ONE MEDIA IP GROUP PLC - Directors' dealings and issue of equity

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10 April 2014                            One Media iP Group Plc                 ("One Media" or "the Group" or "the Company")          Directors' dealings, exercise of warrants and issue of equityOne Media iP Group Plc (AIM: OMIP), the digital media content provider whichexploits intellectual property rights around music and video, announces that on9 April 2014, to satisfy investor demand, the directors of the Company havesold their warrants, or shares from the exercise of these warrants, to certaininstitutional investors.Michael Infante has sold 1,800,000 warrants, with an exercise price of 1.5p,directly to one of the institutional investors, for tax purposes, for 12.5pence per warrant. The investor has confirmed that it has immediately exercisedthe warrants over 1,800,000 new ordinary shares.A further 3,450,000 million warrants, with an exercise price of 1.5p, have beenexercised and immediately sold in full by the directors of the Company at aprice of 14p per share to other institutional investors, as set out in thetable below.Name                      Role                               Number of Warrants                                                                      ExercisedMichael Infante           Chairman & CEO                              2,200,000Roman Poplawski           Non-Executive Director                        750,000Nigel Smethers            Finance Director                              250,000Scott Cohen               Non-Executive Director                        250,000Following these directors' dealings, there are no outstanding warrants issuedto the directors.Application has been made for 5,250,000 new ordinary shares to be admitted totrading on AIM, pursuant to the above mentioned warrant exercise, and it isexpected that admission will take place on or about 8.00 a.m. on 15 April 2014("Admission").Pursuant to the Admission, and the sale of the respective Directors ordinaryshares issued following the warrant exercise, the Director's beneficial holdingin the Company will be as follows:Name                           Number of Shares post   % Holding post Admission                                           AdmissionMichael Infante                           25,577,862                      36.2%Roman Poplawski                            3,943,377                       5.6%Nigel Smethers                             1,343,371                       1.9%Scott Cohen                                  500,000                       0.7%In accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules (DTR 5.6.1R) theCompany hereby notifies the market that immediately following Admission itsissued share capital will consist of 70,703,698 Ordinary Shares. The Companydoes not hold any shares in treasury. Shareholders may use this figure as thedenominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they arerequired to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, theCompany under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.For further information, please contact:One Media iP Group Plc                       Chairman and Chief                                             ExecutiveMichael Infante                              Tel: +44 (0)175 378 5500Cairn Financial Advisers LLP                 Nominated AdviserLiam Murray / Jo Turner                      Tel: +44 (0)20 7148 7900Charles Stanley Securities Limited           BrokerMark Taylor                                  Tel: +44 (0)20 7149 6000Yellow Jersey PR Limited                     Financial PRKelsey Traynor/Dominic Barretto/Philip       Tel: +44(0)7799 003 220RangerNotes to Editors:The Group is a B2B and B2C digital content provider, exploiting intellectualproperty rights around music and video. The Group specialises in acquiring andrepackaging nostalgic music and Film and TV programmes from recordings madeover the last 90 years. The Group operates from its offices at Pinewood Studiosand delivers its digital music and video content via aggregators to over 600online digital stores such as iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Deezer and YouTube.Consumers download or stream the content via PCs, smart phones, internetenabled music players and Smart TVs. Additionally, One Media makes its libraryof content available for synchronisation purposes for TV shows, movies,adverts, games and websites.One Media focuses on music performed by well-known artists or songs from everygenre, including; pop, rock, reggae, R&B, children's music, karaoke, jazz,soul, blues, rap, hip-hop, gospel, world-music, plus stand-up comedy,spoken-word and over 1,000 hours of classical music. The Groups visual contentincludes the 3000 Men & Motors programs, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, the earlySooty Shows and over 3000 nostalgic pop music videos, all exploited viaYouTube.The Group does not invest in new bands or untested music. One Media is eligiblefor Enterprise Investment Schemes ("EIS") and Venture Capital Trusts ("VCT").The Group is profitable and has being paying a dividend since July 2011.