Atari 2010 Annual Report Download - page 136

ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT – REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
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GENERAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COMPANY
NAME AND REGISTERED OFFICE (ARTICLES 3 AND 4 OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION)
Atari S.A. (formerly Infogrames Entertainment SA)
Registered office:
1, place Verrazzano, 69252 Lyon Cedex 09, France
Telephone: + 33 (0) 4 26 68 93 59
Pursuant to the twenty-first resolution, the Shareholders' Meeting of September 25, 2008 decided to change the
Company's corporate name to "Atari", and gave full powers to the Board of Directors to implement this decision and, in
particular, to decide the effective date for the change of corporate name and to modify Article 3 of the Company's Articles
of Incorporation.
On May 25, 2009, the Board of directors decided unanimously to implement the decision of the shareholders, and the
Company’s name is now "Atari".
LEGAL FORM AND GOVERNING LAW (ARTICLE 1 OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION)
The Company is a French société anonyme (joint stock company) with a Board of Directors, governed by Articles L. 210-
1 et seq. of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce). It is governed by French law.
DATE OF INCORPORATION AND CORPORATE LIFE (ARTICLE 5 OF THE ARTICLES OF
INCORPORATION)
The Company was incorporated for a term of 99 years commencing on July 15, 1987 as of its registration in the Trade
and Companies Register and ending July 15, 2086, except in the event of early dissolution or extension.
CORPORATE PURPOSE (ARTICLE 2 OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION)
The corporate purpose consists of, either directly or indirectly:
• designing, producing, publishing and distributing all multimedia and audiovisual products and works,
including those in the nature of entertainment, in any form, including software, data processing and content
(either interactive or otherwise) for all media and by means of all present and future means of
communication;
• purchasing, selling, supplying and more generally distributing all products and services related to the
foregoing;
• creating, acquiring, using and managing intellectual and industrial property rights or other rights in rem or in
personam, including by means of assignment, licensing, patents, trademarks and other copyrights;
• acquiring interests in other firms, through joint ventures or by any other means, including the formation of
new entities and the issuance, subscription or transfer of securities in any business directly or indirectly
related to the foregoing or to the products and ideas developed by the Company;
• and, more generally, all and any transactions directly or indirectly related to the above purpose or to any
similar or connected purpose likely to facilitate the Company’s development.
TRADE AND COMPANIES REGISTRY
Lyon B 341 699 106, APE/NAF Code: 5829C.
PLACE WHERE LEGAL DOCUMENTS MAY BE EXAMINED
The Company's registered office.
FISCAL YEAR (ARTICLE 6 OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION)
The fiscal year of the Company commences on April 1 and ends on March 31 of each year.