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2008

22/12/08
APPOINTMENT OF JACKIE FROMION AS HEAD OF THE NEWLY FORMED DISTRIBUTION ENTITY

Lyon, France, December 22, 2008 – Infogrames today announces that Jackie Fromion will join the group as head of the newly formed distribution entity (temporarily named “Distribution Partners”), which will regroup European and Asian distribution operations and which will be 34% held by Namco Bandai, the remaining stake being retained by Infogrames.
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07/11/08
ATARI STRENGHTENS ITS 2009 WORLDWIDE LINE-UP

Acquisition of The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena’ and of ‘Ghostbusters: The Video Game’
 
Lyon, France – November 07, 2008 – Infogrames pursues the implementation of its strategy to expand Atari’s 2009 worldwide publishing and distribution portfolio with two new major acquisitions: The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, announced on October 30, 2008 and Ghostbusters™: The Video Game, announced today.
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01/10/08
Infogrames announces that Mathias Hautefort, Executive Vice President and COO, will be leaving the company in the coming weeks.

Lyon, France, October 1, 2008 – Infogrames today announces that Mathias Hautefort, Executive Vice President and COO, will be leaving the company in the coming weeks.

Mathias Hautefort played a key role in the early stages of the firm’s recovery and helped in the implementation of “Atari Transformation” plan. He recently led the distribution company and played a significant role in negotiating the Namco Bandai partnership. Mathias Hautefort has decided to take on a new opportunity outside of the gaming industry.


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08/09/08
INFOGRAMES ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF PAULINA BOZEK AS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OF NEW ONLINE GAME STUDIO

Award-Winning Game Director Of $500 Million, 15 Million Unit-Selling SingStar® Franchise to Lead New Online Game Development Team at Atari, Based In London

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17/06/08
INFOGRAMES APPOINTS PASCAL CAGNI AS NEW INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Lyon, France, June 17th, 2008 – Infogrames Entertainment today announced the appointment of Pascal Cagni, Apple General Manager and Vice President Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as an independent Director of its Board.
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06/05/08
FABRICE HAMAIDE APPOINTED CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Lyon, May 6th 2008 - Infogrames announces today the appointment of Fabrice Hamaide as Chief Financial Officer. In this position, Fabrice Hamaide will be responsible for the Finance, Investor Relations/ Financial Communications, Legal and Information Technology functions. By joining Infogrames, Fabrice Hamaide will also become a member of the company’s Management board “COMEX” and reports to David Gardner, Chief Executive Officer.

Fabrice Hamaide succeeds to Yves Hannebelle, who has served as CFO since March 2006.

 

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06/03/08
CHANGES IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Lyon, France, March 6, 2008 – The board of directors of Infogrames today confirmed the following changes in its membership:

- Appointment of Phil Harrison as director. 
- Departure of Evence-Charles Coppée.

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03/03/08
MATHIAS HAUTEFORT APPOINTED EVP & COO AS HEAD OF GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Lyon – France, March 3, 2008 – Infogrames Entertainment announces today the appointment of Mathias Hautefort as Head of Global Distribution. Mathias Hautefort will be responsible for Atari’s business in the US, Europe and Asia.

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03/03/08
PHIL HARRISON APPOINTED PRESIDENT (DIRECTEUR GENERAL DELEGUE) AT INFOGRAMES AND JOINS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Lyon – France, March 3, 2008 – Infogrames Entertainment announces today the appointment of Phil Harrison as President and Directeur Général Délégué of Infogrames Entertainment, reporting to David Gardner. Phil Harrison also joins the Board of Directors.
Former President of Worldwide Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment, with World Class Gaming Expertise Joins Infogrames to Lead Group Publishing and Game Development into the Network Era.
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04/02/08
INFOGRAMES ENTERTAINMENT WELCOMES CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, DAVID GARDNER

Former Electronic Arts Executive and Industry Leader with 25 Years Experience Meeting with Employees in Lyon to Present Strategic Vision


Lyon - France, February 4th 2008 - Following his appointment by the Board during its meeting on 30th January 2008, Infogrames Entertainment welcomes David Gardner as CEO, who arrived in Lyon on Monday, February 4 for a series of meetings with Company employees.

