Vivendi, U.S. activist investor trade barbs over proceeds payout bid
March 28, 2015 at 09:49 AM EDT
PARIS, March 28 (Reuters) - Tension is heating up over a U.S. activist hedge fund's bid for a larger payout from Vivendi , with the French group warning the fund it could be in breach of the law and the fund replying it feels Vivendi is attempting to intimidate it.