Press releases

Seymour Whyte, a VINCI Construction subsidiary based in Australia, will build a new 349 metre bridge on the Kings Highway, above the Clyde River (New South Wales).

Xavier Huillard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VINCI has tendered VINCI’s resignation from the board of directors of Groupe ADP, on which he was VINCI’s permanent representative.

Société du Grand Paris awarded the consortium of companies* led by VINCI Construction the contract to build the viaduct for metro line 18 of the Grand Paris Express – the largest urban mobility project currently under way in Europe.

The consortium led by VINCI Construction signed a contract with the Gambia River Basin Development Organisation (which involves The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal) to build the Sambangalou dam located in the south-east of Senegal, close to the Guinean border.

On 7 December 2020, the consortium consisting in equal parts of VINCI and Meridiam (50/50), led by VINCI Highways, was designated as preferred bidder by the Czech Republic's Ministry of Transport for the PPP contract for the D4 motorway linking Příbram (Central Bohemia) to Písek (South Bohemia).

VINCI has successfully issued an inaugural €500 million Green Bond, which is due to mature in November 2028, with a coupon rate of 0%.

To tackle the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, many countries in Europe have again imposed a range of restrictions (including lockdowns, curfews, restrictions on gatherings and closures of public spaces).

On 11 November 2020, Moody's reviewed the Class A debt of Gatwick Funding Limited, which raises funding for London Gatwick Airport, a 50.01% subsidiary of VINCI Airports.

THG, subsidiary of ETF (Eurovia) in Germany, has been awarded two railway works contracts by Deutsche Bahn worth a total €67 million.

Seymour Whyte, a VINCI Construction subsidiary based in Australia, in a 50:50 joint venture with John Holland, will deliver Sydney Gateway, around the Sydney Airport precinct.

VINCI Construction, through its UK subsidiary Taylor Woodrow, signed a contract with the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) to build recycling facilities, as part of the North London Heat and Power Project (NLHPP).

The Link Alliance, including VINCI Construction Grands Projets (lead company) and Soletanche Bachy International, subsidiaries of VINCI Construction, and their partner Downer, plus designers Aecom, WSP-Opus and Tonkin & Taylor – signed on 20 October 2020 the contract for Packages 5 and 7 for the City Rail Link programme in Auckland, New Zealand.

Passenger traffic was able to pick back up somewhat over the summer season as border closures were gradually lifted from 15 June in the Schengen area and travel restrictions in many countries were relaxed. Airports handling primarily tourist, family and domestic flights were best placed to take advantage of these conditions in July and August.

Seymour Whyte, a VINCI Construction subsidiary based in Australia, has won two motorway upgrade contracts worth a total 330 million AUD (about €200 million).

VINCI has presented Grupo ACS with a non-binding proposal to form the basis of negotiations for the acquisition of Grupo ACS’s "Industrial Services" division, whose controlling holding company is "ACS Servicios, Communaciones y Energia SA".

Founded in 1978 by Claude Gauthier, Transelec Common Inc. specialises in the construction and maintenance of energy network infrastructure in Québec, providing services for overhead and underground electrical lines, substations and hydroelectric power plants. Today, the company employs around 2,000 people.

The Republic of Kenya, through its Public Private Partnership Unit and the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), executed an agreement with Rift Valley Highway, a company owned by VINCI Highways (Lead Member), VINCI Concessions, and Meridiam SAS, for the development of the Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit Highway project.

Belen Marcos has been appointed President of VINCI Highways, VINCI Concessions’ road mobility subsidiary, and Executive Vice President of VINCI Concessions. She joins the VINCI Concessions Management Committee, directed by Nicolas Notebaert, CEO of VINCI Concessions.

London Gatwick Airport, a 50.01% subsidiary of VINCI Airports, today released its half-year results as at 30 June 2020, including the compliance certificate (which sets out the level of the financial covenants associated with the financial structure of Gatwick Funding Limited).

The Quebec Ministry of Transportation has selected consortium Renouveau La Fontaine, comprising VINCI subsidiaries (50%) – Eurovia, consortium leader, and Dodin Campenon Bernard – and Canadian company Pomerleau (50%), to rehabilitate Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel and its access roads.

The travel restrictions imposed by many countries (including population lockdowns, border closures and quarantines) caused operations across the VINCI Airports network to grind to a near standstill in the second quarter of 2020. Passenger numbers fell nearly 98% in April and May compared with the same period the previous year.

Alberta’s Ministry of Transportation selected the consortium comprising VINCI (65%) and Graham (35%) to design and build the southern segment of the ring road around Calgary. VINCI is involved via Carmacks (a Eurovia subsidiary serving as lead contractor) and VINCI Construction Terrassement.

The Shareholders’ General Meeting of 18 June 2020 approved the distribution of a dividend amounting to €2.04 per share in respect of 2019.

The owner, TELT (Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin), has awarded works package 5A of the Lyon–Turin rail line to a consortium led by VINCI Construction Grands Projets.

VINCI Energies signed a PPP with the German town of Velbert (North Rhine-Westphalia) to upgrade and operate its civic centre, the Bürgerforum Niederberg.

VINCI’s Combined Shareholders General Meeting, chaired by Xavier Huillard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was held on 18 June 2020 at the Group’s head office in Rueil Malmaison.

Groupama Group and Total signed an off-plan lease on 14 March 2020 covering the construction of The Link, Total’s new head office in Paris La Défense. The project was designed by architects PCA-STREAM for Groupama, owner of the site, and will be built by VINCI, through subsidiary VINCI Construction France.

Seymour Whyte, a VINCI Construction subsidiary based in Australia, has won two contracts in Queensland, Australia.

Société du Grand Paris has awarded the contract covering track and overhead contact line equipment and works for Line 15 South – West sector to the joint venture made up of Eurovia subsidiary ETF (lead company) and VINCI Energies subsidiary Mobility.

Société du Grand Paris has awarded the construction contract for works package 1 of Line 18 of Grand Paris Express, the biggest urban mobility programme currently under way in Europe, to the joint venture* led by VINCI Construction Grands Projets. This first section will link Orly airport to Massy-Palaiseau; Line 18 will then be extended to Versailles.

Stéphanie Malek is appointed as Group media relations manager, reporting to Pierre Duprat, Vice-President, Corporate Communications.

COFIROUTE, a wholly-owned subsidiary of VINCI, has successfully issued a €950 million bond due to mature in May 2031 and carrying an annual coupon of 1%.

On 4 May 2020, VINCI’s Board of Directors held a meeting, chaired by Xavier Huillard, with a view to convening its Combined Shareholders’ General Meeting to approve the 2019 financial statements.

The 50:50 joint venture between Balfour Beatty and VINCI* has been awarded the HS2 lots N1 and N2 phase 2 contract (construction) on 1 April 2020. Lot N1 and Lot N2 are between the Long Itchington Wood Green tunnel to the Delta Junction / Birmingham Spur and from the Delta Junction to the West Coast Main Line tie-in respectively.

VINCI introduced a mechanism last December enabling all its employees in France to become Group shareholders.

VINCI and ParisTech are consolidating their partnership by setting up the lab recherche environnement.

Xavier Huillard, VINCI’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has appointed Jocelyne Vassoille as the Group’s Vice-President, Human Resources.

The VINCI Group is mobilizing all its business divisions to define an ambitious environmental strategy.

As part of the implementation of its share buyback programme, VINCI signed a share purchase agreement with an investment services provider on 2 January 2020.