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...See Tickets, which was part of Vivendi’s live entertainment arm Vivendi Village, would be the latest in a series of asset disposals by the French media giant....
...French media conglomerate Vivendi, which had sought a more than €30bn price for the deal, has said the board’s decision was “unlawful” without a shareholder vote....
...French media conglomerate Vivendi’s Canal+ has made a revised offer to buy South Africa’s MultiChoice at R125 per share, in a deal that values the company at $2.9bn, as it seeks to gain a foothold on the...
...Vivendi last year challenged the deal in court on the grounds that it had not been put to a shareholder vote, in a case that could take years to decide....
...Vivendi’s Canal+ has raised its offer to buy South Africa’s MultiChoice, Africa’s biggest pay TV group, with the companies entering exclusive talks....
...A takeover would “create an African media business with enhanced scale, which can thrive in a competitive international market”, said Canal+, which Vivendi is preparing to spin off....
...French media conglomerate Vivendi is considering splitting into three businesses that would all be listed separately, in what would be a major overhaul piloted by owner Vincent Bolloré....
...Fans have abandoned Vivendi’s shares and the conglomerate discount is now close to 40 per cent. The Bolloré family was spurred to act. A fuller break-up of the business should follow....
...Vivendi controls 24 per cent of the votes and 17 per cent of the share capital in Telecom Italia, not vice versa as wrongly stated in a Lex note in some editions on November 7....
...It is a sign of how Bolloré, a corporate raider and industrialist who first invested in Vivendi in 2011, continues to change the group he effectively still leads even though he is no longer chair....
...The lack of meaningful synergies between Vivendi’s businesses has long been a problem for investors — and a source of frustration for Vivendi....
...Data from S&P Global indicated that a fifth of the company’s stock — totalling €930mn — is being targeted by short sellers, who typically borrow shares in order to sell them, buying them back later to profit...
...Vivendi and Bluebell both want a higher price for their shares. Without a competing offer to that of KKR, a path to value is hard to imagine....
...Vivendi’s Canal+ has made a mandatory offer to buy South Africa’s MultiChoice in a deal that values the company at $2.9bn, with the French media group saying it is confident about overcoming regulatory hurdles...
...In response, the French media conglomerate said in a statement that it “deeply regrets” the board accepting the offer without requesting a “vote from its shareholders”....
...Shares in Vivendi were down 0.4 per cent to €8.63....
...News that he is considering splitting apart Vivendi prompted a 10 per cent jump in the share price. Record label Universal Music has already been spun off....
...The bank’s upgrade follows its forecast last week that Brent crude prices will hit $90 a barrel by the third-quarter....
...spent years insisting his media conglomerate Vivendi was “a coherent company and not a disparate set of holdings”....
...full-year results include Admiral Group, Aviva, Beazley, Elementis, Entain, Funding Circle, Grafton, ITV, Lufthansa, Melrose Industries, PageGroup, Rentokil Initial, Robert Walters, TT Electronics and Vivendi...
...The benchmark S&P 500 fell 0.2 per cent on Thursday afternoon, notching five straight daily losses for the first time since October....
...S&P said it originally expected the war would not last “more than six months” as it downgraded Israel’s sovereign credit rating from double A minus to A plus....
...The S&P 500 declined on Thursday, headed for its fifth straight loss since October....
...Vivendi’s Canal+ must make a mandatory offer to buy MultiChoice, Africa’s biggest pay TV group, after its stake in the company rose above 35 per cent, South Africa’s takeover panel has ruled.MultiChoice...
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