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31/01/08
INFOGRAMES ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES MICHEL COMBES AS CHAIRMAN, DOMNIQUE D’HINNIN AS VICE-CHAIRMAN

Lyon – France, January 31 2008 – Infogrames Entertainment announces today that during its meeting on 30 January 2008, the Board appointed Michel Combes as Chairman of the Group and Dominique D’Hinnin as Vice-Chairman of the Group.
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31/01/08
INFOGRAMES ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES DAVID GARDNER AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Former Electronic Arts Executive and Industry Leader with 25 Years Experience and Strategic Vision Set to Reignite Company

Lyon – France, January 31th 2008 – Infogrames Entertainment announces today that during its meeting on 30th January 2008, the Board appointed David Gardner as CEO of the Group effective immediately. The Board has also accepted the resignation of Patrick Leleu, Chairman and CEO of the Group.

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22/01/08
CHANGES IN THE INFOGRAMES ENTERTAINMENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Lyon, France, January 22, 2008 The Infogrames Entertainment board of directors announced today that a seat had been granted to BlueBay High Yield Investment (Luxembourg) SARL, which will be represented on the board by Mr. Eli Muraidekh.

The company also noted that Mr. Christophe Sapet had resigned from the board on December 5, 2007. The board continues to search for an additional independant director.
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17/01/08
INTERVIEW WITH PATRICK LELEU - JANUARY, 17TH 2008 IN LES ECHOS

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2007

30/11/07
MORE INDEPENDENCE FOR THE INFOGRAMES ENTERTAINMENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Appointment of Didier Lamouche as independent director
• Jeffrey Lapin joins the Board as permanent representative of BlueBay Asset Management

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05/10/07
COMMUNICATION ABOUT ATARI INC DATED OCTOBER 5 2007

Consistent with the strategic objectives set out above, the IESA Board of Directors decided, at its meeting of October 5, 2007, to exercise its rights, as the majority shareholder of Atari, Inc. and as per the Delaware Law, to change the composition of the Board of Directors of Atari, Inc. IESA has executed and delivered a written consent to remove five of the current directors of Atari. 

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01/10/07
MICHEL COMBES APPOINTED TO INFOGRAMES BOARD AS INDEPENDANT DIRECTOR


Lyon, France, October 1, 2007 – The board of Directors of Infogrames Entertainment has announced the appointment of Mr. Michel Combes as an independant director of the Company to fill the seat left vacant by the departure of Mr. Bruno Bonnell. The next shareholders’ meeting will be asked to confirm this appointment.
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05/06/07
IESA ANNOUNCES THE NOMINATION OF MATHIAS HAUTEFORT AS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Lyon – France, June 5, 2007 – Continuing the organization of the Group’s top management, Infogrames Entertainment today announced the appointment of Mathias Hautefort as Executive Vice President (“Directeur Général Adjoint”) in charge of worldwide publishing and production.

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26/04/07
IESA : NEW ORGANISATION OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

At its meeting today, the Infogrames Entertainment board of directors approved decisions in connection with the Group’s top management.
 
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06/04/07
IESA : BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERSHIP

Lyon, France, April 6, 2007 – The board of directors of Infogrames Entertainment, at its meeting of April 4, 2007, decided to appoint Mr. Patrick Leleu as the Group’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, following the departure of founding Chairman Bruno Bonnell, who leaves his positions as Chairman, CEO and Director of the company, as well as all of his functions with Atari, Inc.
   
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05/04/07
INFOGRAMES ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES: THE DEPARTURE OF BRUNO BONNELL, THE APPOINTMENT OF PATRICK LELEU AS CHAIRMAN AND CEO

Lyon – France, April 5th 2007 – Infogrames Entertainment announces today that at a meeting held on April 4th 2007, the Board appointed Patrick Leleu Chairman and CEO of the Group following the departure of Bruno Bonnell, founder and Chairman of the company. Bruno Bonnell leaves his positions as Chairman, CEO and Director of Infogrames Entertainment and he also leaves all his positions within Atari, Inc. and the Infogrames group of companies.
  
