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FACTBOX-Key Bollore holdings in the media sector
Dec 5 (Reuters) - French financier Vincent Bollore has been investing in the media sector since 2004. Here are some key facts about the Bollore (Paris: FR0000039299 - news)
group and its media holdings:
THE BOLLORE GROUP
Founded in 1822, its holdings range from plastic films for capacitors and packaging, transportation in Africa, international logistics, plantations, to financial assets such as a 4.99 percent of Italy's Mediobanca (Milan: MB.MI - news) and a 2.4 percent of French steel tubes group Vallourec (Paris: FR0000120354 - news) to media assets.
BOLLORE GROUP 2007 DATA
Revenue: 6.4 billion euros.
Net Income: 348 million euros
Net debt: 1.3 billion euros
Gearing 37 percent
MAIN MEDIA ASSETS
HAVAS
A 32.9 percent stake in the world's sixth-largest advertising group, which had a 2007 operating profit of 169 million euros on revenue of 1.5 billion euros.
AEGIS
A 29.9 percent stake in the British media buying group, which had 2007 underlying pre-tax profit of 132.7 million pounds on revenue of 1.1 billion pounds.
CSA
A 100 percent in French market research firm CSA
HARRIS INTERACTIVE (NASDAQ: HPOL - news)
A 12.5 percent in U.S. market researh and opnion poll group Harris Interactive.
DIRECT8
The Bollore group owns digital terestrial television Direct 8 launched in March 2005.
FREE NEWSPAPERS
DirectSoir: A free evening newspaper launched in 2006.
DirectMatinPlus: A free morning newspaper launched in February 2007 in partnership with French daily Le Monde and regional newspapers.
CINEMA
The Bollore group owns about 10 percent of Gaumont (Paris: FR0000034894 - news) , a movie prodction and distribution company. It also operates the Mac-Mahon cinema, near the Champs Elysees in the heart of Paris.
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Hans Peters) Keywords: BOLLORE/
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