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Havas has distanced itself from its chairman Vincent Bollore's growing investment in Aegis Group in the same week that WPP enters the bidding war for Carat's parent.
The Havas chief executive, Philippe Wahl, said Bollore's recent remarks - that his stake in Aegis was a short-term investment - were made in his capacity as the chief executive of Groupe Bollore and had no bearing on Havas. Bollore now holds a 12 per cent stake in the holding company.
The clarification comes in the week that WPP joined the race for control of Aegis. WPP has teamed up with the US-based private equity group Hellman & Friedman. The ...