Hipgnosis tables proposal to offer up to £20m to prospective acquisition bidders

Subject to shareholder agreement

Eve Maddock-Jones
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The board of the embattled Hipgnosis Songs Fund has proposed a special resolution, which, if passed, would offer a fee of up to £20m in aggregate to any prospective bidders who approach the board seeking to make an acquisition of the company’s assets on recommendable terms.

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