HMV to sell Japanese business

Music retailer HMV Group said today it had agreed to sell its Japanese business to DSM Investments for about £70 million.

Music retailer HMV Group said today it had agreed to sell its Japanese business to DSM Investments for about £70 million.

DSM Investments is owned by a joint venture between Daiwa Securities Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group.

HMV said it will use the proceeds of the sale to pay down group debt.

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