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Posted on July 18, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleVivendi shares rose 12.5% after AMF required a buyout offer from Vincent Bolloré for minority shareholders, pending court approval.
(Reuters) -Shares in Vivendi rose by up to 12.5% in early trade, on Friday, after the French financial regulator, or AMF, said majority shareholder Vincent Bolloré and its holding company Bolloré SE would have to launch a public buyout offer.
The AMF said Vincent Bolloré and its holding company will have to file a squeeze-out offer within six months, requiring it to buy all the shares owned by minority shareholders to delist Vivendi from the stock exchange.
The process will only close after the French Supreme Court rules on pending appeals, it said.
(Reporting by Mathias de Rozario in Gdansk; editing by Barbara Lewis)
Vivendi's stock rose by up to 12.5% after the AMF announced that majority shareholder Vincent Bolloré must file a buyout offer for minority shareholders.
The AMF requires Vincent Bolloré and his holding company to file a squeeze-out offer within six months to buy all shares owned by minority shareholders.
The buyout process will only conclude after the French Supreme Court rules on pending appeals related to the matter.
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