2023-12-15 19:42:07
“Chargeurs is a complex group, which wants to take the time to transform itself,” underlines Michaël Fribourg, CEO of the company. Chargers
A takeover bid will be launched, so that the Friborg family becomes the majority shareholder.
A new chapter is opening in the long history of Chargeurs: for the first time in 151 years, the group should have a controlling shareholder, the Friborg family, following the takeover bid announced Thursday evening after the stock market. . Until now, the four families who have successively managed the company had only been reference shareholders, below the 50% threshold.
A big name in French industry and capitalism, Chargeurs has had many adventures. It first specialized in long-distance maritime transport, before launching into air transport, then, at the end of the Second World War, diversifying into banking, insurance, chemicals and tourism. … From the 1980s, under the leadership of Jérôme Seydoux, it changed form and essentially became a textile and media group (Pathé Cinéma, La Cinq, etc.). Another twist in 1996, when it split with Pathé (cinema and media) on one side and Chargeurs (textiles and materials…) on the other.
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