The disposal of Sithe was to have been effected with Vivendi s Japanese partner. We have been looking for eighteen months into whether there is a benefit in being supported by an electricy generator like Sithe when energy services are provided, as they are by our subsidiary Dalkia, on site. The outcome of this study in the field was that there were very few synergies between Sithe and Dalkia. We do not need to be an electricity producer to provide convenience on site services to local collective, industrial or individual customers. We are not hiding behind words.
Electricity production is to be more and more a commodities and financial management business.
This is not where Vivendi s heart lies. Not at all. And it is not to difficult to detect Messier s fingerprints on the company s impressive humanitarian programme. As part of the emergency aid programme for the refugees of Kosovo, for example, Vivendi s teams united their technical and human skills to help disaster victims, their efforts winning widespread acclaim. There was also a great need for electricity.