The Combined General Shareholders Meeting of Vivendi, held December 9th under the chairmanship of Yannick Bollor é, authorized by greater than 97.5 percent of the ballots the separation from Vivendi of Canal+, Havas and Louis Hachette Group (the firm uniting the 66.53 percent financial investment in Lagard ère and 100 percent of Prisma Media). The initially trading day for the shares of these 3 firms will certainly consequently occur, as introduced, on December 16th, 2024, specifically on the London Stock Exchange, Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Growth Paris.
With a quorum of 71.96 percent of investors existing or stood for, both resolutions needing authorization by a two-thirds bulk of ballots, particularly those pertaining to partial property payments based on the French lawful program relevant to partial demergers ( apport partiel d’actifs soumis au régime des scissions), have actually been extremely embraced with 97.57 percent of the elect the Canal+ partial demerger and with 97.58 percent for the Louis Hachette Group partial demerger. The resolution pertaining to the circulation in kind of Havas NV shares to the Vivendi investors, needing the authorization of a straightforward bulk of ballots, was embraced with 97.61 percent of the ballots.
Yannick Bollor é stated: “We are delighted with the very high adoption rate of our spin-off project. This undisputable result confirms the strong support of our shareholders for this transformative transaction.”
“The Supervisory Board would like to warmly thank Arnaud de Puyfontaine and the whole Management Board, all the teams involved in this project, our different advisors and our shareholders for their trust. We are convinced that this new chapter for Canal+, Havas and Louis Hachette Group will be very promising and create value for all stakeholders.”
December 13th, 2024 (consisted of) is the last day for capitalists wanting to be designated shares as component of this spin-off to obtain Vivendi shares. The very first listing of the shares of the 3 firms will certainly occur on December 16th, 2024, at 9 am (Paris time). The settlement-delivery of the Canal+, Havas NV and Louis Hachette Group shares to the investors of Vivendi qualified to get them will certainly occur on December 18th, 2024.
January 15th, 2025, is the target date for the settlement of social levies ( prélèvements sociaux) and/or non-final withholding tax obligation ( prélèvement non libératoire) or keeping tax obligation ( retenue à la resource).
