SEATTLE, AUGUST 20, 2006 - Experience Hendrix, the family company entrusted with maintaining the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix, has become aware of an auction which purports to offer 'the entire Jimi Hendrix catalog' for sale to the highest bidder. Experience Hendrix is not party to that auction and has no intention, whatsoever, to dispose of these properties. This position is in accord with the wishes of Al Hendrix, Jimi's late father and heir, to keep the assets of the Jimi Hendrix Estate intact under the administration of Experience Hendrix, the company he formed for this purpose. The assertion that the catalog is the property of the Michael Jeffrey Estate is a specious one which has never been upheld by any court. When the Jeffery Estate asserted a similar claim against Warner Records in the late 1990s, a New York court rejected same as a fabrication.

Experience Hendrix hereby gives notice to any would-be seller or buyer that it will use all measures to honor its mandate to vigorously protect its rights to the Jimi Hendrix catalog.

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