DJ One Media Publishing Group PLC Acquisition of Classical Catalogue

 
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16th November 2011 
 
 
 
                        One Media Publishing Group Plc 
 
                         ("One Media" or the "Group") 
 
Acquisition of Classical Catalogue of over 8000 tracks over 800 hours of music 
 
One Media, the PLUS quoted consolidators and acquirers of music and video 
rights, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire catalogue of 
rights to the 21 Vision Ltd. Classical catalogue. 
 
The deal, together with all of the master recording assets and rights, pursuant 
to the catalogue, was signed for a cash consideration of GBP104,000. 
 
The classical music catalogue comprises of all the great masterpieces by the 
worlds greatest composers. Works by over 150 composers including; Mozart, 
Handel, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Verdi, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Liszt, Grieg, 
Elgar, Haydn, Vivaldi, Beethoven and Debussy just to name a few. The catalogue 
includes masterpieces such as; La Traviata, Camina Burana, Air on a Gstring, 
The Nutcracker Suite, Peer Gynt, Romeo & Julliet, and Toccata and Fugue as a 
small example of the many compositions included in this deal. 
 
Michael Infante CEO/Chairman said, "We have digitally marketed these recordings 
over the last 18 months as a licensee of 21 Visions' so have had a chance to 
'try before we buy'.  The catalogue has proven to be of excellent quality and 
will generate good digital revenue. Digital classical music sales rose by 
21.1% (source BPI 2011) in 2010. In addition to the digital sales campaign we 
will be offering the catalogue to Film, TV, Multi Media and Gaming industries 
to use as library music. Many classical tracks are used as 'background music' 
for commercials and radio broadcast, we will make our library available via our 
new online 'Sync Database' sync.ompplc.com to all of the relevant 
music supervisors. This is the second largest acquisition that we have made to 
date and we remain committed to investment to improve shareholder value and 
continued growth. Our announcement of a second interim dividend last week 
proves that One Media can monitise the content that it acquires." 
 
The directors of the issuer accept responsibility for this announcement. 
 
For further information please contact: 
 
 
 
One Media Publishing Group plc Tel: +44 (0)17 5378 5500 
 
 
 
Michael Infante, Chairman and Chief Executive; michael@ompplc.com 
 
 
 
www.ompplc.com 
 
 
 
Hybridan LLP, Corporate Adviser Tel: +44 (0)20 7947 4350 
 
 
 
Claire Noyce 
 
 
 
claire.noyce@hybridan.com 
 
 
 
Notes to Editors 
 
 
 
One Media is a provider of music and video rights to the music industry, with a 
strong focus on `nostalgia' performances. Nostalgia is a very fast-growing 
market, particularly among the affluent baby boomer generation. Strategically, 
One Media's mission is to be a consolidator of music rights, and through a 
steady stream of acquisitions since joining Plus in September 2006, it has 
built a rights library including music by Ike and Tina Turner, George McCrae, 
Edwin Starr, Marmalade The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Brian Poole & the 
Tremeloes, The Sex Pistols, T.Rex, Lou Reed, Katrina, Mica Paris, Blink 182, 
Ashanti, Matt Monro Jnr, Tony Christie, Anita Harris, Space, Rick Wakeman, Fat 
 
Boy Slim, Pavarotti and over 1200 hours of classical music, to name but a very 
few. It enjoys sales in the fast-growing digital music and video market, as 
well as the traditional music industry. During 2009 One Media signed strategic 
deals with EMI Music Publishing, Sony ATV, and Universal Music Publishing in 
music catalogue representation deals. One Media is now an eligible company for 
the Enterprise Investment Scheme ("EIS") and the Venture Capital Trust ("VCT"). 
 
 
 
HIGHLIGHTS for year ending October 2010. Increased turnover 53% to GBP 
1,217,901. Pre-tax profits up 279% to GBP 249,732. Share buy-back of 52% of the 
Company's shares and consolidated back to shareholders to enhance shareholder 
value. At the half year (April 2011) Turnover increased by 9.4% to GBP635,713 
(2010: GBP580,949); * Pre-tax profits increased by 44.5% to GBP151,123, (2010: 
 
GBP104, 556); A Maiden interim dividend of 0.0345p per share; Acquired eleven 
new music catalogues; Appointment of new PLUS Corporate Adviser; 
 
 
 
Post-Period End Highlights, 12th May Michael Infante Awarded the PLUS SX CEO/ 
Chairman of the year award; 1st June, acquisition of the Bible and the Quran in 
Spoken Word form; and 2nd June agreed digital exploitation of its catalogue via 
the `Amazon Create a Disc' system. A second interim dividend of 0.0345p per 
share announced November 2011. 
 
 
 
 
 
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November 16, 2011 02:00 ET (07:00 GMT)