<p>Paris, July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Vivendi Universal SA is under investigation by French securities regulators over its reporting of financial information since January 2001.</p>
<p>The Commission des Operations de Bourse opened a probe ``related to the financial information released by Vivendi'' over the past 17 months, the regulator said in a statement faxed after the close of French trading. Vivendi spokesman Alain Delrieu declined to comment.</p>