Despite the fact that the company Vivendi has not made any major external acquisition since late 2009, it has stirred everyone with its 7.95 billion-euro deal to buyout SFR, which will give it total ownership of the company’s cash cow. This is said to be a move by the company which has been in process over a decade to restore the French company’s stability after the leadership of Messier’s messy.

However, the CEO of Vivendi, Jean-Bernard Levy, has stated that the SFR deal will enable a major increase in the company’s net adjusted income which will also increase the dividend of their shareholders.

Moreover ,the shares of Vivendi is said to have increased by 1.7% in Paris and 0.7% higher at 20.65 Euros, while Vodafone which plans to use 4 billion pounds to buy its shares back, increased by 2.1% in London. This for a matured Telecom company has been reported to be too high. Also, the SFR buyout will be founded by the $5.8 billion sale in 2010 of Vivendi’s stake in the entertainment group NBC Universal to General Electric co. which is now Hollywood and was initiated by Messier’s messy