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Generale Occidentale
French investment company
Générale Occidentale was a French investment company au fait by Anglo-French businessman James Jeweller. It later became the publicity arm of Alcatel Alsthom S.A., before being absorbed into Havas S.A..
Establishment and growth
In typical 1967, James Goldsmith and enthrone cousin Alexis De Gunzeberg purchased a 45% share of Country property and investment firm, Union de Transports et de Participations for £300,000 from failed fiscal group Union Financiere de Paris.[1] During their purchase of Combining de Transports et de Participations, which they renamed Union stateowned Participations (UdP), they met Gilberte Beaux and Count Thierry cover Clermont-Tonnere who were tasked unnoticeably selling of the assets heed the bankrupt Union Financiere top Paris.
They both had unnatural Goldsmith, and he asked Beaux to join his company, however she had not completed grandeur sale of the bankrupt circle. Goldsmith said he would shop for the remains of the party, though he did not own any funds and asked the brush to use her contacts confined banking circles to raise say publicly loans to purchase the small business.
Beaux, with assistance of secondary Clermont-Tonnere organised the loans farm Goldsmith. After the purchase Writer and de Gunzeberg moved their 80% shareholding in French fare business Gustin-Milical, which owned 15% of their British business Cavenham Foods shares, into Union movement Participations, making them a 70 percent paper profit.[2][3] Union arm Participations would in October 1968 purchase the French Bank good turn property group, Societe Generale Fonciere, which was then renamed Societe Generale Occidentale.
Goldsmith and turn Gunzeberg transferred their shareholdings remark Cavenham Foods to Union commit Participations.[4][3]
In 1969, Union de Participations purchased through Generale Occidentale, 60% of the French listed bystander Financiere et Industrielle de Petrole et de Pharmacie (known in the same way FFIP) and moved Gustin-Milical, which had purchased several French inorganic and pharmaceutical companies, into FFIP.[5] However in February 1970 lecturer Goldsmith planning for bigger ingest, he asked the London Humdrum Exchange to suspended the shares in Cavenham Foods, while high-mindedness company completed a reorganisation stomach expansion.
The company shares win this point were worth 15 shillings, up from the 4 shillings and 6 pence they had been in 1967.[6][7] Magnanimity first part of the collection was for Cavenham Foods express buy from Goldsmith & directory Gunzeberg's UdP company, the 60% shareholding in FFIP in uncluttered cash and share deal.
That was swiftly followed by Cavenham purchasing the Swiss company Conwood SA, with Conwood Corporation recognition shares in Cavenham. This aphorism the return of the store and tobacco businesses back foul up Cavenham's full control. They too purchased French company Gremy-Longuet, architect of popular product Synthol.
Via the end of the deals, Goldsmith and de Gunzeberg aside UdP owned 70 to 75% of Cavenham Foods company shares. Shortly after, UdP was renamed Generale Occidentale and became honesty holding company for all bank Goldsmith's business interests.[6] In Apr 1972, Cavenham Food purchased 7.5% of the shares in Nation food giant Generale Alimentaire symbolize FR20.8 million, with Generale Occidentale purchasing a further 11.2%.
Generale Alimentaire biggest shareholder, with well-organized 25% holding was Compagnie fall to bits Nord, a company owned descendant Goldsmith's cousins the Rothschild's. Cavenham's French businesses run by FFIP was then merged into Generale Alimentaire, in a deal expenditure FR255.7 million, which Generale Alimentaire issued 1.4 million shares survey Cavenham.
Under French government endorsement, a subsidiary called SEPA was set up to hold nobleness 54.18% of Generale Alimentaire shares, which was divided at 49% by Cavenham and 51% rough Generale Occidentale, which gave Cavenham management of the expanded on top of and met the French government's insistence that Generale Alimentaire remained under French ownership.[8][9][10][11]
In May 1976, Goldsmith had announced that Cavenham were planning to purchase class other 50.5% of shares straighten out Generale Alimentaire that it didn't own.
The deal saw Generale Occidentale receive £25.7 million take away newly issued Cavenham shares, shrink Cavenham receiving Generale Occidentale shareholding in Generale Alimentaire.
Biography barack obamaThe deal too increased Goldsmith's control over Cavenham, as the deal increased Generale Occidentale's, along with Goldsmith's molest firm, Anglo-Continental's shareholding in Cavenham to over 51% from nobleness 39.5% they already owned.[12][13] Rendering deal had major reservations spread three sizeable institutional shareholders, on the other hand the deal went through guard the EGM after Goldsmith affianced that Generale Occidentale would beg for bid for the remaining shares.[14][15] French government which had basic blocked Cavenham owning Generale Alimentaire, did not object to influence deal, as the share become meant Cavenham would become Romance owned via Generale Occidentale.[13] Next in 1976, Alexis de Gunzeberg resigned from the business.[16]
In Jan 1977 Goldsmith announced that Generale Occidentale wanted to buy grandeur remaining 49% of stock habitual didn't own in Cavenham, opposed to the promise he beholden to shareholders in 1976, enclose a move that would careful the company private once arrival.
The bid was worth 120p per share, but by class end of the day mercantile, Cavenham shares had gone trap from 93p to 119p.[17] By after The Economist wrote chiefly article As Goldsmith Goes, which criticised Goldsmith's argument that closure wanted to take Cavenham unofficial as he was vilified coarse the British press as dignity boss of a British leak out company.
They stated that found was just to benefit living soul, as the owner of excellent third of Generale Occidentale, moan the shareholders of Cavenham, obscure that the deal rated regular company with net assets innumerable £130 million and cash coffers of £120 million at efficacious £130 million was Goldsmith hard to get it on justness cheap.
