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Havas

Company nameHavas Group
Company typePublic (Euronext - HAV)
SloganWorld Leader in Communications and media expertise
IndustryBusiness Services|
FoundedFrance (1968) (as Havas Conseil)
HeadquartersSuresnes, France
Key peopleVincent Bolloré, Chairman
Jacques Séguéla, Vice Chairman
Fernando Rodés Vilà CEO
ProductsAdvertising & Marketing
Revenue(+)-1.46 Billion EUR (2005)
Net income(+)-59 million EUR (2005)
Employees14898

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Havas (Euronext - HAV) is the second largest advertising group in France and is a "Global advertising and communications services group" and the sixth-largest global advertising and communications group worldwide, operating on the communications consulting market through three main operational divisions:

*Euro RSCG Worldwide

*Havas Media

*Arnold Worldwide

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Movers & Shakers: Old-media pro on succeeding in new world - Crain's New York Business Tweet this news
Crain's New York Business--David Jones, global CEO of -Havas- Worldwide, spends half his time running the 12000-person ad giant from his New York office, and the other half trotting ... - Date : Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:00:36 GMT+00:00
Havas Sports & Entertainment and 4D Euro RSCG sets in motion a naughty launch ... - Bizcommunity.com Tweet this news
Bizcommunity.com---Havas- Sports & Entertainment SA and 4D Euro RSCG, has implemented a nationwide launch for the new Volvo S60 that's bad in all the right ways. ... - Date : Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:04:10 GMT+00:00
Euro RSCG Named Global Creative Agency of Record for Reckitt Benckiser's Durex ... - PR Newswire (press release) Tweet this news
PR Newswire (press release)--David Jones, Global CEO of -Havas- Worldwide and Euro RSCG Worldwide said, "Reckitt Benckiser is one of the most successful and entrepreneurial companies in ... - Date : Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:49:11 GMT+00:00
Retailers hold key to sustainable behaviour - Marketing Week Tweet this news
Marketing Week--Brands must work more closely with retailers to make their sustainability activities more tangible for consumers, according to a report by -Havas- Media. ... - Date : Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:01:59 GMT+00:00
Retailers Poised to Become the New 'Googles' of the Consumer Goods Industry - Business Wire (press release) Tweet this news
Business Wire (press release)--MPG anchors the world's fastest growing global media network, -Havas- Media. MPG provides media planning & buying, strategic consulting, branded entertainment ... - Date : Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:05:43 GMT+00:00
In A Madison Ave. First, Havas' Adnetik Begins Buying Video Ads Targeting ... - MediaPost Publications Tweet this news
MediaPost Publications--In a move that accelerates the development of an addressable video advertising marketplace, -Havas-' Adnetik unit this morning ... - Date : Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:36:36 GMT+00:00
Cellphones need radiation warning labels, MPP says - Toronto Star Tweet this news
Toronto Star--Trent University's Magda -Havas-, an environmental studies professor, called the bill a step in the right direction. Cellphones emit microwave radiation at ... - Date : Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:01:12 GMT+00:00
Ontario hangs up on call for cellphone health warning labels - Toronto Star Tweet this news
Toronto Star--Professor Magda -Havas- of Trent University in Peterborough, Ont., said there are a lot of studies and evidence showing negative health effects of radiation ... - Date : Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:45:46 GMT+00:00
Study: Cordless phones may trigger increased heart rate - News1130 Tweet this news
News1130--Dr. Magda -Havas- at Trent University tells us the reaction was dramatic. "One heart went from about 62 beats per minute lying down to 150. ... - Date : Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:13:12 GMT+00:00
Ad Company Havas Reports Revenue Pickup - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--PARIS�French advertising group -Havas- SA Monday reported organic revenue growth of 5.3% in the third quarter, up from 2% in the second quarter ... - Date : Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:08:28 GMT+00:00

History and evolution of the Havas name :
Year Event
1879 The Havas news agency incorporated as a Société Anonyme (plc).
1920 Havas merges with the Société Générale d'Annonces and becomes the leading press manager (later extended to radio and cinema domains).
1923 started billboarding.
1945 The Havas news agency is nationalised after the fall of the Vichy government. Starts up in the travel business. (later extended to free newspapers, professional and other publications)
1968 Creates Havas Conseil S.A. to become advertising and media consultants
1975 Havas Conseil S.A. changes its name to Eurocom
1987 The Havas news agency is privatised and becomes Havas S.A.
1996 Eurocom S.A. changes its name to Havas Advertising S.A.
1997 Havas SA absorbs C.E.P. Communication
1999 Vivendi takes over Havas (100%)
2000 Havas renamed Vivendi Universal Publishing, and sells off Havas Advertising
2002 Havas Advertising buys out the name Havas

Havas Conseil S.A. :
Year Event
1991 Eurocom acquires the French advertising group RSCG, leading to the creation of the Euro RSCG Worldwide advertising network. RSCG had been the lead advertising agency for Peugeot.

Havas Conseil S.A. :
Havas Advertising S.A.
Start year End year Event
1996 Eurocom changes its name to Havas Advertising and creates four operating divisions, Euro RSCG, Campus, Diversified Agencies, and Médiapolis. The largest division is Euro RSCG, whose headquarters are moved to New York in 1997.
1998 Compagnie Générale des Eaux, which changed its name to Vivendi, acquires control of Havas and its subsidiary Havas Advertising. Vivendi is to later consider its advertising and communications interests no longer strategic.
1998 2001 Following the wave of consolidation within the advertising/communications sector, Havas Advertising adopts an aggressive acquisition strategy in order not to become a takeover target following its independence from Havas. In order to become a bigger and more global player, it acquired MPG and Snyder, as well as around one hundred specialized agencies in America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. This strategy has been criticised by Maurice Levy as "reckless".
1999 Creation of "Media Planning Group" by combining the media planning and buying activities of Media Planning, S.A., a Spanish company controlled by Léopoldo Rodés Castañes and his family, with Médiapolis, the Company’s then existing media planning business. Havas initially acquired 45% of MPG, which was increased to 100% in May 2001. With MPG, Havas offers a wide range of media services in major markets worldwide.

: Acquisition of Snyder Communications Inc.
Havas S.A.
Year Event
2002 Following the decision of Havas to rename itself Vivendi Universal Publishing and to divest itself of its remaining stake in the Havas Advertising, the name was acquired by the latter. "Havas Advertising" became "Havas" by decision of the annual shareholders meeting held on May 23, 2002.
2003 Strategic restructuring and reorganization of the Group around three core divisions announced September : Agencies from the Diversified Agencies division are sold or absorbed into the remaining divisions, Euro RSCG Worldwide (integrated communications); MPG (Media planning and buying) and Arnold Worldwide Partners (advertising).
2004 Havas completes its strategic reorganization. In July, Bolloré Group starts to build a stake in Havas. In October, the Company completes a -404 million capital increase which enabled it to reduce its overall debt levels.
2005 Bolloré Group, with a 22% stake, obtains 4 seats on the Havas Board at the Shareholders meeting, and seizes control of the Company. Chairman and CEO Alain de Pouzilhac was deposed in a boardroom coup on 21 June 2005. Vincent Bolloré succeeded as Chairman. Other board and management level changes followed.
2006 Havas names Fernando Rodés Vilà, son of the founder of Media Planning S.A. Leopoldo Rodés Castañes, as its new CEO in March.

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