05 Apr 2007
| by Ellen Bennett
LONDON - Aegis shareholders have rejected Groupe Bollore's bid to appoint two directors...shareholders against voting the pair on to the board because they fear Vincent Bollor has a conflict ...
reported to have said the Group wished to come to an accommodation with Bollor . ...
18 May 2006
| by by John Tylee
LONDON - Vincent Bollore, Havas' chairman, revealed his intentions for Aegis, a desire to rebrand....
Insisting that his interest in Aegis remains strategic, Bollore confirmed that he would like to do a deal ...
19 Jun 2006
| by by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - Vincent Bollore's unsuccessful bid for two seats on the Aegis board was supported by a...Tatparanandam, voted with Bollore at last week's Aegis AGM.
Tatparanandam is believed to be worth $4bn (£2 ...
the only additional votes in support of Bollore's board candidates Philippe Germond and Roger Hatchuel ...
of Aegis' rival Havas, it would be a major conflict of interest for Bollore to have board representation ...
23 May 2008
| by Staff
LONDON - Aegis Group shareholders have rejected Vincent Bollore's fifth attempt to secure...in the Financial Times today quotes sources close to Vincent Bollore, saying that he intends to press ahead ...
Aegis, owner of media agencies Carat and Vizeum, said that 91% of non-Groupe Bollore shareholders opposed Bollore s two proposals: one to appoint Philippe Germond as a board director; and the other ...
19 May 2006
| by by Gordon MacMillan
LONDON – Aegis Group has won backing for its tough stance against Vincent Bollore from its second...represents fundamental conflicts of interest: Vincent Bollore holds the chairmanship of and owns a ...
it would not support the bid by Bollore, its largest shareholder, to win two seats on the board.
Earlier this week Bollore nominated two candidates for the Aegis board - Philippe Germond and Roger Hatchuel - via ...
19 Oct 2006
| by by Staff
LONDON - One of Aegis Group's largest shareholders, Fidelity, is considering blocking Vincent...the Takeover Panel about concerns that Bollore is working in concert with another investor, which would take his holding over 30% and trigger a full-blown takeover.
The suggestion is that Bollore is working in concert with Manila-based fund EFL, which holds a 2% stake in Aegis. This stake combined with Bollore's 29 ...
06 Oct 2006
| by by Jennifer Whitehead
on the issue of putting two of Vincent Bollore's people on the board of the company....It was revealed last week that Group Bollore had written to Aegis to make the request. No date has been given for the EGM yet.
In June, Bollore attempted unsuccessfully to have two directors -- Roger Hatchuel and Philippe Germond -- sit on the board of Aegis.
Bollore is the largest shareholder ...
03 Nov 2006
| by by Jennifer Whitehead
in acquiring Aegis while Vincent Bollore owns such a large stake in the company...., at least not while Vincent Bollore, chairman of rival French ad group Havas, owns a 29% stake ...
negotiations and we have withdrawn from the process last year because of the position of Bollore.
"As long as Bollore remains a strong holder there is no reason for us to change our position, so we are not looking ...
23 Apr 2008
| by Jacquie Bowser
that they oppose Havas chairman Vincent Bollore's fifth request to place two representatives on the board....that shareholders vote at the annual general meeting on May 23 against Group Bollore s request to appoint Philippe ...
a fifth vote on exactly the same two resolutions, Groupe Bollore remains a shareholder in Havas ...
matter four times in the past, since Bollore began buying up shares in Aegis in 2006. On each occasion ...
04 Apr 2007
| by Mark Banham
LONDON - Vincent Bollore, chairman of Havas Group, has been defeated for the third time in his...At an Extraordinary General Meeting held today, Aegis shareholders voted against Bollore ...
appointing either candidate to the board. Bollore currently has a 29.1% share in the UK-based Aegis ...
the largest single shareholder in the network. Should his shareholding rise above 30%, Bollore would have ...