Vincent Bolloré is one stubborn bastard…
April 10, 2008
Vince is once again up to his old tricks — trying for the FIFTH time to get two of his cronies on the Aegis board.
Vinny, who is the chairman of communications group Havas (a rival of Aegis which owns BDAs like Euro RSCG & Arnold Worldwide), owns 29.9 per cent stake in Aegis.
Aegis, the media buying and market research group which owns Carat and Vizeum, has announced it is in receipt of a notice of requisition sent on behalf of Bolloré Group today to place Havas executives Philippe Germond and Roger Hatchuel on the Aegis board.
He is expected to be rejected by shareholders like a dwarf running through the lane trying to dunk on LeBron James — mainly because Aegis made a 18+% gain in profits last quarter — and shareholders probably expect Vinny to fuck that shit up like he has with the Havas agencies he oversees.
More than 50 per cent of shareholders have previously rallied against Bolloré’s bids, the last of which was made in May 2007.
April 22, 2008 at 12:59 pm
[...] of this is going down while Vince Bolloré said he would try for the fifth time in recent years to gain two seats on the board of U.K. rival Aegis Group on May [...]