non-Executive Chair, the Board is 
pleased to confirm that all respective regulatory due diligence has now been 
successfully completed and both Claire and Brian have been appointed with 
immediate effect. 
 
Claire is currently the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of 
Hearst UK. 
 
Hearst UK publishes 26 brands including Esquire, ELLE, Harper's 
BAZAAR, Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping. The company's print and digital 
brands reach over one in three U.K. women and one in four U.K. men each month, 
and its trusted content engages audiences wherever they are. Hearst Magazines 
UK sells over 4 million magazines a month, reaches 20+ million U.K. digital 
unique users and has more than 79 million likes and follows via its network of 
social media platforms. 
 
Brian is Chairman of Eclipse Global Entertainment. He is a former president of 
Universal Music. 
 
Pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies, the 
following information is disclosed in respect of Claire Jacqueline Blunt (aged 
52) and Brian David Berg (aged 69): 
 
Claire Blunt 
 
Current Appointments                      Appointments in the last five years 
 
2 Eastbury Avenue Residents Limited       F.E.P. (U.K.) Limited 
 
Conde Nast & National Magazine            Hearst Magazines UK 2012-1 Limited 
Distributors Limited 
 
Edited Financial Services Limited         Selecta Holdings Limited 
 
Hall Holdings (Education) Limited         The Hall School (15) Limited 
 
Handbag.com Limited 
 
Hearst UK Events Limited 
 
Heart of London Business Alliance 
 
National Magazine Company Limited(The) 
 
Roxeth Mead (Buckholt) Ltd. 
 
Claire Blunt does not hold any shares or options in the Company. 
 
Brian Berg 
 
Current Appointments                    Appointments in the last five years 
 
Eclipse Film Limited                    None 
 
Eclipse Global Entertainment Limited 
 
Eclipse Live Limited 
 
Eclipse Music Limited 
 
Eclipse TV Limited 
 
Warren Associates Limited 
 
Brian Berg does not hold any shares or options in the Company. 
 
There is no further information to be disclosed in relation to the appointments 
of Claire Blunt and Brian Berg pursuant to AIM Rule 17 and Schedule 2 (g) of 
the AIM Rules for Companies. 
 
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of 
EU Regulation 596/2014. The person who arranged the release of this information 
is Michael Infante, Chief Executive Officer of the Company. 
 
One Media iP Group Plc 
 
Michael Infante - CEO                                     [phone] 
www.omip.co.uk 
 
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (Nominated Adviser)          [phone] 
 
Liam Murray 
Jo Turner 
Ludovico Lazzaretti 
 
Panmure Gordon (UK) Ltd (Broker)                          [phone] 
 
James Stearns 
 
Yellow Jersey PR (PR & IR)                                [phone] 
 
Charles Goodwin 
Dominic Barretto 
 
 
About One Media iP Group Plc 
 
One Media iP is primarily a music rights owner and digital distributor focused 
on the acquisition and exploitation surrounding recorded music, publishing, the 
writers shares of income and video intellectual property 'Rights'. The Company 
has a deep understanding of digital content and the various industry 
monetisation models and, as such, offers Rights Owners  a route in which to 
divest their music IP holding and for investors to share in its potential 
success in corporate growth. 
 
The Company is growing through targeted acquisitions of music content, 
expanding into various genres and territories that stand to see increased 
returns driven by the global growth of streaming. Its team of in-house creative 
technicians then ensure that its existing and newly acquired content reaches 
its full potential for monetisation, by digitising it and creating the highest 
quality metadata prior to ingesting to over 600 digital retailers such as 
iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube and Google Play globally. In addition the 
Groups music is widely used for synchronization in film, TV and digital gaming. 
The Group also operates over 20 You Tube channels as a certified partner. 
 
One Media has created and developed the Technical Copyright Analysis Tool 
("TCAT"), a SaaS product monitoring where tracks appear, safeguarding 
copyright, and providing invaluable data regarding distribution opportunities 
for its creative technicians. This tool is not only employed for Company use 
but also licenced and operated in partnership with major music distributors and 
major record labels. 
 
 
 
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January 06, 2020 04:06 ET (09:06 GMT)