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- ↑ Sotelma - IMF Mission International Monetary Fund, 13 April 2010
- ↑ "Annual Financial Report and Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2009" (PDF). Vivendi. p. 7. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2013-01-16.
- ↑ Official Sotelma site: Chiffres clés Archived 2007-08-14 at archive.today 2002-03-23
