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	CNN.com - Vivendi mulls bids for U.S. assets - Jun. 24, 2003
		Vivendi Universal, the world's second-largest media company, was expected to begin considering offers Tuesday for the group's U.S. entertainment assets.
		Vivendi (PEX) shares were down 1 percent at 15.94 euros in midday trading Tuesday in Paris.
		Vivendi's net debt stood at 14 billion euros as of May 31, down from 15.3 billion euros at end of March, due mainly to the debt-cutting plan -- which has seen the company auction off much of its unwanted businesses.
	cnn.com /2003/BUSINESS/06/24/vivendi.update/index.html (498 words)

	Lists of corporate assets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Much of the world's assets, particularly in the media industry, are concentrated in the hands of a small number of large corporations.
		This page is an index for lists of assets owned by large corporations.
		List of assets owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_who_owns_what (202 words)

	List of assets owned by Vivendi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		This is a list of assets owned by Vivendi.
		Hollywood Records are owned by Disney, through their subsidiary, Buena Vista Music Group, however Universal are responsible for US and Canadian distribution, while EMI are now responsible for UK, European, Middle Eastern, South African and Asian distribution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Vivendi_Universal (201 words)

	CNN.com - Vivendi wins time for Cegetel bid - Oct. 29, 2002
		Vivendi Universal has won more time from a French court to raise money for a possible challenge to Vodafone's plans to buy a controlling stake in the country's second biggest phone company.
		Vivendi (PEX) was down 3.7 percent to 12.90 euros in mid-morning Paris trading on Tuesday, while Vodafone (VOD) fell 0.7 percent to 106.25 pence in London.
		Analysts say Vivendi is keen to keep and perhaps raise its stake in Cegetel, which is providing a steady flow of much-needed cash to the Paris-based group.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/BUSINESS/10/29/vivendi.court/index.html (489 words)

	Foreign Transactions in U.S. Energy Assets in 1999
		Acquisitions of U.S. energy companies and assets by foreign investors totaled $15 billion in 1999, their second highest level in the 1990's (Figure 1).
		The second-largest FDI energy acquisition in 1999 was Sithe Energies' purchase of the bulk of the fossil fuel and hydroelectric generating facilities previously owned by GPU, Inc., for $1.7 billion.
		Vivendi's and Marubeni's shares were reduced in 2000 when Exelon acquired 49.9 percent of Sithe, with an option to purchase the remainder.
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/finance/fdi/ad1999.html (1125 words)

	CNN.com - Vivendi's Telepiu 'sale in doubt' - Sep. 30, 2002
		Vivendi and News Corp officials were expected to meet in Paris on Monday in an effort to resolve their differences over the valuation of Telepiu, part of Vivendi's Canal Plus TV division, the Financial Times reported.
		Vivendi, which ousted its former chief executive Jean-Marie Messier two months ago, is struggling with debts of about 19 billion euros built up after Messier's two-year multi-billion-euro spending spree to create a media group to rival AOL Time Warner.
		Vivendi (PEX) shares have fallen as much as 85 percent this year from a high of 64.40 euros and to a low of 8.62 euros in August.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/BUSINESS/09/30/vivendi.telepiu (493 words)

	Bronfman interested in acquiring Vivendi's U.S. assets - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Bronfman told Vivendi chairman Jean-Rene Fourtou he wants to lead a consortium of potential buyers for the assets, many of which were among those Bronfman sold to Vivendi in 2000, the company said in a statement.
		Vivendi's U.S. entertainment assets include the world's largest music company, Vivendi Universal Music, as well as the Universal film studio and theme parks and the USA and Sci-Fi cable networks.
		It said that both Bronfman and his father had agreed to stop sitting on Vivendi board or committee meetings and to suspend a number of provisions in their joint agreements.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_135809.html (646 words)

