About Lagardere

History

2000-2002

2000
  • Strategic alliance between Lagardère and Deutsche Telekom regarding Internet access: merger of T-Online and Club-Internet.
  • Hachette Distribution Services (HDS) launches Relay on 11 January 2000, the international sales outlet for press publications in freight transport areas.
  • The Lagardère and Canal + groups form an alliance on digital television.
  • Creation of EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space company) on 10 July 2000 from the merger of Aérospatiale Matra SA, Aeronauticas SA and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG.
  • Official launch of the A380 programme.

2001
  • Hachette Livre acquires the Spanish educational publisher Bruño and strengthens its international development in the key education sector.
  • Hachette Filipacchi Médias continues to grow, taking a 42% share in the Marie-Claire group.
  • Lagardère acquires the Virgin Stores brand and Virgin Megastore stores in France via its subsidiary Hachette Distribution Services (HDS).
  • Hachette Livre acquires Octopus Publishing, one of Britain's leading publishers of illustrated books.

2002
  • Launch of Version Femina, the first weekly European women's magazine.
  • HFM acquires the British magazine publisher Attic Futura.
  • Virgin opens its doors in Barbès (Paris), the 31st Virgin Stores outlet in France.
 
 

 

Press releases

2012/02/07

Objective for 2011 recurring media EBIT(1) maintained thanks to the firm resilience of fourth-quarter activity trends, despite a difficult economic environment

2012/02/03

Declaration of the total number of voting rights and capital stock shares

Arnaud Lagardère Editorial

"In 2010, Lagardère achieved a recurring EBIT before associates exceeding the target announced in March 2010 and growth of 19.3% in Group net income. I would like to thank all the teams warmly for their valuable efforts. Indeed, these results have been achieved through rigorous cash management, improved competitiveness and the protection of our traditional sources of revenue, while leveraging the opportunities offered by the digital sector..."
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The group's activities

Lagardère, a world-class pure-play media group led by Arnaud Lagardère, operates in nearly 40 countries and is structured around four distinct, complementary divisions.

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The group's values

The Group has clear values that determine its personality. Lagardère's creativity, boldness and independence have helped to create a modern, innovative media group that's in touch with its times.