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:''For the town in France, see Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval.'' Sixt SE is a European multinational car rental company with over 2,000 locations in over 100 different countries. Sixt SE acts as a parent and holding company of the Sixt Group, which is internationally active in the business areas of vehicle rental and leasing. The majority of the company (60%) is owned by the Sixt family. The remaining share is tradeable stock: SIX2 (XETRA).〔http://www.equitystory.com/download/Companies/sixt/factsheet_271_english.pdf〕 The Sixt family manages the company as it continues to grow internationally. It is the leading car rental company in Germany, Austria, Switzerland,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Business Car Hire from Sixt rent a car )〕 and Israel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zelekha Could Wreck Financing for Car Fleets, Says Shmeltzer )〕 == History == In 1912, Martin Sixt founded the company with a fleet of three cars, making Sixt, by its own account, the first car rental company in Germany. During the First World War, the fleet was confiscated and made available to the German Army. After the war, business resumed, but the fleet was once again seized by the German Army at the outbreak of World War II. When the war concluded, the company rebounded quickly, establishing a taxi fleet for members of the United States Army stationed in Germany. It then opened a taxi business in Munich with the first radio taxis.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sixt SE - Corporate History )〕 In 1951, the car rental company Auto Sixt was founded. In the sixties and seventies, the company expanded by opening branches at all major airports in Germany. In 1982, Auto Sixt was renamed Sixt Autovermietung GmbH, with the name Sixt/Budget in the logo. The company was transformed again in 1986, this time becoming Sixt AG, a corporation traded on the German stock exchange. In 1988, the subsidiary Sixt Leasing GmbH was established, and in 1993, the operating business of the AG was handed over to another subsidiary, Sixt GmbH & Co Autovermietung KG. Sixt AG acted thereafter as a holding company of the Group.〔 In the 1990s, Sixt rose to become Germany's largest car rental company. At the same time, the Group expanded its business abroad to countries including Switzerland, France and Great Britain. Tunisia, Morocco and New Zealand followed in 1998, representing Sixt’s first presence outside of Europe. In 2001, Sixt expanded to the Middle East as well as other countries of Africa. Sixt began operating in the United States in 2011.〔http://ir.sixt.de/download/companies/sixt/Annual%20Reports/DE0007231326-JA-2012-EQ-D-00.pdf〕 In 1993, Sixt took over its competitor ''Autoverleih Buchbinder'', operating the brand briefly before finally discontinuing it. As Sixt had failed to secure the naming rights, Buchbinder was subsequently re-established and was able to continue operating in the market.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 BUCHBINDER: buchbinder.de ) 〕 In 1999, the Bundesgerichtshof Federal Court (BGH) issue a landmark judgment against Sixt for illegal price fixing, requiring it to pay damages to its franchisees. Sixt had controlled de facto the pricing for the independent franchisees prices, as they were part of the Germany-wide reservation system. In the event of pricing discrepancies, the rental agreements were returned to Germany.() This was deemed inadmissible under German antitrust law (price fixing of the second hand) and forbidden by the BGH.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BGH, 02.02.1999 - KZR 11/97 - dejure.org )〕 In 2003, the corporation was forced to defend itself against Hedge Fund Manager Florian Homm, who had speculated on declining stock prices. Homm was ultimately fined for price manipulation. In 2006, Sixt made a bid to take over its competitor, Europcar, when owner Volkswagen offered it for sale. In addition to antitrust concerns (Sixt at that time had approximately 23% market share, Europcar 22%), there was also resistance on the part of the Europcar works council, which feared job cuts after the merger.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Volkswagen: Sixt bei Europcar in der Endrunde )〕 Volkswagen finally accepted an offer by the French investment company Eurazeo . Since 2007 and via subsidiary companies, Sixt has operated the online brokerage of motor vehicles with the websites Autocommunity Carmondo, Mystocks, RadAlert, Winebase and autohaus24.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Impressum )〕 In 2010, former employees claimed that Sixt was opposed to setting up a works council. The company's management denied the allegation.〔https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/172544.sixt-bremst-betriebsraete-aus.html?sstr=Sixt〕 In 2013, Sixt AG was converted to the legal form of a European Company (Societas Europaea) and since then has been called Sixt SE.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sixt SE HRB 206738 Neueintragung Handelsregister )〕 As part of the transition, a European Works Council ("Sixt Europe Leaders Forum") was founded in 2013. In May 2015, the Sixt brought its subsidiary Sixt Leasing AG to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sixt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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