	CNN.com - Vodafone, Vivendi set for battle - Oct. 25, 2002
		Paris-based Vivendi, while wants to pay down its huge mountain of debt, is not anxious to give up its stake in a cash-cow like Cegetel, even if it means sacrificing other parts of its faltering empire.
		Vivendi would plough some of that cash into a special purpose vehicle, which would be controlled by Vivendi and which would house Cegetel.
		Vivendi is in talks with banks including Credit Suisse First Boston, Credit Agricole Indosuez and Credit Lyonnais on a limited recourse acquisition financing, banking sources say.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/BUSINESS/10/25/vivendi.feature/index.html (749 words)

	Foreign Direct Investment Acquisitions and Divestitures for the year 2000
		A list of publicly reported FDI acquisitions and divestitures of U.S. energy assets in 2000 can be found in Table A1 and Table A2.
		Vivendi directly or indirectly was the largest divestor of electric power assets in 2000 as part of its corporate restructuring in the wake of its purchase of the Canadian conglomerate Seagram.
		In December, Vivendi and Marubeni sold 26 percent and 15 percent, respectively, of Sithe to Exelon, which became the parent company of PECO Energy and Unicom (Commonwealth Edison) as a result of the October 2000 merger.
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/finance/fdi/advance/adindex.html (1462 words)

	LIST OF ASSETS OWNED BY BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Insurance
		This is a list of assets owned by Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's investment company...
		Much of the world's assets, particularly in the media industry, are concentrated in the hands of a small number of large corporations.
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	digilander.libero.it /all_insurance/List_of_assets_owned_by_Berkshire_Hathaway.html (912 words)

	GE acquires Vivendi : Thunderbay IMC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Vivendi said it had entered exclusive talks with NBC over the formation of a new business which could be worth more than $40bn.
		Vivendi had been considering two offers for its entertainment business, but decided not to accept the bid from an investor group led by Edgar Bronfman, the former Seagram chief executive.
		Vivendi said the new company would have revenues of $13bn in 2003.
	thunderbay.indymedia.org /print.php?id=8183 (438 words)

	CJR : Resources : Who Owns What
		CJR's guide to what the major media companies own.
		CJR's online guide to what major media companies own.
		All content © Copyright 2007 Columbia Journalism Review at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
	www.cjr.org /resources/index.php?c=viacom (82 words)

	Vivendi decides on NBC
		PARIS -- General Electric Co.'s NBC emerged the winner yesterday of a tortuous, months-long contest for the entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal, which include a major movie studio, three cable channels, a television studio and several theme parks.
		NBC and Vivendi said they intend to combine the assets into a new company, which would most likely be called NBC Universal, though a final deal has yet to be worked out.
		The decision by Vivendi to enter exclusive merger talks with GE ended a months-long auction process that attracted the interest of at least five other companies.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /business/137730_vivendi03.html (662 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Vivendi sells US media empire
		Vivendi will pick up about $3.3bn of this, while the remainder will be divided between other investors in its US entertainment arm.
		Apart from NBC, owned by General Electric, the only remaining suitor was a consortium led by Edgar Bronfmann Junior, a former Vivendi board member.
		Vivendi shareholders will retain a 20% stake in the new company, to be called NBC Universal.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/3173710.stm (417 words)

	NBC goes Hollywood with Vivendi asset deal - The Washington Times: Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		NBC and Vivendi said they intend to combine the assets into a new company, which most likely will be called NBC Universal, though a final deal has yet to be settled.
		Vivendi's decision to enter exclusive merger talks with GE ended a months-long auction process that attracted the interest of at least five other companies.
		For Vivendi, the deal offered an opportunity to trim debts — which totaled $13 billion at the end of July — run up during a buyout spree under Jean-Marie Messier, who was ousted as chief executive in July 2002.
	washingtontimes.com /business/20030902-095207-4110r.htm (637 words)

