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Deliver creativity to the world -- one note, one voice, one idea at a time. At Spotify, we focus relentlessly on building the best and most valuable experience available anywhere, enhancing every moment by connecting the world to the art and the creatives who shape it. Spotify transformed music listening forever when it launched in Sweden in 2008. Discover, manage and share over 70m tracks for free, or upgrade to Spotify Premium to access exclusive features including offline mode, improved sound quality, and an ad-free music listening experience. Today, Spotify is the most popular global audio streaming service with 365m users, including 165m subscribers across 178 markets. We are the largest driver of revenue to the music business today.

UnitedMasters is a new music industry alternative that provides independent artists with premium music distribution services, a suite of tools to help them directly connect with fans, and opportunities for unique partnerships with some of the world’s biggest brands including the NBA, Bose, and iHeart. UnitedMasters allows artists to easily distribute their music to all major streaming services. Distributed artists become eligible to participate in a variety of advertisements, brand partnerships and other promotions that earn them money and bring in new fans. UnitedMasters also provides artists access to their streaming and social data so they can gain insight into how to maximize fan engagement. The most promising artists on the platform unlock access to a bespoke suite of promotional services like playlist pitching, marketing, PR, and promotion. UnitedMasters aims to give artists the tools to operationalize their independence and maximize their creative and economic potential. UnitedMasters was launched in 2017 by Translation founder and music industry veteran Steve Stoute with a $70 million Series A led by Google’s corporate umbrella Alphabet alongside prestigious venture firm Andreessen Horowitz and entertainment giant 21st Century Fox. Led by a team of executives, marketers, engineers, and storytellers with backgrounds from YouTube, Soundcloud, Pandora, Instagram, Dropbox, Complex, and Vice, the platform positions talent for mainstream impact while allowing them to maintain full ownership over their master recording rights.

Famous Brands is best known for its much-loved brands and reputation as a leading and responsible franchisor in the restaurant industry. The Group listed in 1994 with one brand and a limited supply chain. Today our enterprise consists of 2 887 restaurants in South Africa, Africa Middle East and the United Kingdom. The brand portfolio includes, among others, Steers, Debonairs Pizza, Wimpy, Mugg & Bean, Fishaways and Milky Lane. Our business model comprises four core pillars: Brands, Manufacturing, Logistics and Retail. Famous Brands operate franchised, master licence and Company-owned restaurants and franchise partners rely on our brands and intellectual property to sell menu items to consumers. Our portfolio of strong brands offers a compelling business proposition to our franchise partners and quality menus to a wide spectrum of consumers. The portfolio is segmented into Leading (mainstream) Brands and Signature (niche) Brands. A vertically integrated business supports our Brands in South Africa and selected African countries. Our Supply Chain refers to our Manufacturing, Logistics and Retail operations and offers high-quality ingredients and products to our franchise partners and retailers at a competitive price. Our Vision: • To be the leading innovative branded franchised and food services business in South Africa and selected markets. What drives us: • We are deeply passionate about innovative branded food services solutions • We value our mutually beneficial relationships with our franchise partners • We strive to be the best in all our markets at creating great consumer experiences • Our economic engine is driven by sustainable like-for-like growth