Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Ltd.

Music publishing and holding company, affiliated with PRS (IPI #37254979). Incorporated 10 October 1977. Please do not confuse with Hit & Run Music Ltd. and Hit & Run Music (Publishers) Limited which are separate companies. Related to Hit And Run Music Publishing. Also appears as : - Hit & Run Music (Pub) Ltd. - Hit & Run Music (Pub.) Ltd. - Hit & Run Music (Publ.) Ltd. - Hit & Run Music Publ. Ltd. - Hit & Run Music Publishing Ltd. - Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Ltd. - Hit & Run (Music) Publishing Ltd - Hit + Run [Music] Publishing Ltd. - Hit n' Run Music (Publishing) Ltd. - Hit And Run Music Publ Ltd. - Hit And Run Music (Pub.) Ltd. - Hit And Run Music Publishing Ltd. - Hit And Run Music (Publishing) Ltd Full legal entity name: Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Limited UK Company Number: 01333197 Status: Active Immediate parent: EMI Music Publishing Limited Ultimate parent: Sony Corporation (registered in Japan) Their clients include - Phil Collins, Genesis, Mike + the Mechanics and Kula Shaker. On 19 November 1999 EMI Music Publishing Ltd. acquired a majority shareholding (51%) in the company and its various subsidiaries, including Charisma Music Publishing Co. Ltd., 'Arcadia 99 Ltd' (previously Gang Forward Ltd.), Hit & Run Music Publishing, Inc., Hidden Pun Music Inc., Charisma Music Publishing USA, Inc., subsequently acquiring the outstanding equity (except for 1 share retained by founder Tony Smith) in 2004. USA subsidiaries Charisma Music Publishing USA, Inc., Hidden Pun Music Inc., and Hit & Run Music Publishing, Inc. were sold to EMI Entertainment World Inc. on 30 March 2020. The management division Hit & Run Music Ltd., Hit & Run Music, Inc. and Hit & Run Productions Ltd. did not form part of the sale to EMI Music Publishing Ltd. and are still majority owned by John Anthony Smith.