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29/01/07
IESA : PATRICK LELEU JOINS THE INFOGRAMES'BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Lyon, France, January 29, 2007 – The Board of Directors of Infogrames Entertainment has announced that Mr. Patrick Leleu would join the Board of Directors as the representative of BlueBay Asset Management, replacing Mr.Eli Muraidekh.

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2006

29/11/06
CHANGES IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Lyon, France, November 29, 2006 – Infogrames Entertainment notes that the shareholders’ meeting of November 15 elected two new members to the Company’s board of directors.
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07/09/06
INFOGRAMES ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES THE SALE OF ITS ATARI MELBOURNE HOUSE DEVELOPMENT STUDIO

Lyon, France, November 3, 2006 – In line with Infogrames’ corporate strategy announced in early 2006, designed to streamline operations at its internal development studios and get the most out of its franchises, the company announced today that it has sold Atari Melbourne House Pty Limited (Australia) to Krome Studios Pty Limited.
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30/03/06
IESA : PRESS RELEASE 29 MARCH 2006

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2005

23/11/05
THIERRY DETTLOFF APPOINTED GROUP CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

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23/11/05
DOMINIQUE D'HINNIN TO HEAD THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS' AUDIT COMMITTEE

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21/10/05
COMBINED ORDINARY AND SPECIAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING OF OCTOBER 20, 2005

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12/07/05
ATARI AND ACTIVISION INK LICENSING AGREEMENT FOR ATARI(R) FLASHBACK 2

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08/07/05
ATARI ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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14/02/05
ATARI DEVELOPING AND PUBLISHING THE MATRIX: PATH OF NEO UNDER WARNER BROS. LICENSE

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14/02/05
ATARI AND SORRENT BRING 'MARC ECKO'S GETTING UP: CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE' TO MOBILE

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03/02/05
ATARI PROMOTES LISA ROTHBLUM TO EXECUTIVE VP, ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS

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03/02/05
ATARI NAMES JEFFREY KEMPLER SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS

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2004

29/11/04
ATARI APPOINTS JAMES CAPARRO PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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10/02/04
INFOGRAMES ENTERTAINMENT NAMES JEAN-MICHEL PERBET CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND

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2003

07/05/03
INFOGRAMES ADOPTS LEGENDARY ATARI BRAND IN WORLDWIDE NAME CHANGE

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2002

16/12/02
INFOGRAMES' PC GAMES STILL ON TOP

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31/10/02
NEVERWINTER NIGHTS AND GRAND PRIX 4 ENJOY BAFTA SUCCESS

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24/04/02
INFOGRAMES TO ACQUIRE SHINY ENTERTAINMENT AND EXCLUSIVE LICENSE TO 'THE MATRIX' GAMES

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28/03/02
INFOGRAMES AND KONAMI ENTER INTO DISTRIBUTION DEAL IN JAPAN

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01/02/02
NAMCO AND INFOGRAMES JOIN FOR A SUCCESSFUL GBA LINE-UP IN EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA

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2001

30/10/01
INFOGRAMES LEADING THIRD-PARTY PUBLISHER FOR XBOX LAUNCH

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28/06/01
SEGA AND INFOGRAMES EUROPE ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE DEAL FOR NINTENDO AND MICROSOFT XBOX

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01/02/01
INFOGRAMES ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH BANDAI

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19/01/01
INFOGRAMES DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH SQUARE EUROPE

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2000

06/12/00
INFOGRAMES ENTERTAINMENT TO ACQUIRE HASBRO INTERACTIVE AND GAMES.COM

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29/06/00
INFOGRAMES ENTERTAINMENT ACQUIRES PARADIGM ENTERTAINMENT

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16/02/00
INFOGRAMES LAUNCHES INFOGRAMES.COM

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