German record company, operating under this name from 28 June 1999 to 31 October 2003.
First legal entity
Hamburg company number: HRB 22808
ed: 26 January 1979 as 'Informationsfilm-Verleih Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Kultur, Bildung und Wissenschaft'
First name change: 16 February 1981 to 'TV Hamburg Fernseh- und Filmvertrieb GmbH'
Second name change: 10 June 1986 to PolyGram GmbH
Third name change: 28 June 1999 - this page
Dissolved: 28 June 1999 (merged into Universal Music GmbH)
Second legal entity
Hamburg company number: HRB 53250
ed: 29 June 1993 as '"Voyage" Sechste Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH'
First name change: 26 August 1993 to 'Polygram Holding GmbH'
Acquired: 'Polygram Manufacturing & Distribution Centres GmbH' and PolyGram GmbH
Second name change: 28 June 1999 - this page
Immediate parent: 'Universal Holding GmbH' from 7 January 2000
Relocated: 9 December 2002 to Berlin (company number HRB 85604)
Name change: 31 October 2003 to Universal Music GmbH