	Vivendi in $47.5B deal for Seagram, Canal Plus - Jun. 18, 2000
		Vivendi and Canadian drinks and entertainment company Seagram issued a joint statement and a Vivendi spokesperson confirmed Sunday that both companies were conducting board meetings.
		Vivendi's original activity and its main revenue source for years has been its water-supply-and-waste-services business, but the company plans later this year to separate the environmental operation from the media and telecom units and list it as a separate entity.
		Vivendi is said to be accelerating plans for a U.S. stock market listing, which could be a key to completion of the purchase of Seagram shares.
	money.cnn.com /2000/06/18/deals/vivendi (1159 words)

	CelebrityAccess Headline News
		Vivendi Universal SA's chairman Jean-Rene Fourtou speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2003, at the company's headquarters in Paris.
		Vivendi would commit to retaining its stake in the merged firm until 2006.
		Jean-Bernard Levy, the chief operating officer of Vivendi, said in an interview with The Associated Press that Vivendi's 20 percent stake in the new company would be worth $8.3 billion, valuing the entire company at $41.5 billion.
	celebrityaccess.com /news/news_article.html?id=6004&... (892 words)

	NBC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was owned by Radio Corporation of America (RCA), itself set up in 1919 to control Guglielmo Marconi's American patents; RCA in turn was owned by General Electric Company (GE), the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the United Fruit Company and American Telephone and Telegraph (ATandT).
		It was actually owned 50% by RCA, 30% by General Electric, and 20% by Westinghouse.
		The stations are co-owned with LIN TV in a joint venture (76% owned by NBC, 24% owned by LIN).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NBC (3500 words)

	GE
		In 2004, GE bought the television and movie assets of Vivendi Universal and became the third largest media conglomerate in the world.
		The list of GE businesses varies over time as the result of acquisitions, divestitures and reorganizations.
		It was co-founder and is 80% owner (with Vivendi Universal) of NBC Universal, the National Broadcasting Company.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/ge.html (1257 words)

	Vivendi selects NBC over other suitors - 9/3/2003 - CED - CA6271706 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Vivendi Universal yesterday agreed to end a prolonged auction by handing control of its cable networks, production studio and theme parks to NBC under a deal whose final details still are being negotiated.
		Calling the Vivendi assets "extremely attractive" and the bidding process fair, Cablevision said it is disappointed its group was not chosen.
		Vivendi chairman Jean-Rene Fourtou said the new NBC would rank among the most profitable media companies in the United States and provide a means to develop the entertainment assets to the "fullest" while marking the "beginning of a new era" for a Vivendi with a "healthier financial base."
	www.cedmagazine.com /article/CA6271706.html (667 words)

	Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
		NBC Universal is 80% owned by General Electric (GE), with the remainder owned by Vivendi Universal (V)(012777012777).
		In December 2001, when Diller was heading USA, his company swapped $11.7 billion in assets to Vivendi for $1.6 billion in cash, the 5.4% stake in VUE and $2.5 billion in preferred shares.
		Vivendi pushed back to January 2007 its option to cash out of NBC Universal, while GE pushed back to May 2010 the date it can buy out Vivendi's stake in NBC Universal.
	www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=28120642&rb=1 (848 words)

	Universal Studios Resources & Information - universal studios orlando
		But Vivendi shareholders and the banks universal studios vacation packages could not see the point of this; burdened with debt, Vivendi sold its majority share of Universal (including universal cartoon studios the studio and theme parks) to GE, parent of NBC.
		As presently structured, GE owns 80% of NBC Universal, with Vivendi holding the remaining 20%, with an option to sell universal studios jobs its share in 2006.
		Vivendi retained Edgar Bronfman Jr.'s prized Universal Music Group, the former Decca and MCA Records group.
	www.bizhisto.com /Biz-Retail-Companies-Ti---V/Universal-Studios.html (2509 words)

	Mergers and acquisitions - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Usually mergers occur in a friendly setting where executives from the respective companies participate in a due diligence process to ensure a successful combination of all parts.
		The owner can not or does not want to risk his own money in the deal, but third party companies are willing to finance the deal for a high cost of capital (a high interest yield).
		A multiple listings service concept has not been applicable to MandA due to the need for confidentiality.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/m/e/r/Mergers_and_acquisitions.html (2168 words)

