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- ↑ https://www.vivendi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20180215_VIV_Financial_Report_and_Consolidated_Financial_Statements_FY_2017.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ "Ubisoft evades hostile takeover by swapping Vivendi for Tencent". 20 March 2018.
- ↑ "See Tickets Strengthens its presence in North America | Vivendi". Archived from the original on 2016-07-02. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
