Neither the principal accused, arrived quietly with his wife by a back door at the hearing, nor his lawyers made any declaration, as well as other pre coming. The field was now open for representatives of small shareholders, but these statements were made with barbed: we are not there to put the head of M. Messier on a picnic, we are here to get fair compensation for our loss, has said Didier Cornardeau, president of APPAC (Association of small shareholders assets), the plaintiff trial, arguing that the main issue was safety stock market and shareholder in the market..

Jean-Marie Messier has booked him his first statements to the court. On a calm tone, the former CEO, now aged 53, has justified the acquisition strategy of VU all-out in the early 2000s. We sought to build alliances to develop content and acquire an international dimension, he said, arguing that his vision, slowed by the time errors but also by technological barriers, such as delays in broadband development, had become a reality. He presented some projects at the time as Vivendi anticipation Blackberry.

Alongside the leader, who appears to disseminate misrepresentation, manipulation and misuse of corporate assets, are also the Canadian businessman Edgar Bronfman Jr. heir to one of the most famous industrial dynasties in his country, the group Seagram, absorbed by Vivendi in 2000, on suspicion of insider trading, the former executive of Vivendi Eric Licoys, Guillaume Hannezo, Hubert Dupont-Lhotelain and Francois Blondet, and former banker Philippe Guez, who was making repurchase shares to Vivendi Universal.

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