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Wednesday 19 August 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Saturday 01 June 2019 4:10 am

EMI trustee head leaves firm

By: admindrupal

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The chairman of the trustees of EMI Ian Smellie left the music label’s £1bn UK pension fund as a result of a row with Guy Hands, whose private equity firm Terra Firma owns the business. Smellie wanted a £170m top up to the pension pot, but Hands refused.

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