4. Why EMI?
• EMI = one of the world’s leading music companies
• Home to artists such as Coldplay
=> one of my favorite bands
5. EMI: a brief explanation
EMI Music EMI Music Publications
- A leading global music business - The world’s leading publisher of
popular music
- Active in 32 countries - Signing, developing and promoting
songwriters and their songs
- Signing, developing and promoting
recording artists and their recordings
- Represents successful writers
- Owns record labels - Examples: Beyoncé
Pharell Williams
Norah Jones- Diversity in genre
11. Gross margin
• + 4.9% = + 34 million pounds
=> Increase of the sales
12. Loss from operations
• Loss of 481 million pounds
= an improvement
• Mainly due to the fair value adjustments
Value reductions on the book value of the
assets
Global financial crisis
13. Loss before taxes
• Decrease of 80.2 %
=> Foreign exchange gains
=> Interest on loans and
bankdrafts