Regulatory News:
Vivendi announced today that it is interrupting talks, started some
weeks ago, with the Kuweiti Group Zain, to acquire a majority stake in
its African telecommunications activities.
Vivendi has applied its usual criteria of profitability and financial
discipline to this potential investment in emerging markets, in the best
interests of its shareholders.
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