Universal Registration Document 2021

1 PRESENTATION OF THE GROUP ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OVERVIEW

ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OVERVIEW 1.2 [102-2]

Technicolor Creative Studios 1.2.1

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BUSINESS OVERVIEW Technicolor Creative Studios offers Visual Effects (“VFX”), and animation services for the entertainment industry, and creative services and technologies for the advertising industry, through its award-winning creative studios The Mill, MPC, Mikros Animation, and Technicolor Games. The division works primarily on an individual project basis, and builds teams and workflows around key creative and production talent. Technicolor Creative Studios also builds dedicated teams and spaces for clients who desire guaranteed capacity and talent across multiple projects. Technicolor Creative Studios is now organized under four primary service lines: MPC (prior Film & Episodic VFX): our award-winning visual 1. effects studios, now under the unitary MPC brand, unite artistry and creativity with technology and innovation. We bring decades of experience in delivering everything from breathtaking environments, down to the precise details of a full Computer-Graphic ("CG") character; The Mill (prior Advertising service line): with the latest visual 2. effects, CGI and immersive technologies, we produce groundbreaking advertising, content and interactive marketing solutions for the world’s biggest brands; Mikros Animation: from episodic hits to major animated features, 3. we work with leading animation studios. Our industry-leading facilities have become home to some of the world’s most recognized and respected animators; Technicolor Games: Technicolor Games focuses on the creative 4. needs for the gaming industry. We’ve collaborated with many of the top game developers in the world.

MANAGEMENT, STRATEGIC CHANGES AND ORGANIZATION

In 2021 and 2022, under Christian Roberton’s leadership, the division has continued to implement changes to drive the transformation of Technicolor Creative Studios into an efficient creative production platform. The reorganization of Technicolor Creative Studios into four clear service lines, each consolidated under a unitary brand, aims to foster deeper collaboration and synergies within each service line, while supported by the Technicolor Creative Studios global platform. This also reinforces the division’s drive towards innovation, as this structure positions Technicolor to lead future technological developments across its primary market segments, including the convergence of new content technologies and workflows like real-time production, which will impact of the division’s service lines. Technicolor Creative Studios is maintaining a relentless focus on delivering client needs, improving profitability and streamlining operations. Major evolutions in 2021 and early 2022 include the following: the launch of Technicolor Creative Studios (previously known as • Production Services), after the sale of Post-Production Services in April 2021, which resulted in the formation of a collaborative integrated global structure, designed to facilitate greater collaboration among studios, integrate technology platforms and drive future innovations for our partners and clients; the Animation & Games service line was split, in early 2022, into two • dedicated businesses: Mikros Animation: Technicolor Animation Productions, • Technicolor Animation and Mikros Animation were consolidated under the Mikros Animation brand to strengthen their position as a global partner to filmmakers and producers across the world, under the leadership of Andrea Miloro who was appointed President of Mikros Animation, and Technicolor Games: Technicolor decided to carve-out Technicolor • Games in order to assemble a dedicated management team under the leadership of Jeaneane Falkler, who was appointed President of Technicolor Games, in order to direct more focused resources towards the expansion of our business servicing the gaming sector. Technicolor Creative Studios announced in September 2021 the • launch of a global network of Creative Hubs, by consolidating its real estate footprint into single-site, multi-brand/service locations, beginning in London and New York City, and to be extended to Los Angeles in 2022;

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