Hipgnosis Songs 基金 agrees £1.3bn 引き継ぎ／買収 by Blackstone
- Hipgnosis owns the 支援する 目録s of Blondie and the Red Hot Chili Peppers
- The music 権利s 投資家 以前 received a £1.1bn 企て，努力，提案 from Concord Music?
Hipgnosis Songs 基金 has 受託するd a new £1.26billion 引き継ぎ／買収 申し込む／申し出 from 私的な 公正，普通株主権 group Blackstone.
The music 権利s 投資家, which owns the 支援する 目録s of Blondie, Shakira and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, said it agreed to a $1.30 (£1.04) per 株 提案 from Blackstone.
It 代表するs a 48 per cent 賞与金 to Hipgnosis's の近くにing 株 price on 17 April before Concord Music, owner of the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する Hill Music 王族 基金, put 今後 a £1.1billion 企て，努力，提案 for the company.
Higher 公式文書，認める: Hipgnosis owns the 支援する 目録 of 激しく揺する 禁止（する）d Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose lead singer is Anthony Kiedis (picture d)
Blackstone （機の）カム along a few days later with a £1.2billion 申し込む／申し出, having had three lower 企て，努力，提案s 拒絶するd, によれば Sky News.
に引き続いて advice from 投資 bank Singer 資本／首都 Markets, Hipgnosis's bosses 全員一致で 支援するd the 最新の Blackstone 提案 as 'fair and reasonable'.
Robert Naylor, 議長，司会を務める of Hipgnosis, said: 'We are delighted that, に引き続いて 競争の激しい 利益／興味s in acquiring Hipgnosis, our 投資家s now have a chance to すぐに realise their 持つ／拘留するing at an 増加するd 賞与金.'
Qasim Abbas, 上級の managing director of Blackstone, said the 申し込む／申し出 'is the result of 広範囲にわたる discussion and 交渉s with the board and 供給するs 株主s the certainty of cash today.
The fight to buy Hipgnosis comes after a difficult period for the 商売／仕事, which has 耐えるd 投資家 反乱s, 論争s with co-創立者 Merck Mercuriadis, and a 縮むing 大臣の地位 valuatio n.
Since Mercuriadis and Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers started Hipgnosis in 2018, the 会社／堅い has spent more than £2billion buying songs and songwriter 目録s.
It earns 王族s every time a song whose 権利s it owns is played, but the value of its 目録s has 拒絶する／低下するd 意味ありげに over the last two years 予定 to 利益／興味 率 rises making other income-支払う／賃金ing 資産 classes like 社債s more attractive.
As a result, the group's 株 price almost halved between September 2022 and March 2024 before 急に上がるing after Concord made its 申し込む／申し出.
Hipgnosis Songs 基金 株 were 2.3 per cent up at 106.2p on Monday morning, compared to its 初期の public 申し込む／申し出ing price of 100p.
London-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d companies are 現在／一般に experiencing a frenzy of 引き継ぎ／買収 企て，努力，提案s 借りがあるing to their perceived undervaluation and the 続けざまに猛撃する's 価値低下 since the Brexit 国民投票.
Just last week, cybersecurity specialist Darktrace agreed to a £4.3billion 申し込む／申し出 from Thoma Bravo, while 採掘 巨大（な） BHP pounced on smaller 競争相手 Anglo American with a blockbuster £31billion 提案.
