Pourtant, c'est cet argument qu'ont repris jeudi les principaux actionnaires de Lagardère, le géant des médias Vivendi et le fonds britannique Amber Capital, qui demandent en justice l'organisation d'une assemblée générale exceptionnelle. This long-standing fight by Amber Capital, which criticizes the management of Mr. Lagardère, was at the heart of the general meeting of May 5.

See Joseph Marie Oughourlian's compensation, career history, education, & memberships. They will jointly make an amicable written request within ten days to convene a general meeting and, in the event of refusal, will be united to claim it before the courts, specifies the Financial Markets Authority, which published the agreement between the two shareholders. Le groupe Lagardère, déjà bousculé par ses deux premiers actionnaires Vivendi et le fonds Amber Capital, a vu débarquer hier dans son capital l'homme le plus riche de France Bernard Arnault, un "soutien" qui a également pris un quart de la holding du groupe. The atypical status of the Lagardère group allows Arnaud Lagardère (general partner) to retain control with only around 7% of the capital. "La concrétisation de notre investissement dans Lagardère Capital et dans Lagardère SCA solidifie notre engagement aux côtés d'Arnaud Lagardère", a commenté Bernard Arnault, cité dans le communiqué. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. Selon l'entourage d'Arnaud Lagardère, ces opérations confirment l'engagement "durable" de Bernard Arnault qui agira désormais "de concert" avec Arnaud Lagardère, mais ne modifient pas le contrôle des sociétés de tête du groupe. COPYRIGHT ©2006-2020 THE MORANDINI FAMILY SARL - TOUS DROITS RESERVES. Vivendi and Amber Capital, new allies against LagardèreParis (AFP) Son entourage a précisé à l'AFP que cette acquisition de titres devrait se poursuivre en fonction des conditions de marché.

On Tuesday, the two parties announced the signing of a "pact" with a view to obtaining "on the supervisory board a minority representation of three members for Amber Capital and one member for Vivendi", according to a statement from the latter. Le "partenariat" finalisé jeudi soir par un communiqué commun aux familles Arnault et Lagardère, consiste dans l'acquisition par Financière Agache (un instrument financier de Bernard Arnault) de 27% de la holding personnelle d'Arnaud Lagardère, qui détient sa participation de 7,26% dans le groupe qui porte son nom. The major maneuvers are continuing at Lagardère: its two first shareholders, the media group Vivendi and the activist fund Amber Capital, are joining forces to ask for representation on the supervisory board, in order to oppose the controversial manager Arnaud Lagardère but also to counter the influence of Bernard Arnault. This surprise arrival had called into question the hope of several shareholders to see things evolve rapidly within governance, and allows Mr. Arnault to become essential for any strategic decision affecting the activities of Lagardère SCA, in particular the disposals of active. The pact finally allows Vivendi and Amber to join forces against the influence of Bernard Arnault, the billionaire at the head of the luxury group LVMH. A cet investissement de quelque 80 millions d'euros s'ajoute une surprise, la prise de "participation directe" de Bernard Arnault de 5,5% du capital du groupe Lagardère, qui s'élève, au prix du marché, à une centaine de millions d'euros. The announcement confirms the turnaround of Vincent Bolloré, the strong man of Vivendi, who took a stake shortly before the general meeting of last May to save the stake of Arnaud, only son of the founder of the company Jean -Luc Lagardère, facing Amber who wanted to completely renew the supervisory board: support then qualified as "friendly" and justified by the links between the two families. The new shareholders of Lagardère "will replace governance sooner or later," Joseph Oughourlian, the founder of Amber, said at the end of the meeting on the BFM Business channel. Amber Capital, which holds about 16.4% of Lagardere's share capital, said it would present its own list of new supervisory board members at …