Vivendi and Gameloft announce that the Gameloft Shareholders’ Meeting held today appointed five members proposed by Vivendi to the Board of Directors of Gameloft, a leading international digital and social gaming publisher and developer.
Vivendi, which owns 95.94% of the share capital and 95.77% of the voting rights of Gameloft following the completion on June 15, 2016, of the public tender offer announced on February 18, 2016, wanted to change the board’s composition to reflect the company’s new shareholder structure.
The five new members of the Gameloft Board of Directors are:
- Sébastien Bolloré, Chairman of Omnium Bolloré, Director and Chairman of Blue Solutions USA;
- Frédéric Crépin, Member of the Vivendi Management Board, General Counsel of Vivendi and Canal+ Group;
- Francine Mayer, Chairman of Canal+ Régie;
- Stéphane Roussel, Member of the Vivendi Management Board, COO of Vivendi; and
- Maxime Saada, CEO of Canal+ Group, Chairman and CEO of Dailymotion.
Following today’s Shareholders’ Meeting, the Board of Directors held a meeting at which it appointed Stéphane Roussel as Chairman and CEO of Gameloft.
In a message sent to all Gameloft employees, Stéphane Roussel said: “I start my role today with an ambitious plan: to combine your creative passion with Vivendi’s to accelerate Gameloft’s development. You will be a fully-integrated member of the Vivendi family while maintaining your distinctiveness and originality.”
Vivendi will meet next week with Gameloft’s senior management in Paris to jointly discuss the company’s main strategic directions and make operational decisions.
