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Management Report
2012
44
3 INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY AND ITS CAPITAL
3.1 INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY
CORPORATE NAME
UBISOFT ENTERTAINMENT
REGISTERED OFFICE
107, Avenue Henri Fréville - BP 10704 - Rennes (35207) Cedex 2
LEGAL FORM
French corporation (Société Anonyme) with a Board of Directors,
governed by the French Commercial Code
DATE OF INCORPORATION AND TERM
The Company was incorporated on March 28, 1986 and listed on the
Rennes Trade and Companies Register on April 9, 2006, for a term of
99 years unless such term is extended or the Company is dissolved at
an earlier date.
TRADE AND COMPANIES REGISTER
335 186 094 RCS RENNES
APE industry code: 5821Z
PLACE WHERE LEGAL DOCUMENTS MAY BE
CONSULTED
The Company's legal documents may be consulted at its business
address at 28, rue Armand Carrel - 93100 MONTREUIL-SOUS-BOIS,
France, or at its registered office.
FINANCIAL YEAR
The financial year runs from April 1 to March 31.
3.2 ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
Amendments to the Articles of Association are made by decision of the Extraordinary General
Meeting.
3.2.1 CORPORATE PURPOSE (ARTICLE 3 OF THE ARTICLES OF
ASSOCIATION)
Ubisoft Entertainment SA has the following purpose, in France and abroad, both directly and indirectly:
- the creation, production, publishing and distribution of all kinds of multimedia, audiovisual and IT
products, including video games, educational and cultural software, cartoons and literary, film and
television works on any media, current or future;
- the distribution of all kinds of multimedia and audiovisual products, especially through new
communication technologies such as networks and online services;
- the purchase, sale and, in general, all forms of trading, including both import and export, via rental
or otherwise, of any computer and word-processing hardware with its accessories, as well as any
hardware or products for reproducing sound and images;
- the marketing and management of all data processing and word-processing computer programs;
- consulting, support, assistance and training relating to any of the above-mentioned fields;
- the investment by the Company in any operation that may relate to its purpose, by the creation of
new companies, the subscription or purchase of securities or corporate rights, by mergers or by
other means;
- and in general, any operation related directly or indirectly to the above purpose or similar and
related purposes likely to promote the Company's development.