Vivendi - Q4 Ebita up 39.9% at 1,105 millions euros

Vivendi published on monday Revenues of 7,615 millions euros for the Fourth Quarter of 2008 versus 6,014 millions, Ebita of 1,105 millions (o/w 576 millions for SFR versus 451 millions, 311 millions for Maroc Telecom versus 240 millions, 278 millions for UMG versus 289 millions, -53 millions for Canal Plus versus -109 millions and 1 million for Activision Blizzard versus 21 millions) versus 790 millions, Adjusted Net profit of 656 millions versus 585 millions.

For Full Year 2008, the group reported Revenues of 25,292 millions versus 21,657 millions, Ebita of 4,953 millions versus 4,721 millions and Adjusted Net of 2,735 millions versus 2,832 millions.

For the Q4 period, Average figures in ZoneFinance Consensus, based on 13 contributions, were 7,744 millions for revenues, 1,057 millions for Ebita (o/w 582 millions for SFR, 304 millions for Maroc Telecom, 238 millions for UMG, -73 millions for Canal Plus and 57 millions for Activision Blizzard) and 625 millions for Net Adjusted. For FY 2008, Average figures were 25,544 millions for Revenues, 4,914 millions for Ebita and 2,698 millions for Adjusted Net.