please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . september 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message access industries inc. type private industry conglomerate founded 1986 ; 30 years ago 1986 founder leonard blavatnik headquarters new york city new york united states key people leonard blavatnik chairman products music entertainment chemistry natural resource owner leonard blavatnik subsidiaries warner music group website www.accessindustries.com access industries inc. is a privately held american holding company that was founded in 1986 by soviet born leonard blavatnik who is also its chairman . access s industrial focus is in three areas natural resources and chemicals ; media and telecommunications ; and real estate . it is the owner of warner music group . contents 1 holdings 1.1 natural resources and chemicals 1.1.1 lyondellbasell industries 1.1.2 tnk bp 1.1.3 uc rusal 1.2 media and telecommunications 1.2.1 acision 1.2.2 top up tv 1.2.3 warner music group 1.2.4 ice.net and net1 1.2.5 amedia 1.2.6 ai film 1.2.7 perform group 1.3 real estate 2 political activities 3 references 4 external links holdings edit natural resources and chemicals edit lyondellbasell industries edit in 2005 access acquired basell polyolefins a former joint venture between royal dutch shell and basf . basell headquartered in hoofddorp the netherlands was a leading company in the technology production and marketing of polyolefins . basell s polyolefin materials and production technologies were used for diverse consumer applications including packaging and automotive to medical and consumer goods . on december 20 2007 basell completed its acquisition of the lyondell chemical company paying 48 per share in cash to the latter s shareholders . including the assumption of lyondell debt the deal had an enterprise value of approximately 19 billion . the resulting company lyondellbasell industries is the world s third largest chemical company based on net sales . citation needed on january 6 2009 the u.s. operations of lyondellbasell industries filed for bankruptcy . on april 30 2010 lyondellbasell emerged from chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a significantly improved financial position . as part of its exit financing lyondellbasell raised 3.26 billion of first priority debt as well as 2.8 billion through the rights offering jointly underwritten by access industries apollo management and ares management . access currently owns approximately 14 % of lyondellbasell . tnk bp edit in 1997 access acquired a stake in the russian oil company tnk . in 2003 half of tnk was sold to british petroleum bp to form tnk bp marking the largest ever foreign investment in a russian company . on march 21 2013 rosneft completed its 55 billion acquisition of tnk bp . uc rusal edit in 1996 access helped to form sual one of the world s largest aluminum producers through direct investment and the merger of assets . in early 2007 sual merged with rusal and the alumina business of glencore international ag to form uc rusal the world s largest vertically integrated aluminum producer . media and telecommunications edit acision edit in 2007 access acquired a stake in acision the market leader in messaging solutions for mobile operators worldwide . acision has over 300 mobile operators as customers who serve over a billion end users . over 50 per cent of global messaging traffic is generated through acision s platforms . the company employs approximately 1 700 people in 22 countries across six continents . citation needed top up tv edit in late 2003 access acquired a controlling stake in top up tv which launched in march 2004 on britain s digital terrestrial tv platform . top up tv broadcasts a range of channels including british eurosport uktv gold discovery channel tcm cartoon network discovery real time uktv food and bloomberg . warner music group edit access invested in warner music group in 2004 with thomas h. lee partners bain capital providence equity partners and edgar bronfman jr. a partial sale of warner music group was completed through an ipo on the nyse in may 2005 . access continued as a significant shareholder . in may 2011 wmg announced its sale to access for us 3.3 billion cash after a three month bidding process . 1 the purchase was set to include cash of us 320 million and would include the assumption of us 2 billion of wmg debt . access s stake in wmg was put at 2 percent at the time of the announcement . 2 the purchase was completed on july 20 2011 . 3 ice.net and net1 edit access invested in ice.net in norway and net1 in sweden and denmark in 2009 . ice.net and net1 are telecom services providers offering mobile broadband in scandinavia . by deploying 3g technology in lower frequencies the company has the largest geographical footprint of all scandinavian operators and approx 100 000 subscribers . 4 5 6 amedia edit access owns a majority stake in amedia russia s leading tv production company . the amedia group of companies also includes media city one of the largest tv studios in russia which provides end to end production services including sound stages equipment costumes and scenery to in house and third party producers . ai film edit in 2009 access acquired the uk operations of la based icon group the film and entertainment business created by mel gibson and bruce davey . after two years of ownership access have sold the icon catalogue and formed ai film . the company operates a rolling credit financing facility that produces finances and develops independent films with broad commercial appeal . ai film produced some of the highest grossing independent films of the past few years lee daniel s the butler bill condon s mr holmes scorsese s silence mel gibson s hacksaw ridge and many more . perform group edit since november 2014 access industries owns a majority stake in perform group . 7 real estate edit access owns hotels and commercial real estate properties in the u.s. latin america and europe . one notable development is the faena hotel universe opened in 2004 8 in buenos aires argentina . political activities edit in 2015 access industries donated 1.8 million to super pacs supporting republican presidential candidates scott walker and lindsey graham . 9 references edit smith ethan deal values warner music at 3.3 billion wall street journal may 6 2011 12 39 p.m. edt . retrieved 2011 05 06 . warner music group being sold for 1.3 billion to access industries amid industry decline associated press via washington post may 6 1 38 pm edt . retrieved 2011 05 06 . http www.billboard.biz bbbiz industry record labels access industries completes acquisition 1005283602 . story ice.net net1.se net 1 . dk ted menmuir . perform group to de list as access industries takes over . sbc news . retrieved 21 september 2015 . the dream of creating another buenos aires archived march 11 2012 at the wayback machine . faena properties december 13 2003 . retrieved 2012 01 12 . million dollar donors in the 2016 presidential race . new york times . 25 august 2015 . retrieved 14 october 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title access industries & oldid 742360335 categories 1986 establishments in new yorkaluminium companieschemical companies of the united statescoal companies of the united statescompanies established in 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