Ayvens (formerly ALD Automotive) is a French fleet managing and operational car leasing company and a majority owned subsidiary of Société Générale.[2] The company is active internationally and manages around 3.42 million vehicles.[3] With a direct presence in 42 countries and with top 3 positions in 26 countries, ALD Automotive is ranked #3 worldwide and #1 in Europe by number of contracts under management and excluding OEM captives as at 31 December 2017 with around 1.5 million full service vehicle leasing and fleet management service contracts.
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 ALD Automotive Spanish Headquarters | |
| Euronext Paris: AYV
CAC Mid 60 Component | |
| ISIN | FR0013258662 |
| Industry | fleet management, leasing |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Tim Albertsen (CEO) |
| Owner | Société Générale |
Number of employees | 14,500[1] (2023) |
| Website | www.aldautomotive.com |
The company also sells former lease fleet vehicles to consumers through its ALD Carmarket brand.[4]
In 2015 ALD Automotive started leasing out e-bikes in the Netherlands,[5] as part of a program on experimenting with innovative mobility on the Dutch market.[6]
On 16 June 2017 the company was listed on the Paris Euronext stock market.[7]
On 6 January 2022 the company announced its intention to acquire its Dutch-headquartered competitor LeasePlan for 4.9 billion euros.[8] The operation is expected to close in the second quarter of 2023 and would see the shareholding of Société Générale decrease to 53% of the combined entity down from 79.8% as at 10-07-2017.
In October 2023 the company changed name to Ayvens.[9]
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- ^ "ALD - LeasePlan rebrands to Ayvens". Broker News. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Automotive-management.nl - ALD Automotive koopt Bright Lease". 18 February 2016.
- ^ "ALD Automotive neemt Munsterhuis Lease over". Het Financieele Dagblad. 30 June 2015.
- ^ "ALD Automotive neemt vloot Carfree over". 24 September 2014.
- ^ "ALD Automotive (SocGen) rachète MKB-Euroleasing Autopark". Reuters. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016.
- ^ "ALD lijft SternLease in". De Telegraaf. 1 March 2019.
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