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HMV Group Plc.

HMV is in the Media Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$3.3B

Public
UK

Dow Jones Description

Both the HMV and Waterstone's brands are synonymous with range authority, expertise, customer service and a stimulating store environment. HMV is one of the most well-known and respected music and video retail brands around the globe, the dog and trumpet symbol in particular is instantly recognisable. The Waterstone's brand is highly associated with both range and quality of advice. Together the brands offer cross-fertilisation of skills encompassing a breadth of complementary activity, geography and product markets, both specialist and general.

CEO

Simon Fox

Number of Employees 478

Contact Information

Shelley House

2-4 York Rd

Maidenhead SL6 1SR

hmvgroup.com

1 416 620 4470

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Motion Picture and Video Distribution: 512120

Recent Events

HMV, Seatwave Partner In U.K.

10/23/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: HMV 18-week Comparable Sales Up 1.7%

9/03/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

hmv group plc. - All News and Analysis

Amazon.Com, Inc, Blockbuster Inc and HMV Group Are Among the Companies Operating In the Global Recorded DVD & Video Industry.

- 2007-08-01

M2 PRESSWIRE-1 August 2007-Research and Markets: Amazon.Com, Inc, Blockbuster Inc and HMV Group Are Among the Companies Operating In the Global Recorded DVD & Video IndustryC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03082007 Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c64541) has announced the ...

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Sales trends for HMV Group and Waterstone's published

- 2007-05-04

M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK-based retailer HMV Group, which owns the book chain Waterstone's, has reported sales statistics for the year ended 28 April 2007. Total sales for the group in the 52-week period declined by 2.0% year-on-year, while on a like-for-like basis sales fell 3.5%....

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HMV GROUP - Strategy update

- 2007-03-13

HMV GROUP - Strategy update webcast Live video webcast of the analyst presentation with Simon Fox, CEO, and Neil Bright, FD available from 0900GMT at www.cantos.com . An on-demand version will be available later in the day. This programming is available in video and audio. It's free...

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Financial results announced by Waterstone's

- 2007-01-15

M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD HMV Group plc has announced its interim results for bookseller Waterstone's for the 26 weeks ended 28 October 2006. Excluding the acquisition of the Ottakar's chain, which was completed on 3 July 2006, Waterstone's total sales fell by 4.5%. Like-for-like sales declined...

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HMV Group names new group chief executive

- 2006-07-19

M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Book and music retailer HMV Group plc (LSE:HMV) reported on Tuesday (18 July) that Simon Fox had been appointed as group chief executive with effect from 28 September 2006. Fox has most recently been chief operating officer at Kesa Electricals plc, with...

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Ottakar's administrative locations to be closed by HMV

- 2006-07-07

M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD HMV Group plc (LSE:HMV) announced on Thursday (6 July) that it plans to shut the three administrative centres of bookseller Ottakar's, which has just been acquired by the company. In addition the HMV Group revealed that it plans to close a small...

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New executive board members named by Ottakar's

- 2006-07-05

M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Ottakar's announced on Tuesday (4 July) changes to its executive board. The company has named Gerry Johnson, managing director, Waterstone's Booksellers, Alan Giles, chief executive, HMV Group, Dominic Myers, strategy and development director, Waterstone's Booksellers and Neil Bright, group finance director,...

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Can this man stop the great bookshop slide? RETAIL: WATERSTONE'S BID

- 2006-04-30

TIM Waterstone has made no secret of his ambition. The 66-year- old retailer has been trying to wrest control of the Waterstone's book chain from owner HMV Group for the past five years. A "bid" has lurked in the shadows from the Glasgow-born entrepreneur since he stepped down...

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Offer for Waterstone's dismissed by HMV Group - report

- 2006-04-25

M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A GBP280m indicative offer for UK-based bookseller Waterstone's from the chain's founder Tim Waterstone has reportedly been dismissed by the HMV Group's board. According to The Times, the HMV Group said in a statement: "The board will always give proper consideration to...

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Ottakar's bid may be reduced by HMV

- 2006-04-03

M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The offer previously made by the HMV Group for the bookseller Ottakar's could be cut by as much as a quarter. The takeover of Ottakar's by the HMV Group was cleared by the Competition Commission last week. The HMV Group currently...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
Simon Fox	CEO
Humphrey Kadaner	President
Brian McLaughlin	Managing Dirm & COO
Gerry Johnson	Managing Director, Waterstone's
Steve Knott	Managing Director, United Kingdom & Ireland
Graham Sim	Hmv Uk Marketing Director
Neil Bright	Group Finance Director
Roy Brown	Senior Independent Director
Lynn Wilson	Assistant Manager of Waterstone
Tim Watson	Regional Manager of the Superstores South Region
Elyse Goldsworthy
Gary Rolfe	Hmv Head of Music Comments
Jiro Baba
Martine Frobisher
Nick Bubb
Paul Dezelsky
Pete Harvey
Thorn EMI
Tim Ellis	Head of Games
Yvonne Drake

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio)	Position
Lesley Knox	Chairman for An Interim Period
Alan Giles	Board of Directors
Christopher Rogers	Board of Directors
David appler	Board of Directors
David Kappler	Board of Directors
Mark McCafferty	Board of Directors
Philip Rowley	Board of Directors
Steven Tadler	Board of Directors

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc	CEO	Current
HMV Group plc	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc	President	Current
PepsiCo, Inc.		Former

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc	Managing Dirm & COO	Current
HMV Group plc	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc	Managing Director, Waterstone's	Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc	Managing Director, United Kingdom & Ireland	Current
HMV Group plc	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc	Hmv Uk Marketing Director	Current
HMV Group plc	Director	Current

Appointed to the Board as Finance Director on 27 March 1998. He is a Chartered Accountant, having trained and qualified with Coopers & Lybrand in London. Mr Bright joined HMV in August 1996 as Group Finance Director from its parent company, Thorn EMI plc, where he was Group Planning Manager.

