Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Ltd.

Music publishing and holding company, affiliated with PRS (IPI #37254979). Incorporated 10 October 1977.
Please do not confuse with Hit & Run Music Ltd. and Hit & Run Music (Publishers) Limited which are separate companies. Related to Hit And Run Music Publishing.

Also appears as :
- Hit & Run Music (Pub) Ltd.
- Hit & Run Music (Pub.) Ltd.
- Hit & Run Music (Publ.) Ltd.
- Hit & Run Music Publ. Ltd.
- Hit & Run Music Publishing Ltd.
- Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Ltd.
- Hit & Run (Music) Publishing Ltd
- Hit + Run [Music] Publishing Ltd.
- Hit n' Run Music (Publishing) Ltd.
- Hit And Run Music Publ Ltd.
- Hit And Run Music (Pub.) Ltd.
- Hit And Run Music Publishing Ltd.
- Hit And Run Music (Publishing) Ltd

Full legal entity name: Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Limited
UK Company Number: 01333197
Status: Active
Immediate parent: EMI Music Publishing Limited
Ultimate parent: Sony Corporation (registered in Japan)

Their clients include - Phil Collins, Genesis, Mike & The Mechanics and Kula Shaker.

On 19 November 1999 EMI Music Publishing Ltd. acquired a majority shareholding (51%) in the company and its various subsidiaries, including Charisma Music Publishing Co. Ltd., 'Arcadia 99 Ltd' (previously Gang Forward Ltd.), Hit & Run Music Publishing, Inc., Hidden Pun Music Inc., Charisma Music Publishing USA, Inc., subsequently acquiring the outstanding equity (except for 1 share retained by founder Tony Smith) in 2004.

USA subsidiaries Charisma Music Publishing USA, Inc., Hidden Pun Music Inc., and Hit & Run Music Publishing, Inc. were sold to EMI Entertainment World Inc. on 30 March 2020.

The management division Hit & Run Music Ltd., Hit & Run Music, Inc. and Hit & Run Productions Ltd. did not form part of the sale to EMI Music Publishing Ltd. and are still majority owned by John Anthony Smith.