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UBISOFT • FINANCIAL REPORT 2007
Members of the group's Board
of Directors and management
Name Date of birth Date of hiring Expiration Number
Job title 1date of Ordinary of shares
Meeting closing books as of 03.31.07
Yves Guillemot 07.21. 1960 02.28.1988 03.31. 2013 3404,608
Director
Chief Executive Officer
Claude Guillemot 10.30. 1956 02.28. 1988 03.31. 2013 3328,926
Director
Executive Vice President Operations
Michel Guillemot 01.15. 1959 02.28. 1988 03.31. 2013 3321,796
Director
Executive Vice President
Strategy and Finance
Gérard Guillemot 07.14. 1961 02.28. 1988 03.31. 2013 3266,214
Director
Executive Vice President
Publishing and Marketing
Christian Guillemot 02.10. 1966 02.28. 1988 03.31. 2013 3249,394
Director
Executive Vice President Administration
Marc Fiorentino 212.08. 1959 07.10. 2006 03.31. 2013 32
Administrateur
Additional information concerning the group’s management:
Managing Director EMEA Territories: Mr. Alain Corre
Managing Director for North American Territories: Mr. Laurent Detoc
Chief Finance Officer: Mr. Alain Martinez
Managing Director International Production: Ms. Christine Burgess-Quemard
Editor-in-Chief: Mr. Serge Hascoet
Each Board Member is obliged to hold at least one share in the company.
The members of the Board of Directors have taken steps to reinforce the transparency of the management, including the
following:
- introducing a variable portion of director’s fees to which new obligations attach;
- appointment of an independent Board Member.
In order to comply with requirements as to corporate governance, the Members of the Board are carrying out a study of
the practices and in particular the working methods of the Board, and an assessment whether the way it is organized is best
suited for its purposes.
The Board of Directors is pursuing its process in order to comply with corporate governance principles set out in the
Bouton's report.
To the company’s knowledge, there is no conflict of interest among the Members of the Board of Directors as regards to
their personal interests or other obligations.
5.1
1 The functions and powers each of these directors carries out in each company are set forth in 5.6
2 Marc Fiorentino, independent director, was co-opted by the Board of Directors on 07.10.2006. His co-option was ratified by the General Meeting on 09.25.2006
3 Subject to renewal by the General Meeting on July 4, 2007