By Matthew Dalton

 

PARIS--Bollore Group (BOL.FR), the company controlled by French billionaire Vincent Bollore, now owns more than 15% of Vivendi SA (VIV.FR), after the media conglomerate cancelled some of its own shares that it had repurchased, Bollore said Monday.

The company said it owns 15.33% of Vivendi, up from the 14.35% disclosed in its last report. Bollore now owns 16.41% of Vivendi's voting rights.

 

--Inti Landauro contributed to this story.

 

By Matthew Dalton, The Wall Street Journal; matthew.dalton@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

June 20, 2016 12:28 ET (16:28 GMT)

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