BMG Ariola Classics GmbH

German record company, operating from 9 November 1994 to 19 September 2005. Registered: 9 November 1994 (Gütersloh company number HRB 3178) Parent: from 16 December 1994 'Bertelsmann Music Group GmbH' (Gütersloh company number HRB 2876) Re-registered: 16 February 1995 in Munich (company number HRB 108645) Parent: from 13 August 2001 BMG Deutschland GmbH (Gütersloh company number HRB 4066) Acquired: 4 September 2003 BMG Classics Music GmbH (Munich company number HRB 104718) Merged: 19 September 2005 into Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH (Munich company number HRB 157869)