Ubisoft 2010 Annual Report Download - page 23

Download and view the complete annual report

Please find page 23 of the 2010 Ubisoft annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.

Page out of 198

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156
  • 157
  • 158
  • 159
  • 160
  • 161
  • 162
  • 163
  • 164
  • 165
  • 166
  • 167
  • 168
  • 169
  • 170
  • 171
  • 172
  • 173
  • 174
  • 175
  • 176
  • 177
  • 178
  • 179
  • 180
  • 181
  • 182
  • 183
  • 184
  • 185
  • 186
  • 187
  • 188
  • 189
  • 190
  • 191
  • 192
  • 193
  • 194
  • 195
  • 196
  • 197
  • 198

)LQDQFLDO5HSRUW


 62&,$/352-(&76
8ELVRIWGHSHQGVRQWKHWDOHQWLWVWHDPVSRVVHVVDQGWKHKXPDQIDFWRUKDVUHPDLQHGDFHQWUDOFRQFHUQ
LQDOOLWVRSHUDWLRQVVLQFHWKH&RPSDQ\¶VIRUPDWLRQ(QWHUWDLQPHQWWUDLQLQJDQGGHYHORSPHQWRIHDFK
LQGLYLGXDO¶VSRWHQWLDODUHFHQWUDOWRRXUPLVVLRQDVD&RPSDQ\
)RUVHYHQ\HDUVQRZWKH*URXSKDVEHHQUXQQLQJDVSRQVRUVKLSSURJUDPHQWLWOHG6KDULQJ0RUH7KDQ
*DPHVSURYLGLQJ PDQDJHPHQW DQG RWKHU VXSSRUW IRU VROLGDULW\ LQLWLDWLYHV ERWK LQGLYLGXDO HIIRUWV DQG
WKRVHWKDWDUHEURDGHUEDVHGZLWKLQWKH*URXS7KHVFRSHRIWKLVSURJUDPDLPVWRFRLQFLGHZLWKRXU
FRUHEXVLQHVVDQGRXUYDOXHVDVLWWLHVLQLQLWLDWLYHVSURPRWLQJDFFHVVWRHGXFDWLRQFXOWXUHDQGOHLVXUH
IRUFKLOGUHQWHHQDJHUVDQG\RXQJDGXOWVIURPGHSULYHGEDFNJURXQGVRUZKRDUHLOO
7KHUHLVDZLGHYDULHW\RIGLIIHUHQWLQLWLDWLYHVFRQGXFWHGXQGHUWKLVSURJUDPILQDQFLDODLGSDUWQHUVKLS
ZLWK DQ DVVRFLDWLRQ JLIW RI JDPHV RU VSRQVRULQJ VNLOOV DQG WKHVH LQLWLDWLYHV PD\ EH H[WHQGHG WR DQ
LQGLYLGXDORUORFDOO\RUHYHQRQDQLQWHUQDWLRQDOVFDOH
6RPH LQLWLDWLYHV EHFRPH RQJRLQJ DFWLRQV VXFK DV WKH 8&DUH SURJUDP LQLWLDWHG LQ  E\ 8ELVRIW
6KDQJKDLDQG8ELVRIW&KHQJGXLQUHVSRQVHWRWKHHDUWKTXDNHZKLFKKLWWKHDUHDRI6LFKXDQ&KLQD
,Q  WKH WHDPV¶ HIIRUWV ZHUH FRQFHQWUDWHG RQ WKH FKLOGUHQ RI WKH *DQVX SURYLQFH QHDU WKH
6KDQJKDLVWXGLRDQGLQYROYHGJLIWVRIJRRGVPRQH\DQGVNLOOV$VLQSUHYLRXV\HDUV8ELVRIWLVDOVR
PDLQWDLQLQJLWVFRPPLWPHQWWRDVVRFLDWLRQVSURYLGLQJVXSSRUWWRFKLOGUHQ7KHVHLQFOXGHWKH%UHDNIDVW
&OXELQ&DQDGDZKLFKSURYLGHVDKHDOWK\EDODQFHGEUHDNIDVWIRUDOPRVWFKLOGUHQHDFKGD\WKH
)RQGDWLRQ 7KpRGRUD LQ 6SDLQ ZKLFK YLVLWV FKLOGUHQ LQ KRVSLWDO WKH 7R\V IRU 7RWV DVVRFLDWLRQ LQ WKH
8QLWHG 6WDWHV ZKLFK FROOHFWV QHZ WR\V VWLOO LQ WKHLU SDFNDJLQJ WR GLVWULEXWH WR FKLOGUHQ LQ QHHG DQG
81,&()
7KHUH ZHUH DOVR VRPH QHZ DFWLRQV WKLV \HDU VXFK DV WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ RI DQ H[KLELWLRQ RI DUWZRUN
SURGXFHG E\ PHQWDOO\ RU SK\VLFDOO\KDQGLFDSSHG \RXQJVWHUV LQ WKH 5RPDQLDQ DVVRFLDWLRQ , QDV QL
LPD8ELVRIWDJDLQFRPELQHGZRUNZLWKVROLGDULW\E\WDNLQJSDUWLQWKH([WUD/LIHYLGHRJDPHPDUDWKRQ
LQ *UHDW %ULWDLQ LQ DLG RI ORFDO FKLOGUHQ¶V KRVSLWDOV DQG DOVR E\ VHWWLQJ XS WKH FKDULW\
FDPSDLJQ([SHULHQFHWKH*ORYHLQWKH8QLWHG6WDWHVFRLQFLGLQJZLWKWKHUHOHDVHRIWKHYLGHRJDPH
0LFKDHO-DFNVRQ7KH([SHULHQFHZKHUH$PHULFDQDUWLVWVDWKOHWHVDQGFHOHEULWLHVZRUHVLJQHGDQG
WKHQ VROG D FRS\ RI 0LFKDHO -DFNVRQ¶V IDPRXV JORYH $OO WKH SURILWV ZHQW WR YDULRXV DVVRFLDWLRQV
SURYLGLQJVXSSRUWWRGHSULYHGFKLOGUHQ
)LQDOO\ JLYHQ RXU WHDPV RQ VLWH DQG DOO RXU -DSDQHVH IDQV WKH *URXS IHOW SDUWLFXODUO\ GUDZQ WR
FRQWULEXWHWRWKHDLGSURYLGHGWRWKHYLFWLPVRIWKHHDUWKTXDNHIROORZHGE\WVXQDPLZKLFKKLW-DSDQLQ
0DUFK,QUHVSRQVHWRWKLVFDWDVWURSKH8ELVRIW-DSDQGRQDWHGGROODUVWRWKH-DSDQHVH
5HG &URVV 8ELVRIW 0RQWUHDO DQG 8ELVRIW &KHQJGX RUJDQL]HG D FROOHFWLRQ DPRQJ WKHLU HPSOR\HHV
ZKLFKZDVDOVRVHQWWRWKH-DSDQHVH5HG&URVV7KHLGHDFRQFHLYHGE\WKHVWXGLRLQ&KHQJGXZDVD
V\VWHPVHOOLQJJRRGVLQWKHJDPHRQWKH&DVWOH&RVRFLDOQHWZRUNVDQGDOOWKHPRQH\UDLVHGZDV
VHQWWRWKH-DSDQHVH5HG&URVV
$OO LQ DOO WKLV \HDU RYHU  LQLWLDWLYHV DQG GLIIHUHQW SURMHFWV ZHUH RUJDQL]HG WKURXJKRXW WKH *URXS
WKDQNVWRWKHHIIRUWVRIDOPRVWRQHHPSOR\HHRXWRIWKUHH