The project on the EMI catalog fails
The Wall Street Journal, the last hopes of the record company EMI to sell a license to distribute its music catalog in the U.S. by a competitor, have collapsed. On Wednesday, the world's number one industry, Universal has withdrawn from negotiations. Same with Sony. EMI wanted to sign an agreement for pocketing 200 million pounds by the end of its fiscal year to pay a portion of its debt at Citigroup on time.It amounts to more than 3 billion pounds.
Before deciding to license USA, EMI had planned to sell its legendary London recording studio Abbey Road, whose group owns, but it is finally decided.
EMI and Terra Firma its owner, an investment fund, will have to raise 120 million pounds by June to meet their commitments vis-?-vis Citigroup Payday Loan for Bad Credit. If they do not, Citigroup will take over the record label. In this case, the bank could sell EMI in several pieces.
The relationship between Citigroup and Terra Firma are already tense because the fund had filed a complaint against the bank for fraud in the acquisition of EMI by Terra Firma financed by Citigroup.The fund now plans to submit a new plan in late April to prevent EMI from falling under the control of the bank.
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