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French billionaire Vincent Bollore's family-owned group has pledged to media giant Vivendi that it will not request an exemption to file a tender offer on Vivendi's shares if it crosses the 30% threshold in capital ownership or voting rights, Vivendi said.

Bollore won't seek exemption of tender offer rules on Vivendi

Pershing Square Tontine Holdings

Shares of Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd. , the special purpose acquisition corporation, or SPAC, created by billionaire investor Bill Ackman, fell 7.4% in premarket trade Friday, after Vivendi SE confirmed it is in talks to sell Pershing a 10% stake in Universal Music Group.

Bill Ackman's SPAC Pershing Square falls 7% premarket after Vivendi confirms talks to buy Universal Music stake

Hedge-fund billionaire William Ackman's special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is in talks with Vivendi to buy a 10% stake in Universal Music Group, the French media conglomerate said in a statement on Friday. Vivendi said it had entered discussions with Ackman's Pershing Square Tontine Holdings and that the potential deal would give Universal Music an enterprise value of €35 billion ($42.4 billion).

Vivendi confirms talks with Ackman's SPAC over 10% stake in Universal Music Group

Ackman's SPAC in talks to buy 10% stake in Universal Music Group, Vivendi says

Activist fund Bluebell has asked France's markets regulator to look into disclosures by media company Vivendi around its Universal Music Group spin-off, arguing the company did not reveal some steps around the transaction to shareholders.

Activist fund asks French watchdog to probe Vivendi's music spin-off

An activist investment fund wants French media group Vivendi to sweeten the planned spinoff of Universal Music Group with an extra cash dividend that would be more advantageous to minority shareholders.

Activist fund Bluebell calls on Vivendi to sweeten Universal spin-off

French media giant Vivendi said on Tuesday that it may sell an additional 10% of Universal Music — the label behind acts including Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, and Kendrick Lamar — ahead of floating the group by the end of September 2021.

Europe Markets: Possible Universal Music sale pushes Vivendi shares higher, as European stocks march into record territory

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Universal valued at $40 billion, more than parent Vivendi: documents

Shares in Mediaset rise more than 5% on Tuesday after the Italian broadcaster and its second-largest investor, French media group Vivendi, signed a long-awaited agreement on Monday to end years of legal sparring.

Mediaset shares rise to 20-month high after peace deal with Vivendi

Shares in Mediaset rose sharply on Wednesday amid signs Italy's top commercial broadcaster could be moving closer to ending years of legal sparring with France's Vivendi.

Italy's Mediaset shares rise on prospect of truce with Vivendi

Shares in Mediaset opened higher on Tuesday after the Italian broadcaster said it was reviving a project for international expansion while also seeking to appease second-biggest investor Vivendi.

Mediaset rises on revived expansion plan and olive branch to Vivendi

Vivendi's first-quarter revenue grew by 5% from a year earlier, the French media giant said on Thursday, driven by the prolonged strong performance of its music unit Universal.

Vivendi's first-quarter sales up 5%, driven by Universal

A group of investors will urge a French court on Tuesday to back its claim for 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in damages from Vivendi, alleging the media giant made false financial statements during a merger deal two decades ago.

Investors seek $1.2 billion in damages from Vivendi in fraud lawsuit

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Vivendi (Paris:VIV):   2020 KEY FIGURES (in millions of euros)     % change year- on-year % change year-on -year at constant currency and perimeter2 Revenues   €16,090 M   +1.2%   -0.6%   EBITA3,4   €1,627 M   +6.6%   +3.7%   EBIT4   €1,468 M   +6.3%     Earnings before provision for income taxes1   €2,182 M   +47.7%   This press release contains audited consolidated financial figures established under IFRS, which were approved by Vivendi's Management Bo

Vivendi: The Good Results for 2020 Confirm the Resilience of the Group's Main Businesses

Shares of Vivendi (EPA: VIV) closed the day almost 20% higher on Monday after the company said it will spin off Univer Media Group (UMG) in an $36.4 billion IPO. Fundamental analysis: IPO to take place by the end of the year The media conglomerate Vivendi said it will spin off UMG through an initial […] The post Vivendi stock price exploded 20% today to print 19-year highs.

Vivendi stock price exploded 20% today to print 19-year highs. Here's why

French giant Vivendi recorded its highest daily jump after announcing it may spin off its Universal Music Group arm by the end of 2021. Shares climbed 24% earlier on Monday, the biggest one-day gain since it listed in 1989.

Universal Music Group owner Vivendi climbs as IPO potentially moved to this year

French tycoon Vincent Bollore will retain strong influence over Universal Music Group as a major shareholder following its planned 30-billion-euro ($36 billion) spin-off on the stock market by media conglomerate Vivendi.

Bollore to keep strong grip on Universal after $36 billion listing

World's largest record label looks to cash in on the surging popularity of streaming services

Vivendi shares surge 16% on plan to list Universal Music Group

Vivendi Universal shares opened 22% higher in Paris after it said it would distribute 60% of subsidiary Universal Music Group's share capital to shareholders and list the music label in Amsterdam by the end of the year. Bollore , holds more than a quarter of Vivendi, gained 15%.

Vivendi shares jump 22% on plan to list Universal Music Group

Vivendi SA said Saturday that it aims to distribute 60% of subsidiary Universal Music Group's share capital to shareholders and list the music label in Amsterdam by the end of the year. "Vivendi's leading institutional shareholders have been pressing for a number of years for a split or the distribution of Universal Music Group (UMG) to reduce Vivendi's conglomerate discount," the European media giant said in a statement.

Vivendi to spin off UMG by year end

Vivendi said on Saturday it planned to distribute 60% of Universal Music's capital to investors, subject to shareholder approval, and aimed to list its most-prized asset, home to singers such as Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, by the end of the year.

Vivendi plans to distribute 60% of UMG capital to shareholders, list it by year-end

Italian broadcaster Mediaset has lodged an appeal against a court ruling that lifted restrictions placed on the stake held by French media giant Vivendi, two legal sources said on Friday.

Italy's Mediaset appeals verdict that freed up Vivendi's stake: sources

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Universal Music Group Inc is planning to expand its foothold in the African continent, Bloomberg reports. French media company Vivendi SE (OTC: VIVHY) is a majority shareholder in Universal music.

Universal Music Plans Africa Push In Streaming Business: Bloomberg

Mediaset will press ahead with plans to create a pan-European TV champion, regardless of whether it can strike a deal to settle a dispute with its second-largest shareholder Vivendi, the Italian broadcaster's CEO was quoted as saying on Monday.

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