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The change in net cash breaks down as follows:
03.31.10 03.31.09
Cash and cash equivalents 185,316 237,207
Bank overdrafts and short-term loans -120,339 -60,317
Cash and cash equivalents on the cash flow statement * 64,977 176,890
* see note 2.1.5
Note 11. Equity
Capital
As at March 31, 2010, the capital of Ubisoft Entertainment SA is €7,319,603.29, divided into 94,446,494 shares
with a nominal value of €0.0775.
Each share gives rights to ownership of the corporate assets and the liquidation dividend equal to the proportion
of the share capital that it represents.
Voting rights double those conferred on other shares, based on the proportion of the share capital they represent,
are granted to all fully paid-up shares that are shown to have been registered in the name of the same
shareholder for at least two years.
In the event of a share capital increase via the capitalization of reserves, earnings or issue premiums, this right is
also conferred at the date of issue on registered shares granted free of charge to a shareholder on the basis of
old shares that enjoyed this right.
Number of Ubisoft Entertainment SA shares:
As of 04.01.09 93,856,346
Option exercises 327,961
Group employee savings plan 262,187
As of 03.31.10 94,446,494
The maximum number of shares to be created is 12,860,572:
- 12,003,892 through the exercising of stock options,
- 856,680 through the granting of bonus shares.
Details are provided in note 14.
Translation reserve
The translation reserve includes all translation adjustments resulting from the translation of foreign subsidiaries in
the financial statements.
Translation differences in consolidated equity went from €-41 million to €-31 million. This change resulted mainly
from:
- the rise in the Canadian dollar between the closing rate on March 31, 2009 (€1 = CAD 1.6685) and the closing
rate on March 31, 2010 (€1 = 1.3687), i.e. €7,741 thousand
- the decline in the US dollar between the closing rate on March 31, 2009 (€1 = $1.3308) and the closing rate on
March 31, 2010 (€1 = $1.3479), i.e. €-763 thousand
- the rise in the Australian dollar between the closing rate on March 31, 2009 (€1 = AUD 1.9216) and the closing
rate on March 31, 2010 (€1 = 1.4741), i.e. €1,014 thousand