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Havas
Havas NV (French pronunciation: [avas]) is a French multinational advertising and public relations company, with its registered office and head office in Puteaux, France.
Havas operates in more than 100 countries. The group is structured into three main operational divisions, offering a wide range of services including digital advertising, direct marketing, media planning and buying, corporate communications, sales promotion, design, human resources, sports marketing, multimedia interactive communications, public relations, and innovation consulting.
The original Havas was the world's first news agency, created in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas. The Agence France-Presse news agency comes from it. CGE (later renamed Vivendi) announced on 9 March 1998 that it was fully acquiring Havas and the company was renamed Vivendi Universal Publishing on 11 December 2000. On 23 October 2002, Vivendi announced it was planning to sell VUP to Lagardère Group, with Natexis Banque Populaire making the acquisition on their behalf while antitrust approval was pending. Natexis subsidiary Investima 10 finished acquiring VUP on 20 December 2002 and it was later renamed VUP-Investima 10. This company became Editis on 14 October 2003.
The company which today bears the name Havas is itself a former subsidiary of the company which acquired the rights to the name in 2002. It is a holding company headquartered in Puteaux, Paris.[citation needed]
French corporate raider Vincent Bolloré, through his holding company the Bolloré Group, is the main shareholder, controlling 32.84% of the share capital as of 7 May 2012. Bolloré himself took over the chairmanship of the Havas board (Président du conseil d'administration). In November 2017, Havas acquired Malaysia-based agency Immerse and rebranded to Havas Immerse.
In April 2022, Havas acquired the UK-based digital agency and Google partner, Search Laboratory.
In April 2024, it was announced Havas had acquired the Paris-headquartered data consultancy company, TED Consulting.
In July 2024, four of their agencies - Havas London, Havas Lemz, Havas New York, and Havas Immerse - lost their B Corp status over work for Shell plc.
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Havas
Havas NV (French pronunciation: [avas]) is a French multinational advertising and public relations company, with its registered office and head office in Puteaux, France.
Havas operates in more than 100 countries. The group is structured into three main operational divisions, offering a wide range of services including digital advertising, direct marketing, media planning and buying, corporate communications, sales promotion, design, human resources, sports marketing, multimedia interactive communications, public relations, and innovation consulting.
The original Havas was the world's first news agency, created in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas. The Agence France-Presse news agency comes from it. CGE (later renamed Vivendi) announced on 9 March 1998 that it was fully acquiring Havas and the company was renamed Vivendi Universal Publishing on 11 December 2000. On 23 October 2002, Vivendi announced it was planning to sell VUP to Lagardère Group, with Natexis Banque Populaire making the acquisition on their behalf while antitrust approval was pending. Natexis subsidiary Investima 10 finished acquiring VUP on 20 December 2002 and it was later renamed VUP-Investima 10. This company became Editis on 14 October 2003.
The company which today bears the name Havas is itself a former subsidiary of the company which acquired the rights to the name in 2002. It is a holding company headquartered in Puteaux, Paris.[citation needed]
French corporate raider Vincent Bolloré, through his holding company the Bolloré Group, is the main shareholder, controlling 32.84% of the share capital as of 7 May 2012. Bolloré himself took over the chairmanship of the Havas board (Président du conseil d'administration). In November 2017, Havas acquired Malaysia-based agency Immerse and rebranded to Havas Immerse.
In April 2022, Havas acquired the UK-based digital agency and Google partner, Search Laboratory.
In April 2024, it was announced Havas had acquired the Paris-headquartered data consultancy company, TED Consulting.
In July 2024, four of their agencies - Havas London, Havas Lemz, Havas New York, and Havas Immerse - lost their B Corp status over work for Shell plc.