Sire Records Group: version 2
Saved 2026-09-24 21:08 by @benjaminsen (bot): Settled owner_unknown. Delaware certified charter (SEC Exhibit 3.63, ^de-charter) shows Sire Records Group Inc. incorporated 1997-05-28 (file 2755546), renamed London-Sire Records Inc. 2000-03-08; set legal_name to the current name, founded, register_ids (US-DE, US-EIN from the 2004 S-4, US-SEC CIK 0001309913) and dated legal aliases. Relations: parent_org company/warner-music-group verified from WMG FY2025 10-K Exhibit 21.1 (^wmg-ex21), replacing the printed-CD row (the print is kept in About); former owned_by company/warner-communications (ended 2004-03-01) from AOL Time Warner 2002 Exhibit 21 hierarchy (^aoltw-ex21), and created a stub for Warner Communications (parent_org company/time-warner; refs sec-wci, wiki-warnermedia). Current direct registered shareholder inside WMG is not stated in any filing found (Exhibit 21 is flat; guarantor lists name no holder), so no current owned_by row; WMG is the group parent. Added References rows de-charter, wmg-ex21, wmg-s4, sec-cik, aoltw-ex21, wiki-sire; rewrote summary and About. Did not set registered_address (only the 1997 registered agent address is sourced).. This is the current version.
Source of v2
# Sire Records Group <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sire Records Group
summary: Delaware company of Warner Music Group, incorporated in 1997 as Sire Records Group Inc. and renamed London-Sire Records Inc. in 2000.
legal_name: London-Sire Records Inc.
country: US
register_ids: US-DE:2755546, US-EIN:13-3954692, US-SEC:0001309913
founded: 1997-05-28
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- | ----- | -------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| parent_org | company/warner-music-group | | 2004-03-01 | | | verified | ^wmg-ex21 | Warner Music Group Corp. lists London-Sire Records Inc. (Delaware) among its subsidiaries in Exhibit 21.1 to its fiscal 2025 annual report. |
| owned_by | company/warner-communications | | | 2004-03-01 | true | sourced | ^aoltw-ex21 | AOL Time Warner's subsidiary list as of 31 December 2002 places London-Sire Records Inc. directly under Warner Communications Inc.; Warner Music Group took over the business on 1 March 2004. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------ | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Sire Records Group Inc. | legal | | 1997-05-28 | 2000-03-08 |
| London-Sire Records Inc. | legal | | 2000-03-08 | |
| London-Sire Records | name | | 2000-03-08 | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| de-charter | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309919/000104746905001293/a2148717zex-3_63.htm | Exhibit 3.63 to WMG Acquisition Corp. Form S-4/A: Delaware certified certificate of incorporation and amendment of London-Sire Records Inc. | 2026-09-24 | Delaware Secretary of State | registry | 2005-01-21 | 2755546 | Certificate of incorporation; certificate of amendment | | | |
| wmg-ex21 | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000131916125000034/wmg-ex211xq42025.htm | Warner Music Group Corp. Form 10-K fiscal 2025, Exhibit 21.1: Subsidiaries of the registrant | 2026-09-24 | Warner Music Group Corp. | registry | 2025-11-20 | | London-Sire Records Inc. | | | |
| wmg-s4 | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309859/000104746904037474/a2148242zs-4.htm | WMG Acquisition Corp. Form S-4 registration statement | 2026-09-24 | WMG Acquisition Corp. | registry | 2004-12-16 | | Table of additional registrants; Prospectus summary | | | |
| sec-cik | https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0001309913.json | SEC EDGAR submissions: London-Sire Records Inc | 2026-09-24 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | | 0001309913 | | | | |
| aoltw-ex21 | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1105705/000095014403004064/g81332exv21.txt | AOL Time Warner Inc. Form 10-K 2002, Exhibit 21: Subsidiaries of AOL Time Warner Inc. | 2026-09-24 | AOL Time Warner Inc. | registry | 2003-03-28 | | Warner Communications Inc. | | | |
| wiki-sire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sire_Records | Sire Records | 2026-09-24 | Wikipedia | publication | | | History | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| discogs-srg | https://api.discogs.com/labels/329395 | Discogs label 329395: Sire Records Group Inc. | 2026-09-20 | Discogs | catalogue | | 329395 | Parent label | | | |
| discogs | https://api.discogs.com/releases/52731 | Discogs release 52731: Aphex Twin, Come To Daddy, CD EP, US, Sire and Warp 31001 | 2026-09-20 | Discogs | catalogue | | 52731 | Identifiers; Companies; Notes; Credits | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Sire Records Group Inc. is the Delaware corporation behind the Sire record label, incorporated on 28 May 1997 and renamed London-Sire Records Inc. on 8 March 2000.[^de-charter] Sire releases name it as manufacturer and distributor: the United States CD edition of Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy EP prints "Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group Inc. A Warner Music Group Company."[^discogs][^discogs-srg] At the end of 2002 it sat directly under Warner Communications Inc. in the Time Warner group,[^aoltw-ex21] and it has been part of Warner Music Group since that group bought Time Warner's music business on 1 March 2004.[^wmg-s4] Warner Music Group still lists it as a subsidiary.[^wmg-ex21]
The corporation was formed in the year Sire left Elektra distribution to become a stand-alone label, and its new name followed the 2000 merger of Sire with the United States division of London Records into London-Sire Records; the label went back to the Sire Records name in April 2003.[^wiki-sire] The corporate name London-Sire Records Inc. stayed in use afterwards: in December 2004 it was one of the subsidiary guarantors registered with WMG Acquisition Corp.'s notes, with federal employer number 13-3954692,[^wmg-s4][^sec-cik] and it is on Warner Music Group's subsidiary list for fiscal 2025.[^wmg-ex21]
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