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Europe

FRANCE
November 2009
The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown's latest novel published by Editions Lattès, a subsidiary of Lagardère Publishing, is the best-selling novel in France in 2009.
November-Decembre 2009
With a 9.9% cumulative audience share, Europe 1 has not had this many listeners for seven years and becomes the number three radio station in France.

DENMARK
November 2009
For the United Nation Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Lagardère Active introduces special editorial coverage and mobilises all of its media forces to cover every moment of the event.

EUROPE / AFRICA
October 2009
IEC in Sports, a subsidiary of Lagardère Sports , becomes the exclusive media partner of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for the next four years.

GERMANY
July 2009
At Stuttgart train station, HDS Retail Deutschland, a subsidiary of Lagardère Services, opens its first Happy outlet as part of a joint venture with Monceau Fleurs, a specialist in the retailing of flowers.

SWEDEN
July 2009
For the first time, PR Event organises the WTA (women's circuit) tournament in Bastad, Sweden. This took place one week before the ATP (men's circuit) tournament in the same town, also organised by PR Event.

RUSSIA
May 2009
Lagardère Active introduces local versions of TiJi and Gulli in Russia.

RUSSIA/ BRAZIL
May 2009
Sportfive acquires the management of European media rights (excluding the Big Five: France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Turkey) for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

SPAIN
February 2009
SGEL, a subsidiary of Lagardère Services, successfully opens the first La Cure Gourmande store in Madrid.

UNITED KINGDOM
Digitalspy.co.uk records a sharp rise in site traffic in 2009 and becomes the third busiest News/Entertainment website in the United Kingdom with more than seven million unique visitors each month.

North America

UNITED STATES
Published by Hachette Book Group USA, the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer sets a record of 30 million copies sold on the US market in 2009.

CANADA
July 2009
HDS Retail North America, a subsidiary of Lagardère Services, opens four new retail outlets at Vancouver international airport (Virgin Books & Entertainment, Brookstone, Fruits & Passion and Explore Sea to Sky).

Brazil

BRAZIL / RUSSIA
May 2009
Sportfive acquires the management of European media rights (excluding the Big Five: France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Turkey) for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Asia and Australia

INDIA
February 2010
Hachette India, a subsidiary created in May 2008, is already the second largest publisher of general public titles in India.

INDONESIA
Février 2010
Lagardère Active continues to expand its international publishing network and launches its 25th edition of ELLE Décoration in Indonesia.

AUSTRALIA
November 2009
Lagardère Services Asia Pacific opens a luxury boutique, selling top fashion labels such as Hugo Boss, Ermenegildo Zegna, Salvatore Ferragamo, etc. at Sydney international airport.

MALAYSIA
November 2009
World Sport Group, a subsidiary of Lagardère Sports, renews its deal with the Asian Football Confederation on the media rights to all AFC-affiliated competitions until 2020.

CHINA
October 2009
Lagardère Publishing signs a partnership agreement with Phoenix Publishing & Media Group (PPMG) to create a joint venture in China.

SINGAPORE
September 2009
Lagardère Services Asia Pacific opens the first Relay outlet at Changi international airport in Singapore.

Near East

LEBANON
October 2009
Lagardère Publishing and La Librairie Antoine announce the creation of a joint venture to serve the Arabic-speaking market.