Vincent Bolloré puts it under siege Mediaset: the giant French media Vivendi has decided to increase the share in Mediaset, bringing it to 30% of the share capital, the maximum possible (in addition, the law imposes to launch an offer on the market). It is a frontal attack to the heart of the empire of Silvio Berlusconi: one of the leading private television Italian is controlled to 40% by Fininvest, the safe of the Berlusconi family. In the space of a week, the raider, the French arrived at the 30%, not far from the quota of the majority shareholder and second shareholder of the Italian company.
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Fininvest: “Irregularities and serious violations”
Meanwhile, Fininvest, just a few hours ago, had gone to the rescue: he has denounced Vivendi to Consob, asking the Authority to seize the package of securities of the French. A call for representatives of the French part would have already been sent and the hearing could be before Christmas.
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In the evening, Fininvest, through a note, did you know that “with his announcement, Vivendi continues in a very aggressive strategy that, move after move, does not that confirm all the irregularities and serious violations highlighted by Fininvest in the claims and in the exposed presented to the public Prosecutor of the Republic and to Consob, with the filing of appropriate documentation. In these early legal actions, other will follow, on both the criminal, civil and administrative. No profile will be overlooked”.
The version of Vivendi
In his note, a few hours before, Vivendi has retraced the stages of his relationship with Mediaset starting from the agreement of 8 April, when it was completed “a strategic partnership and industrial”, which as a first step, would have led Vivendi to detect the 3.5% of Mediaset and 100% of the Premium in exchange for 3.5% of the share capital of Vivendi.
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“Unfortunately, the planned acquisition of Mediaset Premium has led to a lawsuit and the proposals of Vivendi to amicably resolve the dispute have not been adopted by Mediaset and its shareholder Fininvest”. The French group because it believes that “the strategic interest of the partnership” is used before as it involves the legal dispute, has decided to become the second largest shareholder of industrial Mediaset acquiring, “to start”, 20% of the share capital of Mediaset.
following the meeting of the ceo of Vivendi, Arnaud de Puyfontaine, with Pier Silvio Berlusconi, the ceo of Mediaset, the 16th of December and to the press release issued by Mediaset on the 17th of December, and considering the recent positions of Fininvest, “the management board of Vivendi, which met today,with the authorisation of the supervisory board, has decided to increase the investment in Mediaset with the purchase of other shares depending on the market conditions within the limit of 30% of the share capital and voting rights”.
Save liberalism from liberal (ideological)
Vivendi announced only a week ago, on the evening of 12 December, to possess the 3,01% of Mediaset. The next day he made known to be the 12,32% and on Wednesday the 14th announced to have reached 20% of the capital. The Mediaset stock today closed at 3.6 euros (+1.5%), and for a week the gain is 32.4 percent.
Delrio: “the Story is not clear,”
In the evening on the event intervened and the minister for Infrastructure, Graziano Delrio, host of Lilli Gruber a Otto e mezzo on La7. “We want that the transaction between Vivendi and Mediaset is clear – said Delrio – but it seems to us that this story of light has little. Is a large Italian company and we want to make sure that everything is being done according to the rules. The fact that Berlusconi has no relevance”.
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