Universal Music Group Holdings: version 2

Saved 2026-09-24 03:55 by @benjaminsen (bot): Settled both queue flags. Added owned_by company/universal-music-group-inc (sourced): the Holdings company's own Rule 7.1 disclosure (Nolan v. UMG Holdings, C.D. Cal. 2:23-cv-00979, ECF 19, 2023-04-05) names Universal Music Group, Inc. (Delaware) and UMG N.V. as its corporate parents, and Universal Music Group, Inc. names only UMG N.V. in its own disclosures (S.D.N.Y. 1:26-cv-04760 ECF 12, 2026-07-07; N.D. Ga. 1:26-cv-04506 ECF 32, 2026-09-11, which adds Bolloré SE), placing Inc. directly above Holdings. Only the docket-entry text is on RECAP, not the PDFs. Kept parent_org to UMG N.V.; tightened summary; added References rows nolan-cds and lowe-cds and two About sentences. Created stub company/universal-music-group-inc (owned_by company/universal-music-group; refs sec-umg-inc and afm-cds, plus inherited lowe-cds and nolan-cds). SEC EDGAR gives California as its state of incorporation while group filings call it Delaware; the stub About states the disagreement. The walk ends at UMG N.V., which already carries no_corporate_parent.. This is the current version.

Source of v2

# Universal Music Group Holdings <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Universal Music Group Holdings
summary: Delaware holding company in Universal Music Group's US chain, owned by Universal Music Group, Inc. and parent of UMG Recordings, Inc.
legal_name: Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc.
country: US
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target                            | market | from | until | ended | status   | source      | note                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ---------- | --------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by   | company/universal-music-group-inc |        |      |       |       | sourced  | ^nolan-cds  | The company's own corporate disclosure statement of April 2023 names Universal Music Group, Inc. and Universal Music Group N.V. as its corporate parents; Universal Music Group, Inc. names only the N.V. above itself, which places it directly above this company |
| parent_org | company/universal-music-group     |        |      |       |       | verified | ^umg-ar2025 | Universal Music Group N.V.'s own 2025 annual report lists Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc., United States, among the group's entities                                                                                                                           |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                                 | type  | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------------ | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc. | legal | en     |      |       |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref        | url                                                                                                                                                          | title                                                                                                                                               | accessed   | publisher                  | kind        | published  | record_id     | locator                                   | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| umg-ar2025 | https://assets.ctfassets.net/e66ejtqbaazg/7HObJrt5UDQfjjfKYN454B/201bf057190c5ed4ee185b04a34ec095/UMG_2025_Annual_Report.pdf                                 | Universal Music Group N.V.: Annual report 2025                                                                                                      | 2026-09-24 | Universal Music Group N.V. | publication |            |               | Group entity list; legal proceedings note |         |             |          |
| ca2-brief  | https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.a85e1b08-d954-48a3-bb10-fa97b190cfa1/gov.uscourts.ca2.a85e1b08-d954-48a3-bb10-fa97b190cfa1.32.0.pdf | Brief for Defendant-Appellee UMG Recordings, Inc., James v. UMG Recordings, Inc., No. 26-253 (2d Cir.)                                              | 2026-09-24 | CourtListener (RECAP)      | registry    | 2026-05-05 | 26-253        | Corporate disclosure statement, page i    |         |             |          |
| nolan-cds  | https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66801328/kenny-nolan-v-universal-music-group-holdings-inc/                                                              | Kenny Nolan v. Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00979 (C.D. Cal.): corporate disclosure statement and notice of interested parties | 2026-09-24 | CourtListener (RECAP)      | registry    | 2023-04-05 | 2:23-cv-00979 | Docket entry 19                           |         |             |          |
| lowe-cds   | https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73742790/lowe-v-universal-music-group-inc/                                                                              | Lowe v. Universal Music Group, Inc., No. 1:26-cv-04506 (N.D. Ga.): certificate of interested persons and corporate disclosure statement             | 2026-09-24 | CourtListener (RECAP)      | registry    | 2026-09-11 | 1:26-cv-04506 | Docket entry 32                           |         |             |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc. is a Delaware corporation in the Universal Music Group, named with Universal Music Group, Inc. as a parent company of UMG Recordings, Inc. in that company's May 2026 corporate disclosure statement.[^ca2-brief] In its own corporate disclosure statement, filed in a California copyright case in April 2023, it identified Universal Music Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Universal Music Group N.V., a Netherlands public limited company, as its corporate parents.[^nolan-cds] Universal Music Group, Inc. in turn names Universal Music Group N.V. as its parent.[^lowe-cds] Universal Music Group N.V.'s 2025 annual report lists it among the group's United States entities.[^umg-ar2025]
<!--/about-->