	Vivendi Universal (ADR) - Securities Class Action
		Messier took Vivendi on an acquisition binge that, according to published reports, resulted in the Company amassing approximately $ 18 billion in debt as he turned the Company from a water concern into an entertainment powerhouse.
		Messier failed to disclose the true contours of Vivendi's cash crisis and his affirmative misrepresentations to the contrary have given rise to an investigation by French authorities concerning whether Mr.
		Published reports also indicate that Vivendi is engaged in urgent discussions with lenders to secure financing and is both considering and negotiating the sale of assets.
	securities.stanford.edu /1024/V02-01 (485 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Europe
		Vivendi may narrow the list of six candidates, which includes Edgar Bronfman Jr., Marvin Davis, General Electric's NBC, John Malone's Liberty Media Corp., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. and Viacom Inc., to two or three as soon as tomorrow, when the board meets, people familiar with the situation have said.
		Vivendi's choice is constrained by tax liabilities related to former CEO Jean-Marie Messier's acquisitions of the cable networks from Diller's company last year and of Seagram Co. from the Bronfman family in 2000.
		Vivendi's ideal offer will probably exclude the music group, which is a separate division, credit analyst Raffelsbauer said.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aoJ1edCnzxrc&refer=europe (937 words)

	Boston.com / Business / NBC, Vivendi hope to create giant
		PARIS -- General Electric Co.'s NBC emerged the winner of a tortuous, months-long contest for the entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal, which include a major movie studio, three cable channels, a television studio, and several theme parks.
		The decision by Vivendi to enter exclusive merger talks with GE ended a process that attracted the interest of at least five other companies.
		For Vivendi, the deal offers an opportunity to trim debts -- which totaled $13 billion at the end of July -- run up during a buyout spree under former chief executive Jean-Marie Messier.
	www.boston.com /business/globe/articles/2003/09/03/nbc_vivendi_hope_to_create_giant?mode=PF (437 words)

	BW Online \| July 31, 2003 \| Will the Peacock Bag Vivendi?
		Indeed, six weeks after Vivendi (V) formally invited bids for Vivendi Universal Entertainment -- the Universal film and TV studio, theme parks, and cable channels -- even the companies involved in the bidding say they have no idea if the French conglomerate really intends to sell the assets.
		When Vivendi first called for bids, looking for cash to pay down its $16 billion in debt, NBC offered a merger proposal that would give Vivendi a share in the venture -- and a vague promise of a payout down the road.
		Vivendi has shareholders back home clamoring for a quick and lucrative deal to pay off some of the debt run up by former Chairman Jean-Marie Messier.
	www.businessweek.com /bwdaily/dnflash/jul2003/nf20030731_5236_db011.htm (1204 words)

	Bloomberg.com: U.S.
		Paris-based Vivendi will accept offers for the assets by the end of this month, said three people who asked not to be named.
		Vivendi plans to narrow the field to one or two candidates in July and to complete the sale of the U.S. entertainment assets by the end of the year, a person familiar with the transaction said.
		Vivendi shares rose as much as 0.7 percent to 16.5 euros and traded at 16.4 euros as of 12:23 a.m.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=70000106&sid=acmqczMvm6e0&refer=regional_indices (801 words)

	The Spokesman-Review.com
		PARIS _ French media giant Vivendi Universal winnowed down a list of bidders for its U.S. entertainment assets Tuesday, striking tycoon Marvin Davis from the applicant pool for the coveted film, television and theme park businesses, sources close to the company's board said.
		Vivendi's board, meeting in Paris, lowered to five the number of bidders still in the running for the Universal film studio, its related theme parks and the USA and Sci-Fi cable networks, the sources said.
		Davis, an oil billionaire who once owned Fox Studios, had publicly offered to buy Vivendi's entertainment assets for about $15 billion in cash and the assumption of about $5 billion in debt.
	www.spokesmanreview.com /allstories-news-story.asp?date=070203&ID=s1375492 (350 words)

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