Lagardère is a global group that operates in more than 50 countries and has more than 33,000 employees, generating 79% of its revenue internationally. It is the world’s third largest book publisher for the general public and educational markets and a major international retailer in transport hubs. It also includes press and live entertainment activities. The group has 2 main activities: Lagardère Publishing and Lagardère Travel Retail.
Lagardère News, Lagardère Live Entertainment and Lagardère Paris Racing fall within the group’s consolidation scope, as well. The group also consolidates Lagardère Radio in its financial statements, in which it holds all the capital, as well as its subsidiaries controlled by Arnaud Lagardère. Lagardère’s shares are listed on Euronext Paris.

Lagardère Publishing (whose main brand is Hachette Livre, founded in 1826) is the third largest publisher of books for the general public (Trade) and educational books Louis Hachette Group Louis Hachette Group holds a 66.5% stake in Lagardère and 100% of Prisma Media. It operates in publishing, travel retail and the press and
magazines. Following the spin-off of Vivendi, the Bolloré Group holds a 30.4% stake in Louis Hachette Group, which is listed on Euronext Growth.
in the world. Represented directly or indirectly in more than 70 countries, it owns more than 200 publishing brands and publishes more than 12,000 new products each year in a dozen languages, with a strong presence in the three major languages (English, Spanish and French).
Hachette Livre has a balanced and diversified portfolio that covers all publishing segments: school and extracurricular, literature, illustrated books, pamphlets, dictionaries, youth, paperbacks, travel guides, etc. Most of its new products are also published in digital format in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Lagardère Travel Retail is the world’s third largest travel retail operator (second largest in airports). It operates in transport hubs and concessions in 3 segments:
Travel Essentials (33% of 2025 revenue), Duty Free & Fashion (39% of 2025 revenue), and Dining (28% of 2025 revenue). Present in more than 50 countries on 5 continents, the Lagardère Travel Retail network had a total of 4,814 points of sale worldwide by the end of 2025.

Lagardère News, which brings together three publications (Le Journal du dimanche, Le JDNews and Le JDMag) and the license management business of the global press brand Elle.
Lagardère Radio, which includes Europe 1 and the music radio stations (Europe 2 and RFM) as well as an advertising agency, is one of the major players on the French radio market.
Lagardère Live Entertainment is the leading French company in the three performing arts businesses: the management of iconic concert halls (Casino de Paris
and Folies Bergère) and major next-generation equipment (Arkéa Arena in Bordeaux), with more than a million spectators visiting the three theaters every year.

Prisma Media is the leading French publisher of magazine press (paper and digital) and online media, reaching nearly 40 million people each month on its various media. Present in the main consumer and luxury segments, the group relies on a portfolio of more than 40 leading brands such as Télé Loisirs, Femme actuelle, Voici, Capital, Geo and Harper’s Bazaar.