traded as euronext mf industry investments founded 1704 founder jean martin wendel headquarters paris france key people fr d ric lemoine ceo fran ois de wendel chairman of the supervisory board products industrial holdings profit 19.6 million 1 number of employees 66 end 2012 website www.wendelgroup.com wendel is a french investment company . the company is managed by fran ois de wendel chairman of the supervisory board 2 and fr d ric lemoine chairman of the executive board . 3 contents 1 shareholders 2 subsidiaries and participations 2.1 key figures 3 governance 3.1 supervisory board 3.2 executive board 4 news 5 references 6 external links shareholders edit its main shareholders are 4 wendel participations 35.7 % family holding company gathering over a thousand members . individual shareholders 23.7 % institutional investors 32.8 % subsidiaries and participations edit wendel is the reference shareholder of the following main companies bureau veritas with 40.1 % of the stock saint gobain 11 7 % cromology 81 % stahl 75 3 % ihs 26 % parcours 98.8 % exceet 28.4 % mecatherm 98.4 % saham 13.3 % nippon oil pump 97.7 % exceet 28.4 % constantia flexibles 73 % csp technologies 98 % key figures edit net asset value march 26 2015 147 .4 per share 1 consolidated sales 2014 5.914 million 2 governance edit supervisory board edit fran ois de wendel chairman dominique h riard dubreuil vice chairman g rard buffi re laurent burelle nicolas celier didier cherpitel b n dicte coste edouard de l esp e priscilla de moustier guylaine saucier humbert de wendel 5 executive board edit fr d ric lemoine chairman bernard gautier news edit in april 2014 wendel confirmed that the acquisition of clariant s leather services division by stahl has been completed . in exchange for the sale of its assets to stahl clariant received 23 % of the shares of stahl and a cash payment of 74 million . wendel remains the principal shareholder of stahl with c. 70 % of the group s capital . 6 in april 2014 wendel increases its total investment in ihs to 475 million . 7 in december 2013 wendel realized its first investment in japan through oranje nassau d veloppement with the acquisition of nippon oil pump co. ltd. nop . wendel has invested 3 2bn c. 24m subject to price adjustments and holds 98 % of the company alongside management . 8 in november 2013 wendel pursues its strategy of investment in africa becoming a shareholder of the pan african group saham based in morocco and majority held by its founder and ceo moulay hafid elalamy . wendel intends to support saham in its future long term growth and development . 9 in july 2013 wendel increases it investment in ihs holding to 276 million . 10 in june 2013 after 11 years as reference shareholder wendel completes the successful sale of its remaining stake in legrand . 11 in april 2013 the rating agency standard & poor s raised its long term rating on wendel from bb to bb with stable outlook . 12 in october 2012 wendel announces its first investment in africa continent with the economic growth among the most dynamic in the world . wendel will become the major shareholder of ihs main pan african phone tower group . citation needed in april 2012 after obtaining the necessary authorizations wendel sold deutsch to the industrial group te connectivity . 13 in march 2012 fr d ric mitterrand minister of culture awarded wendel with the distinction of great patron of culture . this distinction acknowledges its commitment to arts and in particular to the centre pompidou metz . in july 2011 wendel announced the acquisition of mecatherm the world leader in industrial bakery equipment . 14 in july 2011 the rating agency standard & poor s revised from stable to positive . wendel s bb credit rating after the company improved its financial profile including its loan to value ratio . citation needed in june 2011 wendel became reference shareholder of the swiss technology company exceet group ag via the investment structure helikos . citation needed in may 2011 wendel and saint gobain established the principles and objectives of their long term cooperation . 15 in march 2011 wendel bought the car rental specialist parcours for 107m . 16 shareholder of stallergenes since 1993 wendel sold its shares 46 % of the world leader in immunotherapy treatment for allergic respiratory diseases to ares life sciences in november 2010 . 17 in may 2010 wendel became the founding sponsor of the centre pompidou metz . 9 in june 2008 sophie boegner ernest antoine seilli re s cousin denounced the conditions through which 15 wendel managers invested in 4.7 % of the company s stock in may 2007 . in august 2011 the public prosecutor dismissed the case . in a sequence of dismissal judge renaud van ruymbeke pronounced which if a leaders of wendel completed significant gains in reorder of a collateral wendel this actuality alone can not concede a characterization of injustice of association assets . 18 the public prosecutor had previously closed the misappropriation of funds and concealment case deeming that no penal qualification resulted from the case given the contradictory elements transmitted by the autorit des march s financiers and given the results of an internal investigation . in may 2008 wendel sold editis to the spanish group planeta . in october 2007 the initial public offering of bureau veritas brought 1.2 billion euros . wendel has stayed the majority shareholder with 63 % . in september 2007 wendel sold the totality of its 2.4 % shares in neuf cegetel for 148m . wendel also became during the autumn 2007 the first shareholder of saint gobain 19 a leader in construction materials by exceeding 15 % . references edit march 27th 2015 le point.fr fran ois de wendel appointed chairman of the supervisory board march 28th 2013 businessweek executive profile fr d ric lemoine ceo of wendel since april 7 2009 ownership structure the supervisory board . wendell group . retrieved 2 september 2015 . wendel stahl completed the acquisition of clariant leather services . globenewswire . 16 april 2014 . wendel increases its total investment in ihs to 475 million . euroinvestor.fr . 30 april 2014 . wendel organic growth of 4.6 % in q3 2013 . reuters . 8 november 2013 . a b wendel wendel has become a shareholder in saham group the leading african insurance group alongside its founder and majority shareholder . reuters . 28 november 2013 . wendel wendel d tient 35 % d ihs apr s l augmentation de capital . lesechos bourse . 24 july 2013 . wendel c de le solde de sa participation dans legrand . reuters . 10 june 2013 . wendel growth in consolidated q1 2013 sales of 3.0 % . reuters . 14 may 2013 . wendel sells deutsch to te connectivity . 4 traders . 4 april 2012 . wendel sa acquires mecatherm group via oranje nassau developpement . reuters . wendel and saint gobain establish the principles and objectives of their long term cooperation . reuters . 26 may 2011 . wendel swings to pft in fy10 buys parcours stake for eur107m the wall street journal march 23 2011 wendel to sell stallergenes stake to bertarelli s ares for 489.1 million bloomberg october 29 2010 wendel matter not necessary in the investigation of the reorganization of the group . ya20 portal world news . retrieved 4 september 2015 . wendel takes 6 % stake in saint gobain the financial times september 26 2007 external links edit official website v t e cac next 20 companies of france air france klm arkema bureau veritas casino guichard cgg dassault syst mes edenred eurotunnel herm s gemalto kl pierre lagard re natixis scor ses sodexo suez environnement thales valeo wendel retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wendel group & oldid 699769569 categories cac next 20companies established in 20022002 establishments in franceinvestment companieshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged 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