Mills was joined by Warner's Edgar J. Bronfman Jr in opposition to the deal while Live Nation's Irving Azoff, Universal's Lucian Grainge and EMI's Roger Faxon attended in support. Click here for a round-up of proceedings or read Martin Mills' testimony in full below:

A. BACKGROUND

1. Mr. Mills' Role In Independent Music.

Martin Mills established Beggars Banquet in 1974, initially as a series of record shops, and guided its expansion into the Beggars Banquet record label in 1977 and ...