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EXHIBIT 1
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
By this Agreement, the undersigned agree that this Statement
on Schedule 13D being filed on or about this date, and any subsequent amendments
thereto filed by any of us, with respect to the securities of Vivendi Universal
S.A. is being filed on behalf of each of us.
DATED: December 18, 2000
EDGAR M. BRONFMAN, individually, as trustee
under certain trusts for the benefit of
descendants of the late Samuel Bronfman, as
Managing Partner of Bronfman Associates and
as trustee or director of certain
charitable foundations
By: /s/ Frank W. Raysor, II
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Frank W. Raysor, II
Attorney-in-Fact
THE HON. CHARLES R. BRONFMAN, individually,
as a manager of a certain general partner of
CRB Associates, Limited Partnership and as
director or trustee of certain charitable
foundations
By: /s/ Michel Boucher
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Michel Boucher
Attorney-in-Fact
SAMUEL BRONFMAN II, individually and as
trustee of a certain charitable foundation
By: /s/ Frank W. Raysor, II
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Frank W. Raysor, II
Attorney-in-Fact
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EDGAR BRONFMAN, JR., individually, as
trustee under certain trusts for the benefit
of descendants of the late Samuel Bronfman
and as trustee of a certain charitable
foundation
By: /s/ Frank W. Raysor, II
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Frank W. Raysor, II
Attorney-in-Fact
MATTHEW BRONFMAN, individually and as
trustee under certain trusts for the benefit
of descendants of the late Samuel Bronfman
By: /s/ Frank W. Raysor, II
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Frank W. Raysor, II
Attorney-in-Fact
STEPHEN R. BRONFMAN, as trustee under a
certain trust for the benefit of descendants
of the late Samuel Bronfman and as director
of certain charitable foundations
By: /s/ Michel Boucher
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Michel Boucher
Attorney-in-Fact
ELLEN J. BRONFMAN HAUPTMAN, individually, as
trustee under a certain trust for the
benefit of descendants of the late Samuel
Bronfman and as director of a certain
charitable foundation
By: /s/ Michel Boucher
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Michel Boucher
Attorney-in-Fact
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MILDRED KALIK, as trustee under certain
trusts for the benefit of descendants of the
late Samuel Bronfman
/s/ Mildred Kalik
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MILDRED KALIK
MAYO A. SHATTUCK, III, as trustee under
certain trusts for the benefit of
descendants of the late Samuel Bronfman
By: /s/ Mildred Kalik
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Mildred Kalik
Attorney-in-Fact
JOHN S. WEINBERG, individually, as trustee
under a certain trust for the benefit of
John S. Weinberg and as trustee under
certain trusts for the benefit of
descendants of the late Samuel Bronfman
By: /s/ Mildred Kalik
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Mildred Kalik
Attorney-in-Fact
ARNOLD M. LUDWICK, as trustee under a
certain trust for the benefit of descendants
of the late Samuel Bronfman and as a
director of certain charitable foundations
By: /s/ Michel Boucher
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Michel Boucher
Attorney-in-Fact
ROBERT S. VINEBERG, as trustee under a
certain trust for the benefit of descendants
of the late Samuel Bronfman
By: /s/ Michel Boucher
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Michel Boucher
Attorney-in-Fact
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STEVEN H. LEVIN, as trustee under certain
trusts for the benefit of descendants of the
late Samuel Bronfman
By: /s/ Michel Boucher
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Michel Boucher
Attorney-in-Fact
JEFFREY D. SCHEINE, as a manager of a
certain general partner of CRB Associates,
Limited Partnership and as trustee under
certain trusts for the benefit of
descendants of the late Samuel Bronfman
By: /s/ Michel Boucher
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Michel Boucher
Attorney-in-Fact
TREVOR CARMICHAEL, as trustee under a
certain trust for the benefit of descendants
of the late Samuel Bronfman
By: /s/ Michel Boucher
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Michel Boucher
Attorney-in-Fact
NEVILLE LEROY SMITH, as trustee under a
certain trust for the benefit of descendants
of the late Samuel Bronfman
By: /s/ Michel Boucher
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Michel Boucher
Attorney-in-Fact
BRUCE I. JUDELSON, as a manager of a certain
general partner of CRB Associates, Limited
Partnership and as a trustee under certain
trusts for the benefit of descendants of the
late Samuel Bronfman
By: /s/ Michel Boucher
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Michel Boucher
Attorney-in-Fact
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CODAN TRUST COMPANY LIMITED, as trustee
under a certain trust for the benefit of
descendants of the late Samuel Bronfman
By: /s/ Michel Boucher
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Michel Boucher
Attorney-in-Fact