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc	Group Finance Director	Current
HMV Group plc	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc	Senior Independent Director	Current
Alliance & Leicester plc	Non-Executive Deputy Chairman	Former
HMV Group plc	Board of Directors	Current
Brambles Limited	Board of Directors	Current
Unilever Plc	Executive Director	Former
Brambles Limited	Non-Executive Director	Former
HMV Group plc	Deputy Chairman	Former
European Foods	Director	Former

Lynn is Assistant Manager of Waterstone's at Manchester Airport. The energy and enthusiasm Lynn brings to her role are recognised through her recent Bookseller of the Year award.

Organization	Position	Status
Manchester Airport	Assistant Manager	Current
HMV Group plc	Assistant Manager of Waterstone	Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc	Regional Manager of the Superstores South Region	Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc		Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc	Hmv Head of Music Comments	Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc		Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc		Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc		Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc		Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc		Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc		Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc	Head of Games	Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc		Current

Organization	Position	Status
Museum of London		Current
Alliance Trust Savings Limited	Chairman	Current
Alliance Trust Plc	Chair	Current
HMV Group plc	Chairman for An Interim Period	Current
Hays Plc	Board of Directors	Current
Signet Group plc	Board of Directors	Current
Kleinwort Benson	Corporate Finance Director	Former
Kleinwort Benson	Head of Institutional Asset Management	Former

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc	Board of Directors	Current
HMV Group plc	CEO	Former
London Stock Exchange plc		Former

Christopher Rogers was appointed to the Board on 1 October 2006. He is Group Finance Director of Whitbread plc, having been appointed in May 2005. Previously he was Group Finance Director of Woolworths Group plc and Chairman of the Woolworths Group Entertainment and Wholesale Publishing businesses. He qualified as an accountant with Price Waterhouse and joined Kingfisher Group as Corporate Finance Manager in 1988. Subsequent appointments included Group Financial Controller at Kingfisher plc and Finance Director and Commercial Director of Comet Group plc. Mr Rogers is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of each of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

Organization	Position	Status
Whitbread PLC	Group Finance Director	Current
Whitbread PLC	Board of Directors	Current
HMV Group plc	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc	Board of Directors	Current

Appointed senior independent Non-Executive Director in June 2004, he is also chairman of the company’s audit committee. Previously he was Chief Financial Officer of Cadbury Schweppes plc where he had been a main board director responsible for finance since 1995. He is also Non-Executive Director of Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc and HMV Group plc, and was seven years on the board of Camelot Group plc. Born 1947.

Organization	Position	Status
InterContinental Hotels Group plc	Non-Executive Director	Current
InterContinental Hotels-New York	Chairman, Audit Committee	Current
InterContinental Hotels Group plc	Board of Directors	Current
Shire plc	Board of Directors	Current
Camelot Group Plc	Board Member	Current
HMV Group plc	Board of Directors	Current
Cadbury Schweppes plc	Chief Financial Officer	Former
Cadbury Schweppes plc	Director	Former
InterContinental Hotels-New York	Board of Directors	Former

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc	Board of Directors	Current

Philip Rowley joined the board in January 2005. He is Chairman of AOL Europe, the interactive services, web brands, internet technologies and e-commerce provider. He is a qualified chartered accountant and was Group Finance Director of Kingfisher plc from 1998 to 2001. Prior to that his roles included Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EMI Music Worldwide.

Organization	Position	Status
ARM Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Gradient Design Automation Inc	Board of Directors	Current
HMV Group plc	Board of Directors	Current
Skinkers, Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current
ARM Holdings plc	Board of Directors	Current
Misys Banking Systems	Board of Directors	Current
Tribeca Technologies LLC	Managing Director	Former
Tribeca Technologies LLC	Co-Founder	Former
Kingfisher plc	Group Finance Director	Former

Organization	Position	Status
HMV Group plc	Board of Directors	Current

Executive News

REG-Shire plc: Director Declaration

Reuters - 7/09/09 - View Story
PRESS DIGEST - British business - July 1

Forbes.com - 7/01/09 - View Story
PRESS DIGEST - British business - July 1

Reuters - 7/01/09 - View Story
HMV posts 12pc profit gain, sees Michael Jackson album sales soar

South China Morning Post - 6/30/09 - View Story
HMV Group Profit Up 12%

Billboard - 6/30/09 - View Story
UPDATE 3-HMV profit up, sees surge in Michael Jackson sales

Reuters - 6/30/09 - View Story
HMV profit up, sees surge in Michael Jackson sales

Reuters - 6/30/09 - View Story
HMV profit up 11.5 pct, confident on prospects

Reuters - 6/30/09 - View Story
UPDATE 2-HMV profit up 11.5 pct, confident on prospects

Reuters - 6/30/09 - View Story