Manon Fossat 8:34 am, November 01, 2021
The CEO of Fimalac, Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière, announced that he had reached an agreement with the American fund Bain Capital to try to buy together Equans.
On Europe Matin Monday, he justified his interest in the Engie subsidiary and assured that he wanted to become a reference shareholder in the long term.
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The French financier Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière, founder of the diversified holding company Fimalac, announced that he had reached an agreement with the American fund Bain Capital to attempt to acquire together Equans, a subsidiary of Engie grouping its services activities and put up for sale in September by the energy giant.
Invited from Europe Morning on Monday, the CEO of the investment company explained his interest in the subsidiary.
"To rise to 30% of the capital"
"Equans is a superb business with very high quality management," he said.
"We want to play an important role because Equans needs to have a French foothold so we want to become the reference shareholder, who will stay with the company for the long term and will hold 20% of the capital. We will not give up. our participation when it is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange, on the contrary. Our idea is to go up to 30% at that time. "
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Engie, 23.64% owned by the French state, launched the process of selling its subsidiary in early September, under the watchful eye of the government in the run-up to the presidential election.
Several offers are in the running, including those from the French groups Eiffage and Bouygues, and the Bain Capital fund.
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