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SDV Group history
SDV Group company history timeline
1996 – takeover of the Rivaud Group.
In 1997, Bolloré stepped up its international freight and logistics operations with the purchase of Saga, a leading French cargo handler.
1997: The company acquires Saga.
2000 – granting of the concession for the third largest oil pipeline in France, the Donges-Melun-Metz (DMM) pipeline.
2001 – sale of 75% of the tobacco business (Tobaccor), based in Africa and Asia, to the British group Imperial Tobacco.
2001: The tobacco and cigarette holdings are sold off.
2002 – acquisition by IER of the specialist access control firm Automatic Systems.
2004 – sale of the Malaysian plantations.
In 2004, the company's portfolio included positions with Italy's Mediobanca and industrial group Vallourec, among others.
2005 – launch of Direct 8, the digital terrestrial television (DTT) station developed by the Group.
2006 – sale of the shipping business (Delmas). Purchase of 12 regional WiMax licences.
2007 – acquisition of JE-Bernard, one of the leading logistics and freight forwarding groups in Britain, and Pro-service, an American logistics company specialising in the aeronautics and space industry.
2009 – winning of the concession for the Cotonou container terminal in Benin and start of operations at the Pointe-Noire port terminal in Congo.
2010 – obtaining of port concessions in Africa (Freetown in Sierra Leone, Lomé in Togo…). Acquisition of the digital terrestrial TV station Virgin 17, renamed Direct Star.
2012 – sale of Direct 8 and Direct Star’s channels to the Canal + group, against a share of 1.7% of Vivendi’s capital.
Launch of Bluely car-sharing services (Lyon-Villeurbanne) and Bluecub (Bordeaux). Disposal of the remaining 6.4% held in Aegis, at the beginning of 2013.
2014 – sale of SAFA, which owned a plantation in Cameroon (SAFACAM), for a 9% interest in Socfinaf.
2016 – launch of the electric car-sharing service in Turin, Italy, on March 18, 2016.
Full consolidation of Vivendi from April 26, 2017.
2019 – sale of the port activities in France to Groupe Maritime Kuhn.
2021 – Sale of an additional 10% of UMG’s share capital to a consortium led by Tencent and 10% to the Pershing Square Group, followed by the distribution of 60 % of the share capital of its subsidiary (UMG) to its shareholders, and the listing of UMG on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange.
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