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Sony Makes No Concessions to EU Regulators in EMI Music Bid

Sony Makes No Concessions to EU Regulators in EMI Music Bid

By Reuters | Updated: 22 October 2018 17:21 IST

Highlights

EU regulators are reviewing Sony's $2.3 billion offer for control of EMI
Deadline for proposed concessions was October 19
Sony has 30 percent stake in EMI, it wants to buy another 60 percent

Sony Corp has not offered concessions to European Union antitrust regulators reviewing its $2.3 billion (roughly Rs. 16,900 crores) offer for control of EMI to become the world's largest music publisher, the European Commission website showed on Monday.

EU antitrust regulators earlier this month asked rivals and users whether they think the Japanese group would use its greater market power to win better terms in digital media deals.

The deadline for proposed concessions in the European Commission's preliminary assessment of the deal was October 19. The EU executive's website showed that Sony had not submitted any.

This could either mean Sony expects unconditional approval or for the Commission to open a full-scale investigation on October 26 at the end of its review.

Sony, which owns a 30 percent stake in EMI, wants to buy Mubadala Investment Co's 60 percent stake. In July, it acquired the estate of Michael Jackson's minority share of EMI.

Sony's new CEO Kenichiro Yoshida is making his boldest strategy move with the deal, which would give the company rights to 2.1 million songs from artists such as Drake, Sam Smith, Pharrell Williams and Sia.

Independent music labels group Impala and the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance have called for the EMI deal to be either blocked or cleared only with major concessions.

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