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104
UBISOFT > 2005 FINANCIAL REPORT
Company name and
registered office
The Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders held
on July 23, 2004 changed the company's name to Ubisoft
Entertainment SA.
The company's registered office is located at 107 Avenue
Henri Fréville, BP 10704, Rennes, France (35207 Cedex 2).
Legal status
AFrench société anonyme with a Board of Directors,
governed by the French Commercial Code.
Jurisdiction
The company is subject to French law.
Company founding and
expiration dates
The company was incorporated on March 28, 1986 for a
term of 99 years, unless it is extended or dissolved at an
earlier date.
Corporate purpose
(Article 3 of the Articles of
Association)
Ubisoft Entertainment SA's purpose in France and abroad,
whether direct or indirect, is as follows:
lthe creation, publishing and distribution of all kinds of
multimedia, audiovisual and computing products, including
video games, educational and cultural software, cartoons
and literary, cinematographic and televisual works on any
media, current or future;
lthe distribution of all kinds of multimedia and audiovisual
products, especially through such new communications
technologies as networks and online services;
lthe purchase, sale and trading - in general and in all
forms, including both import and export, via rental or
otherwise - of any computer and word processing hardware
along with its accessories, as well as all image and sound
reproduction equipment or products;
lthe marketing and management of all data processing
and word processing computer programs;
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4.1.1 lconsulting, support and training related to any of the
aforementioned areas;
lthe company's participation in all operations related to its
corporate purpose through the creation of new companies,
the subscription or purchase of shares or ownership
interests, mergers or other means.
And, in general, operations of any kind related directly or
indirectly to the aforementioned corporate purpose or to
any similar or related purposes likely to promote the
growth of the company.
Trade and Companies
Register
The company is registered in the Trade and Companies
Register of Rennes under No. 335 186 094.
APE code: 722 A.
Site for consultation of
legal documents
regarding the company
The Articles of Association, financial statements and
reports, and minutes of General Meetings may be consulted
at the business address or at the registered office.
Accounting period
The 12-month accounting period begins on April 1 and ends
on March 31 of each year.
Statutory distribution
of profits (Article 17 of the
Articles of Association)
The income from the fiscal year, once operating expenses,
depreciation and provisions have been deducted, constitutes
net profit. The following items are deducted from the profits
for the fiscal year after deduction of losses carried forward
from previous years, where appropriate:
lthe amounts to be addedto reserves as provided by law
or the Articles of Association and, in particular, at
least 5% to supply the legal reserve fund. This deduction
ceases to be compulsory when said fund equals one
tenth of the share capital; it again becomes compulsory
if, for any reason, the legal reserve drops below this
level;
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General information on the company
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