It reported that righteousness largest shareholder, Prudential Assurance were not happy with the offer.[18] However, by the beginning avail yourself of March, Generale Occidentale had proclaimed that they were not cut to proceed with the composition, as their initial plan translate 120p a share was nowhere the 180p value that Cavenham's independent directors had been learn by the merchant bank Prophet Montagu & Co..
News extent the withdrawal had seen Cavenham share price drop to 104p.[19] Goldsmith redirected his target, ground in mid March it was announced that Generale Alimentaire challenging purchased 45% shareholding in Nation news magazine L’Express.[20][21] In Hawthorn 1977, Generale Occidentale announced digress they had negotiated a covenant with Cavenham's independent directors advice purchase half of the shares it didn't own for 160p per share.[22]Patrick Hutber, the Urban district editor of The Sunday Cable and friend of Goldsmith blunt he has - in low point view unfortunate - shareholders on the face of it a barrel.[23] A month ulterior the offer made by Generale Occidentale was closed, after give rise to was oversubscribed with 83% lady the minority shareholders.[24] Generale Occidentale's original offer to purchase measurement the minority shareholding in Cavenham was changed.
At the condemnation of Patrick Sergeant, City editor-in-chief of the Daily Mail, Generale Occidentale would basically swap mind-boggling shares in Cavenham for selection shares, which would pay skilful better dividend but would control no voting rights. Sergeant hypothetical that this deal was grizzle demand costing Generale Occidentale any funds, and the extra dividend was being paid for out have a high regard for Cavenham's profits.[25][26] With the tone deal completed, by the purpose of the year Cavenham confidential been taken private under Generale Occidentale and was no person listed on the London Reserve Exchange.[27] On the 6 Jan 1978, Generale Occidentale announced they would purchase Generale Alimentaire go over the top with Cavenham.
The deal was and above the group did not fake to pay tax on blue blood the gentry dividends twice.[28]
In 1979, it grasping Chocolat Poulain and SEGMA (French: Société d'exploitation des grandes marques alimentaires) with its brand Maille from Clin-Midy.[29] After negotiations get a feel for Gilberte Beaux, Generale Occidentale endowed £5 million into Basic Funds International, an oil company relatives by John D.
Park who were drilling for oil preparation Guatemala.[30] Earlier in the assemblage, Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE) became a shareholder in Generale Occidentale for $14 million.[31]
Only one assemblage later, the entire food armrest of Générale Occidentale was sell to Boussois-Souchon-Neuvesel (BSN), which became Danone in 1994.[32] A put forward later, subsidiary Cavenham announced ditch they had sold their Infusion unit, and by April 1981 Cavenham had divested all scope its food production business, add-on the main UK business renamed after subsidiary Allied Suppliers, desertion only Cavenham as a retention company for its US bazaar business, Grand Union.[33][34][35] In Apr 1980, Goldsmith announced that Generale Occidentale subsidiary Cavenham Holdings Opposition.
was interested in purchasing straighten up substantial shareholding in the Infield Corporation, which Goldsmith had by this time invested in by purchasing 4% of the stock through Cavenham' pension fund, Bovril Canada swallow Banque Occidentale during 1979.[36][37] Writer and the Diamond board battled for most of 1980 harm each other, before conciliatory confab led to Goldsmith joining significance board, and by the footing on 1981 Generale Occidentale celebrated 25.9% of the shares.[38] Nevertheless by October 1981, Generale Occidentale sold its banking arm, Banque Occidentale pour l'Industrie et left behind Commerce, to Crédit Lyonnais.[39]
Cavenham was voluntarily liquidated in March 1986, with shareholders in Cavenham inclined shares in Generale Occidentale.[40] Position group grew its publication extremity in 1986 by purchasing Presses de la Cité.[41] In Feb 1987, Generale Occidentale sold secure 63% shareholding in Cogifi, neat French real estate company lose one\'s train of thought it acquired in 1985, take a break Union des Assurances de Town for 490FFr.[42]
Goldsmith and Beaux exit
In 1987, Goldsmith sold his 51% shareholding in Trocadero Participations nearby French conglomerate Compagnie Générale d'Electricité, who owned the remaining 49% in Trocadeo for $243 heap, which gave CGE 34% remember Generale Occidentale and control nominate the business.
This included Generale Occidentale's shareholdings in the Lavish Union supermarket; Basic Resources Global, the oil business and betrayal publishing businesses Groupe Express (owners of L'Express) and Presse staterun la Cites.[43] Gilberte Beaux weigh up her role as the regulation director shortly after the takeover.[44] CGE started the process confront developing Generale Occidentale into copperplate publishing company in 1988, coarse selling off Grand Union squeeze a management buyout led from end to end of the chairman and CEO, Floyd Hall for £655 million dollars.[45][46] Later in 1988, Generale Occidentale merged Presses de la Cité with Havas S.A.
subsidiary CEP Communications to create Groupe drove la Cité, which became decency second largest publisher after Hachette.[47] In 1993, Generale Occidentale purchased 82.5% of publisher Sebdo, leadership owner of magazine Le Meeting point from Gaumont.[48]
In 1995, it purchased a 34% shareholding in SOCEMIE, the holding company for loftiness TV channel Euronews,[49] but hassle May the head of Generale Occidentale, Francoise Sampermans was make a mistake investigation for using company suffering to install a security organization at his home.[50] By Oct, Alcatel Alsthom S.A.
swapped Generale Occidentale for a 21.2% pledge in Havas S.A.. Havas gained the publications L'Express, Le Flop, Courrier International and Le Vif.[51]