Paris, July 26, 2011
Vivendi: 2011, a record year for employee capital increase
On July 21 Vivendi completed a capital increase exclusively for employees, as it does every year.
Nearly 11,000 employees took part, both in France and the main countries in which Vivendi operates. The participation rate was 28% globally and 57% in France.
2011 is a record year. There were 25% more participants than in 2010 and the amount subscribed was up by 45% on the previous record, also dating from 2010.
The total contribution amounted to €143 million and 9.38 million new shares were therefore subscribed to, representing 0.75% of the authorized share capital.
Following this operation, employees own about 2.75% of Vivendi’s capital.
About Vivendi
The best emotions, digitally
Vivendi is at the heart of the worlds of content, platforms and interactive networks.
Vivendi combines the world leader in video games (Activision Blizzard), the world leader in music (Universal Music Group), the French leader in alternative telecoms (SFR), the Moroccan leader in telecoms (Maroc Telecom Group), the leading alternative telecoms provider in Brazil (GVT) and the French leader in pay-TV (Canal+ Group).
In 2010, Vivendi achieved revenues of €28.9 billion and adjusted net income of €2.7 billion. With operations in 77 countries, the Group has over 51,300 employees.
