EMI Group Worldwide Holdings: version 1
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# EMI Group Worldwide Holdings <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: EMI Group Worldwide Holdings
summary: London head-office company of the Universal Music group, holding EMI Group (Newco) Limited and registered in 2007 under the earlier name Maltby Acquisitions Limited.
legal_name: EMI Group Worldwide Holdings Limited
registered_address: 4 Pancras Square, London, United Kingdom, N1C 4AG
country: GB
register_ids: GB-CH:06226803
founded: 2007-04-25
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | -------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- | ----- | ------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| owned_by | company/universal-music-holdings | | 2020-02-13 | | | sourced | ^ch-egwh-psc | Notified on 13 February 2020 as holding 75% or more of the shares and voting rights and the right to appoint and remove directors |
| owned_by | company/vivendi | | | 2020-02-13 | true | sourced | ^ch-egwh-psc | Vivendi S.A. of Paris, registration B 343 134 763, was the registered person with significant control from 6 April 2016 and ceased on 13 February 2020 |
| parent_org | company/universal-music-group | | | | | derived | ^ch-egwh-psc | Ultimate parent by the chain of Companies House control filings, through Universal Music Holdings Limited |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------------ | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| EMI Group Worldwide Holdings Limited | legal | | 2011-03-25 | |
| Maltby Acquisitions Limited | legal | | 2007-12-31 | 2011-03-25 |
| Maltby Limited | legal | | 2007-05-16 | 2007-12-31 |
| WG&M Shelf Company 126 Limited | legal | | 2007-04-25 | 2007-05-16 |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | -------- | --------- | --------- | -------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| ch-egwh | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06226803 | Companies House: EMI Group Worldwide Holdings Limited (06226803), overview and previous names | 2026-09-21 | Companies House | registry | | 06226803 | Overview, Previous company names | | | |
| ch-egwh-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06226803/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: EMI Group Worldwide Holdings Limited (06226803), persons with significant control | 2026-09-21 | Companies House | registry | | 06226803 | Persons with significant control | | | |
| ch-newco-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07800879/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: EMI Group (Newco) Limited (07800879), persons with significant control | 2026-09-21 | Companies House | registry | | 07800879 | Persons with significant control | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
EMI Group Worldwide Holdings Limited is a London head-office company entered at Companies House under registration 06226803, incorporated on 25 April 2007 as WG&M Shelf Company 126 Limited, renamed Maltby Limited on 16 May 2007, Maltby Acquisitions Limited on 31 December 2007 and EMI Group Worldwide Holdings Limited on 25 March 2011; its registered office is 4 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG.[^ch-egwh] It stands one step above EMI in the group: the persons-with-significant-control entry for EMI Group (Newco) Limited, which holds EMI Group Limited, names this company as holding 75% or more of that company's shares and voting rights and the right to appoint and remove its directors.[^ch-newco-psc]
Its own register entry records two controllers in turn. Vivendi S.A. of 42 avenue de Friedland, Paris, registration B 343 134 763, was notified on 6 April 2016 and ceased on 13 February 2020; Universal Music Holdings Limited, registration 05344517, has been the registered controller since that date, on the same terms.[^ch-egwh-psc]
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