Vivendi – ‘3’ for 6/19/00 re: Seagram Co. Ltd.

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Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities by an Insider   —   Form 3   —   SEA’34
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 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 3

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
 Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*                                      

Vivendi S.A.(1)                                                       
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(Last)                            (First)              (Middle)           

42 avenue de Friedland                                                
75380 Paris Cedex 08                                                  
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(Street)

Paris, France                                                         
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(City)                            (State)                (Zip)            

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2.   Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)                         

6/19/00                                                               
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)    

Not applicable                                                        
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4.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol                                   

The Seagram Company Ltd. (NYSE: VO)                                   
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5.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer                                 
(Check all applicable)                                                

[ ]  Director                             [ ]  10% Owner              
[ ]  Officer (give title below)           [X]  Other (specify below)  

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6.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)                            

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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing  (Check applicable line)                  

[X]  Form Filed by One Reporting Person                               

[ ]  Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person                     

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 Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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                                                                 3. Ownership Form:                                                 
                                      2. Amount of Securities       Direct (D) or                                                   
1. Title of Security                     Beneficially Owned         Indirect (I)       4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership   
   (Instr. 4)                            (Instr. 4)                 (Instr. 5)            (Instr. 4)                                
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially   
owned directly or indirectly.                               

*    If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction    
5(b)(v).                                                              

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FORM 3 (continued)                                                              

Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                    3. Title and Amount of Securities                      ship                     
                                                       Underlying Derivative Security                      Form of                  
                         2. Date Exercisable           (Instr. 4)                                          Derivative               
                            and Expiration Date     ---------------------------------    4. Conver-        Security:                
                            (Month/Day/Year)                               Amount           sion or        Direct      6. Nature of 
                         ----------------------                            or               Exercise       (D) or         Indirect  
                         Date       Expira-                                Number           Price of       Indirect       Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative   Exer-      tion                                   of               Derivative     (I)            Ownership 
   Security (Instr. 4)   cisable    Date            Title                  Shares           Security       (Instr. 5)     (Instr. 5)
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Option to Purchase       See        See             Common Stock,          86,862,212     $77.35              D                     
                         Explana-   Explana-        no par value                                                                    
                         tion of    tion of                                                                                         
                         Responses  Responses                                                                                       
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Explanation of Responses:                                                       

On June 19, 2000, Vivendi S.A. ("Vivendi"), Canal Plus S.A., Sofiee S.A.,       
3744531 Canada Inc. and The Seagram Company Ltd. ("Seagram") entered into a     
Merger Agreement (the "Merger Agreement"). In connection with the Merger        
Agreement, Vivendi and Seagram entered into an Option Agreement (the "Option    
Agreement") pursuant to which Seagram granted to Vivendi an irrevocable option  
(the "Option") to purchase up to 86,862,212 shares of common stock, no par      
value, of Seagram ("Seagram Common Stock), subject to adjustment, representing  
approximately 19.9% of the Seagram Common Stock issued and outstanding on June  
19, 2000, at a purchase price per share equal to $77.35, subject to             
adjustment. The Option may be exercised by Vivendi at any time after Vivendi    
becomes entitled to receive, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Seagram Fee  
(as defined in Section 6.3(1) of the Merger Agreement). The Option will         
terminate upon the earliest of (i) the effective time of the Merger, (ii) the   
date on which the Option is exercised in full and (iii) the date of             
termination of the Merger Agreement (unless Vivendi has the potential right to  
receive the Seagram Fee, in which case the Option will not terminate until the  
later of (x) 30 business days following the date the Seagram Fee becomes        
payable and (y) the expiration of the period in which Vivendi has the           
potential right to receive the Seagram Fee).                                    

The Option is not currently exercisable and only becomes exercisable under      
certain circumstances. Vivendi expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of all  
shares of Seagram Common Stock that may be purchased upon exercise of the       
Option.                                                                         

/s/ Guillaume Hannezo                                       June 28, 2000       
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Name:  Guillaume Hannezo                                  Date      
Title: Chief Financial Officer                                      
**Signature of Reporting Person                                     

**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal         
Criminal Violations.                                                  

See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).                             

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.    
 If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

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This ‘3’ Filing		Date		First		Last			Other Filings
Filed on:		6/28/00		3					SC 13D
For Period end:		6/19/00		3					3,  8-K
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