ALD Automotive
ALD Automotive is a French fleet managing and operational car leasing company and a majority owned subsidiary of Société Générale.[1] The company is active internationally and manages around 1.5 million vehicles.[2] With a direct presence in 41 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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Euronext Paris: ALD
CAC Mid 60 Component | |
ISIN | FR0013258662 |
Industry | fleet management, leasing |
Headquarters | La Défense, , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Tim Albertsen (CEO) |
Owner | Société Générale |
Number of employees | 6500 (2017) |
Website | www.aldautomotive.com |
The company also sells former lease fleet vehicles to consumers through its ALD Carmarket brand.[3]
In 2015 ALD Automotive started leasing out e-bikes in the Netherlands,[4] as part of a program on experimenting with innovative mobility on the Dutch market.[5]
On 16 June 2017 the company was listed on the Paris Euronext stock market.[6]
On 6 January 2022 the company announced its intention to acquire its Dutch-headquartered competitor LeasePlan for 4.9 billion euros.[7] 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.

Acquisitions
References
- "ALD Automotive > Investors > Key information on the share". www.aldautomotive.com. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- "Discover now ALD Automotive key figures". ALD Automotive. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- "ALD Automotive: 200 duizend ex-leaseauto´s via internet". 17 December 2013.
- "Zijn e-bikes de vervangers van leaseauto's?". Elektrotechniek365. 19 October 2015.
- "ALD Automotive: a driving force in Europe's vehicle industry".
- "Press release" (PDF). aldautomotive.com. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- "SocGen's car leasing business ALD to buy LeasePlan for $5.5 bln". Reuters. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- "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.
- "Annual report 2022" (PDF). ALD Automotive.