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UBISOFT • 2006 ANNUAL REPORT
FINANCIER
INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
Information
on the Company
5.1 General information on the capital 124
5.1.1 Company name and registered office 124
5.1.2 Legal status 124
5.1.3 Applicable legislation 124
5.1.4 Company founding date and term 124
5.1.5 Trade and Companies Register 124
5.1.6 Site for consultation of legal documents regarding the company 124
5.1.7 Accounting period 124
5.2 Additional information on the company 124
5.2.1 Incorporating document and Articles of Association 124
5.2.1.1 Corporate purpose (Article 3 of the Articles of Association) 124
5.2.1.2 Statutory distribution of profits
(Article 17 of the Articles of Association) 125
5.2.1.3 General Meetings (Article 14 of the Articles of Association) 125
5.2.1.4 Provision establishing the threshold over which shareholdings
must be disclosed 125
5.2.1.5 Rights attached to shares
(Articles 7 and 8 of the Articles of Association) 125
5.2.1.6 Provision delaying a change in control 126
5.2.1.7 Consent clause 126
5.2.1.8 Provision governing changes in capital when said
conditions are stricter than the law 126
5.2.1.9 Amendment of the Articles of Association 126
5.2.2 Share capital 126
5.2.2.1 Subscribed capital 126
5.2.2.2 Comparison between the number of outstanding shares
on the start and end dates of the fiscal year 127
5.2.2.3 Share buyback program 127
5.2.2.4 Authorized unissued capital 127
5.2.2.5 Convertible securities, exchangeable securities
and securities with share subscription warrants 128
5.2.2.6 Share subscription warrants 130
5.2.2.7 Employee stock ownership under the Company Mutual Fund
(hereafter “FCPE”)…… 131
5.2.2.8 Securities not representing capital 131
5.2.2.9 Right to acquire or obligation attached to subscribed
capital not yet paid up 131
5.2.2.10 Option or unconditional agreement on a member of the group 131
5.2.2.11Identification of shareholders 131
5.2.2.12 Background on the capital 132
5.2.2.13 Market in which the company’s stock is traded 133
5.2.2.14 Dividends 133
5.2.2.15 Establishment providing securities services 133
5.2.3 Key shareholders 134
5.2.3.1 Distribution of capital and voting rights as of April 24th 2006 134
5.2.3.2 Changes in distribution of capital during the last three fiscal years 135
5.2.3.3 Shareholders’ agreement 135
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