Vivendi Company profile
About Vivendi SE
Vivendi SE is a France-based integrated content, media and communications group operating throughout the entire media value chain. It operates through seven segments: Universal Music Group, Canal+ Group, Havas, Gameloft, Vivendi Village, New Initiatives and Corporate. Universal Music Group is engaged in recorded music, music publishing and merchandising. Canal+ Group includes pay-television (TV), production, sales and distribution of movies and TV series. Havas is a global communications group. Gameloft develops and publishes games for all digital platforms. Vivendi Village groups together Vivendi Ticketing (Europe and the United States), the venues L’Olympia and Theatre de l’Oeuvre in Paris, among others. New Initiatives includes Dailymotion, a video content aggregation and distribution platform; Vivendi Content, for new content creation and Group Vivendi Africa, developing ultra-high-speed Internet service in Africa. Corporate provides central services to the group.
Financial summary
BRIEF: For the fiscal year ended 31 December 2021, Vivendi SE revenues increased 10% to EUR9.57B. Net loss before extraordinary items totaled EUR721M vs. income of EUR69M. Revenues reflect Canal Group segment increase of 5% to EUR5.77B, Havas segment increase of 10% to EUR2.34B, France segment increase of 9% to EUR4.86B, Europe excluding France segment increase of 12% to EUR2.2B.
Equity composition
4/2006, Name changed from Vivendi Universal. FY'04 Q's are restated for the change in GAAP. 05/2009, Stock Dividend, 0.04543 new shares for every 1 share held. 5/2012, Scrip Issue, 1 new shares for every 30 shares held (Factor: 1.03333).