LAGARDERE (EPA:MMB) - Pierre Leroy, Co-Managing Partner of Lagardère SCA, is appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hachette Livre Fabrice Bakhouche is appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer

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29/03/2021 17:35

Paris, 29 March 2021

Pierre Leroy, Co-Managing Partner of Lagardère SCA, is appointed Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Hachette Livre

Fabrice Bakhouche is appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Acting on the proposal of Arnaud Lagardère, the board of directors of Hachette
Livre, the holding company of the Lagardère Publishing division, today
appointed Pierre Leroy as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Pierre Leroy
succeeds Arnaud Nourry, who has decided to part ways with the Group on an
amicable basis.

Also today, acting on the proposal of Pierre Leroy, the board of directors of
Hachette Livre appointed Fabrice Bakhouche as Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

Co-Managing Partner and Secretary General of the Lagardère group, Pierre Leroy
is also Chairman of IMEC, the French institute for contemporary publishing
archives, Director of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France endowment fund,
Chairman of the jury of the Prix de la littérature arabe literary awards and a
former member of the jury of the Médicis literary prize.

Secretary General and Chief Financial Officer, Fabrice Bakhouche joined
Hachette Livre in 2017 having held various positions, notably as media and
digital advisor to the French Prime Minister and chief of staff to the Minister
of Culture and Communication.

Arnaud Lagardère commented: "I would like to thank Arnaud Nourry for his
commitment and his remarkable work over all these years in developing Hachette
Livre. He played a decisive role in establishing Hachette Livre as a world
leader in publishing. I'm very pleased to see Pierre Leroy take the helm of
Lagardère Publishing. With the support of Fabrice Bakhouche and Hachette
Livre's talented teams, I know that Pierre will successfully lead our ambitious
plans to develop Hachette Livre. I'm also delighted to be able to continue to
count on his support as Co-Managing Partner and Secretary General of
Lagardère. His positioning at the apex of the Group's executive management is
extremely valuable."

Created in 1992, Lagardère is an international group with operations in more
than 40 countries worldwide. It employs some 28,000 people and generated
revenue of EUR4,439 million in 2020.
Launched in 2018, the Group has completed a strategic refocusing around two
priority divisions: Lagardère Publishing (Book and e-Publishing, Mobile and
Board games) and Lagardère Travel Retail (Travel Essentials, Duty Free &
Fashion, Foodservice).
The Group's operating assets also include Lagardère News and Lagardère Live
Entertainment.
Lagardère shares are listed on Euronext Paris.
www.lagardere.com

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