Paris, July 30, 2015

Vivendi sells its remaining shares in Telefonica Brasil

Vivendi announces that after the close of the New York stock exchange on July 29, 2015, it sold  67.9 million preferred shares of Telefonica Brasil (representing 4.0% of its share capital) for approximately US$877 million. This transaction was carried out after first converting the preferred shares into American Depositary Receipts (ADR).

Following this transaction and upon the completion of the previously announced exchange of 3.5% of Telefonica Brasil preferred shares for 0.95% of Telefonica ordinary shares, Vivendi will have completed its disposal of Telefonica Brasil.

 

About Vivendi

Vivendi is an integrated media and content group. The company operates businesses throughout the media value chain, from talent discovery to the creation, production and distribution of content. The main subsidiaries of Vivendi comprise Canal+ Group and Universal Music Group. Canal+ is the leading pay-TV operator in France, and also serves markets in Africa, Poland and Vietnam. Canal+ operations include Studiocanal, a leading European player in production, sales and distribution of film and TV series. Universal Music Group is the world leader in recorded music, music publishing and merchandising, with more than 50 labels covering all genres. A separate division, Vivendi Village, brings together Vivendi Ticketing (ticketing in the UK, France and the U.S.), MyBestPro (experts counseling), Watchever (subscription video-on-demand) and the Paris-based concert venue L’Olympia. With over 2.5 billion videos viewed each month, Dailymotion is one of the biggest aggregation and distribution platforms in the world. www.vivendi.com, www.cultureswithvivendi.com, www.themediashaker.com