Former Vivendi Universal chairman Jean-Marie Messier ponders a question during a press conferenc in Paris in this Nov. 15, 2002 file photo. Vivendi Universal and its former chief Jean-Marie Messier have each been fined 1 million euros ($1.35 million) for misleading financial information issued by the company when Messier was in charge, Messier's lawyer said Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)