Universal Music Group shares surge in £110m bonus for Lucian Grainge
by Mark Sweney from World news | The Guardian on (#5PSX8)
Listing puts record label's British-born boss in line for one of biggest corporate payouts in history
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Universal Music Group's shares surged by more than a third in its stock market debut on Tuesday, putting its chairman and chief executive, Sir Lucian Grainge, in line for a potential bonus of almost $150m (110m).
Shares in the world's largest music company, the label behind artists including Taylor Swift and Bob Dylan, rose more than 35% to 25 a share in early trading, giving the business a market value of more than 45bn (38bn).
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