Other assets

Portfolio of shareholdings

The Bolloré Group manages a portfolio of shareholdings of more than 16.5 billion euros at December 31, 2023.

It owns shareholdings in the communication sector through Vivendi, as well as in Universal Music Group and Socfin group. It also owns various agricultural assets.

Bolloré listed equity portfolio

• 18.1% of Universal Music Group, a global leader in the music industry

• 20.8% of Bigben Interactive, one of the European leaders in the design and supply of video game console accessories

• 39.8% of Socfin Group, manages over 200,000 hectares of plantations in Asia and Africa

Vivendi listed equity portfolio

• 10.0% of Universal Music Group, a global leader in the music industry

• 17.0% of Telecom Italia, italian group of télécommunications

• 19.8% of MediaForEurope, italian media group present in the television sector, audiovisual production, press and internet

• 19.2% of FL Entertainment, global independant leader in the entertainment industry

• 33.8% of MultiChoice, leading pay-TV company in English- and Portuguese-speaking Africa.

 

Agricultural assets

The Bolloré Group is a shareholder in the Socfin group (39.8%), one of the biggest independent plantation owners in the world.
Socfin manages some 200,000 hectares of plantations (largely oil palm and rubber trees) in Africa and Asia.

It also owns 3,300 hectares spread over three farms in the United States (Georgia and Florida). The 2023 olive harvest was adversely affected by winter frost. In addition, following the conclusive tests carried out in 2022, the cultivation of the estate’s land to produce self-sufficient levels of sunflower seeds for the purposes of its extra-virgin sunflower oil business, continued in 2023.

The Group also owns and operates several wine-growing estates in the South of France, in the “Côtes de Provence” appellation region including Domaine de la Croix (area classified) and Domaine de la Bastide Blanche, covering a total area of 242 hectares, 110 hectares of which with wine-growing rights, producing around 650 thousand bottles per year.

Lastly, the Group acquired an indirect 47.5% stake in Alterfood. This company distributes and markets responsible food products.