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Sanctuary Sanctuary is to sell its 49% stake in the Rough Trade record label to Beggars Group for £0.8m. 25-Jul-2007 Sanctuary Group, the music company, is to be acquired by Universal Music Group of the US for about £100m. 18-Jun-2007 Sanctuary Group has sold its interests in Air Edel Associates and Air Edel Recording Studios to Cutting Edge Music for £0.5m. 30-May-2007 Sanctuary is to sell Sanctuary Post, its London-based music services business, to a management buy-out. 20-Sep-2006 Sanctuary is considering plans to raise £100m in a share placing, in order to reduce debt and secure the future of its record label and artist management business. 05-Dec-2005 Sanctuary Music is to shed at least 100 jobs following the withdrawal of a possible takeover approach. 27-Sep-2005 Sanctuary Group is to acquire Twenty-First Artists, the music management company, for £16m. 04-Apr-2005 Sanctuary Group is to acquire Associated International Management, the London-based theatrical agency. 15-Oct-2004 Sanctuary Group has acquired Tony Davis Management, the US music management company, for £2.2m. 04-Oct-2004 Sanctuary Group has acquired Creole Records, the reggae music company, for £1.3m. 18-Nov-2003 Sanctuary is to raise £30m to fund the acquisition of any record labels and catalogues that become available through the expected rationalisation of the music industry. 07-Nov-2003 Sanctuary Group has acquired Music World Entertainment, the US music artist management company, for £6.1m. 01-Oct-2003 Sanctuary has acquired Trinifold, the music management and publishing company, for up to £21m. 08-Oct-2002 Sanctuary is to acquire Air-Edel, the music publisher, for £1.2m. 27-May-2002 Sanctuary is to acquire Bravado International, the music licensing company, for an initial £7.8m. 08-Jan-2002 Sanctuary has acquired the Black Box Music classical and jazz record label for £0.3m. 23-Oct-2001 Sanctuary is in negotiations to acquire Trojan Records for about £10m, in order to expand its back catalogue of music. 20-Jun-2001 Sanctuary is to acquire Castle Music, owner of the rights to 45,000 songs, from Rutland Trust for £46m. 31-Mar-2000 Sanctuary Group has raised £11m in a share placing in order to fund the acquisition of a record company and invest in its internet-based music business. 09-Oct-1999 Sanctuary Group is acquiring ASV, the classical music record company, for £1.3m. 11-May-1999 Sanctuary Group is to acquire Ted D Bear Group for about £2m as part of a strategy to become Europe's largest independent operator of music facilities. 17-Aug-1998 Sanctuary Group, the heavy metal rock music management company, is to join the Stock Exchange in January by reversing into the Burlington investment company. 31-Dec-1997 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007